LONG-DISTANCE SWIM
EVENT AT TORONTO WINNER FROM TENNESSEE TORONTO. Aug. 31 George Blagden, of Memphis, Tennessee, a lawyer, won the 15 miles Canadian national exhibition swim. Gianni Gambi (Italy) was second, and Isadora Spondor (Port Col borne, Ontario) third. i George. Young, last year's winner, was almost drowned when he bumped into a buoy while in fifth position at the half distance. Ho sank, but other swimmers dived and brought him up unconscious. He recovered lafer in hospital.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21277, 2 September 1932, Page 11
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78LONG-DISTANCE SWIM New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21277, 2 September 1932, Page 11
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