New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-26
| DANIELS KEEPS IL UP.
ADDS THIRTEEN RECORDS.
The Human Fish Breaks HandyS
Mark for One Mile.

Thirteen new swimming records were made by
Charles NJ. Daniels. Of the New York Athletic
Club, last night This remarkable athlete ac-
complished the feat in a mile race IN the new
public bath at No 232 West 6Oth street HIS
time for the mile was % minutes 10 3-5 seconds
which broke the best previous American record
Of % minutes 10 seconds. held by H. ], Handy
Of Chicago by l minute "a % seconds.
The meeting last night was the first held by
the New York Swimming Association, which
was formed for the purpose of encouraging the
sport. The tank is sixty feet long and about
forty feet wide, and is we'll adapted for compe-
titions as it's unusual width affords the swim
mers plenty Of room. In depth it ranges from
four to eight feet.
Records made in sixty-feet tanks are allowed
in this country In England nothing unoer
seventy-hve feet is recognized. Daniels reVeis
in a bath Astounding In turns. As he approaches
the end OF the tank he times his turn so as 10
derive the maximum benefit from vigorous leg
shove. which starts him off with rush.
The mile race last night was the star event OF
a varied programme consisting OF open and
closed events. Even after the severe drubDlng
Daniels gave Handy in the New York Athleuc
Club tank on Saturday night the friends OF the
latter had made the assertion that Daniels would
not be able TO break the Chicago swimmers time
for the mile The race last night was put on at
the New Workers. request.
Norbert and Louis Manley acted as pacemak-
ers with a four-minute handicap. Norbert Mart
ley started first, and while he was going along
the champion sat in a chair at the end Of the
tank clad in an overcoat. Al the expiration OF
the four minutes a pistol fired and Daniels
got away To swim a mile IN this tank means
eighty eight lengths OF the bath. and incidentally
eighty-si shoves with the legs from the ends
From the first plunge the champion swan
beautifully, using the crawl stroke. Norbert
Manley. who had shown good speed at the out
set. began to come back steadily. The cham
pon had not been in the water long before IL
that he again in record form.
he covered the distance IN / minutes 4 20 sec
onds. At the haf-me point Daniels was only
four lengths behind the tired Norbert Manley.
who then relieved by his brother The lat
ter started away as II he was going only hun
dred yards. For It short time he kept up the
pace. but Daniels soon began To overhaul him,
and at the loo yards the champion was only
two lengths 10 the bad and far ahead OF the
record.
A little later Daniels caught and passed his
opponent. From there the various inter
mediate records fell In rapid succession. and
when the New Yorker finished the large crowd
gave him great reception. HIS new records
We're follows:
Three hundred and thrty yards. 4:O5A eco s.3S%
10 l9:oS.s 600 1905 LOO 1913: 200 1905
y 9Gts; 100 225T; mile % ,4O+.
The summary follows:
one hundred yard open hsnasap-wen BY C. z schet-
ruWon New York Athletic Club % sseonds' second
siS,y-yaTd eIus Iovies-,won by N. Graham; r. J.
si1ty-yard open EOvice-Won by William FTsd,ander
West Side Y. 81. c. \. r. Burke. Twenty-third street
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