Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 July 1906 — The SPORTING WORLD [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

The SPORTING WORLD

Annette Kellerman, a Phenomenon. The wonderful young woman athlete and swimmer from Australia, Miss Annette Kellerman, has beaten all records for distance in a trial on the Danube river at Vienna, swimming a distance of twenty-three miles in about 13 hours, aided partly by the river’s current All previous records for women swimmers In no way approach the feat of Miss Kellerman, ajid she now rightly claims the title of champion long distance woman swimmer of the world. She Is now twenty years old, five feet

seven inches in height and weighs 140 pounds and is a splendid example of physical development in a woman without destroying the finer feminine lines. Still, her muscular development is such that she shows wonderful strength and endurance. The young woman has been swimming from childhood. At fifteen she won the amateur mile in Australia and after winning all the other amateur championships there became a professional. Last year she made an attempt to swim the English channel in emulation of Captain Webb’s feat In 1875, but the severe buffeting of the waves forced her to give up after covering six miles. Barney Olddeld's Retirement. In speaking about bls future plans Barney Oldfield, the famous auto racer, said recently: “I do not like to be quoted as retiring from the game, but I find that after a long lay off I lose my eye, and it takes considerable training to get In shape again. My contract with an auto company expires late In the summer, and I have already signed a contract to go out on the road with the ‘Vanderbilt Cup’ theatrical show, which has had such a successful season In Ootham. "I don’t mean to say that I intend to retire altogether from the automobile M*jne, but only from the circular track racing feature. I shall continue in the automobile business in some line or other and may be seen In an occasional road race. I eannot say at present whether I shall drive a car in the Vanderbilt cup race or not. The company with which I am under contract at present has not as yet entered a car, and as 1 have received no word from them Ido not expect that they will. If they conclude to do so, I suppose, of course, that I will be seen at tbe wheel. “My chief reason for getting out of tbe racing feature of tbe game is because of the enforced training that it takes after a long lay off to get back my eye and nerve. I feel as though I am gradually losing my nerve, although I sm.at present in as good form as I ever was and expect to break the record for one mile at either Indianapolis or Chicago. "I was very much disappointed at not being able to secure a place in which to hold a meet in Cincinnati, as

TV' -• V. *-V ■>, «•. ' ! I Mbs' tits town andThave many pl«a£ ant recollections of It from my old bicycle days.” ’"S' "" ' '' ColMtbi«*a Trainer. Columbia university has yet to choose her track athletic trainer for next season, but the almost unanimous opinion is that Josh Crooks should be re-en-gaged and have a fair chance to show what he can do with the team. Everything considered, evea the big scores rolled up by Princeton and Pennsylvania in the dual meets, were not such terrific defeats. Few trainers have had the disadvantages that Crooks struggled under, and that he developed such good men as Zink, Sanders, Greene, Brodlx and a few others or got the rest into shape was a remarkable feature. Reward For Heckbelmer. Cornell has presented to H. Heckhelmer, ’O6, captain of the fencing team, the privilege of wearing the university “C” for the good work he has done in fencing at Cornell for the last four years. Heckbelmer has been a member of the team since his freshman year and has done all he could to establish the foil sport as a prominent feature of varsity sport. The award Is popular. Dempsey In Demand. Several rowing clubs are endeavoring to secure the services of Pat Dempsey as coach after his time expires with Georgetown university this year. The principal club that wants him Is the Ravenswood of Long Island, which desires Dempsey to put the finishing touches on Fred Shepherd, their champion sculler.

ANNETTE KELLERMAN DIVIN[?].