New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-12
n. Y. A. c. Veteran Makes
Fast Time Over a Diff
cult Course.
CLUBMATE, JOHN
ZIMNOCH, SECOND
Seven Start and Five Finish, the
Choppy Seas Proving Handi-
cap to Most of Field.

Bud Goodwin, of the New York Ath-
letic Club, closed his twenty-frst out
door season as racing swimmer yes
crday with a brilliant victory in the
ive-mile metropolitan championship.
lie covered the long course in the
rafting good time OF 2 hours 10 min
utes 80 seconds, defeating his team
mate, John Zimnoch. who finished Sec
ond. b. AZ minutes. Charles Kauf-
man. Of the American Lifesaving So
ciety, was third. about s minutes be-
hind; then came John A. Wiesing. Of
the Twenty-third Street Young Mems
Christian Association. and DR.. W. d.
Hennen. of the New York Athletic Club.
The only other starters-Henry Soss.
Of the City Athletic Club, and Zoltan
Tobias, Of the American Lifesaving
Society-fsiled TO complete the dis
lance.
The race was held in Flushing Bay.
The contestants were sent away from
the foot of Seventh Avenue, College
Point; rounded marks at the southerly
end of the Flushing dyke, off the Sea-
wanhaka Rowing Club, and near North
Beach; then returned to the starting
float. 1t was an unusually severe test,
practically all the way across tide. In
ming water, so that the competitors
actually swan about two miles instead
Of five, but yesterday they went the
full route.
The seven men got away well to-
gether, but before a quarter mile had
been covered Goodwin was ploughing
along with a twentyyard lead on Zim-
noch, and the others trailed at inter.
walls, each in the wake of a plotting
rowboat.
Hennen was guided very poorly on
this leg. His handlers carried him
half mile or more out of his course
and he thereby lost any chance he may
have had Of figuring in the awards.
Goodwin turned the first mark in so
minutes, more than one hundred yards
ahead of Zimnoch, who led Kaufman
by fifty. Tobias, Wiesing, Soss and
Hennen followed in order.
The second flag was reached by the
speeding veteran in AZ minutes 10 sec
onds, and for a while he continued to
increase his advantage, while the gaps
between his rivals also grew wider.
But presently he seemed to realize that
he had the field at his mercy, and he
changed from the crawl stroke, which
he had been using with machinelike
action, to a slow trudgeon.
This gave Zmnoch his chance, and he
did not miss it. Foot by foot he cut
down Goodwin's lead, and when the
oldtimer swung around the third mark
in hour % minutes IL 3-5 seconds, his
youthful opponent seemed to be closing
in on him rapidly. The position Of the
others had not changed, except for the
retirement of Tobias.
On the homestretch Goodwin's at
tention was called 10 Zimnoch's threat
ering advance, and the way he re-
sponded was good to see. Apparently
unmindful of the choppy seas pounding
him at every stroke. he began to force
the pace. Gradually he drew away
again, and without letting up for all
instant he thrashed on to the winning
posts, flashing past them nearly 300
yards in front of his young team mate,
who beat Kaufman by about 400 yards.
Kaufman used the trudgeon all the
way and Zimnoch the trudgeon crawl.
All the contestants finished In excellent
condition. Soss withdrew quarter OF
mile from the line. when he saw he
had no chance TO place.
The race was one of the best man
aged long distance championships ever
seen in the district, and full credit is
due TO Commodores E. Tanenbaum and
Alfred Brown. of the American Life
saving Society, who had charge of all
arrangements.