New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-03
DANIELS SWIMS FAST.
Wins 29O-Yards Il. Il. y. Cham
paonship at TraUers Island.

Swimming honors divided between the
East and West at Travers Island yesterday
| afternoon. OF the two fixtures labelled cham
pionship," c. NJ. Daniels, of the NewYork Ath-
letic Club, the 22O-yard race. while DR..
George H. Sheldon, of the Missouri Athletic
Club, of st. Louis, took Of the diving con-
test.
Glass always draws at sporting contest, and
the performances Of the preceding Saturday
awakened a interest in swimming circles. so
that {. good sized crowd present. in spite Of
the dull and threatening weather.
Six bronzed athletes lined up in the 220-yard
Amateur Athletic Union championship. Dan
iels a slight favorite. with MarQuand
Schwartz, the fast Western swimmer. and other
good men opposed. The sextet dove to a good
start, but they had not gone fifty yards before
Daniels, with powerful stroke, had forged to the
front
Before reaching the turn Daniels had opened
up gap of four yards between himself and L.
B. Goodwin. also of the home club. He then
settled down to a steady even pace, as he did
when he won the half mile championship week
ago. The others could not get any closer. so
that the New-York Athletic Club crack won by
five yards in the fast time of two minutes and
forty five seconds. This came within two-ffths
Of second of the American amateur record,
must have been broken.
The real struggle was for second place between
Goodwin and Schwartz. The New-York Athletic
Club man. thanks to his greater energy earlier
in the contest secured useful lead. He needed
it, for Schwartz came fast at the end and all
but caught him.
Although eight experts took part in the diving
championship. the real contest centred in the
efforts of three men-Dr. Sheldon Walter Lee
and Thomas O'Calaghan. Conditions called for
front and back plain dives. front and back
somersaults front and back jackknife dives and
two special dives.
Sheldon won chief honors in the worlds cham
pionships at the st. Louis Exposition and he
again proved his skill. Lee and O'Callaghan
almost equal favorites for second place.
but the judges finally decided the graceful
NewYork Athletic Club swimmer.
Almost keeping pace with the stellar attraction
in point of interest was the 1OO-yard handicap.
Not content with his hard race in the 2ZO-yard
contest, Schwartz appeared for another bath.
He had to swim from scratch, but, nothing
daunted the Westerner went through his field
after another, till they all had to take his
suds. His time l minute 20 4-5 seconds.
E o. Baker, the New Rochelle lad who swan
in the 100 yard novice the Saturday before had
better luck yesterday, winning the race in the
rather slow time of l minute and 81 % seconds.
There will be more swimming on Labor Day.
the programme calling for two championships at
100 yards and one mile. The summary follows:
Two hundred and wenty-yards swim Amateur Ath-
lec Union chanpionship-Won BY e. NJ. Daniels,
York Athletic Club l. 3: Goodwin New-York Athletic
Marquand Schwartz, Missouri Athletic Club
st. Louis. third. Time. minutes As seconds.
One hundred yards swim, noviCe-Won by E. o.
Baker, New-Rochelle Y. NJ c. A. Harry Merlin.
tached, second; G. b. Gibbons. New-York Athletic
Club. third. Time minute 3I2s seconds
One hundred yards swim, handicap-Won by Mar
Quand Schwartz Missouri Athletic Club. (scratch):
L, s Crane: York Athletic Club GIVE seconds).
second E II. Adams. New-York Athletic (nins
seconds third. Time. minute POS seconds.
Diving contest Amateur Athletic Union champion
ship-Won by DIR. George II. Sheldon. Missouri
Club Walter Lee, New-York Athletic Club second;
Thomas OCalla CHAN. New-York City third.