New-York tribune., 1909-02-28
KEEN RACING In TANK
YOUNGSTERS SROW SKILL.
Big Crozcd at .Sportsman's Shoe IN
the Garden.

show IN Madison Square Garden yesterday after
noon Il scored tcfal OF eighteen poinus' aho
won by a safe margin from the swimmers OF 1ile
High School OF Commerce. who were second Win
clever points. The team from De Witt Clinton
rz,z, school was third with eight points while
--asrr1s Hall Of Brooklyn, scored I'VE po'1Os' Blu
the Boys High School one point
In the championship Cor elementary schoois ING
Youngsters from Public School TX OF bei-son
burst rrsrtscallv made q clean sweep. H T1beles
, ,1.yer Igttle fellow IN the water won the final
s,est Of the Afty-yard swim. while the relay team
made I'd Of Mann Callahan. Leo Ldpple ano b,
IApnIe won easily from = team from PUBIC ochOo1
20 and Public School il
~. ,,i-,.,i-e races fv casting and rife shoot
snr 10 saw nothing Of the show Itself. with fts
CAMPS portable houses. motor boats, exhio'tion OF
Ire fowl and display Of firearms and fishing tacne
Ferved TO attract a big crowd Ihere EeTe nun
,.-eds Of schooIboys who came TO root for ther
fellows in the swimming races. and they cheered
and Ehc1ted IN g zay 10 mako one think that
football game was IN progress Judging from tne
crowd the show is likely 70 prove one Of the most
r,,-u.lar that has been held in the Garden this
winter There is fascination for the average
rrsn and woman in anything that pertains 10 tne
great outdoors, especially at this time OF the year.
-sn the long closed season Is AL too slowly draw
snR TO end. and when one begins 70 thihA 1nu
plan for vacation time.
One feature of the shc7. afternoon and evening
was the high diving OF Arthur c. Holden, from
yalst<orm high Up in the girderS into the TANK.
"a
following the announcement the crowd sought VAN
4axs points and waited while the daring youth was
foisted 70 the roof in bcatsN7ain's chair Then
hush settled over the big annphitheaue. so thet one
zuirat have heard pin drop ss Holden soooo
,,oazeS for q minute on his small PLATFORM Ihell
e.. ,-o,,7d burst into cheer as turning graceful
f,sox so-nsrsault- the diver struck the water WIZ
q zplash and swan out 10 bow his thanks Tie
sazne exhibition given in the evening ana
again 81 aroused much interest
TrsE-r7S nd
three of the four events the programme for the
high school championship. 7. Davis sW1Innllhs
like e Daniels. beat 6 good delo ID tne oV-ySio
event; N Kohn won the 10-yaro championship III
4bs fair tine OF 1IS2-6 while Il Rodgers, after
,-tsiaz second IL his trial heat the final heat
pf The 2OO-yard championship. beating L J. Aid
r1ah Of De Wit Clinton High School by com
sortable margin
In The zoOysrd relay race, each boy swimming
IN. length of the tank and back. with four men on
a team Townsend Harris Hail had TO be content
WITH second place. es Purcell and Kernel earned
euch a lead IN the second and third relays TOT me
team from the Higa School OF Commerce that NJ
-r,oynpso- who swan the last relay, managed 10
~ nv g narrow margin. Rodgers, who was The
last man on the Townsend Harris Hall team mace
q brave effort TO cut down his opponents leac' ana
suooaeded so well that he was beaten by only a
few inches II was q pretty nnlsn' anu lHe Oi0"o
cheered its approval
The Fensonhurst youngsters, some Of whom are
mt over twelve years DID, made hit with those
n attendance by their cleverness and skill In the
water The same school won the elementary ehaiI
riouship last year
r.. ,ar;z which IS much larger than last year.
IS six feet deep and holds $500 gallons Of water
i IS heated by means OF steam pipes along the
edges To a temperature of rs degrees, and in order
70 keep II clean there Is continual lhno" anu Oue
fow at all tunes.
