The San Francisco call., 1913-10-23

HARD SWIM ON BAY
The runners reached the end of the
Alameda mole about 9 o'clock yester-
day morning. but owing to Queen
Conchita's court not holding it's royal
levee until the afternoon. the swim
ming section of the race was not held
until o'clock.
At this time the first men for each
team were sent into the water and
the first swimmer to take the plunge
for the Y. NJ C. a team, and Arthur
Kidder went overheard for the high
school teams.
For the swim across the bay each
swimmer was limited to a 10 minute
dash, and, on the timers giving the
word, the next man dove overheard
from the launches carrying the re-
spective teams. The high school boys
found the tides stronger than they
expected and made a course toward
Goat island. while the Y. NJ C. A
lads made as direct a course as pos
sible to the Mission street pier.
The result was that the high school
lads gained considerably. 1t was not
until nearing the Mission pier that
the Y. NJ. C. A lads regained their
lost ground, due mainly to the work
of Ed Spencer. who set out on his
relay at a terrific pace, and, stroke
by stroke. overhauled his opponent
The next man into the water was
the champion, Limo Johnson, and he
continued the good work started by
Spencer, with the result that the teams
practically landed on even terms at
the pierhead-
CROWDS WATCH RUNNERS
As the Y. NJ C. A. team had reached
che Alameda mole with a good mar
gin and the high school team had
failed to cut down the margin to any
appreciable extent in the swim across
the bay, the Y NJ. c. A. runner was
sent away up Market street with a
handicap. W. H. Irvine was the first
boy to run a relay, and less than
a minute later Forsyth started for
the high school team.
All along Market street thousands
of spectators watched the fleet ath-
letes. and when the last men reached
Union square every available square
inch Of ground was occupied by in
terested sightseers anxious to see the
final struggle in a race that has made
athletic history for California
Otto Ruchenbach handed the lieu
tenant governors message to Queen
Conchita at exactly $3.50 p. m. The
queen welcomed the runner and con-
graduated him for his team on the
splendid performance.
The San Francisco 7. NJ c.. A.
runners covering from Mission street
wharf to Union square were as fol-
lows: w. H. Irvine, F. Bocchio, H
McCandless, P. Schubert, c.. Reid, E.
S. Durell. ]. S. Nixon, o. Ruchenbach,
l. H. Perkins, ]. B. Wishard, J. Leg
gett. r. NJ. Legget w. H. Quinn and
T. Carlteux
The San Francisco high runners
were; z. K. Forsyth, Cogswell; Joseph
Pyne, Cogswell; Allen, Cogswell: K
Goeppert, Hildebrandt; F. Sloman.
Polytechnic; Hitzeroth, Fenner and
Waylongieuwicz. Lick; G. Pera and
A. Peterson. Cogswell-
The high school swimmers were as
follows: L. Johnson, Cogswell; Ed
Benton, Bates; P. Collischon, Bates:
S. MARCEL, Mission; r. Huntington,
Lowell
Oakland high--Jolly. Shindler. Me-
Henry, McNeiu. Crowley, Pearce.
Oakland Polytechnic-Jordan, Cir
win, Brown, weaver.
Berkeley-A- w. Kidder, R. II. Gra-
ham, +. Clarkson.
> Fremont high-vose. Mccoy, Drew,
Lloyd, w. Magee, Magee.
The Y. M c. A. swimmers were;
San Francisco-Robert Beck, J. M.
Desch, c. Il Rissman, G.. de Villepion,
". Gramm, r. Gross. Sam Smoot, M.
f. Murphy, T. w. Clampett.
Oakland-Ed Kitto and William
Blanchfield.
Navy-W. H Player.