The sun., 1907-08-12
SIX SWIM tS NILES TO CONEY
IOLL NTEER LIFE SAVERS ESSAY
ANNUAL JOURNEY.
Eighteen Of Them Start Frem Under Brock.
Iyn Brtdse-Upcertsln Just VINO Did
Finish First. Because struegIe with
Tide at Norton's Point was Too Much.

SIX swimmers on the united states Volun-
,eer Life Saving Corps survived the annual
endurance swim Of the corps yesterday
from the Brooklyn Bridge to Coney Island.
Behind the six and along the shore or in
their attendant rowboats we're twelve
others who had fallen by the wayside at
one point or another OF tho long grind.
The course followed 10 estimated TO have a
distance Of little over thirteen miles.
The six men who completed the distance
we're J. Hack and J.. Bennett Of the Fort
Washington Point station OF the corps.
.. Mcintosh Of tho West Ninety ninth street
station. L. r. b. Levy Of the Asbury Park
station. A. Burgtorf Of the City Island
station and r. Rademscher Of the Hoboken
station.
The start was made from the Booth Line g
Pier at ii.O5 o clock in the morning. j.
Hack the first man to reach Coney Island.
was taken out Of the water at AIS. max ing
the elapsed time S hours and 10 minutes.
The record for the course is said TO be 4as.
made in 1905 by Alfred Brown. the sole
longest total Of survivors ever recorded
Yesterday and the officials OF the contest
say that Browns record was made under
more favorable conditions than obtained
Yesterday. The contestants yesterday had
10 contend with a steady breeze blowing
lnshore.
The first man to retire climbed into his
boat twelve minutes after the start, while
of Pier O. An hour later the contestants
we're strung out over half a mile OF water.
and from that time on the call OF "auother
one out" reached the fagboat at more or
less regular intervals. In the Erie Basin
Levy. who is n commodore in the organizar
lon, got a bad cranip He refused to get
into his boat. however. and foated idly
for fifteen minutes, when he shouted 10
his trainer that he was all right and pro-
ceeded on his way. He seemed to be picked
out for trouble. however. While OF Bay
Ridge he was in danger Of being run down
by the Pegasus Of the Iron Steamboat
Company. hut struck out TO one side in the
nick Of time.
There we're a number Of excit ng mo-
ments when Il e long contest took on the in
crest of a race All through the lsst two
OF three hours the six who finished we're
strung out n the lead. with the rest OF the
Hotilla somc distance sstern. Hack led
with Rademacher a little behind. Burg
tori and Mcintosh wers Sighting it out
for third. seldom separated by more than
few yards Lsuy-aRd Bennett were
swimming slong well out in the stream.
Then Levy. recovered fully from his scci-
dent. started out after Burgtorf and Bennett
h. fnw bay fkSNtr
Norton's Point. with Levy gaining at every
stroke and finally passing the other pair as
they rounded tbs Point and encountered the
tide beginning TO come in.
The hoot tide raised havoc with the
swimmers. The finish line was marked
from tent station of the members of the
corps who are also members OF the Thir-
,epr'h Regiment Heavy Artillery. ~ q.
y e. betwesu the Sssburn Hotel and
McPherson's to a launch loafing opposite
But v'h the incoming tide ths officials
cav that the men could not make hesdwsy
A s:nall schooner had gone ashore during
tie course OF the day a little way this side
81: tas proposed sSs=A. Before he rcscs.e1
tie schooner Hack wss done up with the
str!tg.e against the tide and had 10 be
il'st into his boa. The Ave other sur
Vvcrs close behind. fought to- nnske head
"-y fer some minutes but were carried
!c< by the tide and after demonstrating
the folly ~ the sttsmpt were ordered into
their hcstz
levy vss the last 20 Ierv. the water.
svimnI9g pss, the schooner. and working
'rr ten minutes after the others had quit
N vain attempt to rn1ke hsadway.
Ha ale" covered a greater distances than
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only one 10 pass the schooner. which was
agreed upon as the finish mark when 10 was
s-en that the original goal could not bs
reached Five NJ the sir were in excellent
condition when they left the watsr. Hack.
TIE first to round the Point and to get within
hlh u The schooner was badly done up.
!, He "a Younger than the other n'en. being
only ~ years old. and 10 OF slight buiI1.
re was the only lightweight 70 survive.
" vas purely an endurance swim. there
telns m announcements made OF position
az The finish. The partisans Of both Hack
and Levy claim the honor of first for their
hol IN the first case on the ground that he
rounded the point first and in the second
mat Levy Was last Of all to give up.
supt. George A. Thormann's launch.
winch carried the larger part Of the gallery.
encountered the swimmers in the corps
Ions distance race from Bay Ridge to Coney
Island several times during the afternoon
ms race was for speed and was won by
W. A. Byxbee Of the Roton Point, Conn,
station in hours and IS minutes. The
distance is between six and seven miles.
n smoinsky Of the West Ninety ninth
street. station was second. the only other
surviving contestant out Of eleven entered.
= Linnenkohl OF the East iO0th street
slatlon maintained third place until he
iedched The Point when he gave up. the
~st 10 DO 30 Of the nine who retired.
on previous endurance races the SER
v'ces OF doctor have been required In the
S,r Sare OF some Of the swimmers. DR.. z. 4.
oOonnel was on the superintendent
1lncn Yesterday. but he had nothing TO do.
Inc nasship OF the cruise was Commodore
'ncn launch. but II divided honors in the
H'sSns OF things with Supt. Thormann's
%unch' the Faugh-a-Balagh, In command
MI Ihormann himself. who answers to
''e utle Of commodore. The notice ssut
oN si'd so'clock. but IT was II o'clock before