Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-16

Henry #. Sullivan OF Lowell, Mass.
quit the race at 81S o'clock.
Channel Swimmer Gives Up.
| swimming Of the English. Cha
| among his achievements, gave up the
| marathon at O'Clock.
| Peter Meyer Of Cincinnati. In a
bright green bathing cap and creased
nearly the color of the surface of the
water, was following 2 or miles
behind the front row, hut seemed TO
have plenty of strength.
| Those who had watched Miss Bar.
| rett from the start said she had not
changed her steady. mea sured stroke
and showed no more effects of the
long grind At the end ri or miles
tina she did at the end Of the first
Martha Steager Of Portland. Greg
was far TO the rear Of the men lead.
ers, but was plugging along dosgedly
Jean Mckenzie of Carpinteria
Calf, who pooh poohed a bathing
suit In favor of unadulterated axle
grease, was lifted from the water at
about O'Clock nearly overcome from
which got to windward.
Lee Patrick Purcell OF San Fran.
cisco and Gene Jordan. Los Angeles
dropped out just before darkness set.
tied over the course.
Swims Far Behind.
Don McRae OF Long Beach was be,
hind the women but that didn't VERY
him apparently for ne plugged cheer.
fully along. Arthur James Compton Of
Long Beach was in the same trough
hut when the shadows began to deepen
he crawied up in the boat PSI
Barred by. the rules Of the contest
from even placing a hand on the gun
wales of the attending boats and
under the watchful eye of official oh
servers, the contestants were fed
liquids through rubber tubes.
Mrs. Charlotte Schoemmel was driv.
en- from the water by cramped leg
at $50 o'clock. She was taken aboa rd
her launch, which headed for San, Pc
dro. Mrs. Schoemmel injured a tendon
In a workout week ago and it Ia
believed this forced her to call quits.
Aside from the cramp she was in good
condition.
On the steamer Avalon, Harry Lang
don. I'm comedian, broadcast the
news Of the swim to a station on San
Ia Catalina Isla nd, which in turn re.
layed it to ID stations in California.
The cold water took its toll soon
after the start. Red hags-signals
that the swimmers had given up
huttered here and there over the
course. AS fast as the signals went up.
speed boats put up their noses and
raced to the swimmer to assist In
putting him aboard his conveying boat.
Avalon Is Hospital Ship.
The Avalon, with newspaper men
and guests aboard. equipped as a
hospital ship, took care of those who
needed medical aid. As launch. with
spent entrant, came alongside, a
sling was lowered and the patient
rushed TO the saloon where doctors
and nurses got to work without delay.
Nausea, due to taking aboard too
much sea water. threw a few out of
the race. All were reported doing
well aboard the improvised hospital
ship and most of them were able to
go below for refreshments after re-
ceiving a vigorous rundown.
As the afternoon waned, the sea
pa norama revealed an open expanse
of water with occa sional heads and
attending rowboats. indicating swim.
mers still in the race.
More speedboats and other craft
were impressed into service by race
officials in an attempt to keep a def
mite check on all contestants.
Constantly frightening stretches of
water separated the swimmers in
striking contrast to the crowded ocean
Of the morning outside the isthrnus
cove.
Water temperatures In the channel
ranged from 81 to 6s degrees. official
testers reported. The icy water was
due, mariners believe, to the almost
unprecedented cold wave which Wis
tied southern California during the
holiday sea son.
Leader Forced Out.
V. NJ. Summers quit the race before
6 o'clock after a game struggle had
carried him to comma nding posi-
ton among the leaders. The current
from the north which he was attempt
ing to battle in making a straight.
across swim to the San Pedro Light.
ship proved too much for him.
Randolph I.eaburg of Mobile, Ala.
gave up at Sis pm.
Herman A. Polsin of Seattle. Sew
ard ID. Holley of Venice, Calf. and
Richard T. Johnson, San Pedro. were
cheerfully padding along in the rear
of the aquatic procession.
Howard ID. Chaffee of Ventura
Calf, shouted, I'm getting strong.
err at every stroke"'
Jack Wolyniec of Venice. Calf.
WHO Idte iaSt year came within mile
and a half Of victory across the San
Pedro Channel. gave up at 5:4S p.m.
MRS. Schoemmel put up a game ba
tie In spite of her injured knee. She
took two small allowances of beef
broth early In the day, and shortly
before she left the water she had two
Jumps of sugar. She also took some
orange juice to relieve her swollen
tongue. When taken from the water
her injured leg was floating stiff on
the surface.
Spiros Spingos, San Pedro. era wled
into his observers boat and gave I'm
at noon.
Many Drop Out.
Ninety-six starters walked out into
the placid waters OF the cove when
the starting gun was fred and headed
toward the open sea where a trim
Coast Guard cutter rolled easily, wait.
ing to lead the tortuous way across
the Icy cold channel. Out of the
| original list OF 1874 men and women
who applied for chance at the two
prizes-S25, 900 for the first person to
cross the waterway. and Sl5,0 nd.
ditional for the first woman to finish
-102 were at their stations on the
sand at 11:20. Six of these failed to
buck the chilling water.
When the race was little more tina n
half an hour Old the first signal wa
ho,sted--from the conveying boat of