¶ Ushers in white waiters' jackets gave front-row spectators bed sheets to spread across their knees.
¶ Pretty Eleanor Holm Jarrett succeeded in being photographed in innumerable poses.
¶ Adolph Kiefer of Chicago, ablest backstroke swimmer in the U. S., won the 150-yd. dash by half the length of the pool, without hurrying broke his own world's record by 3 sec., described his performance into a microphone before getting out of the water.
¶ The New York Athletic Club's Peter Fick equaled one of the most formidable records in the sport by winning...
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