, 1922-11-20
BACHRACH
COACHES SWIM
TITLE HOLDERS
Hugh Fullerton Points Out
Unique Record of Man Who
Swan One Race
By HUGH FULLERTON.


BIZ Bachraeh. champion rocking
chair swimming coach Of the world.
developer and d~.scoverer OF worlds
champion swimmers. Is one OF the
most interesting figures In sport.
The man. who never swan hui one
race. and who finished .hlrd among
four starters because ou> fellow quit
has developed Johnny 'Seissmuelier
and Mss Sibyi Bauer ana has handled
and trained such champions Rs Perry
McGmvray, Harry Hebnor, and Mike
McDermott.
The triumph OF Miss Bauer. a IL
year old Chicago miss, who broke the
mems record for 40 yard hack stroke
by winning IN Bermuda in the re-
markable time OF 6;24. called atten-
ton to the big coach. who now claims
he can float higher and sit longer in
a rocking chair than any one else in
the business.
Miss Bauer Wins Fame.
Miss Bauer has wen for herself the
fame OF being the first OF her sex to
break a mans record al any athletic
sport. and her fame in the swimming
division is only second 10 that OF
Weissmuelier. who Mt the time Of
going to press holds ~thirty-e'ght
worlds records and who may have
added a couple more since hat time.
Bachrach seldom syvims n more.
When they want to flush the surface
OF the big tank at the Illinois A.h-
letie club. Bach jumps in. raises the
level OF the tank five or six inches,
let's the surface water drain off. then
return to his rocking chair and his
work OF developing prom sing young
sters Into word beaters.
Otherwise he seldom goes into the
tank-and his methods OF making
champions are simple and straight.
forward, work, work. work-with
verbal corrections Of faults in style.
He believes in only one theory Of
making champions. ard that is that
II is hard. constant work and steady
swimming that makes them. II do
not make swimmerr.' he said. as he
watched half a dozen young asp.rants
for honors swimming back and forth
in the tank. ."Good swimmers can be
developed, hut great swimmers are
born. and nos made. Anybody can be
a good swimmer II he is willing to
work hard enough at it-but the
CHAMPIONS are born. Many fellows
Wpulu bt Epod hMn 4ihitln II thNS MtAN
not too lazy. but many OF them. and
some with great natural ability. are
too lazy to stick TO IL.
Hard Work Makes Swimmers. =
THE thing thu makes champions
in anything is hard work, day in and
day out. 1 make every person who
comes to me swim a quarter of a
mile every day. ! don't hurry them
or hold a watch on them. l let them
take their own time. No n can
swim a quarter OF n mile every day
and not improve-and the way l find
champions is to watch the swimmers
day by day and see which ones are
gaining speed and showing the will
to win. II they do not show the am.
bltion, they are not going TO be great
swimmers.
when they come out OF the tank
I talk with them. tell them what mis-
takes they make in style, and give
them what advice ! can.
81 did not make either Miss Bauer
or Johnny weissmueller great swim
mers-they were born that way. The
way / found Johnny was odd. Ono OF
my pupils, a pretty good swimmer
himself, kept telling me about a kid
he had met swimming at the Oak
street beach on Lake Michigan. He
wanted that l should let the kid come
down and asked rhe to watch him
swim.
Discovers Weissmueiler.
u THAT was in October, 1920. As
soon as I saw him I knew he was a