New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-18
COLUMBIA DEFEATS
QUAKERS IN TANK
Re-establishes Triple Tic
in intercollegiate Swim
ming League.
lBy Telesraph 10 Tho Tribune ]

Princeton, April Columbia re-
established the triple tie in the fight
for the intercollegiate swimming cham
pionship by defeating Pennsylvania by
"a score of 29 TO "a in the Princeton
tank tonight. This will necessitate
another round between Yale. Columbia
and Pennsylvania to decide upon the
champions for the season.
Columbia's victory tonight was de-
cided by Wilson, an eX-captain of a
Yale swimming team. who joined the
Columbia ranks only after Pcnnsyl-
vanis had defeated the New Haven
team in the first attempt TO swim Off
the triple tie. He was captain of the
only a little practice to get back into
form. His work tonight gave Column
bia first place in the fancy diving by a
margin of two and a half points. Both
the other places in this event went to
Pennsylvania divers.
Not an event was allowed TO drag for
the teams were apparently matched 10
a man. but the best time Of the meet
was made by Nollmer. of Columbia.
who broke the intercollegiate record
for the 100-yard swim by one-ifth Of
second. II was his fourth race Of the
evening, but he never slackened his
pace from the crack of the gun, and
led Shryock. of Pennsylvania, by full
seven feet practically all the time after
the first length Of the tank He had
already clipped two-ffths of second
from the record in the intercollegiate
during the season, but he made the
distance tonight in 5S seconds fat
cutting another fifth from his own
time
His race against Shryock in the fifty
yard dash was so close that long
dispute was necessary before the
judges and referee could decide to give
Shryock first place. Mr.. Mackenzie
and Mr.. Cullen. of c. c. n. Y. were
chosen as judges, but failed to APP
pear, leaving K. Patterson, a Columbia
man, as referee, with two Princeton
men who were chosen to fill in.
Patterson had elected to choose first
place and the other men the other two
positions, but he found that they dis
agreed with his decision of a tie race,
and his anxiety TO give a square deal
all arOand led TO a long dispute. which
had finally to be settled by the three.
Columbia took the first event, the
relay, easily by about fifteen feet, for
Shryock saved his energies for his
specialties later in the evening. He
was TO have been pitted against NOl-
mer. but Hughes went in his place,
and Vollmer was not pushed in his lap.
Pennsylvania took the plunge with
out any trouble, and NollmeT took his
first place in the 220-yard swim with
comparative ease, although Hughes
kept at his feet until the finish.
The summaries follow:
800 foot relay-won hv Columbia Dayiiow lee.
Cooper and Vollmer Pennsylvania tSimonton kiscr.
Russell and ShryockI. second Time. "A is.
5o-yard swim-Won by ShDock. Pennsylvania;
Yollmer. Columbia. second Leo. Columbia tlirI.
220-yard sWim-Won by Voimcr Columbia;
Hughes. Pennsylvania second. Shryock. Penn-.
yaNis. third Time. 30.
lOO-yarl svim-Won by vollmcr Columbia;
shryock PennsylvaHla. second. Lee. Columbia.
third. Time O5S
Fancy dye-Wou ty Wilson. Columbia, with
92.56 points. Scheber. Pennsylvania. with 80 o.
points. second. Evans. Pennsylvania. with SCI
points third
Plunge-Won by Lehman. Pennsylvania. with =
feet. Shoemaker. Penusylya with 20 feet
inches second. Levy Columbia. Will &c feet third.