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FELDMAN RANKED 2ND:
Swimmer enjoys distance
By CATHY LANDIS where endurance counts:" Illinois, Feldman grew up swimming in THE FEEDINGS, given by a train
Marla Feldman became inspired to Endurance is everything in marathon Lake Michigan, so she is accustomed to who follows the swimmer in a rowboa
do a marathon after watching Frank swimming, where races of ten to forty swimming in cold water. , consist of a mixture of baby food, Cok
Shorter on TV in the '72 Olympics. The miles in open waters, lasting from eight "And that's helped a lot with my and tea; designed to provide calorie
only problem was, as Feldman says, to fourteen or so hours, are not uncom- national ranking," she says, "because nutrients, caffeine, and electrolytes 0
she can't run. The obvious alternative mon. they take the water temperature into curb dehydration).
for the former Illini swimmer, in Ann "Women happen to be good at en- consideration, along with how a swim- Feldman's diet during the trainin
Arbor finishing upa master's degree in durance sports," says Feldman, "and, mer places, the distance of the swim, season is less prescribed. "I eat a lot(
exercise physiology, was to join the because they metabolize fat more and the time lapse behind the winner. P-foods," she explains, "like pizza an
sparse ranks of marathon swimmers, slowly than men, they remain better in- "I don't do many swims, but I do cold pop-tarts.
whose races make the Boston marathon sulated, and can withstand lower ter- ones," she explains. "Calories are the name of the gam
look like a sprint. . peratures." THE GLAMOUR swim on the when Itrain during the summer. I swi
And after four years in the sport, 26- COLD IS an important factor in the marathon circuit, and the one Feldman 14 to 17 miles a day, so I need abot
year-old Feldman is ranted second sport. While most swims on the peaks for, is a 23-mile trip around 12,000 calories daily to maintain the2
nationally and seventh in the world marathon circuit take place in August, Atlantic City. Last year all the swim- per cent body fat required for i
among female marathon swimmers. waters remain icy. The 10-mile Chicago mers beat the previous world record in sulation."
"I HAVEN'T a single fast-twitch swim in Lake Michigan (Feldman's fir- that race (including Feldman, who
muscle in my body," Feldman ex- st ever marathon swim) takes place in finished in just under ten hours). FELDMAN DIVIDES her trainir
plains, "so I wanted to try a sport 52' waters. As a native of Evanston, While the Atlantic City waters are a between the Evanston "Y" and La]
relatively warm 70', ocean swimming Michigan, where she works summe
predictable currents, pollution, marine winter, Feldman scales down h4
life (Feldman got stung during the race training to about two miles of swij
by jellyfish), large waves, and salt ming, plus weights and running,a
water, which causes a swimmer's complished mostly in the campus r4
tongue to swell after prolonged ex- buildings.
posure. Despite her job on the beach, fina
"The hourly feedings help reduce the cing the races is a perpetual proble
salt taste," says Feldman. "And they for Feldman, as with other marathc
alleviate boredom, give me something swimmers. "After all, it's not much ol
to look forward to, as well as main- spectator sport," she comments, "eve
taining my physical condition.'' though we're professionals.
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and dig nity
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP)-Gordie Howe ended his spectacular hockey career
yesterday, saying he wanted to go out on his own terms and vowing he was "still
damn good enough to play."
The 52-year-old grandfather played 32 seasons of professional hockey, 26 of
them in the National Hockey League and six in the now defunct World Hockey
Association. He ended his playing career with the Hartford Whalers where he will
remain as director of player development.
"I probably have another half year in me," Howe told a news conference. "I'd
rather retire and leave the game rather than try again next season and tire half-
way through the season.
"The thrill by fans all over the arenas last year was something to remember
and if I try again and have to quit before the season is over, it won't mean as much.
I have nothing left to prove."
He said his greatest thrill came during the 1979-80 season when he was able to
play on the same line in the NHL with his sons Marty and Mark, who came to
Whalers with their father in 1977 from the Houston Aeros of the WHA.
He called playing with his sons in the NHL a "fulfillment of a dream."
Born March 31, 1928 in Floral, Saskatchewan, Howe was a strapping 18-year-
old when he broke in with the Detroit Red Wings to begin a career that would span
five decades. Heretired from the Red Wings in 1971. He took a front office job that
never satisfied him and jumped at the chance to play with his sons in Houston in
1973.
The Howe family moved en masse to Hartford in 1977 to play for the team then
called the New England Whalers. The WHA merged into the NHL last year and
when the 1979 NHL season opened, Howe still was skating at right wing.
He said he might have retired in 1979, but wanted to make one more NHL
season-his 26th-with his sons. He said time also was finally beginning to catch up
with him, noting that he had played golf only once this summer because his right
arm still was sore from an injury during the season.
"I'm not healing like I did," Howe said.
Although he seemed ageless at times, Howe's hair is mostly gray and yester-
day his grandson, Travis, kibbitzed while his grandfather answered reporters
questions. Last year when the Whalers went into training camp only three players
on the team had been born when Howe played his first NHL game.
Although all sports records are made to be broken, Howe has set a benchmark
that seems impossible to surpass.
He has played in 2,421 major league hockey games in the NHL and WHA and
scored 1,071 goals, 801 of them in the NHL, the league record.
He was the NHL's most valuable player six times, won the scoring champion-
ship six times and played in 22 all-star games.
In his best season, playing for Detroit in 1968-69, Howe scored 44 goals and
compiled 103 points. He scored his 1,000th professional goal in 1977 and his 800th
NHL goal in February of this year.
CORRECTION
The Tuesday, June 3 issue of the Daily contained an error in the dateline of
one of the baseball articles from Omaha, Nebraska.
This error was not the fault of the reporter in Omaha. The dateline was not a
reference to Michigan's baseball team, which has enjoyed a very successful
season.
However, it may have offended some Michigan baseball fans and players. The
Daily regrets the error.
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- AP Photo
HOCKEY GREAT Gordie Howe, a 52-year-old grandfather, announces his
retirement, yesterday, after 32 seasons of major league hockey. Howe, who
began his career with the Detroit Red Wings in 1946, ended it as, a member
of the Hartford Whalers.