New-York tribune., 1911-02-12
QUITE EASY FOR DANIELS MANUAL TRAINING AGAIN
Wins 500-Yard Title Again in
Close to Record Time.
REILLY FINISHES SECOND
O'Sullivan and Coughlin Capture
Shorter Swims in New York
Athletic Club Pool.

c. NJ. Daniels just missed equalling his
American record for the 500-yard swim In
the Metropolitan A. A L. championship
meet, which was held In the New York
Athletic Club pool last night. Daniels s
time was 621 3-5. one-ffth of a second
slower than his record for the distance and
the same time exactly as that which he
made when he carried off the Metropolitan
championship a year ago.
AS has been the case I'm practically all
Daniels's races, he was not pressed at any
stage Of the contest, and there is only the
usual surmises as TO what he might have
done had there been some one In the race
To force him to his best all the way. j.
II. Reilly Daniels's clubmate. did manage
TO hold the champion on fairly even terms
for the first hundred yards. but after that
Daniels was swimming off by himself. In
creasins the gap between Reilly and him
self al every stroke.
At the crack Of the gun Daniels was of
TO a lead that was good for half a yard
or more and he rapidly outdistanced Ne
rich Of the New York Athletic Club and
Tobias. OF the City Athletic Club, the only
other starters besides Reilly. At the end
Of the first length Daniels was full stroke
ahead Of Reilly, but he did not gain an
inch in the next twenty-five yards. lie
covered the first fifty yards OF his journey
in a shade over q seconds.
With Reilly gradually dropping back
Daniels switched from the crawl stroke
after he had made two complete rounds OF
the bank and settled down into his own
special trudgeon stroke, in which he COM
bines the short kick OF the crawl with the
regular trudgeon style for the greater
Part Of the stroke. He swan, apparently
very easily, and traversed the track BACK
and forth in lightning time.
In the next to the last length he put a
little more power into his stroke and
passed under the rope marking the end OF
l40 wards in 5:34 The last sixty yards he
covered with phenomenal speed, changing
back once moro to the crawl stroke ana
ploughing along at top speed. lie "ds
lust a trife late In starting his sprint
however, and lost his chance OF breaking
his own record. Reilly vas more thah
twenty-five yards behind the champion
but even at that he had no difficulty IN
beating Herich, the third man. by thlrty
yards.
The twenty-five starters IN the one nun
dred-yard handicap swim were weeded out
until Auerbach and Ashe, OF the CITY A.
C.. O'Sullivan, of the New York a. c.
and II. Davis, OF Dewitt Clinton Hlsh
School. were left. OSullivan had one sec
ond handicap over Auerbach, Ashe had
three. and Davis four. 1t was spiehdiu
tussle between OSullivan and Auerpach
all the way, and the Mercury Foot SWIM
mer tust managed TO nose out the victory
There was also a seventy-hve-yard race
for novices which G.. Z. Coughlln' OF the
C. C. n. Y. swimming team, won by apou'
q ward after n hard race with r. >. hiniSi
of the West Side Y. NJ. c. a.
lust before the championship race Mui-
len and McAleenan, of the New YORK a.
c.. and Behrens. the German chahpioh
gave an exhibition Of fancy diving
1Oo-yard relay Chandicap)-Won by II: OsuI-
,,raD New York A. c. Is secondsl; ". Auer-
bach City a. G. q seconds secoha; "a r,,rs
De Witt Clinton II. S. dl seconds thiIu' Ii''''
50o-yard swim metropolitan 4. A.. |; ,i chaii,
pionshipJ-Won by c. NJ Daniels. New losh y
C.. J. H Reilly. New York A C. seSonmios =
Ncrtch, New York a. c.. third Time; vi %; o.
Seventy-fve-yard swim tnovice)-Moh py ~ ~
+ Cougblin C. c. y. Y. +. :. Ennis; Wes'
SIDE M C. A., second: !. 4. Russell Ne"
Work. A. c. third. Time. 0:4S %.