New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-05
Tribune Marathon Swin1 Will Be
Greatest in History OF Sport
Class of Entrants EcllpseS
That of Any Similar
Event Ever Held.
FIELD Is LIKELY
TO NUMBER THIRTY
Tweuty-three Have Already
Been Accepted by Committee
for Long Trip to Hook.

Twenty-three entries are in hand for
The Tribune Marathon Swim Of July
Is. from the Battery 10 Sandy Hook
Unquestionably ~ will be the greatest
long distance event IN the history o.
water sports The length and am
Guilty Of the course. the number ana
caiiOre OF the entrants and the keen
public interest displayed all warrant
the statement.
Never before IN any country nave
% many able opponents Of aquatic en-
aurance been gathered together for a
test OF national supremacy. Besides
the twenty entries fulfilling all re-
duirements which were accepted on
Thursday ar a meeting OF the commit
tee. there are others promised. and It
is practically certain that thirty or
more starters will answer the clerk 8
call on the morning OF July 10. \
crack group OF doughty watermen from
many districts, each anxious TO un-
dcrtake the gruelling twenty-two-mlte
trip. and confident OF ability 20 make
IL. viii make a truly remarkable show
ing.
Charles Durborow. of Philadelphia.
holder Of the American record Of forty
three miles. covered IN the Delaware
Bay in IA hours 10 minutes. vas among
the first 20 place his name on the list.
Undaunted by the defeat he suffered q
few days ago at the hands Of Samuel
Richards. of Boston, nc IS row eager
20 once more meet ms great rival and
try 10 turn the tables on him. He may
do II. TOO. The victory Of the BOs-
tonian was fair and square, and Dur
borrow. like the good sportsman ne is,
took his beating manfuNy and had
nothing but praise for his conCueror.
Yet those who followed the race from
start to finish were not convinced o.
Richards superiority. he has slightly
the advantage Of Durborow IN speed
when the water Is smooth. and the river
was mirrorlike. so ne secured lead.
aided partly by the Philadelphia hav-
ng TO make a big circle 10 avoid some
dredCeg. but when the wind arose and
the water roughened DurDorow picked
np rapidly and II looked as II he would
soon catch his tired opponent. who had
more than once threatened 20 leave
tho water. Then the tide changed, the
current began 10 sweep both men pack
and DU-borow's chance was gone.
Raymond James Boyle. of Pittsburgh.
will probably be one of Duroorow's
most formidable antagonists. lie Is
eager for the Fray. For some time ne
has been trying to get Durborow and
Richards into triangular race. W men
the recent match was announced ne
promptly asked 20 be admitted 70 H.
out while DurbOrow was wiling Ken
ards OBJ ,octed. Boyle took the refusal
phi iIosophlcally.
'Ncver mind he said 20 MS friends.
Richards is evidently afraid o. me-
but IN get him in me Tribune Mara
thon. lie won't dare stay out OF tnat.
RovIe tried the Sandy Hook swim
last summer. and failed only because
H. was unfamiliar with conditions ana
started at the wrong time. But his
vas Great performance. as ne trav-
elled the stretch from the Battery 10
Norton Point faster than II had ever
been covered.
One Of the candidates whose pros
pecfs are liked by experts - Augusta
Wise. of the Il" Street swimming Club,
Of Boston. Some remarkable perform
accee stand 20 his credit. including the
.,,ir from Charlestown Bridge 20 Bos-
ION fght which j. considered the New
ENGLAND classic Few have a better
record. and he Sandy Hook course
should suit him WELL for he has a pow
crful stroke OF the best type to make
progress against head seas and tides.
Ho will be in the running.
An entry 20 draw attention is that
o. Eddie Snyder. Of Brooklyn, the
fhirteen-year-o son Of Commodore
Charles SNYDER, Of the United States
Volunteer Lifesaving Corps. Al irst
Glance IL seems absurd that an imma-
ture lad 81 his YEAR should he al
Io,yad 10 undertake a swim a. which
many strong. full grown men have
failed. but Eddie is quite an extraordl-
mar young Waterman and fully quail
fed 70 attempt the great feat.
Lat GUNNER. when only twelve, he
buil,ed ms father INTO letting him try
the 6ftecn-mile Journey between 10Th
=, Conev Island. and the Brooklyn