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THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1928 STAGE SET ~ FOR GREAT SWIN Three Hundred Will Start In Third Wrigley Marathon Sept. § * Toronto, Aug. 3i--Fach deter mined to emerge professional long tance champion of the world, some marathon swimmers will take to the waters of Lake Osdtario at 10 a, m., on Sept. 5 in the third Wrigley | PO Marathon, conducted by the Cana- dian National Exhibition. About six o'clock that evening one of them will walk from the water to Jeotive the, acclaim of more than 3 undred thousand spectators an first prize money of $25,000, He or she--for the five prize winners of Be women's ten-mile race on Aug. will be in the race--will have completed the two and one half mile rectangular course of six times in the 15 mile grind and withstood the cold of Lake Ontario for eight hours or more, Although the winner is expected to finish around six o'clock it maybe many hours more before the last finisher is in, The first five to finish behind the victor share $10,000 in prize money and it may be well into the night before the battle for these places is finished, The race is held directly in front of the mile and a half of waterfront at Exhibition Park. The course is "a rectangle all of which is in view of the crowds watching on snore. The two sides of the rectangle are 7-8 of a mile each and the two ends each 3-8 of a mile, making each lap 2 1-2 miles, The point, furthest out in the lake from shore is, therefore, only §-8 of a mile from shore, and in the 15-mile struggle, the marathoners make exactly six laps. They start from a line of barges, simultaneously, and the sight of sev- eral hundred athletes from all over the world, all in the pink of condi tion, and all determined to win, plunging in together is a spectacle to remember, Last year, 100,000 people gathered to watch the start and the total au- dience for the entire race numbered 000, This was the number of peo- ple who entered the Exhibition gates that day and it is presumed they al a at least part of the grind, The sloping lawns of the park, run- MARCONI SHOP | The Best In Radios Kingston Rd, West Phone 888 r 4 (LLL |O 'million spectators. ning back from the waterfront, offer a natural grandstand sufficiently enormous a quarter speakers, spotted at strategic points along the seawall, will broadcast a running story of the race as it pro- gresses. They ate linked up with special broadcasting equipment on a yacht out on the course which is also hooked up with five Toronto ra- dio stations, Regulations for competitors are stringent and thorough as is neces. sary with hundreds of contestants and a world championship and a small fortune hinging on the re- sults. Every athlete must be by a board of medical examiners ap- inted by the Exhibition, They must present their medical certificate when they enter the enclosure near the starting point where the dressing tents ate placed. Half an hour be- fore the start, a steamer out in the centre of the course, will blow a single blast of warning and 15 min- utes later, a double blast. There are other regulations re- garding boats and to guard against any competitor taking advantage of his accompanying craft to help him along. Observers who will be changed frequently will be placed in each boat. An emergency hospital, fully equipped, is located ashore, a few hundred yards from the scene of the race, where chilled contestants can receive hot drinks and whatever is necessary. The race, theretore, in addition to being the most spectacular of aqua- tic events and the most important, is also the most strictly handled, The interest in the results is international for there are not five noteworthy pro- fessional long distance swimmers in the world unentered and no such galaxy of aquatic celebrities has ev- er before been gathered together for one race, Thirty-one nations are represented in the regiment of human seals who are competing and every sort of oc- cupation from golf professional to minister of the gospel and from banker to ditch-digger. Some of the entrants have been training since May and a few spent the whole winter at it. All have high hopes and, judging by the trials made in training, the race will be fast and with plenty of competition provided, Ernst Vierkotter, the German swimmer who beat George Young, of Toronto, in the 1927 swim, meets the Canadian star again but apparently it is a much improved Catalina con 1| queror who will face him. In 1927, the Torontonian's showing was poor but he seems to be back in condi- tion and again is being selected as one of the three or four favorites, Norman Ross, of Chicago, a form- er world's champion, who was the strong favorite in the 1926 swim at Catalina, is a sure starter after ve- maining out of last year's race. Nor- man Leslie Derham, English Chan- nel swimmer who gained fame by clipping Gertrude Ederle's time for the Channel swim, is fully acclima- OSHAWA TO HAVE A WEST SIDE Realty values are increasing and will soon be soaring, Sites are selected