CHANNEL SWIM

Evening Star, Issue 19352, 11 September 1926, Page 3

CHANNEL SWIM

ANOTHER RECORD ESTABLISHED A FRENCHMAN’S SUCCESS. Pre*» Association —llj Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, September 10. A Frenchman named Georges Micho swam the Channel in llh 6min—a record. > THE STROMfiER SEX WOMEN SUPPLANT MEN. LONDON, September 1. Asked to explain why women Channel swimmers had, up till to-day, beaten tho men, Mrs Clemington Corson. who provided tho week-end sensation with her feat, replied: “Wo trained nard, Most of tho men merely ifer husband supplemented the statement by saying that women had more powers of determination and endurance, and kept going, although dead beat, whereas the men said to thornselves that they felt they could not win this time, but would try next week. . 'Hie newspapers are searching for an explanation as to why tho majority of women surf bathers are able to stay in the water far longer than men. ‘ Because women have more staying power and vitality,” is how tho osteopath, Sir Herbert Barker, explains Miss Ederle’s and Mrs Corson’s feats. Everyone knows that among mixed bathers men quit the water first,” ho said. “There is'some truth in the 1 extra fat ’ theory, but the real explanation is that women have superior inherent powers of resistance. “ Modern women arc overhauling men athletically because they dress sensibly. and the” sooner men follow suit the better for themselves and posterity.” _______