New-York tribune., 1916-07-23
STAR SWIMMERS
WILL COMPETE
AT ALLENHURS1
VoIlner, Wheatley, Cam
and Zimnoch Will Clash
at $50 Yards.

Notwithstanding the wonderful .,..,
displayed b. Herbert Vollmer. o. ..
New York Athletic Club, in sha,,.,,..
the worlds 5O0-metre swimming ,.,,.,
last Tuesday, the race for N. 8sO.,,.,
Metropolitan 4. a. U. champion,bi, =.
Saturday at Allerhurst. y. j., pror,..
70 furnish keen competition. Jr..,
Wheatlcy. Teddy Cam and John z-
nocb, at least, are swimming a.,
enough 10 make things interestin, "a.
their teammste, and II Whestlsy 4.
particular, lives up 10 his recent ,.,.
forrnances in practice IL will tax. r,,.
ord time TO beat him.
Miss Claire Galligan. Of IN. la..l
National Womens Lifesaying Lear.
holder of several national indoor ,x,r'
ming titles and records. intends 70 NJ
Tor all the outdoor Championship, 70,
women this season. She will visi. hol
Chicago and 81. Louis for the event,
TO be decided there.
Herman Laub.s, Of St Louis. di,.n.
pointed mis- friends in the fve-ml.
handicap swim Of the Western Rowins
Club last week. They expected him "a
cover the course in record time and
overcome all allowances conceded %
his rivals. Instead. he failed to .ou,l
the performance made by Chsuresy
Heath a couple of years ago and va,
among the tailenders az the finish. In.
less ne can display better form in the
ten-mile title race mis- national crown
a. this distance is likely 70 be worn by
some one else after the approaching
contest.
Sharks are playing havoc With water
sports in this district. Most o. the
contestants have abandoned swimming
in the open and are doing all their
training in pools; plans for NEE. At
the beaches are being abandoned ard
several OF the long distance tests
which were looked forward 20 with ar
ticipation, including Robert Dowlingi
proposed attempt to make the return
trim over .he Battery-Sandy HOOK
course. will no longer take place. ii.
summer activities will be eonans:
chiefly to competition in safely ineloset
baths.
The Rye Beach Club will eo6perss
with the National Women's Lifessyine
League in holding the National A. A. U.
one-mile title swim for fair nstators
and il will be run off at Rye. y. T.
earlv in September. The date will no.
be definitely settled until the organrs.
tions having likely entrants have b.''
heard from.
Weekly swimming meets. alternatlI
for men and women, are 20 be stacs:
hereafter on Thursdays in the big PEI,
AT Steeplechase Park, Coney lslarc
The committee In charge has apple:
FOR several A. A. l. champion's;
events.
The programme of the Deal Beach
Swimming Club water carnival fof the
coming Saturday lists. besides II. met,
ropolitan half-milc swim. a ee-yarc
dash for boys under sixteen. loo-ysn
omen handicap swim, 4io-foot relr
race for teams of four and fancy dF
ing contest from the ten-foot sp''nf
board.
Entry blanks have been issued by "
Jamaica Bay Yacht Club for SCI :
aquatic events on August ~: ~
Junior metropolitan i40-yard swim VI
be the feature.
Helen Flanagan, an eleven-yeat',.,
little maid. of the Germantown ]; v
c. A.. will be a contestant IN the n's
mile Marathon swim for women . S
held next month in the SehuylnS
River. and her coach believes 'ne W
nut up a strong hght for iavEes =.
der age seems 10 be no hahu''AP
fair sex in water sports.
Almost without exception the erss' e,
mermaids Of greater New fort WV
start in the opening outdoor me.s y
the National Women''s hiesa''"'
League to-day in Sheepshead Bay