New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-22
AQUATIC RECORDS FLY.
DANIELS is THE STAR.
Neu- York STcimmers YIN Honors
in Chem pionShip FIXTURES.

ortside a steady rain poured down. while inside
a, she cubs capacious tank the best SWIM
.,ers Of the country splashed the spectators and
r,oashed records with a regularity which was all
bu. uaonotonous
The chief honors Of the opening night of the
,ir aquatic meet went without reserve 20 the
,,sv-York Athletic Club swimmers. c. NJ Dam
..,s rs usual, the individual star This re-
taxable young swimmer not only won the
srr-yard Amateur Athletic Union champion
srr from fast field. thereby setting a new
11erican record Of % % seconds. but in the
.re race broke the American record for forty
,.,ss and the worlds record for sixty yards.
:, the first heat of the race he also broke the
american record for twenty-five yards.
The forne. American record for fifty yards
,os o6 So seconds. held by J. w. Lawrence of
.,s Neu-YorI Athletic Club while the worlds
-.ors tor the distance is "a 80 seconds, held by
yjckham. Of Sidney. New South Wales. J.
u Lawrence also he'd the former record for
,0--v wards. which was 203-5 seconds. Daniels
o,inned this marx To 10 8-5 seconds last night
me former worlds record for sixty yards
.-.s 20 % seconds, and was held by Cecil
+Ies1v AZ Australia while TIE American record
.. ,ba distance was 35 10 seconds. and was
bel5 by Harry lie Noyne. OF Boston. Daniels
,sr-ered bot. these marks when he swan the
distance in 81 Is seconds. The former Amer
team record for twenty-five yards was u 10 Sec
ends and was held by Harry lie Noyre Dan
,els covered the distance in l. seconds fiat.
The Hfty-yard race was decided in two heats
and final. Daniels Won the first heat handy
,n oe4 ~ seconds. Otto Schwartz. Of the Mis-
sour5 Athletic club. finished second. The other
starter. J. Scott Lesry. OF the Olympus Club. of
san Francisco. got a bad start and was not
factor in the heat T. Z. Kitching. jr.' OF the
New-York Athletic Club. won the second heat
IN the same time. % 40 seconds. with Marquand
schwartz. Of the Missouri Athletic Club. Sec
DANIELS LEADS FROM START.
-Four started in the final heat. Daniels took
the lead from the plunge. and, swimming easily
but with marvellous rapidity and apparently no
exertior won easily in the record time Of % 40
seconds as already told. The three others fin
ished in a bunch, but the judges placed Mar
ouaud Schwartz second, T. t. Kitching, il,
tird. and OTTO Schwartz fourth
Next 10 the remarkable performance Of Dan
iels in the ffty-yard race. interest centred per
haps in the Two trial heats for the Amateur
Athletic Union relay championship. -Four men
teams competed, and each man swan fifty yards.
This made the total distance Of the race 200
yards IN the first heat the teams Of the Chi
cago Athletic Association and the University Of
Pennsylvania met the first team OF the New
York Athletic Club.
The winged foot" team was made UP OF T
E Kitching. tr, L. 6. Crane. c. .. Trubenbach
and C. n Daniels swimming in the order
named. i was more OF a performance against
tine than z race, for the New-YOrk swimmers
won by half the length Of the tank. while Chi
cago easily beat Pennsylvania When the time
vas announced Il was seen that both the win
ners and the seconds had broken the American
record Of 200 40. which was held 10y the New
York Athletic Club team.
The winners covered the 200 yards IN
1.4s1-5 while the Chicago swimmers took
1868 The individual times OF the winged
foot" swimmers were: T. E Kitching. jr,
% seconds; L. s. Crane, % 1-5 seconds; c. D.
Trubenbach, q 40 seconds; c. NJ Daniels,
. - seconds Il will be noticed that Kitching
Il this race swan under the old American record
Of % So seconds.
Il the second heat Of the relay race the sec
ond team Of the New-York Athletic Club tried
conclusions with the teams of the Missouri Ath-
letic Club and the Brookine Swimming Club
This heat was hOtly contested throughout with
the local swimmers coming in third. The fourth
relay found The three teams on nearly even
terms. but Y Dep. Goodwin, Of the Winged
Foot team, was outdistanced by L. @. Rich. OF
Brookiine, the winner and Maryland Schwartz
o. Missouri. who finished second. Rich was bad
" wirdes 81 the finish and would not have last
e a yard further He had 10 be helped out Of
the tank The time OF the Brookline team was
! minute - 80 seconds, and that Of the Mis-
souri, Athletic Club team l minute 80 40 sec
OnGs Both Of these times We're under the for
Iner American record but neither equalled the
time made by the Aew-YOrk Athletic Club first
Tan. The Winning team was mace up OF z
Wilmington H D. Holm, ". B. Boyce and l. q.
Elch The BrOOk-SlE Swimming Club VIII meet
the first team q the NeV-YOrk Athletic Club IN
The relay race final on Saturday night
ADAMS WINS THE PLUNGE
For the Amateur Athletic Union plunging
Championship there were five entries. z. H.
Adams. q the New-York Athletic Club. won
with GO feet This equals the American record.
which Adams holds. His two other plunges
were 6s feet inches and 81 feet Al. McCor-
mack Of the BrookIine Swimming Club. was sec
ond with 81 feet, and A c Sherman. OF Yale
third with CO feet inches a. X Smith, Of
Bfookline. fourth. his best plunge being 62
ieet George Wiltshire. Of Yale. made only one
Try IlUlgirE IS feet.
Three Trial games We're played in the Amateur
Athlete Union water polo championship. The
.Ne"-York Athletic Club beat Yale by a score or
9 10 o. Columbia beat the University % Penn
tyFfrla, 10 /, while the team Of TIE Chicago
atfeuc Association shut out the team OF the
s4.5soun Athletic Club by a score Of g 10 q. THIS
F4lS Yale. Pennsylvania and Chicago out Of the
championship. The Brookline Swimming Club
crew a I've, and VIII meet the Eew-York Athletic
Cub today
There was lively interest I'm the game be-
l"een Yale and the winged foot team. The
Yachts, Boats. Launches, Etc.