New-York tribune., 1912-03-09
RECORDS FALL IN TANK
De Witt Clinton Wins SWimmlnn
Title After Hard Fight.
TWO RACES FOR FRERICHS
Captures Century and Furlons
and Establishes New Marks
in Each Struggle.

De witt Clinton High School captured N.
swimming championship OF the PublIc
Schools Athletic League in the natatorium
OF the College Of the City Of New York
last night, after one OF the bitterest hQht,
ever witnessed in a scholastic meet Ths
red and black clad athletes scored IS poln,.
and barely nosed out the High School a,
Commerce, which finished second. with IL
points. Commercial High School, O,
Brooklyn, and Stuyvesant High School
were deadlocked for third honors, with 10
points each, while Manual Training We'd
with Erasmus Hall. with points apiece
Townsend Harris Hall came next, with
points, and Boys High was last with
point scored by Wensley in the dlstancs
plunge.
Every record on the books OF the Public
Schools Athletic League was equalled or
broken Ferdinand ]. Frerichs, the brilliant
swimmer of Commercial High School, was
the leading spirit in the assault on Father
Time. The angular Brooklyn boy raced 10
a hollow victory in the 2z0-yard swim in
the remarkable time of 1854 3-5, and won
by half the length Of the tank, eased up
Had any Of his competitors been powerful
enough to press him to the limit he could
easily have bettered his time by several
seconds.
Again, in the final heat Of the i00-yard
swim, Frerichs swan to victory after a
gruelling race in l04 As. the old mark being
Llo. In the trial heats Lemcke. of Com
merce, and Clyburn, of Erasmus. also beat
tLN.
spectively. Clyburn, Of Erasmus. beat the
record in his trial and semi-hnal heats Of
the hfty-yard swim. winning both in q Is
seconds. He was unable to equal his time
in the final heat, and was clocked In %
seconds fat, the old mark.
The High School Of Commerce relay team
established a new record in the first heat
of the 266-yard relay race when they flashed
to victory by a touch in 2.52 3-5 The Cln-
ton relay team won the final heat In 253 by
a scant two inches. Van De Water con-
tinued the assault on the fast tottering
record book by winning the plunge for dis
tance with 62 feet s inches, while Schwartz
and Mack, Of Commerce, each did 50 feet
The former mark was SO feet, by Schneider,
Of Townsend Harris Hall
The double victory OF Frerichs marked
the first time in the history OF the Public
Schools Athletic League that boy ever
won two championships and established
new records on the same day or night, and
the blond haired lad was cheered to the
echo by some fifteen hundred wildly par
tisan boys, who packed the natatorium 20
suffocation. Those who saw him fash to
victory in the furlong swim doubted II he
would repeat in the hundred, and when
Clyburn beat him in one heat by yard
or more the wise ones shook their heads
Frerichs rated along easily in the hun
dred and let Clyburn and Lemcke swim
their heads of until the last half length.
when he went out and took the lead 10
win by two yards.
The most glar.ng kind Of bad swimming
cost the High School Of Commerce team
the relay race, and, as it proved. the meet
De Witt Clinton. Commerce. Erasmus Hall
and Townsend Harris Hall were on line for
the final heat represented by Zimm, b.
zinn, Long and Crossman. For moment
Long showed in front. but coming down 70
the last fifteen yards Zimm took the
lead. with Long second and Bazinn third.
three yards back. Seymour took up the
race for Clinton, and Cramp shot out for
Erasmus Hall. Curtain was touched 10
go, but he wasted fully TWO seconds. ana
then went out in stern chase. Tne fast
est man in the race, he easily made up
ground. and Flower was only two yards
behind on the third relay. With Flowers
swimming ended the chances OF Commerce
He swan all over the tank, and when
7 Oftt IA 6pa ba
ten yards behind Moore.
Seldom has such furious burst Of speed
been seen in a scholastic tank as the brill
liant Commerce captain showed as he went
after the flying field. On the first half he
had made up almost half the distance, and
coming down the home stretch he threw
every ounce Of his speed into the nnal et'
fort On he drove, his powerful! crawl
stroke lashing the waters into a toamins
wake, but il was useless. He showed at the
shoulders Of Moore two feet from The
mark, and driving IL home touched ts
wall a scant TWO inches in the rear.
The summaries follow:
sC0-foot relay race-Won by De VII, Cint1
FIRST team (Zlmm. Seymour, McAu4As sS'
Curtain. Flower and Lelncke). seeo-d; Ey4sns
hall hign School lions, Sfamp ClaEEe 80 a.
C!yoCTnD, third, townsend daIEls nan VCtos.
man, Robinson. Kempner and RooinsonI io1''~
lime, 2:53. -
2z0-yad swim-won by F. J. Frerchs. Cen
mercisl High school. j. Seymour De Wit Saas.
ton, second; L. De Leon, stuyvesant ia
School. third; w. Paiasscar, Stlyvesant hS'
School fourth Time. 1854 S-5. No..
FHtS-yard swim (nrst semi-hnal heatl-"nn. n.
by Dune an, Townsend Harris Hall; DaNiow, =,
Witt Clinton. second. lime. OBI. second s nsi
Won by Palmer, Manual Training Hlgn sSt;os sI,1s.
Curtin, High School OF Commerce, second. 10y
O.2AN FINAL heat-Won by Palmer lAnss
Training High School: Curtin, High SchoN efs,,s "a
Commerce, second; Duncan Townsend HIshI..S
Hall. third; AcAufte, De Witt CLINTON hs'
School, fourth. Time, 0:3O. -,
Plunge for distance-Non by .anaenSS'Ia "a
Stuyvesant High School. with plunse 90, =.
feet inches; tie for second place oe'nGes e'yyess
Schwartz De Wit Clinton, and MACK, Ia 10
School OF Commerce. with 80 feet !oa p'..sss.
of Schwartz won, with 59 feeOi MACK; TtS utSS
with 5s feet inches; Wens.ey, BOYS HS@
School. fourth. with 81 feet . inches tIlsh
Form dive-Won by Eddie Aerflch' me-
School OF Commerce, with 70s points ny
De Witt Clinton second, with "a poln's, s1s
Schwind Stuyvesant High School, thEd' ysn.ss VS.
62A points; b. Handschuk. Iownsend he'~
Hail. fourth with 62h points. >,.,rsn
l00-yard swinl-First heat won oy NWsns,
Iemcke High School OF Commerce W. NV
De Witt Clinton. second. Time :US il. ...,,rs
Second heat-Won by 4. l ClyeIWgn,. W,s, tsenoCL
Hall; +. ]. Frerichs, Commercial hlsn
second. Time, 1907 2-5. -..,r,r-
Final heat-Won by F. J. Frerichs, 60. H.l
cial High School; A Clyburn. ErSsn's sod |
Hleh SCHOOL second ". Lemcke high -,I,.,cs.
OF Commerce. third: w. Moore. De VIII 'h''-
fourth. Time. 1904 40.