Records

Along the green and white, cool coast from San Francisco to Grants Pass, Ore. (482 miles), a man in moccasins ran lightly and slowly, living up to a name. He, Flying Cloud, Indian Marathoner, first reached the post office in Grants Pass, beating Melika, 58-year old Zufri, and Chief Ukiah, puffing miles behind. him. Flying Cloud won $5,000. Another $5,000 was divided among the men who finished.

Mercedes Gleitz, London stenographer who said she swam the Strait of Gibraltar and the English Channel, tried to swim from Ireland to Scotland, 21% 1/2 miles across the North Channel from Donaghadee to Port Patrick, but couldn't make it.

In Plainfield, N. J., one Captain Brock Putnam, U. S. Cavalry golfer, played 252 holes in one day--a world's record.

Picked for the U. S. Olympic Marathon team--old Clarence DeMar, chesty Joie Ray, young William Agee, stout Jimmy Hennigan, skinny Harvey Frick, blond Albert Michelson.