The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-21
SWIMMING
MEET WON
BY NEWARK
Breaks Indoor Record
for 50 YARDS Daniels
Gives Exhibition.

The Newark Y. nj. c. A. aquatic team
came out victorious in the dual swimming
meet with the Bedford Branch boys in the
tank OF the local Institution last night,
winning by a score of 221s points to 1874.
incidentally, Raymond Smith. of the New
ark team, established another national in
door record. swimming so yards IN % sec
onds. This beat the previous record. held
by himself. by four seconds. Added inter-
est was given the meet by the appearance
of Charles NJ. Daniels. the champion short
distance swimmer of the world, who gave
An exhibition.
When Daniels appeared to give his
exhibition the crowd gave the eham-
pion a great ovation. Although Daniels
was not scheduled to race with Smith.
he consented to swim the local boy in a
special 25-yard race. which he won from
the local wimmer by about two yards
Daniels gave an exhibition of the various
strokes which are used by swimmers now
adays. His speed and grace In the water
were commented on by the crowd, and
every turn he made in the water counted
for something.
The meet was witnessed by a large
crowd, and when Smith defeated Brownell,
of the Bedford Branch, in the third
heat of the 50-yard swim the crowd
cheered him for his good work. When the
time was announced and 1t was known
that a new record had been established
the cheering was renewed. At the crack
of the pistol in the third heat Smith was
off like a shot, and on the first turn he
had a lead of five yards on his man and
he crossed the line at the finish 6 23 Sec
onds ahead of his man!
Besides the national record tha was
broken last night a new Z. NJ. C. A.
record was established by e. Darling, OF
the local team, who wan 255z feet under
water.
The first event of the night was the So
yard swim, which was won by Smith, of
the local team, with Brownell. of Bed
ford Branch, second. and ~Cavanaugh, a
local boy. third. The plunge for distance
was won by Crowsette, of the Bedford
Branch. with a plunge Of 40 feet Q inches
in IS 2-5 seconds.
The 25-yard swim on the back was won
by Harold Wallace, a local boy, who was
the youngest swimmer in the meet. Wall
lace Is but Is yea, g old, and his victory
met with much approval, as he won from
much older and stronger swimmers. Tho
125-yard swim was won by Raymond
Smith. who was also the individual star of
the meet. The relay race was won by the
Newark team after a hard race.
The summary:
F%ifty-yard swim-Smith, of Newark, first,
Brownell, Bedford Branch, second; Cava-
naugh, Newark, third. Time, 25 seconds.
Plunge for Distance-Won by Crowsette,
Bedford Branch; second, A. D.. Smith, Bed
ford Branch, third, Darling. Newark. Time,
Is 2; distance, 40 feet . inches.
Twenty-yard Swim IN Baek-Won by
Wallace, Newark; second, Crowsette, Bed
ford Branch; tied for third, Vail, of New
ark, and Smith, of Bedford Branch. Time.
1874 seconds.
125-yard-Won by R. Smith. of Newark:
second, Helm. Bedford Branch; third, A..
ID. Smith, Bedford Branch. Time, 1:27.
Exhibition Swim Under Water-Won by
Il. Barring. Newark; distance 255k feet.
Twenty-five-yard Special Match-Won by
c. M. Daniels, N. Y. A. c.; second, r..
Smith. Newark. Time, Ill seconds.
Relay Race, 100 Yards-Won by Newark:
second. Bedford Branch. Time, 2:10.
Points scored: Newark. 221s; Bedford
Branch, 1872 points.