New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-15
GOODWIN Wins IN WATER
Winged Foot Swimmer Takes
HaIf.MiIe National Title.
CLOSE TO DANIELS'S MARK
Diving Championship Awarded
to ]. F. Dunn, Although the
Crowd Favored Downes.


added another to his list Of triumphs
when he captured the half-mile Amateur
Athletic Union championship swim at
Trayers Island yesterday afternoon. Good
win swan like a second Daniels, and his
time for the course, IL minutes 43 sec
onds, was only % seconds slower than
Daniels's record mark for the same dis
lance.
In addition to the deciding OF the half
mile national title the fancy diving ma
tional championship was also held j. +.
Dunn, another Mercury Foot man, win
ming after a close competition in which
the diving was only fair in spots and in
most cases Indifferent. 1t was decidedly
below the standard which Is expected
when national title Is at stake, and the
fact that only three competitors were
entered was further proof that the event
was regarded with indifference. George
| Gaidzig. Of Chicago who was to have en-
tered. was not on hand; neither was
Arthur McAleenan, of the New York Ath-
letic Club. Either Of these men would
have had little difficulty in winning over
the field that came to the scratch.
Goodwln's victory In the half-mile swim.
although a foregone CONCLUSION, did not
come without a hard fight with II. T..
Frizzell of the City Athletic Club. The
threatening aspect OF the sky kept the at
tendance far below what II has been In
! other years, but just the same Goodwin
got a hearty reception when no pulled
himself en- to the float after his victory.
From the outset Goodwin had to exert
himself. and IL was not until he had Gov
cred the first quarter OF mile that he
began to have the race well in hand.
Then he gained such a tremendous lead
on F'riZzell, who was leading the rest OF
the field. that he had practically no COM
petition at the finish. He got off to
poor start, and for the first 10 Yards had
TO follow Charles Ash, OF the New York
Athletic Club, who hit the water first and
went out as if he were in a sprint.
Goodwin and Frizzell kept close to-
gether. with Frizzell slightly in the lead
for the first lap, content to let Ash Kill
himself Off which he did In short order
Frizzell broke into the lead at the begin
ming OF the second lap and with Good
win at his shoulder struck out for the
220-ysrd turn. Despite fierce squirt. ne
couldn't shake Goodwin off, and the pair
took the turn simultaneously.
II was on the next lap that Goodwin
by a well timed squirt got the edge on
Frizzell at the s00-yard mark, beating him
10 the turn. thirty yards further on by
five feet Although he was behind Fritz
zel wasn't beaten yet, and he hung on
gam,ly, challenging Goodwin time after
time i'm the next hundred yards. The
spurts told on him, however and when
the quarter-mile turn was taken Cool
win was leading by ten feet and Frizzen
was dropping back rapidly. After that
Goodwin had the race TO himself, and set
out after Daniels's record. a strong ebb
tide swept him down the course on each
lap and cost him much valuable time.
With no one to push him, Goodwin sped
through the water for the last furlong.
finishing In 12i2 fifty yards ahead OF
Frizzell, whose time was 13 20. II was
the fastest time that Goodwin has ever
made in a half-mile swim. and If condi-
lions had been more favorable he prob
ably would have been very close TO
Danelss time. John q. Eddy, jr., Of the
a
Is 1928. lie spurted hard to catch Fritz
zell in the last hundred yards, but Fritz
zelrs lead was too big for him 10 over
come. although he gained rapidly.
The competition I'm the fancy diving was
disappointing, the more so because a. +.
Downes, OF the New York Athletic Club.
was awarded second place, first place
and the title going 10 ]. +. Dunn, club
mate, though Downes undoubtedly did the
most graceful diving OF the day. The
judges were dsadlocked or the award Of
tire title. but on aggregate points Dunn
was credited with 7lS points, as against
707is for Downes. t.....
Dunn's form was decidedly poor in most
OF the dives, and in several he struck
the water spresdeagled. Downes, on the
other hand, had wellnigh perfect scores
In the one and one-half back, standing
front and running front dives and I'm two
of his specialties. Frank Mullen, OF the
New York Athletic Club, was the only
other competitor and scored 66s points.
There was a 50-yard handicap race 10
wind up the programme. Six heats were
required TO cut down the field, and the
final brought together such men g.
Frerich and Herold, Of tho City Athletic
Club Reilly, unattached; Kelly. OF the
New York Athletic Club. and Culman, OF
Columbia University. Frerich and Cul-
man had won the fastest two heats, and
each started from the two second mark.
The race was between these two and
Herold from the gun. Frerich got the
jump on Culman. but in ten yards the
Columbia captain had caught his man
and Was after the field.
One by one he cut 1t down, with Ere
richs right at his elbow. The last fifteen
yards was hammer and tongs fight
among Culman Herold and Frsrich, but
the big Columbian had enough left for a
final burst, and won from Frerich by
inches, with Herold half length back
In third place.
The summaries follow:
FIfty-yard swim (handcag) --Won b. Fred
erick Cu!man, Columbia University q seconds.
X. r. Brorichs, City A. G. q seconds. second
3, Herold, city A. c. % seconds, third. Time.
OPT 2-5.
York A. c. +; Il. q. FrEzel City A. e, second;
J. c. Eddy. jr.. city A. c., third. Time. 1872.
Fancy diving Amaterr Athletic Union cham
A. c., with 7i3 points A. y. Downes, New
York A. C., second with Io1b points; +. \.
Mulin. New York A. C., third, with 6OS points.
UNASsISTED TRIPLE PLAY.
San Francisco. Sept 1a.--William Ramps
a first haseman of the Portland Baseball
Club Of the Pacific Coast League, to-day