New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-23
Miss Galligan and Miss
Freeman Tie for the
Chisholm Trophy.
FORMER WINS THE
22O-YARD SWIM
Miss Bartlett Captures the Fancy
Diving HOnors, Despite a
Costly Mishap.
BY l.. de b. HANDLEY.

Miss Clare Galligan, Of New Ro-
chelle, and Miss Lucy Freeman, OF
Bath Beach, carried off the hOnors
yesterday in the annual water carnival
of the National Tomen's Lifesa"ing
League at Chisholm's Baths. Sheers-
head Bay.
Each TALES total of sixteen
points, establishing a tie in the race
for the Harry Chisholm trophy, Of
fered for the contcstant scoring the
greatest number of POINTS at the meet.
The tie will be decided in an all-round
test early this week.
Contrary TO custom. only two league
championships were decided-the go
yard swimming and the fancy diving.
The committee in charge thought IT
would be conducive to Letter competi-
tion to hold the title events at inter
walls, and so allow all candidates to
train especially for each.
The 220-yard championship brought
out six starters, and a close fight was
anticipated, but Miss Galligan set out
at such a rafting pace that she Sc
cured lead of severa! lengths before
completing the first ,eg Of the seventy
three-y yard course. and sEe was never
ir danger after that.
Miss Freeman and Miss Greenfield,
the former holder. had a great battle
for second place and rassed and te-
passed each other several times. But
Miss Freeman gathered herself to-
gether for a supreme effort on near
ing the line and managed to defeat
her rival by short margin, touching
out six or eight yards behind Miss
Galligan, who was caught in the cl'nk-
ing time of 3 minutes * seconds
Miss Josephine Bartlett captured
the honors in fancy diving. as usual.
despite a costly accident. She slipped
when about to taxi Off for one of her
highest scoring Specialres and failed
completely to execute 1t, thereby los
ing about II points on every judges
card Notwithstanding this mishap,
she totalled l72.45 points. Mrs. May
Walds was second, with 1908, and
Miss Edna Cole, thild. with 1915.
The l00-yard handicap swim fur
nished a stirring lace between Miss
Gallgan and Miss Greenfield, now
keen rivals for sprintIng supremacy,
both on scratch. Shoulder to shcul-
der. they thrashed over the course,
and il was not until the final dash
that Miss Galligan was able to draw
away. She failed, however, to quite
overcome the big allowance of II sec
onds granted to Mrs. Waldis, and
placed second by touch TO her. Mss
Freeman landed fhird prize. The
actual time OF Miss Galligan was one
minute fiat, but the course was short.
The lOO-yard rescue race provided
a harder test by far than is usual in
such events. generally held at half the
distance The contestants were re-
ouired to sprint fifty yards, pick up
living subjects and carry them back
TO the starting point.
Without detracting from the brill
liant victory OF Miss Bartlett. the win
rer. il is only fair 20 mention that
Miss Freeman and Miss Cole, who fin
ished second and third. respectively,
were interfered with considerably. pos
silly enough TO affect results.
In the 5O-yard swim for novceS Miss
Marion Sampson looked like the winner
until she lost the trail and swung oil
nj right angle to the course. After she
had started at a tangent Loretta Dowl-
ing, Irma Greene and Margaret Ryan