The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-05
CHICAGO RELAY TEAM
WINS IN RECORD TIME
WOhlfeld, Another Western
Man, Is First in Diving
Championship.

The Illinois Athletic Club relay swim
ming team. made up OF A. c. Raithel.
William II. vosburgh. Perry McGillivrsy
and Harry ]. Hebner. retained the ma
tional 400 yard championship last night
by defeating two New York Athletic Club
teams and quartet representing the
West Side Y. NJ. c. A. In the tank
OF the New York A. c. The Westerncrs
while they were winning the event In
cidentally Topped little OF the American
record for the distance in "a twenty-h five
yard tank by cutting through the water
In 3 minutes So 40 seconds. The best
previous time for the distance in the
same length tank was 8 minutes 55 So
| seconds, rpade by New York Athletic
Club team composed OF II. O'Sullivan.
Nick Nerich. C. NJ. Daniels and J. II.
Reilly on March Is, 1911. c. Wohlfeld'
also Of the Illinois A. c.. followed the
example OF his eliminates and won the
fancy diving championship easily by scor-
Ing 1851 points and place 6.
From the crack Of the pistol. when
Raithel took to the water for the visitors,
the result was never In doubt. lie beat
all the other nrst men to the start ana
crawling In clean cut style pushed a little
| further ahead at every turn until he nm
ished his 100 yards In IS 3-5 seconds and
| gave Vosburgh start OF about three
yards. The latter made his distance In
SO l-5 seconds and lost few feet 10 j. c.
wheatley Of the first New York a. c.
team.
Perry McGillivray then took up the
fray He gained a few inches on every
| stroke and when ne passed the burden to
Hebner had put his team ten yards In
front. Mc0illivray made the hundred In
81 seconds, which was the best perform
ance OF the night. Hebner went over the
i distance just one second slower than Nc
Gillivray. but added a couple Of yards TO
the lead. Nerich. who finished for the
first Mercury Foot squad was about two
yards ahead of "hilip Herbert. who nm
ished for the second squad. while Henry
knecht, anchor man for the West side
Y. NJ. {. A.. was ten yards further back.
The fancy diving competition was one
Of the prettiest that has ever been seen
in a championship event and was very
even considering the number OF starters.
Wohlfeld. the winner, had almost per
feet form but :. was doubtful IL he would
beat Arthur McAleenan OF Yale tniver-
sity. who won the title last year until
late in the speciality dives. Wohlfeld made
only two errors In the course OF his ter
, attempts and IN each OF these his per
formance was better than the champions
| II was not until the NTH specially tha'
NcAleenan did poorly.
, He tried a one and a half back jack
. knife dive and made a mess out or ~
, Wohlfeld came right after hin ana tree
the same thing. Although the western
I er's performance was by no means per
4 feet IL was so much better than the col
0 legians that II was bound to make com
g parison disastrous for McAleenan. Tn
e winner was placed first By four out ~ IN
r Ave Judges and second by the other. whic'
gave him a place total according 10 IN
Olympic rules OF six. The former cham
pion was placed second by four or u
Judges and first by the other one, MAXIM
. his place total nine. His points Tor IN
dives were lfVll.
There was little TO choose among tn
e rest OF the competitors ana th'rd piac
= was gained by w. i. Heyn OF the Chicag
= A. A.. whose place by the Judges vot
e gave him total Of 49, with iSl.zl poin,'
= while ]. +. Dunn OF the New YORK Attn
q letic Club was fourth with judges vot
- of 20 and a point total of 1884. All IN
II other competitors were about even. bu
Francis Jouannet OF the Brookline swim
n ming Club. Brookline. Mass. winner q
G. the national interscholastic fancy own
& title showed To good advantage and prom
2 ises to be 4 contender OF no mean "pl'i'
J. in future titular events.
y. The large crowd of spectators wa
i treated TO IA little comedy in the ntty var
obstacle race, when was won by fran
~ Mullen Of the New York y. {. III IN
?. race the swimmers had to 70 twelve an
n IA half yards climb ten foot rope g"l"
,r over "A cross rope AT the top ana theh M
"a To make their way through submerSe
2 barrel. Coming back they had to retur
IL through the barrel and do the rope clinl
Is ing stunt over again. Mullen hnished
le / minute . As seconds. and II was a,
rs principally TO the fact that he saved n
at strength FOR the rope and olimhed IL easi
,y that he finished so far ahead OF his flVa'
be W \. Collins, q free lance, was second
., / minute 80 seconds. and ii. q. Hnrrin
IS TON OF the West Side Y. NJ. c. \. third
ed / minute sc 4-5 seconds. The summaries
: 400 Yard RELAY swim, Amateur Athiei
Union Championship-Wu b. Illinois Az
letic. Club Win a team c1mpnseMv ." "ini H.
y and H. J. HOMER; New York Athletic Gu
an hrst team. composed Of ~ y Noi!m's j.;
st second; New York Athletic club seeol
IN team, composed Of Paul Roberts n", u s j.:
, ssy Ws., side s'S?' ara rO Win '!sS
~ Composed Of william Friedlander. :.
LSa" rc N'" m,nu s%9 a'nfy a h"sS'
New amateur record for the distance In
90 M FSra sy''' New HS" YSrk Athis,iG diup
~. seconds n TeOr",Esrr :sooIS. ,,t tn,
90 Jerreuld smith, unattached. seconds, thy
%, Time, 2sl-b seconds. 49,
lso by Frank y. Mullen. New York Aihle
-. club. in ! mi9nlG 80 sse"nd;' MN,
oy. 81 Y'' seconds: il a. harrington, West 81
tn Y NJ 9, A" third. in minute 90
championship"wo by {. wohlfeld. i
Sn moi. A'hsS rnS slSGs w ln.
ace verslu. place Q with lt7,i points. seeor
tar loisi points, thrti j. T. Dunn New u
fourth
$50 e" Her,ox Protests Reds Defeat.
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