New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-24
SW|MS FROM BATTERY
CLOSE TO SANDY HOOK
PHILADELPHIA Bank Clerk Makes
About 22 Miles, a New Rec
ord for These Waters.
BAFFLED BY FLOOD TIDE
Wash of Liners and Unfavorable
Currents Compel Him to Quit
When Within Mile of
His Goal.

Charles Durborow. OF No. 200 Main
street. Riverton. n. j., swan from the
Battery TO within a mile Of Sandy Hook
Yesterday. covering the distance, about
TWENTY-FIVE miles, in q hours 43 minutes
and L. seconds. Durborow, VINO Is
clerk in the First National Sank OF
Philadelphia. started from the Battery
at $50 in the morning in an attempt
10 reach Sandy Hook, but after encoun-
terinC many treacherous currents was
compelled TO abandon his efforts be-
cause Of the fast flowing flood tide. lie
emerged from the water at flYnh
Knoll. which is only a mile from Sandy
Hook. at Lao p. m.
Durborow's performance is probably
the greatest feat of its kind ever ac-
complshed In local waters. From 'he
viewpoint of a swimmer II Is the most
dangerous ever tried in local channels.
After accomplishing this wonderful
feat Durburow. who Is twenty-hihe
wears old and weighs 1872 pounds said
he felt as fresh as a daisy, and to prove
that he was far from being eXhaustea
went through calisthenic movements 20
relax his muscles.
Yesterdays swim was not the hrst
long distance feat which DurDoroW mas
IN his credit. Last year he estaolisheu
= new record for distance swimming ny
covering thirty-four miles down tho
delaware River in one continuous SWIM
Ind on several other occasions he swan
from Philadelphia TO Chester. distance
~ sixteen miles Recently he made MS
,rst attempt to buck the ocean tdes d!
swimming from Atlantic City to ocean
city. remaining in the water hve hours
and ffty-three minutes.
New Record on This SIDE
Tho distance traversed by the Phild-
.iclpbian Yesterday Is the second longest
swim OIL record in this country, the only
ono betterIng il being Durborow's thirty
four mile Delaware performance.
Durhorow started from the Battery
with his body we'll CREASED. In row
boat following him were Edward barhe'
csptsin Of the Atlantic City lifesaVlhg
Co-ns who acted as trainer, and pred
veigler. of the United states volunteer
1ifessying Corps. From the GlorloSd'
p large cabin boat owned by g. -
.snearin. Of the Mauhasset Bay Hacht
tpub Commodore IOngfelloW, supef'n-
,ordent of the United states Volunteer
Ijfesaving Corps. guided the SWIM ry
acting as pilot He directed the course
selecting the channels through Wmcn
Durborow swan.
When the start was made burboro"
sUam through slack water Hlsssulnes
riloted him across TO the easterly end
of Governors Island, hugging the shore
rs close as possible until the swing INTO
The Buttermik Channel was mace
From there an attempt was lnade 10
cross over to the Brooklyn shore 10 get
the benefit of the tide which was run
ming like a millracc along the docks but
without avail. At 7:35 the first OF the
cbb tide became perccptiblc. TINS en-
abled Durborow 10 swing out IN me
stream. where ne was carried along lh
The channel at a rapid ratf
From 40 o'clock until 1920 o'clock
urrb.rov was receiving the beneht oil
ths full strength of the ebb tide. ms
tide secured for him an average OF j.
knots for FIVE hours. with maximum oi
two knots at the highest strength or epp
. near 10 o'clock Durborow swan win
an exceptionally strong trudgeon stroke
using that throughout the race unth inc
last mile and a quarter, when he changed
To- breast stroke.
To counteract the handicap of his
weight. the philadelphia made the best
use of his powerful stroke by cutting
through the water with twisting, left
ann movement. this giving him sufficient
momentum 10 throw the bulk of the eff
fort on the shoulders and relieve consid-
cradle stress from the limbs.
Heads for Quarantine.
Durborow made much Roadway in the
first three hours of the swim. lie COW
cred an average of about three miles and
half an hour for the first hour reaching
point opposite 60th street Bay Ridge
at 500 o'clock. Forty-three minutes
later he swan 10y the Crescent Athletic
club, in Bath Beach, and then headed
Tor Quarantine, on the Staten ISLAND
shore. He was caught in a swing Of tide
but managed 10 pass Quarantine at 9:JJ
o'clock.
The course after passing this point
was rough. the swimmer meeting the
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