New-York tribune., 1912-03-03
BLUNDER COSTS A TITLE
city A. C. Team Wins National
Relay Swimming Race.
olIayLES' MISSED LAP COUNT
Thrilling Contests the Order in
Swimming Championships in
City A. g. Tank.

=. cost the Chicago Athletic Association
NV" .he inward national relay champion
- IN the tank of the city Athletic Club
uest ath street last night Even 20
,ost named team. which won, beat Chi
' .. only hy a touch the finish being so
sIase that many thought 1t dead heat.
~, New York Athletic Club quartet was
.hird-Iess than a yard away.
The mistake referred to was MADE oy
o,ovles. second man for Chicago AS the
,.,oI distance Of the race was 400 yards
oaob mans portion was an even hundred
- eva lengths Of the tank. After complet-
1an HE fourth length Qusyles stopped,
,oI,o under the impression that he was
,,,rn,,eb At that time ne was leading, and,
before he got going again, several valuable
Yards had been lost
The much talked Of Duke Kahanamoku'
7rbo came here from Hawaii to show the
,rbite race what ne could do in the water
-,roved TO be no false alarm. on the con-
.rarv good Judges Of swimming pronounced
nir, n he A wonder Kahanamoku TOOK
art in an invitation 1O0-yard scratch race
agairst Richard Frizell, Of the home club
nd I E. Goodwin, Of the New York Atm
lhc Club. A,,.a
4, the crack of the gun the copper hued
hlete started slowly, and by the time nc
ruck the water the others were on thelr
Iav. Once in motion, however Duke
rot going with rare speed. BY the time
,be first length Of the tank had been COW
cred FrizeI led by yard.
The local man also made the tuIn bet
.or hnt before ne reached the other end
the speedy swimmer from the Pacinc hao
taken the lead.
Swimming along with a crawl all his own
Kahanamoku soon had open water between
himself and Frizel while Goodwin hao
dronped hack a couple Of yards behind
Frizel Throughout the last thirty yards
Kabanamoku eased up, thereby allowing
tDrizau 70 creep ND. His clubmates shouted
themselves hoarse, but Duke was watch'hs
Frizen. and contented himself with WIZ
ming by a yard and half. The time was
fast, 81 10 seconds.
Kananar.oku. who is a member Of the
Honolulu Swimming Club looks the ath-
lete. His limbs are clean cut and muscu-
lar. When swimming Duke keeps his feet
much lower in the water than the AmeTi-
cans. and he goes through the water with
out any fuss.
Joe Ruddy, the New York Athletic Club
man. watched Duke closely, and after the
race was over Ruddy pronounced him a
wonder. The record for 100 yards in tank
with five turns is 81 5-5 seconds, held by
Charles NJ. Daniels, the retired New York
Athletic Club champion.
Unauestionably Kananamoku could have
s, it,1
Just fast enough to win, so there is 10 tell
ing what is his limit. His weakness was
slowness in taking the turns.
When the relay championship was called
the teams appeared as follows Chicago
Athletic Observation-Disclosures. Quayles.
Huszsgh and Mallen. City Athletic Club
Frizen, Eddy, Adae and Ritter. New York
Athletic Club-Iouth O'Sullivan, Nerich
and Reilly
The FIRST trio took the water almost as a
man. but Frizell showed the most speed
and was the first to touch the far end, with
Louth only a yard back, while McDermott
was close TO the Winged Foot representa-
tive When they finished their relay Fri
zeil, who squirmed around the turns like an
eel, had given Eddy lead of three Yards.
The speedy Quayles then started in 10
carry Chlcagos colors TO the front, and
the way he closed up on o'Suliyan and
Eddy made the spectators gasp. BY the
time he had gone fifty yards the Westerner
vas on even terms with O'Sulllvan end
slightly in advance OF Eddy.
Moving on TO the fourth Iurn with great
rush, Quayles gained another yard. end
nearly every person present would have
been willing to wager at that instant that
it was Chicago's race.
To every ones amazement, Quayles sud
denly stopped. His friends yelled frantical-
~ TO him 10 go on, but he seemed not to
understand for an instant, and when he
did finally start again at least four seconds
had been frittered away. So instead OF
hauding has clubmate handsome lead
Quayles finished his part Of the contract
four yards behind Eddy. OSullivan was
also in front OF the Westerner.
Nerich revived the hopes OF the New
YORK Athletic Clup men by going great
guns throughout the third hundred, Dui
even so, he couldn't keep Huszagh. of Chi
caSo from creeping up. Both gained on
Adae so that when they were reheved the
hnal trio dove on almost on even terms,
Reilly went fast at the outset, easily
holding his own Tor the first fifty, but then
Aallen and Ritter We're seen TO gam a
trit1e. Al seventy-five yards it looked ike
Chicago, for Mallen led Ritter by yard.
Coming down the last length these two
went Ike a pair of motor boats. Ten
YARDS from the end the leaders were on
even terms. with Reilly almost level by
This time the local clubmen were raising
the roof with their shouts. and there was
40 telling which had won. for Ritter ana
Aallen appeared TO touch together. The
ludges picked the home man, ana OF course
The decision was popular. The Chcago
team had no one to blame but itself, while
the New York Athletic Club contingent
sighed and thought Of the time when Dan
ieis was always there.
The race was covered IN minutes ~ ID
seconds, which Is the fastest time ever
made In a championship relay. The New
lork Athletic Club team last year com,
posed OF Nerich, Reilly, OSulliyan and
Daniels, swan the distance in 300 go Inc
best individual time last night was by
huszagh, who made his 100 yards IN 20 @-a
seconds. Frizell did IS seconds.
trled his luck I'm the 16O.yard nandicaL
swim and he scored a popular victory. Inc
winner was materially aided by the lmi'
OF "A seconds.
The summary follows:
.le0-yard swim (handicap; final heatl-Won 6y
=. Z. Behrens. City A. G. (34 secOnds)i a. -
Madman. city A. c. Is secondsl: second; H'
2dsA.
iOO-yard invitation swim--won by Duke Ka-
nanamoku, Honolulu s. c.; X. r. Frizell. city
a. =, G. second; L. B. Goodwin, New York A. c.
thTd. Time, O:57M.
O-ysrd national relay swimming champion
shii,-Won by City A. G. (Frizen, EDDY, Adae
ana kitteG; Chicago A. A.. (Mcpermott, Quayles'
nuszagh and Mallen). second; New York a. Z.
Mouth; O'sulliysn, Nerich and ReillV third.