Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-26
NEW SWIMMING
RECORDS FOR DANIELS

NEW YORK, February 26.-The New
York Swimming Association last night
made it's initial bow to the public with an
aquatic program of six events, at the public
BATHS on West Goth street. The tank Is
sixty feet in length, the minimum length
allowed for record-breaking performances.
A large crowd was in attendance and every
available foot Of space was taken from the
floor to the roof.
The main attraction of the night was a
mile handicap in which c. NJ. Daniels was
expected to do all sorts of things to the
American record of % minutes Is seconds.
made by H. J. Hardy Of the Chicago A. A.
last year. In order to pull Danny out to
his last inch the Manley brothers of the
New York A. C. arranged to swim in relays
against him. They received handicap of
FOUR minutes and Herbert Manley took the
first relay.
When Daniels entered the water Norbert
Manley had swan twelve lengths of the
tank, or 240 yards. For the first couple of
lengths Daniels tore along. using the crawl
stroke, and then he changed to the
trudgeon, which now and again he would
vary to a sort of side stroke. At the half
mile Daniels had gained eight laps, or 16O
yards. when Louis G. Maney took up the
going, and it was said Daniels was ahead
of the record by comfortable margin.
When they reached 1,O4O yards Daniels
took the lead and he plowed along in his
effective style, leaving Manley behind him
yard by yard Daniels finally won by about
100 yards in % minutes 40 3-5 seconds.
making a new American record by / min
ute "a 2-5 seconds; that is, for this length
of tank, which was the same as Hardy
used in his performance. 1t was re-
markable race, and not alone the fastest
mile ever swan by an American, but the
second best in the wide world.
The only mile faster than Daniels Is %
minutes 10 seconds, yet standing on the
record book to the credit Of the late Barney
Kieran of Australia and made on his native
water about three years ago. The Aus
tralian's record was made in much longer
tank. so it would be harder to compare the
records. but the shorter the bath the bigger
the advantage on account of the kickoff
from the end at each turn.
On his journey Daniels clipped a second
off the 1.0OO-yard mark made by himself
on Saturday night. and in all made thirteen
new marks, which are as follows: Three
hundred and thirty yards, minutes 90
seconds 66O yards, g minutes 80 40 Sec
onds: 10 yards, 10 minutes So % seconds;
1000 yards, 10 minutes 20 3-5 seconds ], 100
yards. ii minutes 43 seconds; 1900 yards,
10 minutes 5 As seconds; 1900 yards, II
minutes 80 seconds: 1870 yards, II min
utes 45 As seconds; 1850 yards 20 min
utes IA seconds; 1,J4O yards, 20 minutes IA
seconds: 1,I00 yards. % minutes 81 seconds;
one mile % minutes 40 3-5 seconds The
summaries:
1O0-yard open handicap-Won by G. E.
Scheffier. jr., New York A. c., 20 seconds:
C. D. Trubenbach. New York A. c., sec
onds. second; Joseph w. Spencer, New
York A. c., II seconds, third. Time, ]
minute Is As seconds
60-yard novice CONFINED to members of
the club)-Won by M. A. Graham: r. G.
OConnor. second; Ralph Adelman, third.
Time. As seconds.
6O-yard novice. open-Won by w. Fried
lander, West Side Branch Y. M. C. A.; r.
Burke sd Street Branch Y. M. c. A., sec
ond: H. G. Williams, unattached, third.
Time. 40 seconds.