New-York tribune., 1912-04-21
SWIMMING RECORDS FALL
Manhattan Boys Prove Wonders
in Championship Meet.
NERICH A FAST PERFORMER
sager, of Public School 10,
Betters Time in the go
Yards Race.
NERICH A FAST PERFORMER

! Records were made by tho schoolDoy
swimmers in the annual elementary schools
indoor championship at the West 6oth street
public baths yesterday morning. The young
amphibians displayed such Improvement
that the previous best marks for the 40
ward. 1OO-pound class: 6O-yard, n5-pounn
class. and the sO-yard. unlimited weight
| class, were broken.
| Manhattan competitors were conspicuous
throughout the struggle for the honors. The
aquatic SQUAD OF Public School 10, Of Man
haitian, caused n surprise by taking the
team championship, with the total OF 10
points. Public School rs, of BROOKLYN
which is situated in Bath Beach, and Whlch
was expected to repeat its winning per-
formance of last year. was compelled 10
taste defeat, holding down second hohors
with the tally OF II points. Third place
went to Public School 81. Of Manhattan.
with points. while four other Manhattan
institutions Of the remaining six were re-
corded in the point tabulaton.
The most noteworthy performance was
that of John Nerich, Of Public School o.
Of Manhattan, in the S-yard unIinl'$p
weight class swim. The youngster' VINO ~
a memSer of the well known famiy "i
local swimmers, amazed the critics ny inc
manner I'm which he ploughed through '"e
water. lie completely outclassed the cou'-
peting field, winning his heat IN the recoiu
time of ~ Is seconds, by more than htteth
wards. In the final tussle Nertch showed
no signs Of his previous exhaustive SWIM
touching the finish line in SO SO seconhs'
with much 10 spare, and erasing 3 10 sec
onds from the old record. Frank La Dolce
OF The fighting team Of Public School lzo'
of BROOKLYN. who pressed him In both
events. was a close second. with Howard
Norton. of Public School TO- Of Manhattan
third. five yards in La Dolce's wake.
Severance Sager. of the victorious team
OF Public School 10. improved the old rec
ord in taking both his trial ana hhd' hea'
in the 6o-yard swim for ll5-pound poSS'
Sager traversed the three circuits in u sec
onds. which was Is seconds faster than
was ever accomplished before
The summaries follow:
Twenty-yard swim eighty pound class ,,,, ~
seni- anal heaD-Won by Moo Flaxman, PuoiiC
School 10, Manhattan; Lester Merllck, Pu9'! % :
school g.. Manhattan second Time tI,;.Sh.rS T;.S
S%56 ssGSTd leo T Frank
Public School 12s Brooklyn, second. T1meIVtiit ,tit
Final hestwon by Moe ,as5ha. niasRsn; PubIi, ubIi,
School 10 Manhattan. second Frank Russe
public School l2S Brooklyn third. J. FITZPATRICK
Public School rs, Brooklyn. fourth. Iil'e
Forty-yard swim 900 pound class; FIRST semi
| final heat)-Won by r. Drum Public Schooi 100
! Brooklyn; W Fitzgibbon. Public school 10. Man
haitian second Time. 0:29 3-5 Second SENT
! final heat-Henry schafter. Public School 10
Manhattan. second; Frank Gleason, Public scho0
final hea,-Won by. T.. Drum Public e,1 seho9
1853. Brooklyn; Henry S. achaffer. Public school
School TO- Manhattan, third; Frank Gleason; Pub
| lie School II, Manhattan. fourth. Time O:2s.
Sxty-yard swim Ql5-pound class; first semi
! hnal heaO-Won by Severance Sager. Pubic
school 10. Manhattan: Ronald Mcdonald Pub
| School a.. Brooklyn. second. Time. O;H 10
Second semihnal heatW0n by frank HaIbey f@y
| Public School ~, Manhattan, second. Time
0:46 As. -
! 10. Manhattan; Ronald Mcdonald, =. S. a.
Brooklyn. second; Frank Fay, =. S. 12s, Brook
! lyn. third: Chandler Harden, p s. TO- Manhat-
| tan. fourth Time 0.4l
| Eighty-yard swim UNLIMITED weight clsss)-
First seni-hnal heat won by John Neirich. p. s
81. Manhattan: +. Ia Dolce, r. s. l2s. Brook
| heat won by Howard Norton. p. S. 10. Man
haitian; J. Boyle, P. S. l2S. Brooklyn. second
Time. l:1s %.
| Manhattan; F. la Dolce, p. S. rs, Brooklyn
second: Howard Norton, p. s. 10. Manhattan
| third; J. Boyle, p. s. 12s, Brooklyn. fourth
15o-yard relay race UNLIMITED weight class)-
! Won by p s. o. Brooklyn with a team com
! posed OF W. Siggns. r. Umbaoh, II. Goodsteir
! and +. Ford; p. S. 81, Manhattan second, will
| q team composed Of j. Douglas, +. Slavick, r
Roberts and r. Lauder; p. $. 12s Brooklyn
third with team composed Of II. SAMSON ?
| Albers u Dolson and |. Segal; F. = 163
| Brooklyn. fourth. with a team composed OF II
Schroeder. A. Law, II. Mantle and E. oNeill
| Time. 200 is.
Point competition-P. s. TO- Manhattan. IS
| p. S. 12s, Brooklyn, IL: p. S. 81, Manhattan, 5
] 2. S.s9 Brooklyn, 3. P 5. 1l3. Manhattan. 8
P. S. IA. Manhattan. 81 P s. I'D. Manhattan
3; T. S. 1e3, Brooklyn, l; T. S. II, Manhattan, l