Evening star., 1906-02-24
AII-Eastern Team 0utsWIms
Western Athletes.
DANIELS WON RELAY RACE
New Yorker Also Broke Some More
Records.
NEW TURF RECORD FOR RADTKE
ERvorites Split Card at New Orleans
Big Athletic Meet Tonight
Base Ball Notes.
NEW TURF RECORD FOR RADTKE

NEW YORK. February 4-The all
eastern relay team last night defeated the
all-western at the Amateur Athletic
Unions indoor swimming and water polo
championship meet being held in the New
York Athletic Club tank. The race proved
to be the event of the week.
Six men on each team swan fifty yards
each. The western sextet was truly rep
resentative. St eyre and Loughlin of the
Chicago A. A; Marquand and his brother,
Otto Schwartz of the Missouri A. c.; ].
Scott Leary of the Olympic A. c. of San
Francisco and j. Handy OF the Chicago
y. NJ. G. \. made up the team
Daniels Ernbenbach, Crane, Kitchng
and Mulvey of the Mercury Footers. and
Boyce of the Brooklne Swimming Club of
Boston represented the cast
st. eyre plOughed away quickly for the
westcrners and gained five yards on Mui
vey. Otto Schwartz was pitted against
BoyCc and added two more yards to the
westeTners lead. BY this time every one
of the throug that tilled the three galleries
overlooking the tank WAS ON his feet
shouting encouragement to the men from
the Atlantic coast.
First Gain for East
Lester Crane n. Y. A. c. younsster.
used powerful trudgcoa stroke and clip
ped two yards from the westerners' lead.
Trubenbach had all he could do to hold
:
When little KitchiHg set out after Hardy
of Chicago he was five yards behind. The
spectators watched Hardys work with in
tereSt as he had HCt competed previously
during the meet. i WAS said that lac had
gone stale
HI had Little KItching crept up one
two. four then five Yards and gave Dan
iels the opportunity to start on even terms
with Schwartz.
The race was now u fair one. The best
the east has produced started abreast with
the fastest westcrucT. For twenty-five
yards the two swan neck gud neck. then
Daniels began 10 forge ever so little ahead.
From the rear he looked for all the world
like a Chugging motor boat. Hands and
feet We're working fast. He was forced to
do his best. for Schwartz. realizing that
this was his chance to beat champion.
was swimming tireiessly At the forty
yard mark Daniels rad barely twelve
inch lead. Then little added pOwed won
HIM the race by a scaut yard
The members Of the winning team aver
aged less than eight seconds for their fifty
yards swim.
Another Record for Daniels.
Earlier in the evening Daniels won the
400 yards championship. As usual. Mar
uuaud Schwartz was his most dangerous
opponent. For seventy-f1ve yards both
used the crawl stroke, and were abreast Of
each other. Twenty-Five yards further on
Schwartz began to fall behind. From there
on Daniels used the double trudEeOn.
Though tired he sprinted for the last
thirty yards and lowered the former Amer
lean Tesords from minutes 54 80 seconds
TO minutes. 20 20 seconds.
on the Journey he also lowered the Amer
lean record for 400 yards of . minutes and
~ seconds by 3-5 of a second
The fancy diving championship event re-
suited in a surprise. F. Buruaman of the
Chicago \. A. won the title. and DIR. Shell
don the worlds champion. was not even
placed one of Burnaman's moves was the
best ever seen In the Mercury Foot tank.
He sprang on the spring-board. quick as a
pinwheel sun around toward a half turn
in the air, and then dived into the water,
cieay wing II like an arrow. Hardly ripple
showed where he entered.
The Summaries.
A. \. L. 440-yard chanpionship-won by O. ".
Daniels -. \. A. O.; Marquand Schwartz Nils
Eouri A G. second; C. ). Dockren u. Y A. c.,
A. \. L. fancy diving championship-Won by
i. Burnamau (Chicago A A., with lSi points;
Paul R"uesr Chicago A. A.) second. with ia
points; Walter Lee tN- Y. A Al, third, with III
with l6s points I. OCauaghan tN. Y. a. O.,
Nth. with 165 points
8uJ-yard relay race. against the west, six
team Eastern team DIulyey, BOyce.
kitchiag Crane. Trukenbaeh and Dantels), won
from western team lJ So eyre and r. Ioughlin
&C. A. A. Msrd o. Schwartz IN A. A., J. Scott
Ieary tOiymplc A. % and J. Handy Chicago y.
NJ. q. A.. Time. 2-47 IS.
5o-yacd swim, haudlcap-WOn by +. Brown @
seCondsl, Columbia University; O. Schwartz t3
seconds Missouri A. C.. second, Louis Pagan tS
sec0uds,, University Of Pennsylvania third.
Time. sos.
swim in sacks-won by Il Loughln Chicago A.
A.. from J A Ruddy (\ Y. A. o.. Time. 25s,