The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-08
COLUMBIA LOSES
SWIM BY one POINT
But Claims Premature Touch.
off in Relay Race Gave
Tigers Victory.
vOLLMER WINS CENTURY
COLLEGE SWIMMING STANDING.

just when Columbia was preparing to
place the trophy OF the intercollegiate
Swimming League In tho family vault
~ BY winning the dual meet In
the Morningsldc Heights tank last night
by . score Of 81 TO rs. Tho battle wa
bitter from h opening event and Co.
lumbia was led to protest on the grounds
that %BurchenaI. tho anchor man Of tho
Princeton relay team. wa touched of
prematurely. an incident that helped him
In beating Hal vol,mcr TO the tape by
u scant ELK inches.
The incident was not forgotten al
together when the swimmers lined up for
the ANAL event. the 100 yard swim. RE-
verses had come thick n fast, SO fast
In fact that Columbia needed first and
second IN III ma event to win the
meet. Follmer Of course NOR first place
easily. but B~urchenai again cropped up
~ q source Of trouble by tying Capt.
Charley Lee for second place and thus
giving Princeton the meet by one roin.
when the tallies for second and third
places were divided between the con-
S tS"i'os 81 HoW Is dlOut III
hfst place.
Although the meet hung In balance
awaiting the outcome OF the century
dash the root OF the close struggles was
tracetble 10 the first event, the relay
Tho first three swimmers wen. nip and
.tuck In the race. De Lacy reaching the
val almost simultaneously with Lee OF
Columbia. Burchenal. however. had Gov.
cred about ten feet before Vollmer
plunged on. The Columbia flier went
hard after Burchenai. but apparently
was n tribe ratified. for ne swan all over
the tank. lie failed TO catch Burchena!
BY six inches.
Capt. Lee protested the race. saying
that J. A.. Z!nnoch. the Judge. had
touched Burchenal of before De LACY
had finished his my yards. Z.nnoch
said II wasn't true. but on the contrary
Nol!mer had been asleep and didn', ge,
of In time. This made II appear tina,
B~urchenai did get a Jump on the OH
ciale. Columbia nevertheless WAS sure
he had been too hasty In despa,chins
the Tiger anchor man and said Il would
protest the race.
Another source Of disappointment 10
the Blue and White team was the fail.
ure Of Milt I~vie. the c67 pound Hye
and a half o plunger. Levie had
ceased TO be "A source Of merr!ment by
his peculiar build and antics and the
Columbia gallery Was seriously implor-
Ing him to drive his bulk beyond the
mark Of seventy-three feet. ertahl!shed
by Norris Of Princeton. lie failed by
eighteen inches.
In the fancy diving Columbia was
easily o~utclassed. capt. Fr!ezell show
ing himself TO be tho best diver who
had come to the Columbia tank this
year. His grace and superb rnish drew
rounds OF applause and made the CO.
lumbii contingent forget momentarlly
that It's team WAS being edged out OF the
championship.
Hal No.lmcr won only ono event and
that with ease. lie could have won the
::0 yard swim. but hold back and al
lowed his captain to 'ake The honor
place. contenting himself with a close
second. The summaries
200 Yard won by Princeton
lumbi second Herhcrt, Walker. L. ana
Nollmsr,.. Time, ! minute ~ a. se,ondc,
80 Yard .s'wm"on by u Z vo'.m'r
Time. "a as seconds. '"''
. :eo Yard Won by =. L. lee, Co.
X Lester. Princeton. third Time. : mia.
utes ~ go seconds.
100 Yard swim-wor by H. +. vollmer
Columbia; g. Burchenal. Princeton. ami q
y Lee, COLUMBIA. t,~i FOR second T,me
81 3.b seconds.
Plunge for DstAncA-won by A. T.. Nor.
luinbia. second. with II feet q inches. q
NJ. Shipman. Princeton. third. with - fee
Fancy Diving-won by W. ". Fr,ezel,
Princeton; II. Mosller. Goiumbis. second
z. k~scanjiap. Princeton. third
Soore-Pr!nceton 81; Columbia. rs.