New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-16
GOODWIN At HIS BEST
wins Quarter-MiIe Handicap
Swim with Ease.
WIND BOTHERS THE DIVERS
Got Finish Marks Hundred
Yard Contest at Travers
Island.


-.,,,re-s in the metropolitan distric.. was
re best yesterday afternoon. when he
without much difficulty auarter-mile
,.,s,cap swim in the set OF aquatic sports
~,s =, the summer home of the New York
.s,s,ic Club. at Travers Island. Goodwin
,he back man in the competition. but
- ovsrhauled the field before it had COW
half Of the required distsnce. and
,Ae race well in hand TO the end. What
.,ort lacked In quantity-there were
three events on the programmes
va Va. IN IN the quality Of ths. perforr.i-
n addition 20 Goodwins splendid
ss.r,,ns there was some first class fancy
-, - and a lco-ysrd swim which resulted
: ,be closest contest Of the day. the first
..,r men finishing in bunch, with ]. G.
rssv. r.. in the van.
N-a,auir's race followed the rial heats
-. 100 ward swim. The 0reliminarIcs
yrbet+ed the desires Of a good sized
- that was grouped on the boathouse
- and lawn and rocks at the water
a.. ard the quarter-mile contest was
80 awaited There was - big field,
,-s,rsi,e the best swimmers here2boutS at
s,s,snre 7. c. Schultz. Of the Glen
Athletic Club, was the limit man,
Ir,.v,re Of the float a full Is seconds be-
Manly. Of the New York Athletic
cub got the word TO start Then followed
roh,ss Of the City Athletic Club; Frizel,
-. western champion. and Ritter and
w.-,,b and last Of all. Goodwin, who Vas
ave- seconds behind the trio named.
A, me 10 yard mark. the first tuln,
eoh,,,,z was leading by fifteen yards, bat
49,, and Tobias were bearing down on
-, rsnidlv. and within a few yards had
aa,,e,t him. Goodwin. in the mean while,
80 vhaled through the water n. tie
..a,5ous pace. and sixty yards from the
a., drew abreast OF Frizel AMI Ritter.
yerich was only a few feet ahead OF him
,bsn they rounded the first turn. and they
.rsr, the next length in the same relative
,os,t,ons. gradually overhauling the Lead
:. lust before they reached ne Z&9-yard
.,,-b Nerich overlook Frizel and Manly.
a. q fraction Of d second later Goodwin,
,oo had passed the pair Then the real
raos began. and stroke for stroke Nerich
,rs Goodwin fought it out through the
~, stretch with Nerich always holding
ne lead by half a yard.
7f-v wards from the finish, however,
Goodwin let 20 with terrific squirt that
..--,sa him 10 the front. half a foot at a
n-s Gradually he drew away from
ys-eh as he approached the float at the
snlsb and he touched II a yard and haf
,,ssd Of his teammate. With their heads
hr-,sd under water in the final dash they
~ failed 10 see the officials waving them
N Z float further upstream, and they mace
rrd sprint for the real finish mark some
srs.n Yards away. when they realized their
-,s,ske Goodwin. having had the outside
,,--se had no trouble in beating Nericn IN
The supplementary dash Tobias nnisned
th.rd some twelve yards behind the winner
md Frzel was fourth. Ritter was dis
srauAed az the 220-yard mark for turning
a, The wrong float. and was not allowed 10
t,sh. Manly was the last man 70 climb
u, Of the water.
strong breeze blowing in from the
Sound made 70 hard for the divers TO per-
,,-- their fsats with their usual precision
,nd there we're several miscues. which
brought the men down 20 water SPRAYING
nj tours. Walter r. Lee. Of the New YORK
AtheflC CluD. executed SeF 81 d PEI III VI -
,nd was adfudged the winner with a total
Q. 525-5 points. as against so 5-6 for
Frank Mullen. also Of the New York Ath-
etc Club. who was second. and Arthur
McAleenan the metropolitan champion, who
was third with 4SL2. Lee made perfect
plain front one and one-haf back and
o-e and one-half somersault dives and his
others were well nigh perfect McAleenan
EJt Of a beautiful back twist but when
r c. Behrens. the German champion, who
ID not place. tried the same feat the wind
taught him and twirled him around so that
hs lost control u himself and struck the
water with a mighty splash.
The summaries follow:
i4e-ysr5 swim Caandicap)--von by L. 3.
Sood1,n, New York a. O.. IL seconds \ r.
As-c1. New York a. q. IL seconds second; T.
.e,as. City a. c. l35 seconds, third. Tine
tfs-
l0-yard swim 05andicapl- by J. G.
I1y. T., unattached IA seconds; : G. CEDAR
AsS York A. C. 30 seconds, second, JACK NC
A--fe. G.enmore a. O.. p seconds thlra'
TIE. 1913.
Fancy diving o1anaicap)-won by Walter r;
81 New Y1rz a. g Is points,, with a total
tors O., 524 T A. Mullen, New York A. q.
A-Asslan. New York 4. q. = points, tAlTd'
Z 80