The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1921-07-29
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In the last few weeks bathing has
become a fad with all men and wo-:
men, boys and girls -and 4 the favor
ite. bathing places around ,5Washburn,
have been the succors> to the people
ON these hot days. 4ssss /, s$ n ,3; ai
There are three swimming places
that are proving to be popular, The
river, of course, claims the swimmer
and diver, but even now since the.
water is low the women have been
bathing there also. The ''washout"'
down by Grantham's has been equip
ped with springing board and there
the fellow; who likes to dive. can do
SO to- his hearts content, without
touching bottom The washout is a,
fine place to swim, but is now still
water, which some people do not like
for bathing. The last place that has
lately come to, prominence, is .'sandy
Beach," long, wide strip Of Painted
Woods Creek near Granstrom's. s. This
place has proven a, favorite for! the
beginner. ~ Those who are learning
to swim are not In danger Of going
over their heads, as the deepest part
comes to ones shoulders. The bot
tom is sandy, but when a large crowd
gets in the water it becomes more or
less muddy. Take the diver, however,
the river is the place for him, as 1t
has been with the boys who like to
dive. y, (, I'll $ "A /. f, fG5l.$ 8
Diving comes in for a paragraph, by
itself. Some of the, diving the boys
are doing Is hard to outclass. That
65-foat. dive from the top of the ele-
vator is One that very few are will
ing to take. The fancy diving and
stunts that. some Of the boys are dos
ing will delight any one who likes to
watch diving, It took Walter schwei,-,
Ter to make the high dive: Several
times when the river was higher, he
would. climb to the top Of the: Benton
elevator that stands on the edge Of
the river: and there, after potsing him
self q few seconds, plunge head first
into the river. Those who: saw it say
twas 8 pretty dive. The young man,
sailing out and swooping down like a.
bird, until a few feet from the water,
when he places hiss hands about his
head to split the water as, he enters
IT. Then to saucer" and a few sec
onds later come to the top. none the.
worse for the drop. It: is a dive that
very fewiW,l take and as: a rule, is
advertised as an attraction for fairs
and amusement parks. Richard Buch-
;oltz, is the s;ii.nty diver Of II the town,
although there are several other fel-5
lows who make a. good showing. r. At
the Minnesota University last year;
Young Rucholtz was among those ise.
lected to make up the swimming team
from just being watched among the:
fellows in the swimming tank, but he
was disdualifi fled when it. was. found
he was q freshman as freshmen could
not belong to the team. Ri! Dick" has
several fancy dives that are pretty
Among them are the jack knife, the
cork screw, the swan . swopp, the
somersault, and the back flip. They;
are all made form the springing board.
either \ running OF jumping. Il 81 Other
fellows who are also good at these
dives are Walter schweizer, Jim
Whitlpck Lewis Mann, and Howard
IIoltan mot der little dive, Who
comes ins forrg fo,rg gmenti ION Is Milton Aryig,i
althouE only ten years; old \ she has
[dfYed from the first door of The | seles,
vatoDr' III which Is about so feet high. .SS
Washburns has a some \ good goo j swim
Emers and divers and al ereSs ,qagonld SbeSs
no trouble at al I pick ont team
that would Hsbe a credit rs the town;
and one that would ia hard til beat t.sss
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