New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-20
Brookline Club, of Bos-
ton, Will Hold Contest
on October 10.
LAUBIS. OF ST. LOUIS,
IN THE FRONT RANK
New York Experts Not Satisfied
with Judges Verdict in High
Diving Competition.
X, b be D. HANDLEY.

Although the local outdoor swimming
s.seon practically closed week ago
,ti.l the holding Of the race for the
,de-r.Uoi.tan one mile championship, II
,ooka a. If in other sections competi-
Tor, would be active until vel oil ~
October. iany meets arc booked fof
tho latter par Of this month, and the
Brookiinc giab. Of Boston, VIII stage
one a. late a. October 10. Interest IN
water sports is growing fast.
By winning tie ten-niiie water Mara
thon last weea in Memphis, Herman
Laubis. o. -. Louis, proved that his
victory in the national championship
Mt the distance was veil earned and
not due to especial familiarity with
the Mississippi course. He again de-
feated several OF the best candidates
for titular honors, this time over
route totally unknown to him, and es-
tablished a new record in so doing.
Memphis "fans" fondly hoped that their
fifteen-year old representative, DAVE
Jones, who sprang a surprise BY finish
ing in the awards at the championship
event. would be able to show his heels
TO Laubis in home waters. and invited
the latter to make the trip as their
guest, but the best the lad could do
was to take third prize.
Thomas Horrocks. of Pittsburgh. will
hereafter have to be reckoned with in
important Marathon swims. He
showed remarkable ability in winning
the five-mile race for the Paving Cup
in Philadelphia. Not only did he give
his wash to Gilbert Tomlinson. the for
LII l. nka MI ~
he also lowered the latter's record BY a
good margin.
Frank Rogers. the professional swim
mer who has been performing great
feats of endurance on the Pacific Coast
this summer. is eager TO accept the
sweeping challenge issued recently by
Alfred Brown, OF this city, and writes
that he will agree to a match race OF
ten miles or more if mutually salts
factory arrangements can be made as
to date and place. Rogers last month
covered 3 2I-mile stretch in San Fran
cisco Bay in hours 81 minutes A
performance claimed as Coast record.
In spite Of the loss of its clubhouse
by FIRE last spring, the Missouri Ath-
etic Club, OF 81. Louis, has decided to
support its crack swimming team anu
retain Thomas Whitaker 70 coach il.
Arrangements have been made for the
boys to train in the pool Of the LIST
Regiment. where the club also will hold
! its indoor meets.
New Workers who attended the ma.
tional high diving champion ship in Chi
cago were not at all satisfied with the
| official verdict giving first to Conrad
J Wohlfeld, of the Illinois Athletic Club.
over Albert Downes, of the New York
| Athletic Club, and maintain the latte,
| lost the title through incompetence OF
the Judges 1t appears from their let
ters that the men appointed to oficiate
( did not report and others who had
! never before judged diving contest
/ were selected TO replace them.
! LAS a result" writes one OF the eye
! witnesses. 1.-The scoring was what one
might expect from novices. Twice
| Wohlfeld failed TO accomplish the dives
he named, and according to the rules
he should have received no points for
the attempts. yet l found by looking
over the score cards that in both in
stances he had been credited with an
average of nearly 9 points for eXecu-
. tion out of possible 10. As Downe5
was defeated by less than points, tEe