New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-05
BROOKLINE BOY A
DOUBLE WINNER
Leo Handy Captures 100
and 200 Yard Swims at
InterschOlastic Contest.
VOLLMER NOSED OUT
IN SPRINT AT FINISH
Stuyvesant Lad In Lead in Cest-
try Race Till Near End.
When He Tired.

Little Loo Ilan,y, OF lsrooslne High
school Brookl,ne. Mass, the champion
OF the New England Association of the
Amateur Athletic Union. was the hcro'cf
the national ntcrscholasIic swimming
chemrionsnp. Nl6ch We're he'd AZ the
New Work Athlete Clue. las; nisht lie
won In two events. the ccn,lry and FUR
Ion. swims after the hardest Kind of
ploughiaS
Both contests We bitterly 'ougnt, aud
Handy won by narrow margin, IL. +.
NollmcI. of StuaNcsant. philiu Herbert.
o. Horace Mann. and Handy dove of In
the howard ace. At the Hash of the gun
they lett the take-cG az a unit Nolhncr
was inches IN 'front.' at the end Of the FIRST
twenty-five yards. IN the next ten yards
Herbert crpvled 10 the lead. and when
he re?chcd the end of the tank he picked
an n few muro inches on the turn.
At the sixty YARD mark the lads were
about even. Nolmer once more wen,
ahead. but was soon forced to IcllnQulsA
the lead TO Herbert In the final twenty
yards the real battle began. Handy,
letting out his reserve power, set ter
rife pace that carried HIM 10 the front
lie reached the end victor 10y Nald'
The Judges had considerable difficulty in
deciding second place. II looked like a
dead heat hut after mucn celebration
tho Judges decided that Nollmer got the
place
The furlong race was picnic Tor
Handy. His adyersaries we're team
mate Caroline. and J. Smith. Of De witt
Clinton.
The latter gave him a htce Worry ioI
the first seventy yards, but after that ne
had things his own way. smith ana
Caroline tired oadly Handy won with
little exertion by fifteen yards.
Four teams took part In the 2Jo-yaTd
relay. The AndoveT team took the LEAD
at the beginning and never relinquished
it. winning by nearly a full length. The
DE Witt Clinton team was about yard
in front OF Poly Prep.
Herbert. or Horace Mann, showed his
sprinting ability by scoring victory IN
the COWARD swim after a heart-breaking
test For nearly forty yards they batted
nip and tuck. Vollmer leading Taxing
himself 20 the limit. and with mis- strong
Australian stroke. Herbert went TO the
front and lust reached the end by touch
in front OF Nollmer. Davidow was third
inches behind
The performance of Arthur T.. Wales.
Of Brookline High School the victor in
the plunge Tor distance. gave tn spec
tators much To talk about. His FIRST at
tempt was a feet. the next 50 ard hnal
$751;, feet, within minutes time. He
leaves the platform with much force and
does not go far under the surface. When
he rises he travels with much speed.
Brooklne School carried Off the team
trophy easily with p points. De witt
Clinton and Horace Mann were tied FOR
second place. with points each, and
stuyvesant was third, with points.
30 yard swim-won by Leo. Handy. Brook :
line school. j. smith. DC Witt Clinton SCI
ond. ". Caroline, Brookline School thirct
Plunge FOR distanco-won by r. Wales
Brooklne High school. esq feet John Remey
Poly Prep. 81 feet. second Monisyille Flo" 2
ers ir Horace Mann. - feet, third.
2OO-yard relsy-von by Phillips Andover'
Academy team. with \. +. Rosener ". H..
Waring. r a Fitzgerald and g. L. Bradley;
De Witt Clinton team. with J. smith. y.
DavidoW W Fitzgibbons and 4. Iileowiz
second: Poly Prep team. with q. shields. ~.
Johnson. 4. Mcdonald and NJ. Redmond third.
Time, ]: 541s.
So-yard svim-Won hy Philip : Herbert,
Horace Mann: ". T.. Nollmer. Stuyvesant -,
ond. r. Daviddow. DC Witt Clinton thiri.
Time. 0:2s.
i0O-yard s1yim-Won by leo \. Handy.
Brookiine School II r. Voilmer Stuyvesan.'
second: Philip =. Herbert. Horace Mann, Thrill
Time :0cas.
,ard (handicap closed 20 members Of he
New York 4. f')-Won by Joseph Reilly -
seconds. =. Zimmoch % seconds. second; j.
Wheatley ,scrstchl. third. Time. l:0lfs
Diving contest--Won bv Geanettc. Brookline
School points: Walter BuTnham. Commcrci NJ,
points. second Leo Emanuel. Townsend Ha--
ris Hall. s points third