New-York tribune., 1909-09-12
RECORD FOR DANIELS
TIME FOR MILE LOWERED.
NezU York athletic Club S1cimmeT
Outclasses Competitors.

Charles NJ Daniels. Of the New York AthIeue
Club. who only week ago established remark
able record in the half-mile National Amateur Atm
letic Union championship swim. added another rec
ord 20 his long list when he defeated strong hed
for the national One-mile championship In an
aquatic meet held at Verona Lake MOntclair, y j.
yesterday The human fish, led his nearest riVal
by us yards IN 26:1s SIS, clipping 2 1-5 SECONDS
off the former American record. which was neid
by himself.
Although the contest was rather One-sided. as far
as the winner was concerned the struggle tor sec
Ond honors between J. H. Reilly. cuonate OF
Daniels. and Hamilton Brown, of Princeton Uni
versty. kept the crowd in high state OF excite
ment. Both men swan stroke for stroke tnrousn-
out almost the entire distance. Near the nnish
Reilly used the famous crawl stroke and drew away
from Brown. taking second honors by ten yards
Bud" Goodwin. another Winged Foot SWIM
rner was entered IN the race. but failed TO appear
The contestants had to complete a u"-yard course
sixteen times to cover a mile.
Soon after the crack Of the gun Daniels shot into
the lead. and. using the trudgeon stroke. estao-
Hshed a twenty-five yard lead at the end OF the
second lap. At the quarter mile, which was turned
in minutes Is seconds, Daniels had increased his
lead to fifty yards. Brown and Reilly following.
fighting for second place, neck and neck After
turning the sixth stake Daniels slightly decreased
his speed. and Reilly and Brown gained few
yards
At the three-quarter mile post, however Daniels
had increased hts lead TO 100 Yards His time at
this point was 10 minutes 20 2-5 seconds, and he
had Tapped several times many OF the other start
ers. For the quarter mile Daniels changed 70
the combination stroke and glided beautifully
through the water Turning the last stake the
human fish, displayed remarkable amount of
speed and crossed the line. amid wild outbursts Of
applause.
Reilly finished second, in . minutes IS 1-5 seconds
while Brown followed in 2s minutes q 2-5 seconds
The summaries follow.
Fifty-ysrd swim (aandicap1-Ftrst voa by Jack
White. Bath Beach s c q seconds: s Carver Eatn
Levedrizs. unattached 70 ". H Brovrel. IN
attached q secon5s second Third heat Won BY CeorGs
Esselborn. Bath Beach c. 40 seconds) J. " Arao!1
New York ts seconds second. Fourth heat ey
Robert Hanna. Washington Heights Y " c A . sec
onds): Clarence Ash. Newark 7. NJ. C. a IS ssconds
second Final heat Won By Clarence ash; lack White
second: Robert Hanna. third Time. O:3O 2-5.
One-ue swim (NattOnal - a l. eharnpiorshi9)vEon
sy Charles n Daniels New York 4 e: J. y Reilly
NsE York 4 G. second; LIZ Hamilton BrovH Princeton
Time BY laps (sach 10 yardsl-Frst lap 115 secNri
LAP 500 IS sixth lap s:s0 IS ssTenth lap ii2t IS
eighth lap lse2 nnth !aI las; teRsh ag 1923
lap. p %; tourteenth lap. 2so5; fifteenth lap. 244T
Canoe tilrirg-First bout. Eselsbo-n and Coppiuzsr
Bath Beach 3 c. defeated Reilly and J. Rudy. New
s G. defeated Rogers and Boyle. Bash Beach 5. g
Third bout White and Shippnar. Bath Beach s c. de
tsated smith and Taylor, New York \. c Ser,-dnsl
bout Esselborr and Coppnger defeated White and Ship
bye Final bout Currte- and James defeated Esssiborn
and Copptngsr