New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-07
ROBERTS SETS MARK
IN 5O-YARD SWIM
Vale Man SplasheS to
Victory in Two Hard
Fought Contests.
prNN FRESHMEN DRUB
TIGERS IN RELAY
voer Contests in All Events at
intercollegiate Individual
Championships.

oil Roberts Of Yale. established a new
,..sr,o,leciate record for the fifty-yard
-, a., the individual intercollegiate
memberships held in the pool of the
c,,eqe Of the City Of New York last
LII passIng the line about one and
ore.haf yards in advance Of ;. II. Over
s.ct Of the University OF Pennsylvania
The Yale man was clocked in % As sec
.ds which broke the former standard
., o., seconds made by Howe. of Yale.
soblaett. also Of Yale. was third TO catch
the Judges eyes.
u was a slashing race throughout, and
right down TO tho last dozen yards any
., the first three might have won. The
non slashed through the water. churning
d, into miniature pillows with a powerful
crawl that fairly destroyed the distance.
Roberts managed TO poke his head out in
front but gain more than foot he could
m, In the closing yards. however. he
rnt In lust a little more power and shot
clear Of his pursuers, while the crowd
eheered.
Roberts gave promise OF what was 10
follow by winning his trial heat in .
seconds. swimming around his field IN
clever STYLE. He scored a double victory,
shining the 1OO-yard event, as well as the
sty. we'll termed the classic century.
This was a struggle with L. j. ID. Cross,
q, Princeton. in which a faulty turn on
the last lap nearly cost him the victory.
Like so many seals. the boys Glove
through tie water. The first and second
men turned with an easy grace and power
that gained a couple of seconds for them.
II was nip and tuck between Cross and
Roberts all the way down. At about the
Seward mark Roberts gained little, but.
10 the CONSERVATION of every wearer OF
the blue. he missed his last turn, and the
Tiger showed clear into the lead. Then
Roberts began TO swim a little. Throwing
all his reserve into a mighty leg drive he
sent the water billowing against the sides
Of the pool as he dashed along toward the
finish. Ten yards from the wall he caught
the Jungle warrior, and in a grilAng race
beat him 10 the wall.
Perhaps one Of the incest races Of the
night was the freshmen relay race at so
feet On which Pennsylvania tied a knot
in the tail Of the Princeton Tiger by less
than a foot II was a rare triumph for
the sons OF old Penn. But il was hard
fight Tor the wearers Of the Orange and
Black TO lose.
To Welsh. who swan the final relay for
Pennsylvania, belongs the lions share Of
the credit. for on the last turn he cut
down lead Of four yards and managed
10 touch the finish first.
The 220-yard race, swum on the time
system. was won by i. J. d. Cross, Of
Princeton. in 2:27 SIS. Shryock OF Penn.
was second. clocked in 2:4o %, while Rel
mer. Of City College. the only local boy
70 place, was third IN the fair time of
s45 20.
swimming on time with TO final heat
robbed the race of some Of its interest,
in that the spectators could only guess
az the winner until definite announce
ment was made
Arthur McAleenan. of the New York
A. c. and Yale. had an exciting time in
winning the fancy diving contest. lie
scored So 10 points. while Frissell was
second. with 90 ID TO his credit. Smith,
Of Yale won the plunging contest, with
SO feet inches TO his credit IL was
profitable night for the Eli men, winning
as they did four OF the half dozen
events contested.
The summaries follow:
Fifty-vard swinl--Won by Paul Roberts, Yale;
s. n. Ovegbacher. University Of Pennsylvania.
second: G.. schaellt. Yale. third. Time, O:25 40.
ig-yard swim-Won by Paul Roberts, Yale;
Z. J. =. Cross. Princeton. second; p. Mayer.
Yale third. Mari Yale. fourth. Time, O.59 80.
HQ-foot freshman relay race-Non by Uni
rsfslty or Pennsylvania Russell. Howson.
Master end Welsh: Princeton Burchenal.
Madden. Mathess.n and Anes). second. Time
in85
Plunge for distance-Won by Smith. Yale.
with % feet inches; Kottek. Columbia, sec
ond. with g feet inches: heyes. Yale, thiro'
with s. feet
Fancy dive-won By Arthur McAleensn,
Yale. with e21-s points; W il. Friessee,'
Princeton. second. with 90 l-3 points, r. II.
Barrett. Columbia. third. with J9is points
,2o-ysrd swiul-Won by b. J. Cross, frince-
Ton: Steiner. Yale. second; Reemer. {. {. n
7. third Time. 2.37 3-5.