The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-19
ARE THEY RECORDS7
MElsUREMENT OF T8E SWIMMING
CHlMPIoNsHIPs DOUBTED.

A-eries. sra worids Records DsPess o.
w. q. Deusi..y, New York A. a.. sus q.
Whitaker, Nnws-hes, we. the Titles.
bat May Not Have sw.- the Fail Die
t.neees-Ths Course H 70 ne Rs-eas-
urea sns = Searches Isauiry 90 he Held.
W. q. Douglass. New York A. G. IL nov .
firm believer in the sdsse that miefortunes
never come sinely. He has Just survived his
one month suspension for figuring In q little
game Of poker at Travers Island only to find
his half-mile swimming record vigorously
sntanRled. Douglass won the hslf-mile swim
ming cham ionship Of the United States at
Chicago on Sept 13 last. He ACCOMPLISH cd
the feat in the record time Of 10 minutes 39h
seconds, and naturally looked forward with
pleasure TO the additional medal and glory
earned by such an exceptional performance.
Complications have since arisen which place
the record in jeopardy. and the A. A. U. Record
Committee IL at present wrestling with the
problem, while Douglass 10 working himself
into fever In an effort to straiRhtsn the mat
ter out The KEY to the situation IL furnished
By rule Z Of the A. A. U. handbook. which pro-
vldes that:
Anew record At any distance in swimming. walking.
running hurdiinE in order TO stand shall be timed
By at least three ttmskeepers. and new record At
SIPns pol. v.1sns ., IN tn. .ss,
'In % ,s =. In,on 'n, T n NC,
record unless made in open competition. and
less Of 10 made to the Secretary OF the union
properly supported BY IN. .as, it,, ., IN. referee;
case may be- as to the correctness Of the time meas
uremsnt weather. hour Of day. and place. with sigma
lures Of at least six witnesses. including oficisls
Correctness OF Measurement appears to be
.no ienn uihcul' W pio'e III tne pieseht esse.
The necessary evidence 10 still missing. and
should 1t fail to materislize Douglass wiz not
cour ss 1niT Ksnna1 Of Sf PhilsdsIp sh
bgo.s Che worlds raeord for the 10o.yard eyent
while q. whitaker eelipsed the best previous
case Of Douglass viii. therefore. Apply to the
S 0ther Two , Champions ana thsy Will DO most
Ths p.eas took p,acs in tho South Canal
within the Fair grounds at Chicago The com
ne obeIsS e ana ,a0m sw.m TO rops stretebed
aSro.s the canal about 20 yards away; The
question st Issue now Is whether tt the rope was
line produced from the front OF the obeiisk.
Inc I,n ONLY mensurer heard from Up 70 gaze IN
Snpns out y, inxsstin etions ths 1pn' ayent
viii shrink four yards and the longer races In
measured along the bank and that the float
nositva seiasnna IN fhs eont .nS
It may never be cleared up.
Harry cornish q the Chicago A. a. has con-
iisyss the msrSs on the bsnE are stiil eItant
and writes to say he will take the fret oppor-
tunity 70 visit the scene and remeasure the
throw somc in ada light on The float onsstion'
as he was instru m entail in procuring the float
and having II towed to the position IL occupied
Tba in no1tant bs.rino IN. c..a ha. On IN.
ternational swim ming records will DO readily
seen from the following summaries:
9ns nuna , nis ..sdnss w.rmA
smatsar record under similar condtions Minute iS
seconds by W. Cole. in the serp.ntins, Hyde Park.
Your hundred and forty yards with one turn In stu
Ta,sr.A hsnnsys nme minutes - 20 .seond.
and sonat,iens IN. ssst pr.yiou. xmsIc,a ,scarS
was minutss 10 seconds made by Ksnnsy at Phila.
delphiA July 20, 1898
Half milo with three turns in stn water-w. O.
popgias.s slime. ny minutes ~ sseonds; best Eng
u nmsnr IeeoTa; 10 MN Ssui ssSoh h Hy s.
record ~ ,ninut.s AZ ,eeonds by Dana Thomp,on
boy OF 10 years AZ OAKLAND Cal July "a 1893 The
latter perform ance was done in bath with twenty
one turn. and therefore does not CONFLICT with the
ei an 0 nil ws,h .vs, ,u,r. In .,u, Whit.
hers tine "a minutes 5b rs seconds; best previous
Mener a, B.n.onhgrst L /. Sept isss whi,.ksr.
sni6..s IN r,eord The Mord'. am.tsuT rscnrG
.sconJs. by j. II TSsrsu NJ Wsl,sn. EnRiapd Jaiy x
1898.
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