The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-28
WRITTEN ron TIE SUNDAY EErrELIc

| WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC
The event that will probably attract
most attention in the swimming and va
ter polo championships to be held in the
United States Lfe-Sdying Lake september
| ), 6 and :. will be the IDJ-yaId dash event.
in which at least four men. who are III
the habit of doing the distance IL nearly
one minute, sill meet.
Alec Mcnert. swimming director Of inc
| Missouri Athletic club. and Charles ji"l-
royd. swimming instructor az Columbia
University Of New York, are on the com
mittec that is Arranging the details f"r
tho matches. Director Meffcft returned
from Nee YORK last wook with Instructor
! Hclroyd. and both predict IN" coming
meet t. h. one II III" greatest oyer held.
The affair will not only attract home
talent. but will BE- an International affair
something that canno be said Of the
swimming contests heretofore. Aiready
several foreigners are here, and by the
close of this week fully eight foreign
countries will haT representatives here
The coursc for the meet IS pronounced
by the two swimming experts to be one
| OF the best that could have been selected.
II Is plenty long and deep and can lie
seen from four sides. which will also lie
| u great help.
/ Directors MefYert and Holroyd inspected
the lake last week and found II {" be
| suitable. Work Will BE- begun At once to
have the course surveyed - That IN" as
tances will be correct, and in case rec
ords are broken there will be no dispute
as to the proper lengths.
| The swim Of the hundred yards event
will be s~traightaway and the Iengths OF
the longer distances at turns OF ITO feet.
The platforms viii also be constructed for
starting and finishing purposes and a ne"
| system of boards viii! be installed whereby
the swimmers will touch them when they
turn and this will give a signal That they
went the entire distance.
The diving platform wiil be constructed
on the grand stand. go that the perform
structure. II has been decided by the
committee to have thu iunp-of from a
solid stand and not from a springtoard.
The contestants will be allowed five dives
that are obligatory. but the mon WI -
compelled to state the nature OF the dive
In their entries.
! position that all points OF the Lake can
be seen from all quarters Of the stand,
beth for tn, swimming and diving events.
WATER POLO a FEATURE.
Water polo will also form 4 feature Of
the three days sport. a spot 100 feet
square in the center Of the lake reaches
a depth Of about IL feet. This is the spot.
WJltIE lEt IRE SdNtIS tOlIjII-' Iie nc
boat and IS plenty wide. long and deep
enough for the water game.
The first event of each days programme
will be started each morning at 1870
o'clock. This will not interfere with the
Stadium events in the afternoon or with
the ~life-savins exhibition. and will also
be a great help To the swimmers. as It
VIII give to them Il chance to perform in
the morning and not in the heat OF the
afternoon.
Members of the Arrangement Committee
predict success for the meet, and say that
with the talent already entered. good con-
said:
III We have good weather. tina. is. TO
rain or wind, you can count on new rec |
ords being made in ali events, both the
sprints and icng-distance snins. The men
competition will be SO bot and each Will
be pushed 50 fast that tIey will have to
make new records to win the events"
Harry Lemoyne. the crack Splinter Of
for honors in the short swims. He will
have as one Of his opponents c. NJ. Dan
iels Of the New York Athletic Club. Dan
iels has a record Of l minute and 3 seconds
worlds record Is only 10e s-5.
The two Frisco swimmers. Scott Leary |
the fast men In the sprints. Loary's left
leg Is deformed. but he shoots through
the water Ike an arrow: and has leaten
all the Pacific Coast cracks. Al the VI. A.
one length OF the tank In one second fast
er time than has been done by any swim
Tner here.
Galley Is a fast man In the short
distance swims but his speciality is more
for the long races. and he has a good
mark for the mile. The American boys
will no. have as opponents men Of their
own race. but will face foreigners in the
events. Hungary is represented by two
crack swimmers. a Splinter and Il long
distance man. The former boasts of a
minute fiat record for the hundred. while
the other has a low mark in the mile
event.
and will Try for the Iong-d'stance honors.
Little Is known of him. but he wears a
vest covered with medals. which he claims
to have won on the Venetian lakes.
a Canadian and German team is OK
pected. and while II IS not generally known
what they can do. It can b0 said that
un.ess they were of the championship va
rieiv. as it has been voiced that crack
swimmers would start in all events.
RUDY TO START.
J. A. Rudy of the New York A. G. will
also start in the races. and will probably
figure prominently. Jim Green Of the
Brookline Club is said TO possess remark
able speed. and he and the team Of that
cub have been practici1g for some time
for the events
Adams and Wahia of the New York
squad will start in the short and long
New York Club is said to be one of the
best swimmers I'm the country in the
handicap events. He will also be along
with the Gotham bunch.
The local club will have a good squad
IN the water and Will be counted upon to
make a showing foc themselves. They
and outsiders perform that they will nave
no ''cinch' on any Of the events, and have