Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 67, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 March 1916 — SWIMMING IS VERY POPULAR [ARTICLE]

SWIMMING IS VERY POPULAR

Beautiful Sport More Firmly Established Now Than at Any Other Period in. its History. The beautiful art and science of swimming is more firmly established now than at any other period in the history of national sport, and in no branch of athletics has there been more marked progress. A few years ago it was considered a remarkable performance when an athlete recorded less than one minute for the 100-yard swim. Charles M. Daniels reduced this mark to 56 seconds, but with the figures now below 54 seconds it is difficult to foretell exactly what will happen in this branch of sport in 1916. The swimmers of recent prominence are not much faster than Daniels, who was unfortunate in not having opponents speedy enough to push him to the limit, and if he could be induced to return to the sport he would give many of the The one unfortunate feature about this sport is the continued lack of public and municipal support. The establishment of swimming pools is accomplishing much toward relieving the situation and, while much remains to be done, it is only a question of time until swimming will be recognized more gen--1 insr cnort.-' -infj OHS worthy of encouragement. ———