New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-12
Year a Remarkable One for
Budding Talent.
WHEATLY AMONG THE BEST
Both East and West Play Part
in Furnishing Champions
of the Future.

Aquatic enthusiasts are looking cheer
fully forward TO the future. for the out
door season OF 1913 brought out wealth
OF sterling new material. which promises
great things for the years TO come.
While short distance races are seldom
held in summer. so that the budding
sprinters found small opportunity to win
recognition, a remarkably fast hundred
yard performer came TO the fore in Jo-
seph Whoatly, of the New York Athletic
Club. He covered the century In 5S sec
oIds, and the time Is particularly striking
when II II said that this eighteen-year-
old lad could not beat 70 seconds a year
ago. Such progress is wonderful.
In middle distance swimming a number
OF youngsters exhibited unusual speed.
Gilbert Tomlinson. a Philadelphia school
boy of fifteen. deserves first mention.
After proving invincible at distances
ranging from the furlong TO five miles in
his own district. he tackled the national
championships and carried or the hall
mile title and was placed second in the
quarter and one mile events. In the lat-
ter race, in which Goodwin created a new
record, Tomlinson travelled Tour SECONDS
under the old standard.
Next to the Philadelphia came Joseph
Wheatly, who won the national quarter
and scored in several OF the metropolitan
contests; Leo Handy, OF the Brookllne
Gymnasium, the victor in most OF the New
England championships. who shattered
two of the district records; his clubmate
Eddie Duffy, who took the mile and es-
Ia blished new figures; Robert Dlppy' OF
the Philadelphia Swimming club, van
ouisher of the veteran Goodwin In the
national quarter; Fred Cherry. OF the In
dustrial Home School Of Washington. win
ner of the 440-yard local title in minutes
1895 seconds, across current; and l..
Ferguson. Of the Chicago Athletic Associa-
ton. a schoolboy who took the measure
of the speedy Raithel in the half mile
central championship. Not one OF these
newcomers is over eighteen.
over the Marathon courses -FOUR boys
distinguished themselves: Charles kauf-
man. of the American Life Saving Society
Eddie McCarron, Of Kansas City and Her
man Laubis and Willie Murphy. of the
Missouri Athletic Club, Of ST. Louis. Kauf-
man TOOK ScCOIu hHt N'''''N
politan swim and for quite a while lee
Goodwin. McCarron. who is fourteen
finished next TO the winner. yard back'
in the ten-mile Kansas city Marathon,
which had over one hundred starters
Loubis captured the place in the ten-mile
national championship and won the hVe-
mile Mississippi race. Murphy, pracucal
rovice. tailed in the latter event ana
covered the course within one minute OF
Heath. the ten-mile holder of 1912.
Two star performers at the back stroke
stepped into the limelight Max Mott OF
the Illinois Athletic Club. of Chicago
aged fifteen. won second prize In the loo
yard Central championship close on the
heels of the Olympic winner. Harry Heb
ner Francis Stephens, a twelve-year-old
prodigy Of the Missouri Athletic cub
took honors at the same distance In his
own district.
In fancy diving decided surprise was