New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-17
DANIELS FALLS SHORT.
FAILS AT WORLD'S MARK.
LO1cerS O7Cn Record. HOJreUer, IN
22O-Yard S1Cim.

charles NJ Daniels the national swimming cham
pion won and lost in special match race of go
Yards in the tank of the New York Athletic Club
last night Although Daniels failed 70 overhaul E.
Wenck who received a 27-second allowance. the
title holder succeeded in breaking mis- Ameri-
can record by three-ffths of second. Daniels's
time last night was 80 3-5 seconds.
This race which the event of the evening
was arranged to give Daniels chance TO
break the worlds record for the distance. This
mark is regarded by swimmers the most difficult
of all bath TO break. 1t is min. Is 1-5 sec
and is held by the late Herman, of Australia.
At the crack of the pistol Wenck got away
well and made such excellent use Of his handicap
rs 10 cover almost two lengths of the bath So
as Daniels took the he hit up the fastest kind
of a pace using the crawl stroke. which he main
tanned for 100 yards. The time for that distance
was fast-6O "a seconds At this stage Daniels
shifted the trudgeon stroke, and his speed
slackened considerably. In spite of this he contn-
ued to lessen the distance between himself and
Wenck so that at the finish the latter only beat
the champion by FIVE yards.
The fact that Daniels took part in the plunging
contest earlier in the evening led many to believe
that he would have done better had ne saved him
self for the special
An innovation was tried in the form of a 200
yard handicap relay race Teams consisted Of
four men, each 10 swim fifty Yards Entries had
been received from the New York Athletic Club
the West Side Young Mems Christian Association
the 23d Street Young Mems Christian Association
the College OF the City of New York. the New
York Swimming Association and Columbia Uni
versty The American record Is minute as Is
seconds, made by New York Athletic Club team
composed Of G NJ. Daniels c. u. Trubenbach. l."
s. Crane and T. f. Kitchngs il
In the plunge for distance. which handicap
affair. promising material brought
out. In fact. the long markers did so well that
withdrew after his first trial which was good for
SiXty-seven feet, within yard of the record
one OF the contestants had difficulty in keeping
a straight course As he swung round broadside
prpla ,fra efaHf Tho cd for. T.
Manlev, of the New York Athletic club aided nv
The liberal handicap Of ISL feet won the event
with an actual plunge Of hfty-siX feet
York Athletic Club and the Columbia University
team, Only one period Of twenty minutes was
0. The summary follows:
= I,iEht c.@,of HaiPln
Ruddy Haifback Ba srStt
seen feft goal Bisse captain
HandIe,. . Goodwin. /; Trubenbach Hes
ser, J.
by tho swimmers 10 +. J Wells. who is retiring
from active participation in aquatics- The latter
twenty years. There were about seventy persons
summary of the races follows:
New York Athletic club Os'a feeo with plunge
an actual plunge Of 30 feet second J Bsattie
attached d3 feet. with an actual plunge Of 10 feet
hundred-yard swim ,handicapl--won by J W
Lawrence New York Athlete Club % seconds, second
q. r. Lewis Bath Geach swimming Club " seconds
Fifty ward swim ,no,ice, by Harold q Williams
New GoT5 STimmiRF Ass"ea'i9"' RRym1nd 4 S P
ra4ni. third Time, o3oN
Two hundred ,i, yard relSy race GandeaElmWoq by
Iranton Robert Berk and r G TroNerl New York Ath-
y c Msniey ana f z Wenck IT. second Time" *o1'5