Racing Nymph

According to the great swimmer, Johnny Weissmuller, a determined effort is to be made to have Miss Sybil Bauer, of Chicago, compete against men backstroke swimmers at the Olympic games next summer.

If the effort is successful, it will be the first time that a woman has competed against men in the major sports of the Olympic games. Johnny said that the rules have been analyzed and that there is nothing in them to prevent Miss Bauer from competing with men.

Miss Bauer established in 1922 a world's record when she cut through 440 yards of water, backstroke, in 6 min. 244-5 sec. Recently, however, at Miami, Fla., she established a new record, 6 min. 23 sec. (TIME, Feb. 18).