Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-19
BREAKS 5O-YARD
AQUATIC RECORD
MISS HELEN PERKINS WINS
COAST INDOOR H0N0RS
Marcus Lee of High School Wins Halt
Mile Swim in Close Finish-Final
Program of Southern Cham
pionships Held

q women's 5O-yard dash--Won by g
3 Miss Helen Perkins, Long Beach. g
3 Coast record) Time, Al 40 seconds: s g
q HaIf-mile swim-WOn by Marcus g
q Lee. L. A. High. Time, 14;5S 1-b. @
q Underwater swimming-WOn by KEN @
q meth Kellogg, Occidental. Distance, g
@ 231 feet.
% Emma Newmark Willis. g
@ Junior high diye-WOn by Clifford @
8 Bowes.
8 Junior 50-yard dash-WOn py deOrSo z
O. Crary, L. A. High. 9
o. Fire dive-Professor Cox.
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Miss Helen Perkins of Long Beach
is today the women's coast champion
for the ffty-yard swimming dash, nav
ing won this title last night at Btminl
baths by defeating Miss Emma New
kirk Willis and her sister Dorothy OF
Santa Monica in the fast time Of Al 40
seconds, thereby cutting her former
record made at Naples in 190l or AZ
seconds. From the start Miss Perkins
took the lead and was in no danger
of losing the race. Her stroke was OF
high-class order and 1t could be seen
that she was the master of her other
two opponents.
Kenneth Kellogg of Occidental col
lege gave an exhibition race under
water doing 231 feet against Charley
Bassett's former record Of 191 feet
Bassett for some unknown reason
failed to appear. This feat Of Keilogg's
last night in no way takes the title
away from Bassett Kellogg requested
The Herald to announce that he is will
ing to compete against Bassett in
match race for underwater swimming
any time the promoters of the South
ern California Swimming association
can complete arrangements.
Lee Wins Honors
Marcus Lee, the Los Angeles high
school swimmer, won honors both for
himself and the institution that he rep
resents by defeating such fast swim
mers as Frank Holborow, Walter
Abegg and George Watkins in the half
mile race. Watkins and Abegg swan
one of the best races ever witnessed
in a Southern California plunge and the
contestants kept together until the
fourteenth lap, when Holborow gave
up and allowed Abegg, Watkins and
Lee to fight 1t out for championship
honors. Lee was handicapped con-
siderably by insisting on swimming be-
tween his two opponents, but when
Holborow retired he took the outer
course and showed his swimming form
by winning by two feet at the wire.
Watkins after the race, complained OF
stomach trouble and said If given an
opportunity would do much better in
a salt water race. This race was ex-
citing from start to finish and was
anybody's up to the sixteenth lap,
when Lee called on all his reserve
power and finished strong. The time
was 14:5S 1-5.
The boys race for fifty yards was
won by George Crary of Los Angeles
high school. Mareno, who finished sec
ond was protested for not being in the
age limit. Thomas Hewlett OF Los
Angeles high school finished third,
Frank Holloway of Long Beach was
fourth and Harry Mcguire Of Los An
geles high school was fifth. The time
for this race was 81 2-5 seconds.
Miss Emma Newkirk Willitt won the
Southern California high diving honors
from the rafters, as she had no compet-
itors Prof. Cox did a fire dive from
the rafters, which closed the program.
A big crowd turned out to witness the
events, which comprised the final pro-
gram Of the indoor southern champion
ship.