The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-21
RACK OWNERS MOVE TO ASSIST RACE TRACK PATRONS,
EVENTS
At JAMESTOWN
Meet This Week Promises
to Be a Record
Breaker.

No less than twenty-one Amateur
Athletic Union championships will be
decided at the three-day meet. which
will be held at the jamestown EXPOSE
ton beginning July 25.
The contests will embrace every phase
Of expert water work. including the
various kinds OF swimming. diving and
distance plunging, together WITH cham
pionship games Of water polo These
contests win take place in Grand Basin,
between the two wings OF the Govern
ment pier built out in Hampton Roads
Just In front of the Auditorium.
Teams From Many States.
Practically every athletic club in the
United States especially interested In
sQustics viii be represented at this
meet. The clubs Of Chicago and New
York Will send large delegations. and as
there has always existed the keenest
rivalry between these two ORGANIZATIONS
the events in whieh they will partici-
pate will be worth travelling far TO
see.
The championships viii be particl-
pated in by senior class. the events
OF this class Will be divided into 1--WE
contests. as follows;
Senior and Junior Events.
Swimming, back stroke, breast stroke,
fancy diving. and plunge for distance.
The winner in any of the above
events will be ineligible for further COM
petition as a junior in them. But the
fact that a swimmer has been on a
winning polo or relay team will not
disQualify him from the Junior class.
Following arc the events for the junior
championships: Tifty-yard. 1OO-yard. 3D.
yard, 44O-yard, sSO-yard, one mile, back
stroke, 80 yards; breast stroke. 90 yards;
fancy diving. plunge for distance.
The senior championships will be like
the above. except events and s. viii
BIZ over courses 100 yards long and 200
yards long respectively. then in this
senior class there will be an additional
event which viii be 3o0-yard relay race
in which four men viii participate on
each team.
Medals and Judges
To the winner OF first place in every
event, a gold medal emblematic OF the
championship Of the United States viii
be given. Second and third place win
ners will be given silver and bronze
medals, respectively. A large banner
viii be awarded to the team of the ath-
letic club or college scoring the highest
number Of points
All the judges have not yet been an
nounced. but among them there viii be
the following: Charles A Borneman
and d. Fl. Hammond. Of the Chicago
Athletic Association, and Thomas O'cal-
laghan and Walter Lee. OF the New
York Athletic Club.
Important Details.
The take-offs for the fancy diving
viii be from three heights-ten. twenty,
and thirty feet. There will be five
regulation dIves-plsin front. plain back,
/ front tack-knifs. and one-and-a-half
dives. There Will also be three special
dives TO be selected by each Of the con-
testants. but in no case VIII the con-
| testants be allowed to give one Of the
five regulation dives mentioned above.
as ono of the specials.
/ In the front jaek-knife dive the con-
/ testant must strike the water with his
head within six feet Of the diving plat
/ form. The same rule applies to the
back jack-knife. and all dives must be
made head first. no other kind being
recognized.
How to Plunge.
The maximum height OF the platform
! from which the men viii plunge for
/ distance Will be eighteen inches above
/ the water. The contestant Will be re-
/ dUired to plunge from a standing posi-
/ ton, the body being kept motiOnless-
face downwaTd-after striking the water.
/ The plunge viii terminate at the expira-
/ ton of sixty seconds, whether the diver
/ has raised his heed out OF the water OF
not. Any one Sesturbing the water SC
as to interfere with the program Of any
| competitor viii be disqualified from the
| contest.