New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-16
R0160U = Soccer IusSlouny Running Comment Ba~g 4 other S
Comment and Gossip
on Sports of the Day

signature that Tom Halpin. the great
middle distance runner. had established
worlds indoor record OF 2:1S rs for 600
yards. / shivered and lost my appetite
| for breakfast. Any well fed ten-year-old
| boy could run the distance inside those
| figures. and ] prepared myself for the
protests which | knew would come turn-
bling TO my desk. Better apologize TO
Tom" was the burden of more than one
| Of these sweetly worded letters | did
not mean 10 commit the crime, but will
! ingly apologize, although any undcrfed
| ten-year-old boy would know at glance
| that somebody had blundered and that
mistakes and Typographical errors will
creep in. Halpin ran the COO yards in
1913 as. and let the figures now be dig
nfed in bold faced type.
II was not my privilege TO know w. w.
.Naughton. whose death last week robbed
the sporting world Of a bold, fair and
yirile writer. / accept this opportunity.
however. TO pay slight tribute TO a
man whose writings have been enjoyed
and whose opinions have been respected
these many years. ". W Naughton will
be missed
Convincing proof of the astonishing
progress made by the younger generation
i'm water sports came with the holding OF
the interschOlastic aquatic championships
at Princeton "A few days ago. Not only
was every record OF the list smashed 10
pieces, but with one exception the per
formances compared favorably with those
shown in the same pool on the previous
day by the varsity stars OF Yale ana
Princeton leaders in the college world.
In glancing over the returns OF the two
meets It developed that Roberts, Of Yale,
won the 5o-yard sprint in 26 2-5 seconds
and the 1OO-yard swim in so 20 seconds
while Cross, Of Princeton, won the furlong
IN . minutes a. seconds, and keyes, oil
Yale. captured the plunge for distance
with IS feet inches. In the schooIboY
meet Herbert, OF Horace Mann; Nolirner'
of Stuyvesant. and Handy, or brooRllhc'
all three negotiated the dash in % 10 sec
ouds: Vollmer covered the century ~
601-5 seconds: Handy, o20 yards IN
minutes 80 seconds, and Wales, or BROOK
line. twice spanned "a feet in the plunge
Evidence is thus furnished that if the win
ners in the two meets had come tosetnor
victory would have gone to the schoolooys'
Lo, il be mentioned, too. that the newly
established interscholasuc marks are
hardly indicative of the real ABILITY or the
Youngsters. Such big fields reported that
heats. semi-1nals and finals had TO be
run Off. taking the edge off the speed OF
the contestants. Herbert for instance
had taken part i'm three races when lie
swan the dash I'm % ID seconds, NoI-
MGR did the century in 60 4-5 seconds after
five gruelHng trials, and Handy made his
furlong record I'm the fourth event In
which he started. 1t may be added. 10
show lust how much difference this made
in the times, that Handy officially trdv-
elled go yards in minutes 90 seconds
during the week preceding the champions
ships which is six seconds faster than
his later mark In the championship race
he defeated Gilbert TOmlinson, of Phila-
delphia. holder Of the national half-mile
title of the Amateur Athletic Union, and
Robert Dippy. his team mate, a scorer i'm
the national quarter mile swim.
II is interesting TO learn that tho Brook
Ivn High School boys. who made such a
wonderful showing. breaking records in
tine ~ and 200 yard swims and In the re-
lay race. are all pupils Of Matthew Mann.
who taught them TO swim by means Of
the elementary crawl and has handled
them ever since. The fact is worthy Of
note because partisans Of the breast
stroke have severely criticised his meth
DDS. II success is any criterion these
methods arc worth while.
The West Side Tennis Club is right.
New York is the logical place for the
Davis cup lawn tennis matches