Evening star., 1911-08-26
in RECORD SWIM
Reilly Betters Daniels One
Mite Figures.
GOODWIN MAKES FIGHT
New York A. C. Swimmers Shoulder
to Shoulder in Metropolitan
Championship.

NEW YORK, August. 2o.-James H
Reilly of the New York Athletic Club,
in retaining his title as one-mile metro
politan Amateur Athletic Union swim
ming champion, made the wonderful time
of 25.46 3-5 at Sea Gate yesterday, which
eclipsed by twenty-five seconds the
former mark made bytCharles NJ Daniels,
the retired champion of the New York
Athletic Club, at Verona Lake, n. j..
September II, 1909. The new time is only
ten seconds behind the worlds best per-
formance, established recently by ]. Tay-
lor, and is two minutes faster than last
years contest. which Reilly won. The
| event was the feature, of the water carni-
| Club at Sea Gate.
Bud" Goodwin of the New York Ath-
letic Club gave Reilly an exhausting fight
for the title, finishing only eight yards
behind him. and also well within the old
record For seyen-eighths of the distance
Reilly and Goodwin fought for the ad-
vantage At that point. however, Reilly
gained a three-yard lead, which he Ia
creased gradually to the finish. J. Open
heimer Of the City Athletic Club, the only
other entrant who had sufficient courage
to face the dangerous duo. finished In the
ruck, almost two hundred yards behind.
The course was of the regulation inter-
national distance, being 10 yards long,
which the competitors had to traverse
sixteen times.
The start was a. beautiful one. the men
diving off simultaneously and squirting
for the lead. Reilly and Goodwin
splashed along with their trudgeon
strokes at an unusually fast pace.
which gave promise Of a record-break-
ing performance Taking the first turn
Reilly had assumed scant lead, which
he increased by two yards as the -
er was struggling. behind, unquestion-
ably outclassed
Goodwin began squirting and gradu-
ally decreased the distance from his
rival to one and .one-half yards as
Reilly passed the 440-yard mark in
minutes / As seconds. Goodwin came
shoulder to shoulder with Reilly, their
bodies almost touching. at the 66O-yard
post. Both men swan along together.
turning the s80-yard mark in IL min
utes SO As seconds. The three-quar-
r-nlile post was passed in 19 min
utes IA seconds. both still on even
terms, neither showing any effects Of
Within ten yards of the seven
eighths- of a-mile post Reilly jumped
suddenly into the lead. With only
lap of the course to go both men
Goodwin tried in vain to overtake
Reilly, who finished the grueling race
| in good condition, while Goodwin
| plainly showed the effects Of the hard
| strain.
Richard E. Frizelle. formerly of the
Missouri Athletic Club. tried to better
Daniels standing figures of l minute
82-5 seconds for the 110-yard course.
His efforts were futile as at the out
set he veered wildly out OF the course.
discovering his error only after he had
covered fifty yards. The final heat
was won by Clarence Ash Of the New
York Athletic Club, who had a f1ve-
yard handicap
The summaries follow:
5O-yard swim tfor members sonsl-Won by q.
Reardon; L. willard, second; A. Andrews third.
Time, 0.52
I1O-yard swim (handcap)-First heat won by
H. Soss, City A. c. "a seconds; e. II. Wood,
Glenmore A. C. 10 seconds second. Time,
LA 2-5 Second heat-Won by Clarence Ash.
New York A. c. Is seconds,; Eugene Kelly. New
York A. G. (l5 seconds,, second. Time. 1.O9 As.
Final heat-Won by Ash; Wood, second; Kelly,
third. Time, los.
Dingy race-won by Crusader II; Gertrude.
second; Eclipse. third
Fancy diving (exhibition)-Arthur McAllenan.
c.. and Frank Mullen. New York A. C.
one-mie metropolitan championship tsixteen
lengthsl-Won by James ii. Reilly. New York
A. c.; l.. b. Goodwin. New York A. c.. second;
]. Oppenheimer, City A. c., third. Time,
25. .46 3-5.