New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-13
Won by j. Spear, or Princeton. Full score, 70.
TROPHY MATCH=lS TARGETS CHANDI
SWIMMING At n. Y. Il. c.
Columbia First in Relay Race, but
Is Beaten IN Water Polo.

With half the men in evening clothes and the
other half with none at ALL save swimming tights,
the three balconies surrounding the great swim
ming tank in the New-York Athletic Club swarmed
last night with enthusiastic admirers of Yale, Penn
sylvania and Columbia They yelled themselves
hoarse as the contestants swan and spashed and
dived in the various competitions.
The feature of the evenings sport the inter
university relay race between teams of five men
from Columbia the University of Pennsylvania and
Yale. Some clever work was done in starting the
swimmers at the proper time. Two hundred and
fifty yards was the distance. and each man had to
swim fifty yards. James H. Sterrett, OF the Ma
tional Swimmers Association. was the referee, and
there half dozen judges and timekeepers.
1t took only minutes 3S % seconds at last to
decide which the winning team but 1t was
like bedlam broken loose above and below in that
time. The college boys were hardly out of the
water. when they got together in groups each
giving their favorie yell, and cheered the winning
team. Columbia.
L. de B. Handley won the final heat of the 100
yard swim after a very close contest with E. H
Adams who in the second semi-fnal heat. D.
r. Meigs. of Yale. the hfty-yard swim for
novices, R. H. Moran being a close second.
The most exciting feature was the water polo
between teams Of six from the NewYork Athletic
Club and Columbia There were two fve-ninute
halves with five minutes intermisson between the
halves The first goal made by D. Messer
g. in minutes and II the I second goal By
Lndenbach. of Columbia. dived cleverly with the
o ana e Ed0Fe }e e % e on h
/ New-York Athletic Club. goals; Columbia. l.
The summaries:
1nteruniversty relay raoe-won by Columbia Cw. Put
nam A. R Camp captain c. D. Tindenback. 2, P. Hal
pin W. Spencer; Pennsylvania, second &c Adams
iisham Yeis. third "a r MaEeman P Rogers H
Loudenslager. II. s. Damon. captain and c D. HID
sw scoBd Sea heat o Sq%
&c crane Time 1IIA Third heat won by Won e H
Adams 1:i2%. All Of New-York Athletic Club. Fourth
Ffh Seat Won R By y Penton cou%ba Time ilS
r%s Second Adams Ps l. dc
Handley. second Time, 1929;
sed Pnil e Tme L. &c Handlsy " Daniels
fty-yard swim Tor noyices-First heat won by Otto
Time o:881s. Second heat won by p. r. Msigs Yale:
Harry carks C9lumbs second Time oSoz Third
Columbia second Time o:S5 Fourth heat won by j. b
Sss Yale; James CAVITY unattached second Time
Plunge for distance Osndioap; two trials for each
3s feet: E Il ADAMS n Z 4 G @ tset 81 f in:
Brown Columbia University 40 fs Of fe fVshK Van
cisaf n = G. ,6 fess as feet; Stanley H. Steiner
tior al swimming Association scratch IL IT, 10 In R
A. Steife Columbia University G1 feet IS feet; w j.
81 e 6 COOKE ss sc 81 eet
Goodwn SO feet: Pyrnh 81 feet Bratton 81 feet Van
Water polo-coumbia University New-Yor Athletic
NYAc Positions Columbia
Hesser. Left forward. Camp
Haad9ISy ;Egnt forward Spencer
Ruddy IIafback .schoenfed
Van cleaf Right guard AIeIandeP
score-New-York Athletic Club. 3; Columbia l. Goals
First half Hesser. Goodwin T1ndenbach; half
Van Cleaf
The winner OF the plunge for distance was E. H
Adams. of the New-York Athletic Club. His dis
| tance. with handicap of 9 feet. was 81 feet 6
| inches. L. J. Goodwin q feet. of the same club
was second. with S. feet. d. H. Bratton Q1 feet