on Dearborn Ridge where beautiful homes, right up-to-the-minute, complete in every detail, will be easily and economically financed. Fairleigh Avenue al ready shows the wonderful phenomenon of mushroom growth, Plans only passed by Council August 6, now in a few weeks' time but ten lots left available for quick sale, $550,00, Such unbounded and astounding success had to come when apartment hunters and home seekers demanding comforts, wise- ly choose the supreme comfort and ultra mod- ern fashion and exclusive privileges of this high class proposition. Charging rent pay- ments and receipts heretofore valueless, into the more moderate outlay and now immensely valuable rent purchase plan. Live while pay- ing. Money now in purse will purchase things heretofore done without, Think of it--Modest outlay only lasts 24 short months, then no more payments to make, In this short period, each and every holder will receive clear deeds of land free--to sites of their choice, together with the well built double garage at rear, paint- ed, cove sided and gyproc walls, also fully paid up and free. No financial worries, A prac. tically private street limited to 30 houses. F.C. Mackenzie Fairleigh Avenue Dearborn Ridge or 2 KING STREET EAST . 940 tized and is expected to be in the van from the start. France has Georges Michel, Channel h WI was second to Vierkotter last year, back gin, dercrmingd to carry laur- els to is. Michel, however, wiil meet stiff opposition from his own country- in the person of Joseph Le Driant, who is heralded by Europe: sports writers as ong of the speed- iest and strongest swimmers in years. South Africa is represented by Herr Von Papenfuss, a husky ranch- er from Parys, Orange Free State, MORE TO COME : who did more than 14 miles last year and is much improved. The British West Indies are represented by the burly James Belion and the Dutch East Indies by Jan Van Der Van, of Minado, who won a 2l-kilometer race in Holland last year. Australia has Thomas Adrian, a Sydney swim- mer in the race, and Edgar Finlay, former winner of the King's Cup, ex- holder of British, west and South Australia title and one-time all- round ¢hampion of Sweden, There is a veritable mob of Rus- sian, Ukrainian, Lithuanian, Syrian, Polish, Austrian and German marine stars whose prowress against the swimmers of this continent is diffi- cult to gauge. The United States has close to 200 competitors from 20 states, including Wiliam Erickson, Brooklyn plasters er, who was the only American swim- mer to finish the 2l-mile grind here last 'year, coming third, Then, there is Byron Summers, California's "fly- ing fish" and double winner of the Alameda marathon; Mark Wheeler, a speed cop and official entrant of the Los Angeles police department who is the heaviest man in the race; two dangerous Kansas City, Mo., con tenders, Merschel Martin and Key Mullins; Peter Meyers, the Cincin- nati lifeguard who was George Young's closest competitor at Cata- lina; George Greegan, of Paterson N.J., holder of elapsed time record for the 150-mile swim from Albany to New York; Walter Galat, winner of the Holyoke, Mass., marathon this year; Thomas O'Brien, champion of the San Bernardine valley and 'a host of other marathon swimmers of every shape, size and variety. The Canadian contingent numbers about an even hundred with George Young, on the basis of his recent comeback, the Dominion's chief hope, After him comes Mendell Burditt, of Toronto, a powerful athlete who failed to finish last year chiefly be- cause of inexperience and who is a real contender this year, Quebec has the young French- Canadian, Rosaire Delorme and a dozen others, Meyer Mendelsohn, of Montreal, was considered a strong contender but is now doubtful that he will start due to injuries received in the Montreal marathon. AUSTRALIANS STUDY CANADIAN METHODS Party Under Col, Merratt Will Visit Western Harvest Fields Quebec, Sept. 1.--"Our main reason for returning to Australia via Canada is naturally a desire to see this part of the British Empire, but we are also prompted by a desire to study Canadian farming methods, most of us being farmers," declared Col. J. A. Merratt, heading a party of 113 Scottish-Australians who arrived here Wednesday after a tour which has taken them away from home nearly five months, "We hope to obtain many vaulable pointers on harvesting while passing through the western part of Canada, and a comparison of conditions here and in Australia should do much towards a general improvement in both countries," added Col, Merratt, who was obliged to leave the party at Quebec owing to the manager of one of his business interests being drowned in England last Sunday. Col. Merratt left on the Empress of France for England Wednesday afternoon, and was the recipient of a hearty resolution of thanks for the cficient manner in which he had conducted the party across the ocean, while as a mark of apprecia- tion it was decided that the tour would continue to be known as Col. Merratt's party. An invitation to the Canadian Bis» ley team to