Evening star., 1909-08-29
Splash and a Dash at Munic-
ipaI Swimming Pools.
FOURTH WATER CARNIVAL
Six Sturdy Youngsters in Exciting
Half-Mile Race.
LOUIS ELY AN EASY WINNER
chubby" Ryan Beaten at His Fa'
vorite Pastime-Oue Feature
Not on Program.

Full many a splash and exciting dash
there were at the fourth water carnlVai
at the municipal swimming pools near
the Washington Monument yesterday art
ernoon, when scores of youngsters strug-
gled to show their supremacy.
The big event of the afternoon was the
half-mile contest. Six of the sturdlest
young patrons of the pools started In
the contest, and five kept up the long
swim of forty lengths of the pool neces-
sary to make the distance. At the
start of the race Louis Ely took the
lead, and when half the distance had
been covered he was one lap two lengths
of the pool in the lead. He maintained
his long, driving strokes during the re-
mainder of the contest, and finished more
than lap ahead of any of the other
contestants. Blaine Fitzgerald was sec
ond finishing strong, and FRANK hart
man was the third to complete the dis
tance.
The time for the contest was II min
utes 45 2-5 seconds.
Julian Washington, who made such a
strong finish in the quarter-mile race
the week before was kept out of the
contest by illness in his family, and, al
though he was regarded as the most
dangerous rival, all the contestants ex-
pressed regret that he was unable to
compete.
Tub Race a Surprise.
The surprise of the afternoon was the
loss of the tub race championship by
"Tubby'' Ryan. He aoated in an easy
victor in all the previous similar races
at the bathing beach this season. but
yesterday he discovered that there was
one youngster who could take his meas
ure in the contest The race was nip
grue from start to finish, but Shugrue
bumped the wall that marked the finish
two yards in advance of the former cham
pion. ''Tubby"s says he does not fit into
second place. and promises that he will
| regain stellar honors next Saturday. The
other contestants in the tub race were
Clair Skinner and David Widmayer.
The first race of the afternoon was
the 120-yard swim. Edmund Wells, jr
was first, Ricardo Zappone second and
Earnest Kendrick third. The time was
| . minutes 33 2-5 seconds.
| In the second race, which was swim
ming on the back two lengths of the
pool, Blaine Fitzgerald finished first
Ricardo Zappone was third. The dis
| tance was covered by the winner in
| minute Al seconds.
Clarence Railey proved himself the
champion underwater swimmer of the
day, capturing the underwater swimming
contest by going 115 feet. Gray Ruther-
ford was second with 10 feet and Ray
mond Eliason third with 100 feet.
l. One of the contests which stirred UP
great enthusiasm among those about
the pool was the race between the small
est OF the boys. Elmer Kints was first,
Thomas Degnam was second and Philip
Vieham third.
To the Invincible quartet went the vic
tory in the relay race, although each
member of the team was pushed hard
through his relay of forty yards. On
the winning team were Raymond Ella
son, Harry Brown, Clarence Railey and
Blaine Fitzgerald.
Colored Contestants.
The contests for colored boys in the
inclosed pool reserved for colored patrons
attracted many contestants, and all the
youngsters did well. The results in
these contests were as follows:
Fifty yards, any stroke. for boys under
thirteen years-F'irst. Raymond Waddy;
second, William Morton; third, Sheridan
Jones.
Seventy-fve yards, any stroke, for boys
under sixteen years-First William
Saturn; second. Clarence Thompson;
third, George Travers.
Twenty-Five yards on back, for boys
under thirteen years-First, William Nor
ton second Sheridan Jones; third,
Joseph Thornton.
F1fty-yard swim on back, for boys
under sixteen years-Ffrst, William Sat