JACK MEDICA GIVES EXHIBITION
GOOD COMMENTARY BY
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NEW METHODS DEMONSTRATED
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THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 24, 1937.
BRITISH ENTRY IN OCEAN AIR RACE
PLANE'S WIDE RADIUS AND GREAT SPEED
Sir H. Cunliffe-Owen, it is announced, is the owner of the Clyde Clipper aeroplane which, has been entered for the New York- "Paris air race next August,... A British-built American Burnelli air liner, it is to be fitted with two Rolls Royce, Kestrel engines and, it is claimed, will have a range of 4,500 miles at a cruising speed of 230 m.p.h.
Co.
Lady Cunliffe-Owen, one of the
SEVERAL hundred enthusiastic swimmers gath- arst women to become the director of an air line, will shortly lay the ered at the Victoria Recreation Club swim-keel-plate at the London works of ming pool yesterday evening to witness an ex-Scottish Aircraft and Engineering hibition swim by Jack Medica, holder of 10 world's BIG PRIZES OFFERED records and the World Olympic 400 Metres title, and to bear a running commentary by Mr. G. Cady, organised the race to commemorate who has been coach to the U. S. Olympic swimming bergh's sole flight from New York the 10th anniversary of Col. Lind- team for the past three Olympiads at Amsterdam, to Paris in May, 1927. The entrant Los Angeles and Berlin.Montan
The Aero Club de France has
whose machine puts up the best per- formance under the time of 33 hours MEDICA LOOKED FAR FROM BEING IN
30 minutes taken by Col. TIP-TOP CON-
will receive the first Lindbergh DITION, BUT THÍS CAN READILY BE APPRECIATED WHEN ONE REALISES THAT HE HAD HAD NO OPPORTUNITY FOR prize of £15,000. TRAINING ON THE LONG AND TEDIOUS VOYAGE FROM
The second and third prizes of AUSTRALIA, WHILE A THREE MONTHS' TOUR IN AUSTRA£10,000 and £5,000 will be paid to LIA HAD PRODUCED A TIRED MÄN.
the competitors whose machines put up the best time under 48 hours. Sir
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Medica gave a fine exhibition, however, and Mr. Cady's com- Hugo's machine is the only British mentary was just as interesting if not more so. Without the latentry. ter and the explanation of how each stroke, beat of the leg, balance and breathing was accomplished, Medica's exhibition would have valent among the Japanese world been totally uninteresting.
record breakers.
TENTERTIITLE
JACK DOYLE DIVORCE
SUIT POSTPONED
Wife Coming To London
Los Angeles, April 2. The divorce suit brought by Miss Judith Allen, the film actress, against her; boxer husband," Mr. Jack Doyle, was postponed for 15 days at Los Angeles to-day, to allow to suit for the annulment of their Mexican marriage to be heard- next Tuesday..
If the annulment is granted, the. divorce suit will be dropped. Miss Allen is leaving for England in about a fortnight for the Corona- tion, but declares that she does not wish to see her husband.
A presentation of souvenirs from the Victoria Recreation Club was made to the guests. These were in the form of a beautifully-engraved cigarette box for Medica and a cluded his coaching engagement spoon with a design of Hong Kon
with the Otago Cricket Association: Badcock said he could not under- why a slow leg-spinner had not been chosen, for such a type was essential in England.
The visitors left the Colony by the Hakozaki Maru at midnight last night.
Medica's style has been des- bath. His first was similar to that cribed as unorthordox. It is and of the Japanese swimmers, but he it isn't. His style his own. brought to light an entirely new He has a straight over-arm turn when he displayed the stroke with a short glide down- "somersault.” Medica approached wards before the pull is made, the turning at normal speed, but to Mr. Cady. The hand making the pull is as soon as he was within reach of then drawn downwards, slightly the wall, he turned on his back and inside the line of the body while "somersaulted," pushing off while the elbow is bent slightly to still under water. His glides werė minimise the pressure.
from 10 to 12 feet, but Mr. Cady said that in racing Medica was cap- able of taking at least a 30 foot plunge or glide before resuming his normal swimming' stroke!
Medica and Mr. Cady were both heartily applauded for their con- tribution in swimming knowledge to swimmers and the Colony.
Before Medica finally left the A curious feature of Medica's water, he demonstrated the new style was his breathing. He breath-back-stroke, which was a stiff over- ed on his right, but turned his head
The body lies absolutely flat and the arms do not hold up the chest, as in the traditional American Crawl, this being accomplished by the individual movements of both shoulders and by movement of the head.
CURIOUS FEATURE
SPALDING
arm movement. The arm is lifted
and traverses to
NEW PULL
threequarters to the left following from the water the intake and almost com-about an angle of 65 degrees in ing up for મૈં breath on that line with the head, skimming the eide, but he stopped there. Mr. Cady water about eight to 10 inches in explaining this "curio," if I may high. It is then dropped in and be allowed to name this action, the pulling movement is not made stated that by, so turning his head. until the body has glided Medica was able to keep a perfect several inches, thus minimising the body-balance while moving for-strenuous pull seen among present ward. In the ordinary method, the back-strokers. natural action of moving each arm forward would tend to turn the. body, and instead of having a flat This new pull was, first brought surface on the water continually, a to light by Adolf Kiefer, holder of swimmer would have part of his practically every back-stroke sido exposed. Weissmuller and swimming record in the world and Crabbe and other great exponents winner of the 100 metres, back- of the American Crawl are some stroke event at the Berlin Games. way out of the water when moving The body again lies flat and there at speed, but not so Medica, whose should not be a tendancy to carry position is exactly the same no matthe arm straight back and drop it ter at what speed he is travelling. into the water in direct line with the In explaining the leg action shoulders, as it is impossible to Medica was stated to maintain a gain any surplus speed, by carry- six-beat, off both feet, his actioning the arm back that far. emulating the movement of a pro- Medica demonstrated the method peller. The movement comes from which the Japanese swimmers the thigh just below the hip-joint, adopted in training, th the knee is slightly relaxed in or der to give the a
motion of a blade cutting through the water, while the ankle is always relaxed with the toes pointed slightly inwards.
With his arms lying motionless and parallel to the body, he pro- pelled himself up and down the bath by merely using a leg beat and breathing as if he was swimming naturally. Medica, Mr. Cady stat- “SOMERSAULT"””. TURN. ed, did this every day of the year- Medica performed" two • turns for 365 days before he reached while swimming.yp down the that stage
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