New-York tribune., 1912-08-26
GOODWIN RETAINS TITLE
Wins HandiIy in FWe-MlIe
Amateur Swimming Race.
BOY BEATEN AFTER BATTLE
Tobias Noses Out Kaufman
for Second Honors in Con-
test in Hudson.

l.. e. Goodwin the long distance anna
,eur swimming champion OF the New York
Athletic club. successfully defended his
nyc-milc metropolitan title. which. after
q lapse Of four years. was held under the
auspices of the American Life Saving So
cicty in the Hudson River yesterday
The wonderful swimmer who has suffered
only one defeat in races over mile in
more than ten years of competition. as
sumed the lead at the outset and was
never headed With his fast-propellinG
trudCeOn stroke Goodwin carried along
the ticld of sixteen starters at a rapid
pace. winning by 500 yards in the fast
time Of ] hour % minutes
Zoltan Tobias of the City Athletic Club,
who finished second. will long remember
the struggle he encountered in defeating
Charles Kaufman, q sixteen-year-old MEM
ber of the American Life Saving Society,
for that position. Throughout the last
two miles both swimmers swan stroke
for stroke, and in a desperate sprint to
the finish Tobias barely defeated his
youthful opponent by a stroke. Ten
other contestants completed the long
course. while three others were seized with
cramps shortly after the start and were
assisted aboard the accompanying row.
boat
The last race for the title was in 1908
from New Rochelle to City Island. The
trail yesterday led from the foot Of 10th
street and the Hudson River to half
mile above Spuyten Duyvel, opposite
iRiverdale.
At the outset the pack followed the
Manhattan shore, being carried along by
the strong current A half mile further
ION Goodwin showed the way. with group
lof Eve swimmers close at hand and going
strong. Opposite Washington Heights
iClarence Ash, the New York Athletic Club
sprinter. caught a cramp in his left leg
and dropped out At the two-mile point
Goodwin had steered the trailing men out
Finto the stream. where the current was
running swiftly up the river. Reaching
the third mile station, Goodwin had
opened up a space of 100 yards from To-
bias, Kaufman. Eddie Williams, OF the
Glenmore Athletic Club. and Charles Fitz-
patrick, Of the ST. Paul Young Mems
Christian Association. The two first
named were ten yards in advance Of the
group, Kaufman showing the way to the
others by FIVE yards. Goodwin was NOV
ing along we'll at the fourth mile, having
Increased his lead TO 200 yards.
The small fotilla Of motor craft which
was following the contestants then be-
came deeply concerned about the desper-
ate duel between Kaufman and Tobias for
second position. During the last half
milo Of the race. while Goodwin was
swimming leisurely TO the finishing point,
Tobias and Kaufman never gave up the
fight. but the experienced swimmer con-
auered his youthful opponent in the last
1n)-yard stretch. Williams. who finished
fourth nosed out Fitzpatrick in another
hot sprint ]. ]. Kennedy. nfesaver of
the American society, gave great eX-
hibition. Relying on his beautiful back
stroke at which he is champion, Ken
nedy propelled himself at such a fast
pace that ne finished in eighth position.
The men who finished and their times
were: L. 3. Goodwin. New York A. c.,
1:2S; Zoltan Tobias. City A c., 1902:
Charles Kaufman, American l.. S.,
1:3O:O2 3-5; Z. Williams, Glenmore A c..
:32:26; Charles Fitzpatrick. ST. Paul Y.
NJ. c. A, 1925 S-5; f. Spielberger, Irish
American A c.. 1879; II. Soss. City A.
r., 1865: J. ]. Kennedy American L. S.,
s:ss:30; DR.. ". d. Hennen, New York A.
C.. i:Ss:45; NJ. Daub City A. c., 1875;
". Clarihen, American L. s., 1892: d.
Harrigap. unattached, 1:43:27, and c.
FBieber, unattached, 1882