visit Australia next year, after the Bisley meet, will most likely be extended through Col. Mer- ratt, while the British team may likewise be invited to visit Canada, en route to Australia. The Scottish-Australians, who are scheduled to sail from Victoria next month, will tour the country in the meantime, and will also branch off into the United States, visiting New York for a couple of days. The birth rate in England shows a big increase, and the consumption of liquor a considerable decrease, Both are good signs. SEALED TENDERS addressed to . dersigned, and endorsed "Tende. r i act E Pier, Whitby, 4, -"" will be received until THREE LIVES LOST IN QUEBEC STORM Children Killed W hen House is Demolished at St. Zenon FARMERS SUFFER Many Barns Struck by Lightning and Destroyed Quebec, Sept. 1.--With communi- cation being re-established with the towns .and villages isolated by the severe electrical and wind storms that swept the Province of Quevec Tuesday, reports had been received of three deaths and enormous prop- erty damage. Owing to the destruc- tion of telephone and telegraph wires news of the storm did not reach this point until late Wednesday. : The greatest havoc was wrought in the farming districts of the pro- vince, Many barns were struck by lightning and in the ensuing fire the complete contents, including cattle and feed, were destroyed. Roofs of residences were blown off by the high winds in many sections while in other trees were uprooted and telephone and telegraph poles were felled. The storm which passed in eight minutes at St. Zenon, a village situ- ated on the western shore of Riviere Noire, 75 miles directly north of Montreal, caused the deaths of three children, injury to four other per- sons and. damage of $100,000 in that locality alone. The wind demolished four homes and twelve barns and played havoc with the crops. The three victims were: Jerome Gouin, four years old; Annette, three years old, and Anatole, six months old, They were the children of Henri Canadian National Railways CENTRAL REGION Tenders for Paving Roadway at Station, : Port Hope, Ontario, Sealed tenders, marked "Confidential," and addressed to Mr, T. T. Irving, Chief Engin- eer, Central Region, Canadian. National Rail- ways, Room 436, New Union Station, Torouto 2, Ont., will be received up to 11.00 a.m. Standard Time, September 11th, 1928, Forms of tender and instructions for ten. dering may be obtained at. the Office of the Engineer of Construction, Room 439, New Union Station, Toronto, and the Station Agent, Port Hope, Ont, lans, specifications and forms of cons tract may be seen at the above offices and copies may be obtained by depositing a cesti« fied cheque on the Chartered Bank of Canada for $10.00 made payable to the Treasurer, Canadian National Railways, which will he refunded on return of the plans and specifi. cations, Tenders will not be considered unless sub- mitted on forms supplied by the Railway Company, and in accordance with the in- structions for tendering. The lowest or any tender mot necessarily accepted, A. E. WARREN, w Cieneral Manager, Toronto, August 26th, 1928, Gouin, a farmer of the distri¢t. The father and mother, who were in- jured, were at work in the fields and the three children were playing in the house when the storm struck the village. . The wind lifted the house off its foundations and carried it across the fields 240 feet away where it landed and fell into splinters. Res- cuers later found the bodies of the three children in the debris. Parents | The parents of the victims sus- tained severe head and internal in- juries when they were thrown to the ground by the force of the wind. Both were removed to the St. Eusebe Hospital in Joliette and it was re- ported that their condition was cri- tical, Zepherin Dufresne and his wife, neighbors of the Gouin family, who were also at work in their fields, were also thrown to the ground and injured. They were also removed to the Joliette hospital in a serious con- dition, Some damage was also reported in the villages of St. Michael des Saints, Ste. Emile de I'Energie and St, Emond. Several barns were demolish ed and trees and poles were blown down. At Plessiville, in Megantic coun- ty, lightning struck a barn belonging to Geodeon Latulippe, and destroyed it with three horses and a great deal of fodder. The damage was estimated at $6,000. Beauce county was another heavy sufferer. Several head of cattle, two residences and a dozen barns in var ious sections of the district were de- stroyed. Efforts to get in touch with some villages in the Beauce district were fruitless owing to the fact that telephone communication was impos sible and the only reports available were those brought to this city by travellers. The roof of the wool manufactur ing plant of Methot, Cap Saint Ignace was lifted off and carried several hundred yards. Roofs of adjoining residences were also swept away and many trees were uprooted. Damage was also reported in Montmagny and L'Islet counties. 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