CHANNEL SWIM A HOAX
PARIS, June IS. The Echo de Paris’s correspondent at Calais declares that Spacek’s claim that he swam the Channel is a mere hoax. He arrived in Calais on Tuesday and left on' Thursday, when he motored to Wissant, accompanied by a photographer. There Spacek hired a room, changed Hnto swimming costume, bathed for five minutes, and then rushed out because , the water was too cold. He returned to Calais 1 and went thence’ to Paris. No boat owner in Calais lent him a boat for the Channel swim. Experts declare that neither the wind nor the- condition of the water made an attempt possible last wees.
An earlier account stated tbat a Slovak named Spacek had swum - the Channel In record time.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LII, Issue 3624, 14 June 1927, Page 9
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