Gertrude Ederle sponsored by a newspaper, the "Baltimore Post", which tried to create a rivalry between her and Ederle in the weeks spent training off the French coast. In addition to Cannon, several other swimmers, including two other American women – Clarabelle Barrett and Amelia Gade Corson – were training in England with the goal of becoming the first woman to swim the Channel. Barrett and Cannon were unsuccessful but three weeks after Ederle's feat, Corson crossed in a time that was 50 minutes slower than Ederle. For her second attempt at the Channel, Ederle had an entourage aboard the tug (the
Timeline of women's sports in the United States Bowling Congress, the all-female counterpart to the 1895-founded all-male American Bowling Congress for the tenpin bowling sport is established. 1922 - The U.S. Field Hockey Association, the National Governing Body for field hockey in the United States, was established. 1923 - The Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) sponsored the first national championships for women in track and field 1924 - The Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) held the first national basketball tournament for women with six teams. 1926 - The Amateur Athletic Union sponsored the first-ever national women's basketball championship. 1926 - New York City native Gertrude Ederle became the first woman