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40,000 Spectators Witness Hamilton Marathon Swim Dance at Arena The Sp John Anmbuiance "Save a Life" prograrg, free twoâ€"hour classes in mouthâ€"toâ€" mouth and other methods of artificial respiration, was grigiâ€" nated in M' and has since been adopted in Great Britain and other Comm on w ealth Admission is $1.00 per perse| with proceeds going to the club‘s treasury. The Road‘s End, a Lakeshore youth centre, is sponsoring a dance Friday night at the Birch Park arena. ; f D‘nbn. to the â€" music of Bobby Alexander and the Inâ€" truders, and The Mercenaries 1230 a.m Our swimmers did themseives proud, as always. Two world‘s records by Vancouver‘s Elaine Tanner plus a fine collection of medals by the whole team proves that Canada ranks, high, very high, on the list of world swimâ€" ming nations. By the time you read this. tne Panâ€"American Games will be just about over. Apparently it was quite a show. It‘s the greatest event in i sporting world, ask Gus Ryde us, and women. They seem to be born for this sport, and good luck to them all. Everyone likes a courageous athlete and the tears in some of the spectator‘s eves as they felt sorry for the swimmers who just had to give up the grind tells the story. Three radio stations, television coverage, and press coâ€"operaâ€" tion completed the picture. Mr. Samek is a former swimming champion who knows the sport and he proved it last Sunday. Mr. Joe Grossman, Secretary of the International Federation of Professional _ Swimming, | said; "It‘s the best I‘ve ever seen." A professional marathon swimmer needs courage, ability, stamina, and a manager who knows his business. That‘s why Miss De Nys was the winner. She was handled by Cliff Lumsâ€" don‘s wife, Joan, who, in her first attempt at managing anyâ€" body except her famous husband, came up with a winner. Cliff‘s swimmer, Herman Willemse, was up in third place until the frigid water froze him at the six mile mark. If Cliff had ignored doctor‘s orders and entered this swim, no doubt he would have eittfer won ort been very close. It was his type of water and who remembers his great 32 mile swim, alone, in bone chilling 48 degree water several years ago to win the world‘s championâ€" ship? Anybody who thinks that this great athletic contest is for "big tubs of lard" is ignorant of the facts. Most of them are former great amateur champions who have matured into tough, wellâ€" trained athletes, Yours truly took a 200 yard preliminary swim and along with six other contestants, withdrew my entry. The cold water pierced*"my eyes and ears like a knife. The ones who started knew it would be murder. One man lasted five minutes,â€" the rest came out one by one. Even last year‘s World Champion, Giulio Travaglio of Italy, hit the water and came up screaming. He lasted one mile and came out frozen to the bone. Still think it‘s a cinch? Etobicoke‘s Kurt Pluntke, and he‘s a good one, lasted two hours that covered four miles and he isn‘t warm yet. It‘s a great event and it proves that there are still men among Public relations divector Bill Rodda of Labatt‘s turned over the organization of the event to Hamilton‘s Walter Samek and he did a masterful job. Labatt‘s are to be congratuâ€" lated on : staging this sports spectacular, but it really should be worth a lot re money. Golfers play in K hundred thousand _ dollar _ tournaments, why not swimmers? The winner was former Olymâ€" pic Games swimmer, Judith De Nys from Holland, who surged over the course in four hours and 45 minutes, nine seconds. She won a total of $3750. Secâ€" ond place was George Park ($2000) a former Canadian amaâ€" teur champion who represented Canada at the British Empire Games in 1958. â€" Third was Johnuy LaCoursiere ($1200) of Montreal and who remembers when this great swimmer won the National 1500 meter swim a few years ago and also swam on our Empire Games team?. ‘Twentyâ€"three men and four women â€" started the gruelling grind in frigid 55 degree water and less than ten finished. It‘s a shame the water was so cold but that‘s part of the sport. The speedsters have warm . water (6a degrees) at some swims but unpredictable Lake Ontario gives everybody a chance. I witressed one of the most spectacular sporting events posâ€" sible last Sunday. A crowd of 40,000 people cheered, clapped andâ€"lauded the ability of some of the world‘s greatest athletes at the annual Labatt‘s Internaâ€" tional Ten Mile Marathon Chamâ€" pionship . at Hamilton‘s Conâ€" federation Park. 8 Etobicoke . swimmers _ Lance at 8 p.m. to last until THE SWIMâ€"BY ALAN WAITES * a i s t‘ o §Ct 2 o wo i2 1 5 8 2 | C colmetion at B EA H I E L ‘a f 8 \: U3 '_ : a m * fim : A very large selection of items this V figh: rarg l 4 l ::2 â€" S P e y #** weekâ€"end only. Be first for the best world swin O 'f. 9 S 9B ;;. tt& ¢" _ lect 4 ners | Lance & M C es ""A P . ’@%\ y selection. A large selection of beach 8 8 c : 2 49 % w o Z \‘ towels, various sizes and & C wh »\5' % R 4 98 t 59 95 ponsoring . a \ \ WB ie at the Birch f ‘ + ‘: w « > Bath towekls hJ * 14 »9095 o last unti s $ N \n\\b . ) pn{ persen| ! A h. / [ e \ ** * to the club‘s c % . A:m'm‘ar ce SAlE! , , and up! * s \‘yam free w a methods ‘of , was on(‘ @ 9 ‘ 9 :/« At Our Rexdale Store Only â€" Open Mon. 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