The times., 1899-09-10

Every available foot OF shore at the
Washington Public Bathing Beach was
| crowded yesterday afternoon in honor of
the annual swimming tournament. 1t was
the winding up of the swimming season of
1899 at the popular bathing place. and the
half dozen summer months that the youth
of the city have padded, and swum, and
dived, and generally enjoyed themselves in
Inner Basin west of the Monument
Grounds were rounded out IN one of the
most successful aquatic events ever con-
Quoted at the beach. A number of invited
guests were present and occupied the pa
vilion overlooking the water from the
shore and the covered grandstand. The
shore line was packed with fully 500 youths
who probably found more delight and
pleasure watching the scheduled events
| than any other spectators by reason of the
fact that the greater proportion of this
number were almost daily denizens of the
beach. They applauded the features of the
programme vociferously and were deter
mined that the judges should show fair
| play in ther decisions, even though the
latter had no intention of acting otherwise
In the rear of the fence which encloses the
| beach where the boys stood was another
| phalanx of interested observers. The ex-
ecutive branch of the municipality was also
we'll represented Commissioner Ross oc-
cupied seat in one of the pavilions and
among the other representatives of the Dis
| trict government present were Major Syl-
vester, Chief of Police; Dr. William Tin
| dali, the genial Secretary of the Board of
| District Commissioners Clifford Howard,
his assistant, and Commodore Sutton, the
District harbormaster. The police boat
| Vigilant was moored to the large float
| from which most of the races were started,
and the water in the immediate vicinity of
the course was dotted with various kinds
and builds of smaller river craft
The events were begun shortly after the
arrival OF the police boat at O'Clock, and
were inaugurated with a spirited race by
youths under fourteen years Of age. Prob
ably the most interesting of all the events
| was the life saving contest In this a
| heavily weighted dummy, or lay-ffgure
modelled like man, was towed out into
the water and dropped beneath the surface
| fifty feet from the float There were four
contestants, each of whom was supposed to
endeavor to find the sunken dummy, bring
| it to the surface, and effect rescue by
| taking it to the judges float. The con-
! testant accomplishing this in the briefest
| interval of time was to be declared the
|
| tempt to rescue the lay figure. He fai.el
to locate it under the water as did his two
succeeding opponents. Each labored seve.-
| al minutes trying TO locate the dummy but
! finally were forced to abandon the search
| 1t then seemed that no one would win the
medal donated for the contest, but there
was another contestant, f. Veitenheimer
| TO make the final effort to capture the
medal. When he entered the water the in
terest was intense, and during the five
minutes that he expended his energy diving
under the water for the hidden manikin
the anxiety of the crowd on the beach was
so deeply concentrated that theregwas not
the slightest interrupting sound. Finally
! Veitenheimer rose to the surface of the
water with the dummy. A husty cheer
went up from the throng as he swan to
| the judges float with the manikin. The
summary of events follows:
| First eyent-Swimming race for youths
! under fourteen years of age; fifty yards
First prize, gold medal, donated by the
bathing beach committee; second prize
silver medal. donated by Messrs. r. Har-
| ris & Co., jewelers.. Entries-Warner NJ
Eaton, Fred Connor, Thomas Boyland
| Frank Bennett, Carl Kicks, Earl Good
man, John Smith, and Robert Harrington.
Winner, Warner NJ. Eaton; second, Thomas
| Boyland; third, John Smith.
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4 open to all. First prize, gold medal do
mated by the Washington Sentinel" sec
| ond prize, donated from the stock of M.
A. Tappan & Co., sporting goods. Winner,
Clarke Borland; second, A. n. Tindall;
| third. Theodore F. Sheckels Walter ".
Bennett, T. r. Hurtford, F. Veitenheimer,
H. B. Delamater, and John Groves also
swan.
Third event-swimming race for youths
4 of ~ Arya
yards. First prize, gold medal, donated by
the Evening STAR" second prize, pair of
| boots, donated by r. Berberich. Winner,
Harry Pearson; second, Leslie Davis; third,
| WarL.>r NJ. Eaton. Lloyd Tindall John p.
| Herrity, John Drew Bennett, and Edgar
Berlinger also swan.
Fourth eyent-Swimming race of sixty
yards, open TO all; contestants attired in
outer clothing and shoes. First prize,
gold medal donated by F. G. Behrens &
Co.: second prize, bathing suit, donated by
| Joseph Auerbach. Winner, John p Her
rity; second, A. n. Tindall; third, F. c.
Pratt.
Fifth event-Life- saving contest; weight
ed dummy used; contestants swimming for
it at a distance of fifty feet from the float
First prize. gold medal. donated by w. X.
Stevens Won by F. Yeitenheimer Gus
| taye Harrison, Joseph Sanders, and G. B.
Cornwell also entered.
Sixth event-Diving and long swim un-
der water First prize. gold medal, do
mated by George w. spier, jeweler. Won by
II. Bruce Delamater, who swan seventy
five yeards under water; second, Harry
Maddern who swan seventyfour yards;
third, n. Brennan, who swan sixty-fou
yards Ernest E. Landon, Arthur H. Crow
ley, and Joe Sanders also entered.
Seventh event-Swimming race; open to
ALL 250 yards; for the Walsh gold medal,
which has been held by Philip Tindall one
year. and which must be won twice consec-
utively. Won by Clarke Borland; second
Philip Tindall.
Eighth event-Plain, fancy, and high div
ing First prize, gold medal, donated by
the Castelberg National Jewelry Company
Won by H. C. Vanderventer, who made IL
points out of Is points; second, James
Thompson, who made IA points; third
Joseph Sanders, who made II points; fourth
]. L. Cassin, II points; fifth, II. Bruce
Delamater, who made 10 points; sixth
Frank Gardner, who made points.
Ninth event-Handicap race of 440 yards
open TO all. First prize. gold medal, do
mated by w. Berens & Sons bakers; sec
! ond prize, the Hall silver medal. Winner
Philip Tindall; Lloyd Tindall, second f
Veitenheimer third Harry n. Barnhold
and r. j. Kelly also entered.
Tenth eyent-Consolation race of one
hundred yards, open to losing contestant
In all other events. First prize, The
Charles senseney gold medal; second
prize, bathing suit, donated by Parker
Bridget G. Co. Winner, Theodore F. Sheck.
els; second, F. c. Pratt; third, W. Bren-