SWIMMER LOSES WAGER
DESUER,ATE CHANNEL EFFORT
Captain George Morris almost paid v ith lus life recently for a desperate attempt to swim the English Channel for a wager of £IOOO to £l. Ten miles out he waft suddenly seized with cramp and collapsed. Fortunately the trainer, “Billy’’ Kellingley, who had been watching Captain Morris anxiously, flung an oar over the side of the pitot boat. The pain-racked swimmer was with difficulty dragged aboard and given firstaid treatment. Captain Morris’ attack was unfortunate, because he had covered the 10 miles from the South Foreland in the fast time of four and three-quarter hours. He swam without goggles or a helmet and on his back. “The salt in my eyes rather troubled me,” said Captain Morris. “I had hepn feeling the cold, too, but I was caught unawares when both my legs were attacked by cramp. If that oar had not been pushed out to me, I J should have gone under-. I may make | another effort, but not this year. T am glad that I did not make too bad a show.”
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Hawera Star, Volume LIII, 2 November 1933, Page 8
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181SWIMMER LOSES WAGER Hawera Star, Volume LIII, 2 November 1933, Page 8
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