New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-16
Missouri A.C. Pool Chosen
for 5O0-Yard Race and
Plunging Events.
VOLLMER AND CANN
TOENTER RELAY RACE
MANY Clubs Apply for Women
Championships-New Boy
Marvel Discovered.

Two national Amateur Athletic Union
aquatic championships will be decided
on Saturday, April %, in the 15-fo:ot
pool OF the Missouri Athletic CluO' 81
Louis. al 500 yards, swimming ana III
plunging 49,, .b,.
mother Herbert Nollmcr nor Theodore
Canu. tho Young Mercury Foot water
nrodigies expects 20 start in the uNe
swim. and that Joseph Wheatley IS
likely 10 be the only local contestant
Vo'lmer and Cam are booked Tor 'hs
national relay race in Chicago on April
27 and cannot attend both meets, on
account of their studies, so they nave
chosen the sprinting event by prefer
ence.
Wheatley-who is swimming excep-
tionallv well. by the way-will face,
among others, Perry McGillivrsy, OF
the Illinois A. c., Of Chicago, present
holder: Clement Browne, o. the ham ,
ilton Club. Of Chicago, who defeated
NcGillvray recently a the distance
Herman Laubis. OF the Missouri Atm
letic Club, the national ten-mile eham-
pion; and Duke Kahanamoku. the "a
nous Hawaiian flyer. remarkably
good field. NJ
In the plunging contest will be Dave
Smith. Of the Illinois Athletic Cup;
Cyril Carroll, Of the New York Ath-
letic Club; p. LIGHTER, Of the chicago
Athletic Association. and Craig k@u-
mond. of Chicago University, "ho
should fight 1T out for the laurels, al
though several other lesser lights ere
likely to toe the mark.
So many clubs have applied for sane
tiors TO hold some nationa water
champion ship for women that there are
not enough events on the regulation
list to go around. The popularity. OF
This branch Of aquatic sports has
proved a decided surprise 10 tho a.
A. [. authorities, who questioned the
adyisablity Of holding title tests at All.
Tom Whitaker, coach Of swimming
a. the Missouri Athletic Club, has de-
veloped a young exponent OF the back
stroke who has the carmarks OF
coming champion Fritz Potth0f. The
lad ia only sixteen, and he has al
ready covered 100 yards within four
seconds OF tho worlds record. Tom
predicts that he will be IN line for
title honors next season.
The recent water carnival az the
New York Athletic Club, attended by
some Of the greatest swimmers OF all
time. gave convincing evidence that
faet stroke is not need 20 MAJ g
epccd. n was matter OF general
comment that Duke Kahanamoku and
Arthur Raithcl. who swan 100 yards
IN sensational time, used so slow an
action that they did not seem 20 be
irving. The fact should be remem-
bercd by young swimmers. They seem
20 believe that speed depends on
wild. vcrtigenous thrashing OF arms
and legs. while most Of the crack
sprinters display slow movements oil
the arms. p.A.ot,,
srou,cd con sidorablc interest, and -
deseryes mention, for those not so
l1cky ag 20 see him, that he uses
sir .bcs, plain crawl. featured by an
alternate. equidistunt arm drive, ana
= lee drive composed Of six very mar
row scissor kicks. about six or eight
inches m scope, 20 each full stroke OF
he two arms. Il may be added mat
bis hands dip before the arms attain
full reach and are a trihe fubmergeo
before power is applied for the pull