The Washington herald., 1913-03-23
TO
MEET cornell
Ithaca Varsity Lads to Face
Y. M. c. A. Crack
Swimmers.
DATE SET FOR APRIL 4
Coach Hansen Confident Of Victory
for Locals Over Col
legians.

With the conclusion last week of the
series of seven semi-monthly scratch
contests in which the Nautilus Swim
ming Club. the Neurological branch of
the Y. N. c. A. has been competing
since last November, Nils G. Hansen.
assistant physical director of the asso-
cIation and coach of the club. has ar
ranged for an aquatic meet with Cor
nell University. The meet, which is
the first in which the local club has
engaged a collegiate team. will be held
in the tank of the local Y. NJ. c. A. on
April 4.
The events to be run of at the Cor
nell meet are the so, 100. and go yards
swim: the so yards back. the so yards
breast, the 200 yards relay. the plunge
for distance, and the fancy diving.
AS this is our initial meet with an
aggregation outside Of the territory
which the A 4. u. classiies as the
hard TO forecast the outcome" said Mr..
Hansen yesterday. However. 1 feel
safe in saying that our boys have two
events on the card sewed up with neat
featherstitch. The first of these events
Is the plunge for distance, which Brun-
ner can take care of easily; and the
other Is the fancy diving. in which
Ansley. the president OF the Nautilus
Swimming Club, is bright particular
star. Both of them hold A A U.
championships for the South Atlantic
division by a wide margin
Hansen Boosts Cats.
Il also believe that Cults will give
the Ezra bunch a run for its beans in
the 50-yard dash, while Bamman. an
old Princeton tank-artist. has so far
always been sure point winner in the
distance swims. Our back stroke spe-
cialist is Rutherford. who can keep the
best of them guessing in this sort Of
event.
Although the precise personnel of
the team which is to meet Cornell has
not as yet been definitely fixed on, the
winners of the scratch series which
closed last Thursday gives a good line
on It. The eight men to win prizes.
with the points they scored. are: Ans
ley. "a: Bamman, %; Cults, %; Miller,
%: Burch. 1875; Eliason. IS; karsten Z.
Hansen, Is; Birney. s.
.'As soon as the Nautilus Swimming
Club holds its next meeting. Ansley, as
high man. will receive the first award,
consisting Of a shield-trophy from the
Washington Y. NJ. c. A branch of the
Amateur League of North America,
while a gold medal will go to the sec
ond man, Bamman, a silver medal to
Cults who won SHOW and five bronze
medals to the other boys.
How Awards Were Made.
The awards were made on a basis
of scoring. in which first place In each
event counted for points, with i point
less successfully for those attaining
from second to fifth places.
During the contest series just ended
three local tank records were broken.
X. Il. Hansen lowered the 25 yards
breast stroke from II 1-J to 10 1-5. and
the 80 yards breast from Al 4-5 TO
81 40, while Rutherford pared So OF
a second of the record for the Is yards
back stroke, which had previously
stood at Il 40"
In the scratch series just closed. the
first three men in each event are as
follows. according to the official rec
ords of the Nautilus Swimming Club. as
lust compiled by Coach Hansen: Is
yard dash-Ansley. Miller, Eliason; 70
yards breast stroke-K. B. Hansen,
Burch, Eliason; 1Oo-yards Swim-Bam-
man. Ansley. Burch. 25-yards back
stroke-Ansley, Rutherford, Miller: is0
yards swim-Ansley, Miller. Birney; so
yards breast stroke-krogstad. Cults,
Burch; 80 yards back stroke-Ruther-
ford. Ansley, Miller: 75 yards swim
Cults, Eamman, Eliason; 50-yards dash
Rutherford. Ansley, Cults; 80 yards
breast-Hansen. Rpnge, Bamman' 80
yards back stroke-Rutherford. Bam-
man. Cults: fancy diving-Sheetz,
Bamman. Eliason: go yards swim
Birney. Cults, Miller: plunge for dis
tance-Ansley, Rutherford. Bamman.
Ansley and Drummer. the best men in
the fancy diving and the plunge for
distance, respectively, did not win their
events. owing to the fact that they
were unable to compete.