Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-24
CHANNEL BALKS.S|X
AS SEASON WAVES
Three Girls, Two Americans,
Routed by Rough Waves.
Man Hurt by Dogfish.
By the Associated Press.

DOVER, England. August 24.-The
turbulent English Channel, which has
turned back five wouldbe conquerors
within the past "A hours, today turned
back another.
Jane Darwin, an English girl. start
ing from Dover on her first cross
channel attempt. was forced to quit
because of rough water shortly after
she had cleared the harbor this
morning.
Because of continuing unfa vorable
conditions, it is considered doubtful
here if there will be much more chan
mel activity this year. Yesterdays
dash seems to have been a sort of
last hope on the part of at least some
of the big contingent Of swimmers
who have been longing to emulate
the feat Of Gertrude Ederle.
Season Is Almost Over.
CAPE Girls NEZ. France. August
"a P).ZGertrude Ederle apparently
is to be the only swimmer who will
have to her credit the feat of swim
ming the English Channel this year:
The season is late and the "ShalpS'
who know the vagaries of the treach-
erous stretch of water say that hence
forth it is likely to go daily into tan
trums, making it impossible TO nego-
tiate.
Six aspirants. two Of them Ameri
can girls, tackled the, cold, rough and
varia BILE waterway yesterday. last
night and today. All failed. The
cold rushing tides and the believing
waves stopped five, and q monster
hrllicnd "a OF h.
he was unable to go on.
Calarabeile Barrett of New Rochelle.
n. Y, and Lillian Cannon of Balti-
more were ambitious, not alone to
cross the Channel, but to cut down
'Trudie s" record time of IA hours 81
minutes. Miss Barrett suffered from
sea sickness, while Miss Cannon had
an attack of cramps in the stomach
Jane Darwin of England made a vain
start from Dover.
Otto Kemmerich, a German. came
into collision with q dogfsh. and Il
German named Vierkoeteem and n
Frenchman named Ledriant also tried
. to swim.
Ledriant was forced to quit after
a short time in the water, while
Vierkoeteen acquitted himself the
best of any. He kept going for 10
hours, but his tug lost it's way in a
heavy fog, not far from the Goodwin
Sands, off the coast of England, and
he was taken from the water.
kemmerich introduced a new style
in Channel swimming when he ar-
peared wearing web-fingered. rubber
gloves to aid him in making faster
progress.
All the swimmers started from Griz-
Nez for the English shore except Miss
Barrett and Miss Darwin, who start
ed from Dover.
Woman Fails to Start.
Mrs. Clemington Carson, who as
Amelia Gade swan from Albany to
New York City in 1921. and who
failed to swim the Channel in 1923.
intended to have another try at II
yesterday. But in crossing from
Dover to Griz-Nez in motorboat to
make her start she decided that the
water was too rough and postponed
her swim.
When Miss Cannon took to the
water at $40 O'Clock yesterday eve
ming it was with strong heart and
high hopes that she would master
the Channel. Everything pointed to
success. The weather was perfect
and the Baltimore girl was fit for
the task. She dashed off at a smart
pace, intent on cracking Miss EderleS
record.
All went merrily as a wedding hell
for the first two hours. Then the
wind from a gentle zephyr turned into
a stiff northweSterly breeze and kicked
up the famous Channel chops. This
slowed down the American girl. but
still she continued to advance. Three
hours after she had made her start
she was seen to be in difficulties and
complained of cramps in the stomach.
Bravely she struggled on. but at last
the pain became so intense that she
was obliged to quit when about four
and a half miles out from Gris-NeZ
and in what the coaches on the &C
companying tugs declared was an eX-
Cellent position.
Miss Barrett was in the water three
hours and forty minutes and was
about five miles out of Dover when
she Succumbed to NAL de mer.