Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-30
Crane Has It Easy.


and these two had it neck and neck for
the first mile, when Wood was compelled
to drop back in favor of Sale, who later
| relinquished his position to Hutchinson
From the mile and half mark, Crane
had no trouble in keeping the lead, and
the race was for the next positions. Sew
eral changes marked the next half mile
At the uncomfortable Emile mark the
men were occupying the first nine posi-
lions in the following order: Crane, Sale,
| Wood, Hutchinson, Geare, Stewart, Cuts,
| Drummer and Hall.
Between that time and the finish
| Hutchinson crawled up to second and
Sale dropped way back to seventh place.
Geare, Wood, Cults and Hall just about
| held their own, but the pace was too
| fast for Stewart and Drummer. the former
landing thirteenth and the latter dropping
out of the race. Schmitt in the mean
, time had not been idle and he came from
| behind with a rush, taking ninth place.
| The hardest fight of the day was for
third, fourth, fifth and sixth positions. all
of these men being in bunch and finish
| ing in rapid succession, but two seconds
being the difference between the tines OF
Wood and Bean. and the others being
almost as close. These two seemed to
have more in reserve. and IL was this
superior strength which allowed them to
outdistance their rivals in the last few
| yards.
Another close finish was for seventh
and eighth positions. Sale and 6trohell
| having a duel for the last quarter mile.
| the former vim out by q small mar
| gin.
"Krazy Kamp," at which several Of tho
Y. NJ. c. A. boys have been training for
| this event, was well represented, its two
entrants, Crane and Bean, coming In first
and fourth. respectively.
The Washington Canoe Club was the
Of he fafi M q M
mediately after the event. Crane being
awarded a solid gold medal Hutchinson
and Wood, who came in second and third.
were presented with regulation gold
medals. The next three men to finish.
Bean, Geare and Cults, were given silver
ones. and bronze ones fell to the lot of the
next ten.
| Just before the first men finished a
youngster caused quite lot of excite
| ment by jumping from the Aqueduct
bridge. He did the trick with no mishap.
and was willing to do 1t again had people
on the bridge NOT nterfered.
The order and time at the finish were Is
| follows:
Swimming Club. time. Lao.
Second James p. Hutchinson, unattach-
ed, time, 52 80
Third, Harry S. Wood, Nautilus Swim
ming Club. time. 1880.
| Fourth. Barton A. Bean, jr., Nautilus
| Sw mining Club, time, 1852.
Fifth Norman w. Geare, Nautilus
| Swimming Club, time 1850.
Sixth, ]. NJ. Cults, Nautilus Swimming
| Club, time, 1:56:15
Seventh, Prentiss D. Sale, Nautilus
Swimming Club, time, 1918.
Eighth, w. J. Strohell, unattached.
time. 1:5T: AS.
Ninth. Rudolph schmltt. Washington
Canoe Club, time, POLIO.
Tenth, "A. X. Hall, unattached, time
2:H:4o.
Eleventh, E ]. Wells. jr, Dolphin Swim
m ng Club. time, 2:05:3O.
Twelfth, William 3. Judge. Nautilus
Swimming Club, time, 2:G3:3o.
Thirteenth, Thomas r. Stewart, unat-
tached, time, 2:11:3o
Fourteenth. Michael p. Appel unattach-
ed, time, 223.
Fifteenth, Edward H. Faustman, Nau-
titus Swimming Club. time, 2:2S:20.
Sixteenth, Hadley 8. Harbour, Kendall
Athletic Club, time, 2:31 40.
Seventeenth. r. E. Lambert, Y. NJ. c.
A, time, 2.35.
Z ghteenth, John ]. Burke. unattached,
time, 2:31.