New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-13
Miss Burnett Out to Defeat
Miss Dorfner in Match
Race-O'Hara May
Compete Here.
By /. De B. HANDLEY.

The aquatic outdoor championships
of the central district OF the Amateur
Athletic Union will be competed for in
a three-day carnival at Indianapolis on
June 90 and 80 and July l. A straight
away course of 10 yards has been laid
out for the swimming races in the
Broad Ripple Park basin. and the meet
promises to be one of the most brill
liant of the season.
Not only are all the senior and
Junior title fixtures on the programme,
but the committee also has listed six
open championships for women and
several special contests, so that besides
the leading watermen of the district
there will be entries from the best
mermaids of various SECTIONS.
Particular interest attaches TO the
440-yard swim for women because of
the announcement that Miss Evelyn
Burnett, of st. Louis, will be pitted in
this race against Miss Olga Dorfner. Of
Philadelphia, reputed to be the fastest
all around swimmer of her sex in the
East
Miss Burnett captured the classic
Western marathon last summer, and
lately has been training under the ex-
pert guidance of Tom Whitaker, coach
at the Missouri Athletic Club. She is
said TO be making great times in prac-
tice. and some believe she will prove a
dangerous rival TO the speedy Quaker
maid.
Advices from the Coast indicate that
the committee on water sports is leav-
ing no stone unturned in the effort TO
make the exposition championships as
important as Olympic events. IL is re-
ported that negotiations are under way
TO secure the appearance of A. O'Hara.
OF Australia, the young Splinter who
recently defeated kahanamoku a. 100
yards in the fast time of 81 2-5 seconds.
If he comes over, as seems likely,
not a short distance swimmer OF inter
national calibre will miss the rollcall.
and the competition for century laurels
should be the most thrilling ever seen.
One can picture the contest with such
stars as O'Hara, Kahanamoku, Barry,
Hebner, Raithel, McGillivray. Small,
Vollmer and few others fighting for
worlds supremacy.
The Western Amateur Athletic Union
swimming championship scheduled 10
take place last Wednesday in the Del
mar ODeIl-d pOOis o1s LOUIS, ndu 10 Ut
postponed on account of the unusually
low temperature of the water. They
will be held instead on Tuesday.
Students Of form are looking forward
with anticipation TO the performances
Of Herman Laubis. of the Missouri
Athletic Club, for last week he covered
100 yards In 81 As seconds As he is
far better middle distance swimmer
than sprinter, critics take it for grant
ed that he will make very fast time in
the quarter-mile event.
The athletic authorities Of the Con-
ference colleges have confirmed the de-
cision reached some time ago that stu
dents wishing to accept positions as
salaried lifeguards during the summer
months could do so without jeopardiz-
ing their amateur standing, and il
would seem logical for the Amateur
Athletic Union 10 take the same atti-
tude. for lifesaving can by no stress Of
the imagination be connected with COM
petitive water sports.
The national rule makers have made
il practice 10 consider anything done
in the swimming line as coming direct
ly under their jurisdiction. irrespec-