Arizona republican., 1917-05-14
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SAN FRANCISCO. May 13.-There is an unprecedented activity in swim ming events all along the Pacific Coast. According to officials of local athletic organizations the number of meets already scheduled and in con temptation exceeds that of any pre- vious year This interest has been growing for the last two or three years and is q natural one. Worlds champions such as Ludy Langer, Of Los Angeles, Duke kahanamoku, of Honolulu. Norman Ross of San Fran cisco and others have had much to do with inspiring the youngsters to emu late their aquatic achievements and has prominently brought the sport to the attention of the public. \ half score of girl swimmers. number of them holding national and worlds rec
 ords. has had the same influence among the sex.
 The next feature event for the girls will be the Golden Gate swim which is being arranged by the San Francisco Bulletin for June 9 It is expected that the biggest field of mermaids that ever tried to accomplish the feat will face the starters gun on that day. " hiiv the distance across the famous en-
 trance to San Francisco hay only ap- proXimates one mile. it calls for all the qualities of speed. endurance and
 headwork in combating the many ti
 dal conditions which exist.
 The recent eastern championship winning achievements of Norman Ross. which have placed him on a par with
 the worlds greatest swimmers, have
 been the latest stimulus to the sport. i Whether or not his prowess will dis courage others from competing in events that he enters remains to be seen. In that case the boom he has
 given the sport will be nullified. Ross, however. has the best interest of swim
 ming at heart and is not likely to pur sue any course detrimental to it. The oakland team of the Pacific Coast baseball league continues to be 1 the surprise of the season. Starting off 1 the first week by losing six of the
 seven games played against the San i Francisco team the Oaklanders gener 1 ally were selected to maintain undis- | puted possession of the cellar position 1 in the league. Since then. Manager ! Towards men have more than held ] their own. and, unless their showing i of the last three weeks is but a flash 1 in the pen. are likely to receive re 1 spectful consideration in the future 1 from the other teams in the league. l S younger players who yet have their ! mark to make at the game and if they | are able to stand the stress of the long season at the pace they have recently 1 maintained the management will be re- warded in their stand that the coming young player is better material to 1 work on than the more experienced ! men cast off by the major leagues. i No predictions are being ventured ! as to what will be in store for the i football season in the fall. The spring light practice which many teams have 1 heretofore held in the past. practically 1 has been abandoned this year. The
 entire situation will be contingent on
 the war developments between now
 and September. Judged by the present
 outlook it generally is believed that regular collegiate schedules Will ne
 abandoned and that the f91I season
 will go into the records with the
 simple statement No games because
 cf war