New-York tribune., 1908-02-16
DANIELS TIES RECORD.
WINS WITHOUT EFFORT.
Champion Equals His Ozcn Mark IN
Race for ego Yard Title.

c NJ Daniels. champion swimmer from one hun
dred yards to mile of the New York Athletic
Club was the star performer at the swimming races
at the New York Athletic Club last night He won
the 9o-yard swim for the Metropolitan A A A u
championship in the remarkable time of 2:32 30,
thereby equalling the record.
This race was the feature of the evening. Dan
leis won his first heat with in the slow time
of 3:0S 3-5 He did not have to exert himself. The
second preliminary heat was by Karl schn,itt,
CT the College of the City of New York who was
pushed by n. c. Manley of the New York Athletic
Club The final heat Daniels. Schmitt. Man
ley and ]. H. Reilly, of the New York Athletic
Club, lined up for the start.
Daniels took the lead with the crack of the pistol
and was never headed At the first fifty-yard mark
he had clear lead of five yards and steadily in
creased it until he twenty yards ahead. APP
parently satisfied with this lead he did not exert
himself In the last few yards Of the else there
would have been another record for the distance.
In the handicap plunge for distance, which was
the first event, Daniels handicapped sixteen
feet, but did not get place. This event won
by H M. Barker, unattached who had twelve
foot handicap. His actual plunge 81 feet 8
inches. The record is 20 feet. A. D. Smith, unat-
tached. with handicap of II feet. second, and
N c. Manley. New York Athletic Club, third.
The one-hundred-yard novice swim brought out
big field -Four preliminary heats were raced and
then the winners of these met in the final c. Fl.
Herold unattached, won both his preliminary and
the final and race in good style The time was
1925.
The last event of the evening was the ffty-yard
swim. handicap There many starters that
1t required many heats before the final In the
semi-hnals William Fredlander, of the West Side
Young Mems Christian Association. with a five
second handicap, and John Manley, unattached,
with a six-secend handicap the winners. The
final heat was beautiful race, in which Manley
nosed out Friedlander in the last five yards.
The Columbia water polo team defeated the Col
lege of the City of New York team by score of
10 l. Fortyfour seconds after the beginning of the
first half by clever work the New York team
scored a goal For the remainder of the half there
was desperate fight of the toughest order but the
heaVy Columbia team could not overcome the stub
born resistance of the far lighter colegians.
The second half was marked by even more des-
perate play by both teams. After nearly min
utes of play Columbia scored goal. The City Col
lege men were somewhat Disguised, they said it
had been scored after a foul had been committed.
With the score a tie both teams returned the
attack and for time the play was in Columbia S
territory. Then it ebbed into that of the College Of
the City of New York. and while defending their
goal determinedy whistle sounded and somebody
yelled. Times up!' Some of the collegians stopped
playing. but the referee shouted, Times not up!
and Columbia by swift attack scored the second
and winning goal.
The summaries follow:
one-hundred-yard swim tnovicel-fYrst heat won by
G H Herold unattached. Time TIA. second
Time ,5i T6i aou,g Men Cnrisan Associa5on;
I'D Street Young Mems Christian Association. Time
Fourth heat by a. Manley. West Side Young Mems
Christian Association Time, 1:17 Is by
c. H Eerold unattached; Helm Bedford Young Mems
Christian Association, second; 23d
Street Young Mems Christian Association. Time, 1:12as
Two hundred and -twentyyard swim metropolitan
Amateur Athletic Union championshipl-Fir heat VOL
by c. NJ Daniels. Athletic Club Reilly,
New York Athletic Club. Time BOSS.
heat by Kari schmitt College of the City Of New
York; n. c. Manley New York Athletic Club.
Time. 2.5415. Final heat won by C NJ Daniels New
York Athletic Club: J. H. Reilly. New York
York. third Time, 2:324s equailins the worlds record
Fifty-yard swim nandicap; hnas)Ffrst heat
by Fredander West Side Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation % sec); Nil unattached Is Time,
o2e35. Second heat by John Manley. unattached
(6 sec; H. W Eyers, West Side Young Mems Christian
;, Time, o:293s-
Final by John Manley, unattached IS sec);
Friedlander, Side Young Mems Christian
Association sec}, Joseph MIL
secl third. Time, 0:30