Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 311, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 January 1918 — YOUTH IS NATURAL SWIMMER [ARTICLE]

YOUTH IS NATURAL SWIMMER

Seventeen-Year-Old California Boy Is Called America’s Coming Champion—Giant in Size. George Schroth, the seventeen-year-old Sacramento High school lad, is called America’s coming swimmer by California. No youth of the age ever displayed such wonderful all-around ability. In a 40-yard pool Schroth has done 100 yards in 0:56 2-5, the furlong In 2:27 and 500 yards in 6:26, while In open water he has won marathons at three and five miles. A giant in size, possessed of unlimited endurance and a natural swimmer, the young Californian has every qualification for a world-beater. He uses the single trud-geon-crawl for racitTg, giving it a sixbeat leg action in sprinting and a four-beat from 220 yards upward.