The av casters 7ere busy all day. and the en-
,l7rsiastic followers Of Izaak Walton never tired
OF watching the experts with rod and reel In the
iy casting Tor distance. with trout roo open only
fe those who have never cast more than seventy
feet IN anv club or open tournament, weight Of rod
and length Of leader unlimited William Watts won
with q cast OF rs feet inches. L. G. Saunders
was second, with q feet inches and Z. NJ. GIL,
third with 20 feet There were eight other con-
testsnts who rnads casts ranging from 90 feet TO
G. feet
c. IL Daniels the human fish, met defeat in the
final heat OF the 1OOyard handicap in the evening,
este- winning his trial heat The winner turned up
in c. Tiff OF the West Side Young Mems Christian
Association, who defeated n. Nerrich OF the New
York Swimming Association by inches, after
CLOSE Gnd spirited finish. Daniels covered the dis
szuce sn the fast time Of 81 seconds In winning his
heat, but found his handicap too much in the final
Brown. of Princeton. the final heat Of the
1o0-yard novice swim
The canoe fitting furnished plenty OF amusement.
as usual. the final heat being won by Curran and
Boyle OF the Bath Beach Swimming Club who
overturned Brown and Coppnger, their cluoEnates.
The summary OF the swimming championship
follows:
HIGH SCHOOL FIXTURES
Fsf,y-ya-d ohsmpionshp-First heat won by Davis.
nsen9% % % % G sc Second 6a ps aON @i5S By 0nGP Th0P
high School OF Commences Barrett Boys High.
s ss9 d Or e3 3 d Rsg Ssfs Boys of High S sso0Hd
Tine eS$ E1nai hsst Noa ,t 6y hdo DaFs as Tso sena
tseon9 g De FsTTa De WiS5 & Slin19n sh1TS sd ksrne
eb Tegss Harris Hail; Detrch Erzsaus Hall
!.
pe WIZ Clinton Bellows Boys High second Time,
Es Eail; Dietrich Erasmus Hail. second " Richards
Txo-hundred-yard eharapionshIp--F1r heat By
o, s eel 60 15 second hss Won By AgFsRo2ss a HSh
second TtTne sos ID Final hest won By b Rodserz
leooas n eTasenie EiEs soh60i OF '5t ooHIsSos
-, q relay Esssmgaasa beat wea By
5urceli TIerneil and NJ Tsonpsouj: townsend Harris
Han second 4tean made up ,- e 1Ag. koaI RoSse5s
s5atiinge- Dietrich. Sutherland and sutherand);
aeks a WaideT1nan and Aiar.ob5 rims e:is a-s
EEHNTARY SCHOOL VENTURES.
Tvsnty I've ysrd swim ennai hes-wos Sy Iens PSs- as
sroOklyn- seoond: GiOt Pubic School 10 Brooklyn.
mr. TIE o.. =; ,,,o -, u 7-,n,.. E>N
&c School rs BrOcklyn; Chip1ock PuSio DC sShosL O.
1idrrt relay race cnn.l hear-won BY Public School
i1ppsi so B Ippei: Pubic scso9I Is SaShattaa team
second: Puil:o schoOi X RTosx thiFd Tina I2is.
FLY AND BAIT CASTING.
e.stng for distance tone-guarter-ounee weight;
zIs-1oos clssss srnzteurs ony)-Tyon by J. L Kirk
Anglers Club 125 r. IN: J. Dougherty. OF Newark
Us x in- second: G n L Branche. 10 #. third;
z 2 Todd Arglers Club loo It, fou N: h C. Hen
osrsoa. Anglers GLIB. eT # hfth. ". J. Enrich,
clT6. 20 q. seventh: W McGrckin- Anglers Club.
% l. eighth
Troat ny Costing for distance rrve-ouncs rods. 70
foot class; amateurs onlyl--Won BY Il. Friedman.
AEEers Club. TS II tz-; :. Doughty. CT Newark 70
It second. Lawrence. Anglers Club 80 #. third;
= IS Gin OF New EochsIle eS = In fourth; Il. K
Ssobolzer. 50 II, sixth; {. kipers Brookiyn a n