Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-05-26
SPORT NEWS
SWIMMING EXPERT IS
AROUSING INTEREST
Tank Was Crowded Last Night to Wit
ness Demonstration Of Fancy Div
ing and Special Strokes.

Joseph Dwight Cole, the swimming
expert who is giving weeks free in
struction to Y. M. G. A. members, is
arousing considerable interest in aquat-
les as is attested by the fact that the
tank room at the Y. M. G. A. gymna-
stun was crowded last night for the
first lesson and to witness the demon
stration. Cole swan lUu yards in the
tank in 81 seconds and swan the
length of the tank in five seconds. The
best time that any Of rae local swim
mers have been able to make in swim
ming the length of the tank has been
nine seconds. Cole says he will make
high dive from one of the steel
bridges across the Willamette at this
city later in the week uaen the wealth
er clears up. The rairoad bridge is
about go feet above the water now,
but Mr. Colo has not investigated the
condition of the river under either
bridge as yet and does not care to risk
dive from such a height until he has
founds out whether or not there are
any snags or shadows that might ter,
inmate the dive too abruptly for the
divers health.
Last night Cole also gave an exhibi.
tion of fancy diving and showed all
Of the regulation forms from the spring
board. He uses the Australian crawl
stroke for his speed strose and demon
strated this stroke for the more pro
ficient swimmers who were present lasl
evening. He was also able to correct
n few errors in form of some of the
swimmers who are Just learning, though
there were mono present who were un
able to swim stroke on whom he
could demonstrate his claim that he
can teach anyone to swim in six lesson.
or less.
In the second round of the handicaI
handball championships last night a
the Y. Nj. c. A., Schramm won the las
game and the match from Wallace. anC
Evans won the match from Williams
Evans, Sehramm and Staley, all scratcl
men, have now qualified for the thir,
round.
AS the last lap of the Salem to Port
land relay race is to be run on pave
ment and maeadamized road, Fran
Meyers laid out five-mile course i
the city yesterday which will permi
the Y. NJ. c. A. runners to practic
over similar conditions. Eddie Tai
} man, who will probably run the las
hap of the relay race, ran the pavemen
. course last night in 81 seconds. 10
, Milton went over the same course i
the same time, but could probably hay
+, beaten that time, according to Physic,
, Director Gingrich. Tallman is cxpecte
= to lower this time after he becom,
familiar with the course and is bett,
able to judge his time.
The date for the dual meet betwee
the Salem Y. NJ. C. A. and Chemaw
= has at last definitely been fixed ,
Friday, May 20. The meet will be hel
on the Chemawa grounds, and thong
the Y M. C. A. does not expeet 70 tr;
the Indians, they expect to gain son
valuable experience in competition an
TO Keep alive interest in sports leadir
up to the big relay race. 1t happe,
that Chcmawa is strong in the distance
which are the only events that II
\. M. c. A, expects to gain many poin
and in the field events it is expect
that the redmen will have their ov
way. The sprints and jumps have
entries from the Y. NJ. C. 4. with ii
exception of the 220, -shich distan
was covered by Gingrich in 90 flat
competition last night.
l.. D. Howell and James Young /
gan the surveying of the tennis con,
on the willamette campus last MIG
70 establish the grades for the applic
uon of the crushed rock base for I
asphalt courts. As most Of the lab
and materials which win 60 into
courts have been donated gratis. /
work cannot be rushed TO anv orc
oxtent and will have to be compiet
at the convenience Of the donors Ho
ever, IT is expected that the courts "
| be in use in comparatively sb
Q time after the university closes its r
T ular session.
With more iustice eomas las,