New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-03
WHEATLEY WINS
ONE-MILE SWIM
Gets Even with VOllmer by
Capturing Race at Steeple-
chase Park.

Joseph Wheatley. OF the New York
Athletic Club. evened up old scores
with his team mate. Herbert Vollmer'
in the one-mile swimming champion
shin Of the Metropolitan Amateur Attn
letic Union, held last night in the 50
yard pool Of S,eeplechase PARK Concy
Island.
lie won the title event from the lat
ter by more than ninety yards IN 20
minutes 10 1-5 seconds, clipping more
than three seconds from the former
record. established two years ago by
the veteran Bud Goodwin in the same
pool. r
the Mercury Foot, rolled in ABOUT one
hundred yards behind Nollmer and
took third place.
From the competitive standpoint the
race proved sadly Disappointing. seven
men took the mark, and It was eX-
pected that Vollmer and Wheatley
would have n keen battle for first place
while the other five fought 1t out close
~ for third.
Instead. the field had strung out in
professional order before a quarter OF
mile had been covered, and after that
il was simply a question of how great
would be the opening between COM
petitors.
Wbcatley assumed the lead from the
start. For a while Nollmer tralled
within few feet Of him, but he seemed
10 lack the usual snap, and presently
he began 10 fall back.
Upon nearing the 440-yard marx ne
made a determined effort to overhaul
his speeding rival, and he came WITHIN
an ace Of doing it. They passed the
1uarter-mile posts close together III
5 minutes 81 2-5 seconds. But II was
Vollmer's last bid for the front. lie
began to loose ground rapidly there
after. It'll.
When Wheatley shot by the half-mile
flags. in - minutes II 3-5 seconds, ne
had y ten-vard lead on Vollmer, and
ne increased this consistently 10 the
end ,.
Alex J. Palescar, Of the Hungarian
American Athletic Association, fol-
lowed close in Zimnoch's wake during
tho early part of the race, and II
looked as if he might have given the
latter a good run for third. but ne
was later seized with cramp and had
TO retire. -,
which was the only other event on the
programme, brought out a big held'
and four preliminary heats were
necessary to weed it out
In the final Prescott Palmer Of the
New York Athletic Club, had rather
an easy victory from the eight-second
mark Two members of the Glenmore
Athletic Club Frank Fay, with fifteen
seconds. and William Law, with eight
seconds finished second and third, re-
spectively.
The summaries follow:
Oue-nile swim metropolitan A. cham
pionshipl-Won by Joseph Wheauey. New lo,k
A g: Herbert Vollmer. New iorE g Second
lohn Zimnorh New York A G.. third. Time
Tishty.yard swim (hsndicap)-First heat1,Won
hv Trgrk Fay. Gleumore A &. u seconds. Harry
0'Suiiivsn Sew York A. q. "A seconds. second 4.
fln,c 0.g7lS Second heat-Non ly NlHah
Law Glenmore A e. Is seconds sydney hoso~'
Clty 90 seconds. second. time d - D.,
11ird hcat-Nou hy A. IOF. Giennofe = '40
scrorisl. Prescott Palmer New lotE 4 6 -
s.condsl . second. time. 0.53 . fouIth hes
Wor Iy John Currau. New YORK. A &. 70 seconds
Tinal hcat-Won ly Prescott Palmer. Sew Aof5
A q rs seconds. Frank Fay Gcnmore a e il9
seco1ts, second william Law Glenmore A &. Is
gecouds). third time. O.53 -
Referee Charles Hatfield. NcS fofR \ &