New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-08-30
Ethel HERTlE IS
Swimming WONDER
Wins Toronto Marathon and
$4,000 Prize

Toronto, Aug. 80 P}-Wearing the
crown of champion woman long dis
lance swimmer and richer by $10,-
00o, the first prize in the 10 mile
Wrigley marathon swim, Ethel
Hertle. 20 year old swimming teach
err from New York, was undecided
today whether she would compete
against the masculine stars next
Wednesday for greater honors and
bigger prizes.
Although she believes she could
have gone five miles farther after
winning the womens race yesterday.
Miss Hertle is hesitant about pitting
her strength against the 500 men en-
tered in the open race over the Is
mile course. Miss Hertle showed
yesterday that she was the best OF
the s: entrants in the Women's dl-
vision by finishing a mile ahead of
all but one of her competitors. olive
Gatterdam of Seattle. Wash, the
dark horse Of the race. gave the Win
ner a struggle over every foot OF the
course, finishing the grind only 200
yards back and winning $4,000.
The New York girl took the lead
on the first stretch of seyen-e eighth
of q mile along the shore and held
it until she climbed out of the water
at 1888 p. m, swimming the distance
in the fast time of hours, "a min
utes and Sc seconds Miss Cater
dam was the only other swimmer to
finish in less than six hours.
Far behind the two leaders an
other struggle developed for third
place which ended with Gertrude
Ederle, the first woman to swim the
English channel, shut out OF the
money winning places by a group OF
comparatively unknown swimmers.
Third pla1a~ and the $1,000 prize
went to Ruth Tower of Denver with
Jane Thoms of Terre Haute, Ind,
fourth, 5000, and Mrs. Anna Pentit
Of Westheld, Mass. fifth, $4OC
Struggling with cramps contracted
on the last lap, "Trudy' battled
gamely on to finish sixth, determined
TO finish, although she knew she
could not get in on the money
OF the 20 swimmers who finish
ed the race. all but four were from
the United States. Helen Ga!and oil
Ottawa led the three Canadian fin
ishers, coming in eighth. DAISY
King-Shaw OF ShaWingan Falls, Ont.
took l4th place. just ahead of Edith
Hardy of Toronto, Mimi Nogel OF
Switzerland, who took 18th place,
was the only foreign entry to COM
plete the ten miles.
All Of the five money winners fin
ished in good condition. Miss Hertle's
only trouble was a slight cramp In
her right foot which she quickly
shook off. During the race she was
sustained on the light diet OF hot ;ea
and honey. The beef tea which other
swimmers used, she explained, was
too strong for her. After the f1nlsh'
however, her first thought, like that
of most of the other competitors, was
for a good meal.
Il entered the water nervous she
said. land | stayed that way. In
fact I'm still shaking"
Miss Mile Gade-Corson, Danish
American mother Of two children,
was another channel swimmer to
taste defeat. She was more than
tapped when the race ended and was
helped into her handlers boat when
she became aware of the financial
hoplessness of further effort. Mile
Hudson of England, Clarabelle Bar
rett of New York and Eva Morri-
son of Boston also failed to finish.
About half a dozen of the girls
shed their bathing suits soon after
the starting pistol had barked. Two
started without any raiment what
ever, depending upon bathrobes I'M
til they plunged into the lake.