New-York tribune., 1908-01-19
DANIELS CRAWLS HOME.
NO EFFORT FOR CH4MPION
U'ins I00-Tard Metropolitan Szcim-
ming Title 7cith Great Ease.

n vas ONLY = crawl" for Charles NJ. Daniels
TIC t-orId-s champion amateur swimmer. 10 win
he 1s0-yard Metropolitan Association ANA
te1,rz Athletic Union championship in the tank Of
the New York Athletic Club last night. This won
de-fn performer beat good field in the fast time
y x - seconds.
The contest was decided in two trial heats and
r final In tho first heat Daniels was opposed by
Rari Sclnitt Of City College. and J. 2. ManteI, Of
she West Si6e Young Mems Christian Assoca ton.
After the first few strokes the champion showed
in front. and he touched the far end OF the tank
his length ahead Of the other two.
Daniels Increased his advantage from there on,
and when he turned for the last time ne took a
good survey Of his two opponents. who churn-
ius ire water into foam in then efforts get the
place Daniels Won as he pleased in l minute 3-5
seconds, while Schmitt beat Manteil hy inches
! u Reilly Of the West Side Young Mems
Christian Association. G y. Trubeahach. of the
home club. and A Chambers, Of Princeton. start
I'd IN the second heat This proved interesting all
tlr WAY At fifty yards Chambers had a slight
Iead- but the Frncetonian was passed by the other
1Vo in the last stretch Of the tank. Reilly caught
judges eye first His time / :O4 3-5 was only
z second faster than Trubenbech.
There we're those who had the presumption 70
Tr@dict that TrubenhaCh would push Daniels hard
lu the final But their assertions proved false
alarms. for the report O. the starters gun had
scarcely died away before the champion. nov,
swimming in real earnest. again demonstrated 70
every ones satisfaction that he was in a class by
himself.
The first turn Daniels had several feet the
st f H. ana fifty yards he was several lengths
IN front He ''swarmed" alcns. using his effective
era stroke when the finish was near he had
such big lead that he clearly let up Even al
that his time was exceptionally fast, though con-
sderably above his American record of So seconds.
lie made his worlds record Of - % in bath IN
England last year.
Schni1t beat Reilly hy the narroNest Of margins
fl the place. the formers time being los 10 TTu-
benhsch. the hero Of many hard fought race IN
this tank. disappointed his admirers by finishing
last.
The sport began with fancy diving competition.
which the asked o through the
regular prcSramme-plain fTcnt dive. plain back
dive. front Jack knife. back jack knife and a one
and a half sonlsrsailt terminate in dive After
thar they were allowed to give their own special
ties. Paul Rottser. Of the New York Swimming
Association, won. with J. A. Ruddy and ". W
Swan. Of the home club. getting second and third,
respectively-
There the usual large crowd present, and.
Judging by the atmosphere everybody was
smoking Finally r T Lyons. the announcer. re
quested that those present refrain from smoking.
the contestants were complaining This plea
vas received with respect but the smoking con
t3rueG.
James r. Sullivan. the president Of The Amateur
Athletic Union. Was. usual. referee He was
assisted by a competent corps of officials. NJ p
f5apin was clerk OF the course and E J Giannini
handled the gun
4 promising young swimmer came to the surface
IL E Y. Rogers Of Princeton. who won The 100
yard novice final event in 1:12 So This same boy
won his trial heat without having 70 extend him
self In the 15o-yaTd handicap l. b Goodwin, OF
1he home club won first place. with an allowance
e eleven seconds. As Daniels did not start, Good
win vas virtually The scratch man
The aquatic programme was finished with a
water uoIo match between the New York Athletic
Club team and a sextet known the An New
York team As most of the members Of the lat
ter had competed in the previous races and were
rr7e tired. i decided to have the home team
cc,leetc q handicap Of four goals
BUT even this cid 80 good. for the v'earers or the
Winged Foot made the goals 20 fast that a. the
enc the score stood TO in favor Of the New York
Athletic Club The lineup follows: