New-York tribune., 1907-08-12
MANLEY'S LONG SWIM
Goes from Battery to COney Island IN
Little OUer Five Hours.

Louis E. Manley. of the New York Athlete Club
carried the Mercury Foot webbed for the oc-
casion 10 victory yesterday in the thirteeh-rnlle
Marathon swim of the American Lifesaving So
cety. A northwest wind gave the swimmers much
trouble raising choppy sea and buffetirg the men
back and forth. So rough was the water that
probably there has been other held in these
waters which gave much trouble. But despite
the dsadvantageous conditions. Manley covered
the distance between the Battery and Coney lslend
in the good time of > hours and 20 minutes
There were nineteen who took the water at
the public bath house at the Battery. but only three
left in the race at the finish off the island
The feature of the the work of Frank
II. James. the oldest entered. who, although
forty-four years old, finished second He was
half hour behind the winner. Robert Adler.
the third man, more than an hour behind
James
II 1890 when the nineteen took the
plunge in splash Edward c. Brennan, presi-
dent of the American Lifesaving Society, firing
the pistol shot The We're sent off 20 an even
start. and by the time that the upper end of But
termilk Channel was reached there string of
bchbing heads. behind the other. The men,
gradually diminishing in number. kept down
BUttermlk Channel. through the upper bay, past
Fort Hamilton. and through the Narrows, and
then straiehtaNay to the finish line
A stiff pace was set the start by Manley and
his brother. \. o Manley, both representing the
New York Athletic Club Before a mile had been
covered it was evident that the brothers
TO win Which was 70 win, however, was not
apparent. They set the pace alternately. with
the evident intention of tirnE the others. At
the end of the first mile the brothers were fully
quarter OF mile in the lead James. their
nearest opponent At this point the old be-
gan to drop back, and in a few minutes he
placed by James J. Kennedy, who, using the
trudgeon stroke the same the Manley brothers.
began To crawl up them. This trudseon stroke
kept UP for practically the next four miles,
when the firing stroke told Kennedy and he
dropped behind James. For a few minutes il
looked though James might he the only one of
the nineteen To finish, for the Maney brothers ap
peared distressed. The end of the next mile
showed however. that they had kept much strength
in reserve hut still James held 70 the pace
they had set and appeared the stronger, II any
thing
When the swimmers reached the Crescent Ath-
Ietic Club the Manley brothers still in the
lead. although il had been decreased TO about
hundred yards James was second. Kennedy third.
Loeffier fourth. Adler fifth and James J. Lyons.
who has only one leg. sixth. At this point Lyons
made a pluckily furious sprint. using the crawl
stroke. and within fifty yards Fort Hamilton had
gained at least two hundred Yards putting him to
within fifty yards Of the leader When y. O.
Manley who was now acting pacemaker for his
brother. saw Lyons come up like motor boat
through = bunch Of rowboats. he shouted TO his
brother to and hit it up. Louis Manley
responded pluckily, and before another hundred
yards had been covered the brothers had again
safe lead of two hundred yards.
The began drop shortly after the
second mile put behind them AS usual the
unexpected happened Charles Stellberg. who
the swim last year from Bay Ridge avenue To
Coney Island. was thought 10 be easily the best Of
the lot. Steberg. however. fell far behind the
leaders. y. Q. Manley, Who had set the pace for
his brother most all the way. pulled, ex-
hausted. from the water. after going ten and
half miles. This left the race 70 the three men
who finished Louis Maney, when he saw his
brother drop out. redoubled hts efforts, and with
and surprising burst Of speed and strength not
only held his own but began TO crawl away from
James and Adler. This sprint. remarkable at such
a point in a race. lasted from Norton's Point 10
the erish or the three who fnishad James was
much the strongest. Manley. when re reached the
shore collapsed. and IL took Or. VI. Wachman fully
half an hour before he could bring him around
again consciousness. James. when ne got ashore.
was as fresh the proverbial daisy. He said that
the only difficulty ne had met was that his oars
man who had taken a bottle % whsbey along.
dropped Il overheard by accident and he had not
had single drink on the way down. Adler came
in late but fresh.