The record-union., 1897-07-04
AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP.
CRACK SWIMMERS OF THE
PACIFIC COAST TAKE PART.
Dam Ranear Breaks the Hundred
Yard Record and Paul Neuman
the Mile Record.

CHICAGO, July 3.-The annual anna
teur championship swimming race of
the A. A L. was held in the lagoon at
Lincoln Park this afternoon, the first
time in the history of the A. A. u. an
athletic meet was held in Western wat
ers. The meet was under the auspices of
the Chicago Athletic Association, and
took on the nature of an international
contest, as among the competitors We're
Fritz Niese, the German champion,
and Paul Neelan, the Austrian, cham
pion at the Olympic games at Athens,
who raced to-day, wearing the colors
of the Chicago association. Nearly all
the crack swimmers were entered CAL
ifornia being represented by Dan Ran
ear and Howard T. Brewer of the Lur-
line Club of San Francisco, both of
whom hold records.
Twelve events were carded, five of
which were championship races, the
100 yards, 800 yards, 40 yards, half
mile and mile. other events were d
1C0-yard handicap, 220 yards naval
militia race, 220 yards German Turner'S
race, 100 yards clothes race 100 yards
race for schools, a 400-yard relay race,
a water polo match and an eight-oar
Club of Chicago and a picked crew from
the Chicago navy. A rather strong
wind was blowing from the south and
directly up the lagoon, but this was in
favor of the swimmers, especially in
the shorter events. The water was not
rough
One hundred yard championship, five
starters, Dan Ranear. Lurline Club,
San Francisco, won. Time-1:OI 20.
beating all previous American records
. 1-5 seconds; John F. Haunty. Mil
waukee Rowing Club, second; r. e.
Beach, Chicago Athletic Club, third.
Hundred yards school race. five start
ers, w A Knowles, Milwaukee. won.
Time-1 30; A. w. Goetz, Chicago, Sec
ond; C. E. Dunlop, Chicago, third.
Five hundred yards race. o. C. Koest-
Ter, Milwaukee Rowing Club. wen; 1.
]. Couch, unattached, second Time
3:15 45. The others had their own
troubles and sank ignominiously at diff
ferent points.
Relay race. 400 ya1 ds, two clubs con-
testing, men changing every 100 yards,
D. NJ. Reeder of the New York Athletic
Club and G.. A. Thorne of the Chicago
Athletic Association. Reeder reached
the tape first by three yards. The sec
ond two men We're E A. Weneke, N.
Y A. c., and Walter Blum, c.. c. A.
Weneke 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 succeeded
in cutting yard off the New Workers.
lead. On the final hundred yards N.
Murray of New York and G. c. Rev of
Chicago fought for the victory 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 Time-5:26
One hundred yards, handicap, ten
starters, ]. NJ. Davis, Y. Y A c., won
A c. Knowles. Milwaukee. second .
William Bachrach, Kadish Natal ORR
um. Chicago, third. Time-1:27 %.
Two hundred and twenty yards naval
military. six starters. H. N Hand won,
A. S. Bradley second. A d. Randall
third. Time-3:35 10
Mile championship. There were but
three constants in this race, Paul Neu-
man. c. A c.; 7. j. Haunty, Milwaukee
Rowing Club, and F. A. Weneke, y. Y.
A. c.. Neuman, who used a long double
! over hand stroke. took the lead from
the start and steadily increased it. win
ming easily by fifty yards from Haunty.
who finished nearly 100 yards ahead of
Weneke Time-0:34 3-5, breaking all
records by three seconds