New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-02
CHOICES LEAD TO WIRE BNS FR0[C IN WA|ERI
Public School 1928, OF Brooklyn,
Wins Swimming Meet.
KEEN COMPETITION RULES
Lake and Walker Show Remark
able Form for Youngsters
in Races.

Splashng their way manfully across lhe
tidewater course. the youthful swimmers
of Public School 12s Of Brooklyn, won
the first outdoor championships of the PUB
lie Schools Athletic League In the ele-
mentary schools department at Sleeps
head Bay yesterday afternoon. Only hVe
events were on the programme, and by
winning the relay race and placing boys
third and fourth in the twenty and forty
ward dashes the little fellows from across
the Bridge scored II points and nosed out
Public School 10, of Manhattan, when
totaled s points No. 40, OF Manhattan,
finished in third place. with points ana
No. 1853. of Brooklyn, was fourth WIN
points
Some OF the boys showed form which
led many competent judges to predict
bright future for them. Lake. who swan
third man on the winning relay team OF
No. 12S, gave as pretty an exhibltlon as
has been seen in a long time by an ele-
mentary school swimmer. The little fell
low. not over FIVE feet tall, has
powerful crawl stroke which lashes MIN
through the water at a surprising speed.
One Of the most remarkable features OF
the races was the work Of Elliot Walker,
Of No. 1873 Walker is only ten years old.
and tips the beam at about 60 pounds. He
finished second in the trials and semi
final heats Of the s5-pound class, but his
rivals were a little too big for him, and
he failed ito do better than fourth in the
finals
With the exception of the relay race all
events were Of the hair raising order and
kept the crowd of spectators on edge.
Some of the finishes were so close that
the judges were puzzled in their efforts to
pick the boys who managed to get within
the places Of honor This was particu-
lary true Of the final heat of the 4O-yard
swim, in which the first four boys finished
heads apart.
Little Danny Mccain a freckle-faced
youngster of No. 1853, Brooklyn. won well
earned race in the 6o-yard event for boys
Of lis pounds. AT no time was Danny very
far in front OF Charlie Savoy, Of No. IL,
Brooklyn. but managed 10 last long enough
to win by a couple of yards.
The relay race was a practical walk
over for the boys Of No. 12S. Teams repre-
senting No. 1885, Brooklyn; No. GA, New
York: No. 40. New York. and No. 12S.
Brooklyn, dove off at the crack Of the
gun. Within the first ten yards the sun
burned back of little Ladolce, Of No. 12s,
flashed in front, flashing the water into
foam with a well driven crawl. Sampson
took up the relay some five yards in the
van, with No. Ga second. and wide gap
separating the rest Of the field
1t remained for little Lake to show the
crowd what real swimming was, and he
went out like a second Daniels. and every
stroke saw him draw further away from
his wallowing opponents, He handed Fay
a lead Of about fifteen yards. and the latter
improved 1t by about ten. No. Ga was sec
ond, while No. 40 captured third place from
No. 156 by about twenty yards. As Fay
crawled out on the float after finishing his
relay he said: Gee, Wen get that trip to
the island now. Yes, l mean Coney ISL
and
The summaries follow:
Twenty-yard swim Cboys OF S5-pound class
Won by H. Slifka, p. s. 10 Manhattan: j. sill
veIman. y. 5. TO- Manhattan, second; II. lib
bells, y. 5. Is Brooklyn, third; +. Walker, r
5. Us, Brooklyn. fourth. Time 90 llS 49,,
Forty-yard swim (boys Of l00-pound CLASH
Won by A. Moore. p. S. 40, Manhattan 5. ss-
ger p 5. 10, Manhattan. second; J. Glensman.
p. $. 12s, Brooklyn. third; NJ Brown, 7. s.
12s Brooklyn fourth. Time-0:35zs.
sixty-yard swim boys OF 115-pound cass)-
Won by d. Mccain. r. S. 163, Brooklyn; G
Savoy, p. ;. Il. Brooklyn second j. Flynn
p. s. TO- The Bronx, third; W. Rosenberg. p.
s. 10 The Bronx. fourth Time-o:521S.
Eghty-yard swim UNLIMITED weighD-Won BY
L. Wyckoff. p s 3, Brooklyn; A. Agd, Z.
100 Manhattan second: J. seybold. Z. s 121
Queens, third; A. Pildisch. p. S. l6i. Manhat-
tan fourth. Time: 2S%.
1Go-yard relay race-won by p S. l2s Brook
lyn Qadolce, Sampson. Lake and Fay; l.. ;.
"a Manhattan tWeisberg. suffer Ochson ana
Wiesenberger), second; +. S. 40, Manhattan
CRosenberg Davis, Cough and Gossner) ZINE
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