NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
AND REM. 
Vol. XIV 
INDER 
Manchester, Mass., Friday, July 7, 1916 
No. 27 
Swimmine—In No Other Sport Does Woman Make So 
Wonderful a Showing 
ERHAPS in no other sport does woman come so near 
to surpassing man in proficiency as in. swimming. In 
this branch of sport in late years she has developed so 
rapidly that she has had man looking after his laureis. 
Since the coming of Annette Kellermann to this country 
from Australia some years ago interest in swimming by 
women has developed rapidly although it is yet in its in- 
fancy. In England women have been excellent swimmers 
for years and surpass American women in that form of 
sport if no other. This is due, no doubt, to the longer 
time the sport has been popular. In spite of the high 
degree of development reached by the English and Amer- 
ican women swimmers they are still unable to excell the 
men. A study of the records will bear this out. 
Of course this is natural, and as it should be, for 
woman does not possess the strength and stamina of a man. 
No one would expect a woman to out-rank a man as a 
football or basketball player, or outclass him at running, 
jumping, wrestling, rowing and tennis. So why should 
man be surpassed in this one sport? The world has pro- 
duced some wonderful women golfers, tennis players, 
fencers, etc., but in no other branch of’ athletics does she 
shine as in swimming. It seems to be her chosen sport 
and the one she is designed to develop to the highest de- 
gree. 
To be a really first-class swimmer, especially one that 
can remain in the water for a long time, one qualification 
is absolutely essential, and that qualification is to be en- 
dowed with a liberal supply of flesh. Fleshy tissue is the 
substance that keeps one high in the water, and also pro- 
tects the swimmer during long immersions. ‘Therefore a 
plentiful supply of flesh means that both buoyance and 
warmth are assured. Women, for instance, who do not, 
as a rule, possess a superabundance of muscle and whose 
bones are much lighter than those of the male, are gen- 
erally endowed with a more liberal allowance of flesh, and 
are indebted to this cause for a much greater buoyance 
than falls -to the lot of the average man. 
Just wander along any of our popular North Shore 
beaches any day and watch the bathers in the surf. You 
will notice that while the average woman will thoroughly 
enjoy splashing around in the breakers for a long period, 
her male escort is soon seen running blue-lipped and 
shivering for his bath house. It will be noticed, however, 
that all the leading long-distance endurance men swim- 
mers are supplied with an ample amount of flesh, and 
The Sea Surging Over the Rocks at Gloucester 
