The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-11
YOLLMER MAKES
WORLDS RECORD
IN WINNING TITLE
Columbia student Defeats Nc.
Gillivray by Eight Yards
in 300.
'.AHANAMOkI TAKES
SPECIAL RACE EASILY

Herbert T.. Vollmer. the sensational
Young swimmer Of the New York Attn
ieiic club and columbia University,
lowered the worlds record FOR the 22O
.-ard swim last night IN the New York
A.. g. tank before the largest GROVE that
cver watched u swimming race In that
historic pool. The Mercury Foot young
s,cr ri his way through the water for
the furlong distance In = minutes 81 81
seconds. clipping I "a seconds from the
mark he established n few weeks
ago. Perry Mciiilivray of the H.
iinois Athletic Club. who was the holder
Of the record and the title up to last
night, finished second. eight yards he
hind the flying New Yorker. while Ted
Cam. another New York A. e. swim
mer. was third. n few yards back Of the
Westerner. J. c. Wheatiey. who was
figured as a close contender for the title,
i1nished a poor fourth.
Nor was the breaking Of the worlds
record In the furlong dash the only thing
that RECALLED the crowd Of spectators,
for Duke Pava kahanamoku. the famous
Hawaiian swimmer. although out of the
22o swim. did his bit In a special 100
yards event. Kahanamoku lined IN
against Walter Ramme of the New York
Athletic Club and Russell Deem. also
Of the local club. h Duke made a
rev tank record for the century. going
the route In 81 3-5 seconds. one-ffth
., . seeo"u ue,.er .nan ,"e vrs' p.r,
by vollmer. Ramme was second. five
yards behind the Hawaiian. with Deem
q close third.
Mas ~ ,rn'i "N,ne ~
poN " y na.'os' III. III M" w
tuu' ",c1Nieclan y, ,"e "or"e N,uu on.e
more ue"io.s.ra'e" .s superIo... ~
tne otner o'Ners' McA.e.nah retainer ms
ute o! scoring LEGO points' WINE
FRANK Mullen. aiso OF the local cruz
scored IS'.so n TOOK second pace ana
Hutherroru Lawrence was thiru Wit'
lSl.U.
The result or the competition did not
tickle the crowd the least bit. and when
the announcement was made that Nc
Aleenan HAD won the never
got a nance to tell what his point score
had been. The crowd hooted and booed
and yelled for Mullen. II lef, no doubt
as to which OF the divers the crowd
Thought best. The spectators had seer
Mullen make each OF his dives cleanly
and pre,,ily. and they had seen Me.
A,eenan noundc.. nm NOR, than ono Try.
What IN. crawl did no, talk, int, con-
sider,tion. However. Was thai some a,
,hs div,s ,,icd hy tho ,hnmnIor w,r, az
rr..,.r ,ItrcuI,, ,h.r Sam, ~ chose ,r,ei
t,. yr,,,n and hsnr. c.,iod f,r grs,t.r
.i,o,rn.u, or ,,,in,s
,n,'., "a ,a,I .,t,, ~, h. p,,.d
N p,.,,<, -: ,ho ,",, ,,,,,a,a. "a,
VI .n', 80, . 70 ~ ~"
y Shsrr"n IT, -, Towu..nI u.rrts
iliyh SOL ,r,d. !, ,he ,on.i,dar 80,
h rrn,' man. "
RI. .Sn Ia c,, m,io,sh,, o,.,, u,s
~l.cLlnr In .on,. ~ ~. .i.,,n,,s -, -
trs, Ina, h,v. ,,,yt.J o,hor ,i,,ia,
swirs ar, | 1T "","e' o'ner ,,u,ar
- un,cb ,n. .,d ~, ,ha A., 80.
rve vn,Js ma l.,.,h ,f ,na 80 ~
MAJ we're in .x,c,1y IN. sa,,a nns,,tn,
No vhen ,bey nuish.d TIE. ,,as -"
,,oub, as IA wi,,t ,h, ou,cnmo n.,,,id
lie even so far Az second ,h,.a and
fourth pyuces we're concerned ,nd Oh,
ln.eres, nigh, nav, ,,,,eL 70 :, h"d 49,,
been for Nh, fac, thai The crowd on,.hiy
noticed ,ha, the ,.rords uers ,,,,ar,my
The pace SET by vollm.r Was ,.rr,ac ,nI
even those unfor,un,,, nersons vbn 80
crowded in behind an army az ",y,cI.,s.
and were auditors ~, thor .h.r snac,,,nr.
could tell by the splashes ina, sone,hir.
unusual was happening
VoIlmer fairly sliced bis n., ,hro,u,
the water and kept pulling away from
the field foot nv foot Ue y.s c,ocraL
o.. =. ,au ~ a M"" ',o'heu
lot ~ sarus III 20 -" seconds, al
b. go Tor the century, at :32 10 for
$50 yards and at 2:O1 A. for the 200
ward MARI I, MS h,. snrin, =, ~.
80. %" "H api'"t i" 'h'
!ast t"eht! FaIos mat gave nm most OF
his final advantage over McGilliyray. foi
up 70 that time. he had picked nm only
ahout romr ya,ds an ,ha iii ~ LILY
%So.' 'ou. !a!u' y" 'he iiiinois man
mat last twenty yards Will be long re-
membered. The New Yorker seemed "a
leaye the others .tand;n~ .ti,I owl
n,n...a ~. al. IT, ~, ""u
Caoseeo TIC hhHh line Sill going full
Ok.
Those who thought that Eahanamok
wsa ~ ~. ond ~ h,s - -. r '
~ VI nS 'ope as iar a.
swimming III concerned and who saw him
III that special century last night, came
away with an e~ntiraIy nan. ido, -ho
n,,L. .,n,.i. - - ~" '"'
Dono ''hPiy hau 10 VIII. 10: sOlne
HAWAIIAN serendders were there to cheer
him with the soothing music Of tbe
,,k,a,eIe and n. ,t.r,sd ~ iii, ~
NSN 80 :" "'",t'" wIui tht
notoS St'ii ringing IN MS ears. lie used
his powerful legs in the same way IN
~ ali sorts ~, woriS,. rsonrd a"a,> mn
n gained som revenge for his defeat
in h preliminaries ~ the ego by max.
ing the new tank record. The sum