Pool Pals

MICHAEL PHELPS has already undertaken his p.r.-stunt race against a great white shark, which airs on July 23. This meeting of aquaman and fish brought to mind U.S. swimmer Charles Meldrum Daniels, the Phelps of his day, who revolutionized the sport 100 years ago.

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CHARLES DANIELS		MICHAEL PHELPS
March 24, 1885 (d. 1973)	DATE OF BIRTH	June 30, 1985
Dayton, Ohio	BIRTHPLACE	Baltimore
6 feet, 154 pounds	SIZE	6'4", 194 pounds
5 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze	OLYMPIC MEDALS	23 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze
The Human Merman	NICKNAME	The Baltimore Bullet
Mecca Cigarette trading cards	SEEN ON	Wheaties box
The American crawl	INNOVATION	The dolphin-kick turn
All freestyle events between 25 yards and one mile	WORLD RECORDS	All butterfly events between 100 and 200 meters
His record eight total medals broken by Spitz	MARK SPITZ CONNECTION	Broke Spitz's record of seven golds in one Olympics
Had a nine-hole course on his New York estate	GOLF	Drained a 159-foot putt at the 2012 Dunhill Links
Hunted rhinoceros and water buffalo	FUN WITH WILDLIFE	Raced a great white shark

THEY SAID IT

"I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING POSITIVE ABOUT THAT ORGANIZATION OUTSIDE OF THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE POOLS IN THE STADIUM."

DeAngelo Williams

NFL free-agent running back, assessing a potential—but unlikely—future employer, the Jaguars.

SIGN OF THE APOCALYPSE

An arbitrator cleared U.S. Olympic gold medalist Gil Roberts after the sprinter proved that he ingested a banned substance by "frequently and passionately" kissing his girlfriend.