New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-05
NEW SWIMMING RECORDS.
THE HONORS TO DANIELS.
Adds Too More Championships to
His List at TraUers Island.

C. NJ Daniels OF the New-York Athletic Club,
won Amateur Athletic Union swimming charn
ponships a Travers Island yesterday. Over ois-
lance or sprnting he seemed to be equally ~
home and after taking the 1o0-yard dash YESTERDAY
In close finish he out later and won the ''e
race, and In winning made new American recuiu
for distance of Is minutes Al 4-5 SECONDS LUIS
makes the fourth swimming championship Danieis
has won in the last ten days. on SATURDAY ne
took the 22o-yard contest and the week before the
half-me
One OF the biggest crowds ever seen al lIaNe'S
Island for an aquatic function was in attenua"'
Every possible point OF vantage was IN oe"a''
The 1oo-yard championship was first on the pro
gramme In addition to Daniels other likely ONES
to toe the scratch were D. 3. Renear or the I'm
caeo Athletic Association: Narquand schwartz o.
Louis; G. A. Ruberl. New-York Athletic CluO' -
D. Trudenbach, New-York Athletic Club; 7. T.
Kitchine jr New-York Athletic Club. and l.. D.
Goodwin New York Athletic Club
They ali got away we'll with the pistol. bur II
only needed few seconds for Renear 10 sno" II.
front At fifty yards he full length ahead OF
the favorite and the cry went up. Daniels IS
beaten" So II looked for Renear was fairly teafis
through the water He led at seventy-hve yards
but at that point Goodwin. kitchins ana bahieiS
were going stronger. and gaining rapidly
In the last twenty-five yards the whole aspect or
the race changed. Renear firing and Goodwin
and Kitching were doing their best and unaoie %
Winning by sca scan two yards from schwartz and
s time who n. fsst a Seconds
for the course the old record being o5 Is made sf
distance is o2 Is. made by Daniels at Philadelphia
After it was all over Daniels said he thought he
beaten early in the race. and expressed sur
pained his weak finish BY the fact that he has
been doing more rowing than swimming tnis sun di
cluster of close finishes resulted from the Fly
yards handicap and fifty yards novice races DIVIDED
into heats In the third hea. of the handicap
Ing the distance q 2-5 seconds lowering the pest
previous American record by two-hfths Of a second
gramm Sne snne s the sPeeai diving ophon
some SAID Daniels he ar aRs way by at least fifty
yards. and others fancied H. j. Handy, the seven
The race was practically a contest between these
two. Daniels uses nothing but the "trudse" stroke
the crawl He is said to be the only swimmer
Handy does most of his work sA with S his arms the
legs being extended ALMOST straight out behind.
Daniess powerful leg action and l6hg arm reach.
Fns fm m fb to st frod d
lance he led the Chicago boy. by only five yards:
We by y IN TIE His @ 10 broke the
old american 45 record q !s andys tine was vas
Daniels's fractional times for the intermediate
yards 25a as $50 yards 4:ss 10 80 Yards 6lS s;5;
Yards is7 l9o yards 1881 s-5 $50 YARDS 49,;
5:Oe 8-5; 17so yards 2sE as. The summary follows:
One mile swim (amateur: Athletic Union champion
Handy Chicago Y NJ G A. second: g. D. Trndenbach
New-YorA A. C.. third E. H. Adams. New-York A. c..
fourth Time. 26:41 As.
One hundred yard swim (anateuT: Athletic Union
Marauand Schwartz. Missouri A. g. second: C. A.
Fifty-yard swim (novtcel-F1rst heat won by Otto
Missouri A G: A NJ Silverman. unattached,
second: E Rourke. third. Time o:33.
Second heat-won by E. McCullen: E. Frelburger,
second; NJ c. Eulon. third Time. 0:34 Is.
Fifty-yard handicap (hrs; heatl-Won by l. 8 Crane.
New A {. t0:02) Otto Schwartz. Missouri A. {.
(O:O3) second. Time. o:32s5
Second heat-Won by J. a. Rudy. Nev-York A. c.
600. M BsseIl Columbia University t0oI). second
Third heat-won by T. E. Kitching. jr FORK
A C. (scratchl; B. Goodwin NeWYork A G (scratch).
second. Time. O:34z5.
Final Schwartz: Crane. second Kitchins.
third Time, 0:35ls. 49,
Fifty-yari run novice final heaD.Won by A n Sill
Schwartz, Missouri A. G. sec
ond; N G. Ullo. unattached third Time 0:53ls.
Diving contest-won by NJ J. OCallagan. New-York
City; NeN-York A. c. second; Paul Roett-
Germany. third.