The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-07-04
SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIP EVENTS
All American Records Lowered by
the Amateurs at Chicago.

CHICAGO, July 3.-The annual amateur
championship swimming races of the A. A. u.
we're neld IN the lagoon at Lincoln park this
afternoon, the first time in the history of
the A. A. U. that the meet was held in Vest
erh waters. The meet was under the auspices
OF the chicago Athletic association and took
on the nature of an international contest as
among the competitors were Fritz Kniese the
German champion, and Paul Neumann. the
austrian AtSens en- champion at the Olympic games at
Athens, but who raced today wearing the
cOlors of the Chicago Athletic association
Nearly all the crack swimmers of the conn
try were entered, faraway California being
4 PrewaE ey Dan Eanear. and Howard T.
were carded, five of which were championship
races, the 100 yards. 220 yards, 446 wards
half mile and mile. Other events were 100,
yard handicap. go yards naval militia race
22o yards German Turner's race 100 var1s
clothes race, 100 yards race for schools 100
yard tub race. 4OO-yard relay race water
polo match and an eight-oar shell race 10
tween the Delaware Boat club Of Chicaeo
and picked crew of the Chicago navy. A
rather stTong WIND was blowing from the
south and directly up the lagoon, but this
II anything, was in favor of the swimmers
especially in the shorter events. The water
was not roughened enough to be an impedi-
ment, ana more ideal day or place for
shores of the pretty lagoon were lined with
suits:
100 yards. championship. five starters-1,an
Ranear Lurline club, San Francisco, won.
Time, 1907 70, beating all previous Ameri-
can records 2 1-5 seconds; John F. Haunty
milwaukee Rowing club, second; R. E. Beach,
100 yards, school race, five starters-W. A.
knowles. Milwaukee, won time, 20; A. w.
Goetz, Chicago, second; c. E. Dunlop third.
100 yards, tub race. six staters-O. C. Koes-
tached, second time 3:15 As The Others
had their own troubles and sank ignomin-
ously at different points.
ing, men changing every 100 yards-D. NJ.
Reeder, of the New York A. G.. and G. A
Thorne, of the Chicago A. A. Reeder reached
the tape first by three yards The second
C., and Walter Blum, Chicago A. A. Wenck
added another yard to the lead of his club
mate. The third men. J. NJ. Davis. of New
York and R. E. Beach. of Chicago, fought
hard, Beach succeeding in cutting a yard
off the New Workers. lead On the final hun
dred yards. N. Murray, for New York. and
G. c. Rev, for Chicago, fought for the vic
tory. Rev succeeded in the first fifty yards
in drawing up to almost even terms with his
opponent, but Murray came away at the end,
winning easily by IL yards. Time, 5:26.
w. G. Goetz. Milwaukee R. c.. won; George
Wie!and, North Side Natatorium, second; a.
Wepfer. Milwaukee R. c.. third. Time,
29 is.
100 yards handicap, ten starters. M.
Davis. N. Y. A. c.. won; w. A. Knowles.
Milwaukee r. c.. second; William Bachrach,
Kadish Natatorium. Chicago. third. Time,
1:27 2-5
220 yards, naval militia race, six starters
H. N. Hand won. A. S. Bradley second, A. e.
BRANDED third. Time, 3:35 1-5
Mile championship. three contestants, Paul
Neuman. c. A. A; ]. T. Haunty, Milwaukee
r. c.. and f. A. Wenck. New York A. C.
Neuman. who used long, double overland
stroke took the lead from the start and
steadily increased it. winning easily by fifty
yards ahead of Wenck. Time. 1924 3-5. break
yards ahead foWenck Time "a 3-5. break
ing American record by three seconds.