Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-05
Many MEDALS WON
BY MISS SAUTER.
though Only II Years Old,
Local Mermaid Has Estab-
lished Notable Record
H ALSO A DIVING STAR

Another example of what faithful
.,d earnest practice, along with love
=, the game will do toward making
-. u,ccess, is brought to light in the
amid rise of Miss Emma Sauter. young
.,d nromising mermaid of the Phila-
d.,phia Turngemeinde.
This youngster, for she Is only seven
,..n yeors of age, has risen to very near
~ ~. ,on ranks in aQuatics. and through
". .,ons and constant effort TO attain
s.riect form has already established
p.scord which far eclipses those of
: sore than one girl many years her
senior.
EN-" Ms she is affectionately known
~ her teammates. first went to the
Ithleic Playground swimming pool
inrinr the summer months. Although
she didn't realize it Mt that time. 1t
rms there her career as water sprite
started.
a smashing around in the water that
n was not long before she began to
tSink seriously of taking up swimming
a her one big sport. What she wanted
ras TO ioin n club where she could
swim all year round.
Coached by Braun
At that time Miss Sau;er was barely
mast thirteen years of age. She knew
very little about the fine points OF
swimming. Iiut she went up to the
Turner's and enrolled under the tn e.
lage of Charley Braun.
Braun realized that Emma's conf
d.nce in herself and pure love for swim
ming in itself was enough to do Won
ders for the girl. so he set her to work
A once on the various strokes and fancy
dives. 1t took very little time to get
Mr ready for her grand entrance into
the field of actual competition. and in
The latter part of 1910 the little mer-
maid, then not quite fourteen. was
started on n career which was to net
her eighteen medals in less than three
years time.
Miss Suuter's first race was 100
yard free style handicap held under the
auspices of the Meadowbrook Athletic
Club in the pool at Broad and Oxford
streets. Emma earned her first medal,
winning second place against large
field of girls. representing the best in
The city
This was the only race which she
was able to enter during the year. The
next season, however. three medals fell
into her souvenir cases. First I'm"
scored third in fancy diving contest,
then finished third and second in sue
eessive handicap races.
Won Fancy Dive
In 1927 Miss Sauter started the sen
son in regular style. coping first place
In the fancy diving contest Of the OPEN
Ing meet Of the year. She followed this
up BY taking five other medals, scoring
wins in out of town as well as local
races.
This year, to date, has been her
banner season. Fight medals have al
ready been slowed away along with
their mates, but. unlike previous Years,
Emma is now specializing in fancy div
Ing. Her record so far speaks we'll for
her future success. Her three year rec
ord follows:
. second-ioo-Xard handicap at Meadow
Third-Fancy dive at Germantown Cricket
Club, 1920.
Third-loO-yard handicap at Philadelphia
, seSond-l00yard handicap at West Branch
NJ C. A. 1920.
Frst-Fancy dive at Philadelphia SWIM
ming Club. 1921.
Third-Fancy dive ut Philadelphia SWIM
ming Club. 1921
.second-l0o-yard handicap at Turner's.
: seeond-lOO.yard handicap at West Branch
Z. N. c. A., 1921
First-Fancy dive at Ambassador Swim.
ming Club. 1921.
second-FanSSy dive at Ambassador Swim
ming Club. 1921.
second-Fancy dive at Philadelphia Swim
ming Club 1927.
. Th!rd-l0O.yard handicap at West Branch
n c, A.. 1922
Third-FanCy dive at West Branch Y. NJ.
G. A.. 1922
Five third places In diving at Turner's.