New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-09
.DOWNES'S GRIT
WINS HIM CUP
Outpoints Famous Field
of Fancy Divers, Despite
Painful Injury.

Albert L. Downes, of the New YORK
Athletic Club, gave remarkable eX-
hibition of grit yesterday IN winning
for, the second successive time the
Graham Cup for fancy diving at the
annual water carnival of the Rye Beach
Club. He insisted on competing in
spite of wrenched shoulder suffered
last week in practice, and his painful
injury did not prevent his outpointlng
a crack field. which included Kurt
Behrens. of the City Athletic Club, \
former champion; f. Spongberg, OF
Sweden. who scored at the Olympic
games in Stockholm, and other star
performers.
Downes Owed in almost perfect form,
showing wonderful control in the most
difficult and complicated speclalties.
and defeated all rivals with such ease
that experts now consider him the
logical favorite for the national cham
pionship, soon to be held.
The victory of Downes gave him d
second leg on the handsome Graham
trophy. He has only TO win 1t once
more to obtain absolute possession
of it. .
J. II. Reilly furnished the surprise OF
the dav in the 100-yard dash for the
Thompson Cup. Although he swan
The hest quarter-mile races of his lie
a week ago, it was thought that IN
sprinting he could not touch Hal Volt
mer. the schoolboy champion Inc
latter. however, after getting good
start and securing a nice lead, sue
denly lost his bearings and started 10
swim across the course. Reilly cley-
erly took advantage of the opportunity
10 spurt. and by the time Nollmer re-
allied his error and Strengthened out
his veteran opponent had him safe, and
heat him to the line by several feet
The time. 81 seconds, was fast under
the conditions. A slight tide headed
the contestants all the way. r: j,
Frerichs, of the City Athletic Club
inst managed TO nose out Philip her %
bert. of Columbia University, IN the
last five yards.
The 440-yard handicap race was a
we'll fought contest. Seven started,
and the long mark men, thanks to lib
eral allowances, opened big gap be-
fore John Zimnoch and James n.
Reilly. of the New York Athletic Cluo'
were sent off. Some had almost one
hundred yards when Reilly, the last
man to go, plunged in.
Zimnoch, however, started of at such
a fast clip that he caught the leaders
on the second lap of the ll0-yard
course. Then John Reilly and w. Sui
livan gave up the contest and climbed
out of the water.
linn Reilly and o. J. Palencsar,
though, set after Zimnoch with des-
perate squirt and gained a little, but
the latter had something to spare and
touched out six yards ahead OF his two
antagonists, who reached the board IN
what looked like a dead heat, though
the judges awarded second place to
Reilly.
EVENTS OPEN TO REGISTERED MEM
BEERS OF THE A. \. 4.
Fancy diving contest for Graham cup-Won
by A. T. DoWncs, New York A. G., with
i0l 80 points; x. T.. Behrens, city \. g.
second. with % SO points; = Spongoers'
howard swim scratch. for Thompson cupl
Won by J. N. Reilly. New York \. c.: ".
Vollmer. New York \. g.. second; h. j.
Frorchs. ir, city 4 G.. third. Time l'ot
ti0-yard swim (handicapi-Won by John
Znuoch New York A. c. 80 seconds; J u.
Reilly. New York A. g d2 seconds. second,
o. J. Palencssr. unattached 90 seconds)
third. Time, 6.lS IS.
EVENTS OPEN ONLY TO MEMBERS RYE
BEACH CLUB.
yard swim for seniors tscratch)- on
by s. Bent. v Townsend. second. T r. n
smith. third Time. l.26 20
200-yard swim scratch. for McManus cup
Won by r Kirkland. O. Lndeman second
s. Rent third Time. 5.25 10
Obstacle race-Wou bv r. Kirkland j. "
Hopkins. second. r. r. X. Smith. third
Time. l:B 10
50-yard swim (scratch. for hoys under six
teenl-Non by v. Turner. \. Leicht second
y Freeman. third Time. 0.25 Is.
lo0-yard swim scratch, for boys undel
tWenty)-Won by J ". Lyon. v Turner
second. J. Turner third. Time IN %
Fancy diving for boys-Won hy ID Fender
With $50. points z King. IT, second. will
g. points; v Turner. third With n points
50-yard swim scratch. for ladirsi-Won b,
Miss ~. Walsh. Miss y. Abel. second. Mis-
y. kimball. third. Time. O.fl