Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-11
EVENTS AT BATHING BEACH
Annual Swimming Contest Witnessed BY
Unusually Large Crowd.
Nine Regular Races and One for Con-
sOlatiOn-The Prize Winners
Committee in Charge.

The swimming and diving contests which
bathing beach were he'd at the beach Sat
urday afternoon. Neither the weather nor
the water could have been more favorable
and the crowd which witnessed the con-
tests about the largest in the history
of this popular local institution. District
Commissioner John w. Ross Major Richard
Sylvester, the chief of police; Dr. William
Tindall, secretary to the board of District
Commissioners, and Mr.. Clifford Howard
the assistant secretary of the board, were
among the invited guests present and the
attendance of ladies was unusually large.
BY order of Major Sylvester the police boat
Nlgilant and it's crew, under the direction
OF HarbormaSter Sutton rendered excellent
service in maintaining d free course and
not once was contestant interfered with.
The program consisted of ten events, the
last contest on the card being a consola-
ton race at 100 yards. open to the unsuc-
cessful contestants in the preceding nine
events. Fifty-fve boys and men had en-
tered in one or more of the first nine con-
tests, and forty-nine of them started. Six
started in the consolation race.
There was but entry in the race
scheduled to occur between members of the
police and fire departments for gold
medal donated by The Evening Star, that
OF Policeman Philip Browne. The com
clared that race off, and, with the consent of
The Star made the medal the first prize in
the race at seventy-tive yards for boys six
teen years of age or under. This race. af-
ter a grand struggle, was won by Harry
Pearson.
Handicap at 40 Yards.
Another well-contested race was the
handicap at 440 yards, open to all. for the
w. Berens & Sons gold medal. Policeman
Lally handicapped the five contestants,
Philip Tindall being the scratch man. His
brother Lloyd Tindal, a boy of fourteen
years, was given 81 yards; H. Barnholt and
F.. Veitenheimer. 40 yards and J. Kelly,
% yards Lloyd Tindall maintained the
lead for 400 yards, when he passed by
his brother, Philip Tindall the youngster
beating F. Veitenheimer several feet Tor
second place.
One of the most interesting events on
the program was that of the plain, fancy
and high diving, for the gold medal do
mated by the Castelberg Jewelry Company.
H. C. Vanderventer beating James Thomp-
son by one point, the latter beating Joseph
Sanders two points.
The dive and long swim under water race
was hotly contested. H. Bruce Delamater
swimming 70 yards under water. beating
Harry Maddren one yard, for the George
w. Spier gold medal
A very interesting event was the life
saving contest for the w. x. Stevens gold
medal
A heavily weighted dummy was sunk fifty
feet from a float, the object of the contest
ants being to swim from the fioat, dive for
the dummy and then swim with 1t back to
the float F. veitenheimer was the only
contestant to find the dummy and carry it
back to the float, his success being greeted
with cheers
Clarke Borland, after winning the Wash
ington Sentinel gold medal in the race at
100 yards. open to all, beat Philip Tindall
a few feet in the race at $50 yards. open to
all, for the Walsh medal. This medal must
be won twice consecutiveIy to become the
property of the contestant 1t was won
last year by Philip Tindau
The racing officials were: William Dick