New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-21
Swimmers To Be Busy
In the Tank This Week
Odds Slightly in Favor OF
Quakers in Meet with
Columbia Team.
By L. de r. HANDLEY.

The swimming and water polo teams
of Pennsylvania University, will have
their first real test Of the season to-
morrow, when they face Columbia in
the local pool
The home team showed unexpected
strength in defeating Princeton last
Tuesday in swimming and holding
down the visitors to 20 TO 10 score
in water polo, and 1t no longer looks
as if the Philadelphia men were sure
of victory, although their good per
formances against Annapolis a few
days ago place odds slightly in their
favor. at least in the all-around pro-
gramme.
Captain Shryock, Hughes and Mas
ten, in particular, made excellent times
in the clash with the Navy swimmers,
and while Vollmer, the Columbia star,
undoubtedly will lower their colOrs "
he is at his best, they are likely TO
capture enough seconds and thirds to
partly offset the advantage, and then
forge ahead in the plunging and div
ing events. Much will depend on the
relay race, the outcome of which is
most uncertain.
The wealth Of record-breaking feats
aquatic championships At Princeton
naturally caused sll defeated candi-
dates to be completely overlooked, yet
there was one among the losing lads
whose remarkable work we'll deserves
a line of comment-W. J. Marling, OF
Huntington School, Boston.
This speedy youth took second place
in the furlong swim, less than one
second behind Handy, the winner, and
was caught in minutes 81 80 sec
onds, bSating the former standard ,fg-
ures. What is more TO the point, how
ever, he made this fast time in spite
/ of two noticeable faults In his stroke,
| raising the knees in recovery and
catching with uplfted hands. These
faults entail a marked check between
I drives and considerable loss of power,
vet they are easily corrected, and their
I elimination will mean an improvement
of several seconds to every century.
/ With competent handling Marling
/ should soon develop into dangerous
/ bidder for middledistance national
/ honors.
IL was most interesting to note at
| the interscholastic meet that many OF
/ the lads used the latest of swimming
strokes-the single and double trud-
geon crawl. This is the more remark
| able in that few instructors teach
them. II is evidently a result of close
I observation of our champions methods
on the part of the ambitious young
sters and of consequent imitation. But
il is quite surprising TO see how rap
idly knowledge of the new strokes is
spreading throughout the country.
The game OF water polo between
Princeton and Columbia upset some
what preconceived ideas as 10 the stu
alton in the college field. II was gen.
orally conceded that the Tigers, who
crushed City College under % to 0
avalanche last December. would have
no difficulty in downing all rivals, but
Princeton has since lost two Of its
strongest defence men-Gennert and
Scudder and this regrettable piece OF
bad luck is changing prospects mate.
rally. The new backfeld is weak and
vulnerable, so that, in spite OF the best
forward line in the league, Princeton
may find il hard to outscore Yale, less
efficient in attack, but better able to
protect its own goal.
The empty victory Of Perry McGil-
livray In the 220-ysrd swimming cham
pionship Of the central district was
keenly disappointing. for instead of
the hard fight expected between HIM