Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-07
|GOOD FORM SHOWN
NatatoriaI Skill Displayed at
Swimming Beach.
VICTOR BECK WINS CHEERS
Little Fellow Stirs the Enthusiasm
of the Spectators.
WESTON HYDE BEST IN DIVING
Thrilling Exhibition of Life SAVING
Given by the Guard-Colored
Swimmer Was Rescued.
VICTOR BECK WINS CHEERS
WESTON HYDE BEST IN DIVING

| With shouting and SplaShing and good
natured rivalry the big crowd of boys al
the municipal bathing pools entered
| into their first regular Saturday after
noon swimming matches yesterday. the
events attracted about thirty-five of the
best swimmers and divers among the
boys who go regularly to the Nbathlng
beach, and the surprising thing was that
so many youngsters showed an approach
to real form in their efforts.
This was especially true of the diving
| contests, won after hard struggle by
youngster named Weston Hyde Inc
boys tried plain standing dive, front
dive with spring from the board pack
dive and a jackknife dive Inc latter
spoiled more than one boys chances or
getting even a mention. This dive is
plain leap into the air, the diver pelng
required to come down head first within
about five feet of the diving board
Youngster Wins Cheers.
Although he did not win place among
the truly classic divers yesterday AFTER
noon, Victor eek, very, very small poy'
won the greatest amount of applause, De-
cause he had so much more pluck lnan
a boy of his size Is supposed to nave. lie
came up to the knee caps or the la,ses
boys, almost, but he Owed WIN All VI
them, plain, fancy, back f1lps, anu "nsn
he flew like a little swallow from the
high tower where the real men dive tne
crowd ripped out roar or appIecidliioii
that made up for lack of umplreS MAJ No
And. of course, there was the tub race
without which there would pc no even.'
it would SEEM Spectators who had VIII
anxiously for the famed "Tuboy Ryan,
who gained a crowd OF laurels III d .u ,,
during the tub season of l9o9 dupny
has outgrown the tub race:
months ago he was built right LOT a
tub race, but his Information has adoeo
flesh to his frame-and there are no tups
to fit him.
AS a sort of climax to the snow the
bathing beach staff OF Ire guaru - i tha
little exhibition of their own at the
end. This included highly spectacuia.
rescue from drowning. A perfectly soou
swimmer went out into the mlddie ot .ne
big pool and yelled for help lmmeolate,
ly the guards were on MIN iioI Xuh;Ia
points, and hauled him ashore WnHe
this spectacular performance was going
on in one pool, a colored boy IN the col,
ored boys pool was really drowning, any
came near going under for good, nao IL
not been for active work on the part VI
the guards there.
Results of the Races.
The results of the races were as 1ol-
lows: y, ~
bO-yard swim-Walter Lube, first; Carl Car
rick. second; Samuel Kaplan third.
Toward swim-William Fineran. first; Yves
ton HYDE second; Carl Carrick, third
Plain and fancy divng-Weston hyde, nrst'
William Fineran, second; Fred Crawford, third
Underwater swim-William Fneran. hrst'
with So feet 10 inches; Michael Cantwell, sec &C,
ond with 60 feet; Weston Hyde. third, with 04
feet. -. C.r, Coz
Tnb race-Daniel Giovannoni, first; Carl Jar
rick second: Louis RibnitZk third.