New-York tribune., 1913-07-20
BIRTHDAY SPORTS END
At TRAVERS ISLAND
Swimming Races Feature OF
Spectacular Wind-Up to
Big Celebration.
WHEATLEY BESTS RAMME
German Champion Asleep at the
Start, Losing Two Seconds
Bud" Goodwin Finishes
Alone in Sprint.


Travers Island finished up the three
days celebration OF its twenty-ffth birth
day as the home OF the New York Ath-
letic Club in spectacular style yesterday.
There were swimming races. in which
many Of the champions took part, and
the start Of the lawn tennis tournament
for the Westchester County association
titles. while the veteran athletes met the
Youngsters in a baseball game. There
were also a vaudeville show. dancing and
a general blowout dinner in the evening.
When It was all over at an early hour
this morning several OF the hveliest OF
the veterans were ready to cry, Hold!
Enough
The swimming led off the wind-up cele-
bration with field in the heats OF the
1OO-yard handicap sprint that contained
some Of the best OF the local performers.
The final heat narrowed down to J. =
Wheatley. who competed unattached'
Walther Ramme. the German champion
wearing the colors Of the Mercury FOOT
organization. and J. J. Curren, the star
Of the City Athletic Club. There was one
other starter. but he was distanced al 'hS
beginning and did not figure.
II looked TO be Ramme's race when the
men lined I'D on the float. as the husky
German had a handicap OF four seconds
as compared with five seconds allowed 10
Wheatley and nine seconds 10 Curreh'
At the CALL however, Ramme Tor some
unaccountable reason missed his cue ana
he was fully two seconds late in plunging
into the water. Once in he set of at a
furious pace His full overland stroke
sent him forging ahead. and he ana
Wheatley made a wonderful finish OF II
for the last fifteen yards.
Wheatley was as game as trout now
ever. and he fought stroke Tor stioAe
with his famous adversary. A. u. sVorL
r 7 Levitan and Frank Slazenger' the
Judges. stood over the float marx 10
watch closely for the end. 1t was bare
fash in favor of Wheatley, who won by
inches ahead OF Ramme. who had TO be
content with second place. Curren was a
fair third. The time was l minute 90
seconds
rhe novice race at the same distance
which followed brought out a group OF
Youngsters who were so keen on winning
that the splendid efforts Of the leading
swimmers were frustrated. When the
lads had covered a little more than haif
the distance, with competitor supposed
20 be c. Beltrammini leading, two OF
the contestants behind him swan pen
nell over him. For a moment IL IooKeu
as IL a school OF porpoises had entered
the narrow streak of water between GIeh
and Travers islands
While the boys were oisentanghhs
themselves, rising TO the surface ana
putting and blowing, r. Smith, who swan
unattached. and who rightly belongs TO
Princeton University, managed TO prohI
bv the mix-up He forged 10 the 'front.'
and finished easily in the Lead with h J.
Diving, also unattached, second, ana H.
Kranich third. Diving was In the mix-up
but he managed TO get out OF II In uine
10 get the place. In the opinion OF inc
officials the collision was In the nature
Of an accident and there were no pen
alties, the race standing as 1t hnisheo.
Bud Goodwin, one Of the most depend
able of the amphibians Of the New YORK
Athletic Clubs squad. almost made the
ouarter-mile handicap solitaire aHair,
There was considerable class In the hs'
OF starters and they all went in one neat,
but Goodwin made II his race from s'ar'
20 finish. ]. II. Reilly. another OF the
New York Athletic Club stars was put
down as scratch marker from his ors-
inal allowance Of eight SECONDS lie was
iust right TO make Goodwin. who had an
allowance Of eighteen seconds, exert HIM
self and the redoubtable Bud simply
nloughed through the water Ike hydro
plane until the others were distanced.
Reilly had 10 let down bit toward the
end but this made little or no dinerence
Goodwin came to the mark fun ten
wards ahead Of A. J. Palenscar, or the
city Athletic Club. who had sixty-eight
seconds handicap, while T. Tobias, also
OF the City Athletic Club. with forty
seconds, was third. Goodwin's time io'
the race was minutes 6 s-S seconds.
w. r. Lee carried or the diving honora,
as both Arthur McAleenan and II. X
Behrens, the champions. were unable 10
overcome the handicap penalty Of ten
noints Lee was unusually clever. While
+ A. Mullen made q close contest OF 1t
with him.
Altogether the festivities were sue
cess. and the old field at Travers Island
enters to-day upon its journey toward the
half-century mark. which the jovial old
members who toasted II last night de-
clared would be even moro eventful than
the years that have gone.
The summary follows:
ioo-yard svim (handicap)-won by ]. c.
Wheatley, unattached % secondsli Walther
Paume New York A. c. "a second), seoond
J. j. Curren, City Athletic Club % seconos)'
third. Time, :O5 30. c,..
ioO-yard swim (novice)-Won by r. Smith.
unattached: T. T. Diving. unattached, sec
ond; H. Kranlch. unattached. third. Time
ST spTinsboard diving (handicap)--wOn by
W " Lee New York A. c. (scrateh). with
total Of 6h points; +. A. Mullen, New YORK
A G (scratch), with a total OF ~ points
second; A. z. Downes. New YORK a. =.
(scratch). with a total OF points thlrd'
II X Behrens. City Athletic Cluo (penR-
iEed 10 points,, with total OF Ao11 poin'S'
s4o-yard swim (handicap)-won by l. b.
coodwin New York A. c. us seconds); =.
J. Palenscar, City Athletic Club l0s secohosl'
second: T. Tobias City Athletic Club (4V sec
oDds). third Time 6;O6 80. -
Veteran eiRht-oared crew race tdlst9hco
hvo-eighths OF a mile)-Won by crew Les
ter spalding stroke; F. Miller, No. Z; }. a.
Tracey No o: d. Mason. No. .; O. Newln-
house No. 4; ]. Wooley. No. .; jim Steen'
No. 2: O. j. Carr, bow; Ted scanlon, cox
swain; crew, John Boyle. stroke; Charles
CAttus No Z: DurRndo Miller, No. U: JACK
Cattus. No. .; W Carroll. No. 4; J. Wilde
No 8: Howard Fielding. No. 2; j. Colts
ckalt, bow: f. ]. Keane. coxswain' second.