Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-23
Charley Daniels Still Breaking
the Swimming Records.
NEW MARKS IN FOUR EVENTS
Captured Both the 100 and 200-Yard
Titles.
RACING AT NEW ORLEANS
Whitney Played Steady Racquets-
Intercity Billiards-Columbia
Fencers Won.

NEW YORK February &c. M Dan
iels of the New York Athletic Club on the
second day of the Amateur Athletic Union
indoor swimming and water polo champion
ship meet continued his record-oreahlhg
feats In the Mercuryfoot tank. as on the
dav nrevious. The hard races of Wednes-
day served only to leave the slim. sun
burned athlete stronger than before.
In the loo-yard championship race he
e,ua,ad the worlds record OF SO seconds
held by Cecil Healy of Australia. He HIM
self had previously made worlds record
of 81 3-5 seconds, but the English authorities
maintain that as It had been made without
a swimming costume 1t would not stand as
a worlds record.
Daniels. his team mate. T. E. kitching;
]. Scott Ieary of the Olympic Club Of San
Francisco and Marquand Schwartz OF the
Missouri Athletic Club started together I'm
the final heat OF the hundred. with the
accuracy of a Splinter Daniels got the bet
ter start. but Schwartz caught him, ana TO
the 5O-yard mark they swan neck ana
neck.
Then Daniels put added power into the
stroke and began TO pull away inch by
inch At the T5-yard mark he broke The
worlds record of ~ seconds, held by H. A.
Wideman of the Luriine Swimming Club of
San Francisco. by two-tfths of second
Five yards farther on he equaled the
worlds record of a. seconds. made by A.
Wickham OF Sydney. New South Wales
Schwartz Held On.
Schwartz was showing surprising speed.
When Daniels put on his final burst OF
speed the westerner held him well, and at
the finish the New Yorker won by only two
yards. Schwartzs time was 80 2-5 seconds.
This race took place yesterday afternoon.
In the evening the boy won the 22o-yard
championship and clipped and 10 seconds
off the American record for the distance of
2 minutes and 80 20 seconds, held by Fran
els Galley of the Olympic Club of San Fran
cisco
In the final OF this race Schwartz and
KitChing were again pitted against the
champion OF champions At the twenty-five
yard mark Daniels was in the lead. AT the
nifty Schwartz had caught him, and the
New York Athletic Club members felt their
hearts beat faster, when for ten. twenty,
forty, eighty yards the athlete from Mis-
souri, held a slight advantage
They did not realize that their clubmate
was holding himself we'll In check until he
suddenly brought into play the powerful
"heave' that Is known from coast to coast.
At the 1J0-yard mark he had lowered his
own American record from I'm 46 sos to
I'm. and 42s
He did not let up. even though he must
have realized that the race was his. He
took off six and fifth seconds from his own
mark OF Pm. Is los. at the 20o-yard line.
wave OlhcIS u SuduCS'
Daniels did not enter the mile champion
ship although there Is little doubt in the
minds of swimming experts that he could
have won the event.
J. W. Spencer, c. d. Trubenbach. Thomas
f. Webb and G.. s. Doclkrell. all Mercury
FoOters. competed for the title. Until with
in $50 yards of the finish Trubenbach looked
to be easy winner. Then. however. he
went ali to pieces, and Spencer overhauled
and passed him.
c. A. Ruberl of the New York Athletic
Club swan as fast on his back in the 80
yard back-stroke championship race as the
average speed swimmer and won In 2m.
) 3-5s. On the way he created new rec
ord for the I5 yards of 80 ass. and for the
100 OF In. 10 2-5s. At the 125-yard line he
lowered his own record of I'm. 43 POS. to
I'm. IL Sos.
A. NJ Goerslng of the Missouri Athletic
Club won the first title for the westerners,
that OF the A. A L. BOO yard breast stroke
championship. He beat Otto Kress OF Co
iu7nbia University, his nearest opponent, by
. ten yards.
The Chicago Athletic Association relay
team defea ted that of the Missouri Athletic
Club in a seml-final for the championship.
TIE final between the New York Athletic
Club and the Chicago Athletic Association
viii lie decided tomorrow night.
Summaries.
A. \. /. 220-yard championship by C. NJ.
Daniels y u \. e; MarI''and Schwartz, Missouri
A. C.. second: T. f. kttching, tr.. y. Y. A c.,
third. Time. 2.a3 10 Former American record.
23G %
A. A. L. 200-yard breast stroke championship
Won by q. NJ Guersliug, Missouri A. c.; Otto
Kress. Columbia University. second Time. 252 3-5.
One -huadred-yard swim, handcap-Won by G. A.
McCarey seventeen seconds University OF Penn
sylvan!a; /. Crane teight seconds, n. y. A. c..
second; J. Scott Leary tsix seconds Olympic A.
C., San Francisco third. Time Ill 2-5.
A. \. T. 1oo-yard championship by c. NJ.
Daniels. y. y. A. C.; Marquand Schwartz, Missouri
A. u. second; J. Scott Leary olympic Club. San
Francisco. third: T. e. Kitching, jr. n. Y. A. c..
fourth. Time. IS tecOnds.
A. A L. 150-yard back stroke championship
Won by G. A. Ruberl. n Y. A. C.; J. J. Kennedy,
Casven A. C., second; r. F. Laughlin. Chicago A.
C.. third; Manfred Toeppen Missouri A. c. fourth.
Time minutes aud 80 seconds.
A. A. L. one mile champtonshp-Won by ]. W.
Spencer n Y. A C.: c. d. Trubenbach, n. Y. A.
C.. second. O. S Dockrell. n Y. A. C., third.
Time, Is minutes and II 2-3 seconds
A. A. I. water polo championship series-Chi.
cago A. A. team defeated Columbia six by score OF