New-York tribune., 1916-02-17
DispIaces Daniels's Fig
ures for 220 Yards
and 200 Metres.
OLD RECORDS STOOD
FOR SEVEN YEARS
Columbia Marvel Also BetterS
Time Made by Healey for
200-Yard Distance.
By FRED HAWTHORNE.

Herbert +. Nollmer. of Columbia Uni
versity and the New York Athletic
Club. the latest swimming marvel o.
the age. broke two long standing
worlds records in the pool Of the New
York Athletic Club last night. He dis
placed the fgures set by Charles NJ.
Daniels at Pittsburgh, in March. 1909,
Of minutes 252-5 seconds for the 22o-
yard swim. and q the same time bet
tered the latter's mark for the zoo
metres.
vollmer slashed through the water at
amazing speed and was clocked in
2:244-5 for the longer distance. His
time for the zoo metres was 2;23 $-5
ard for the 200 yards 2:1o AS, displsc
ing the best previous figures made By
Healey. the noted Australian swimmer,
Of 2:11 l-5. The American record, made
by Daniels. was 2:14.
Teddy Cam. Of the New York A. c.,
fmshed second 10 the marvellous CO.
lrmbia youth. about twenty feet back,
and lorrold smith another Of The
Winged Foot clan. took third place. well
back Of the leaders.
Nollmer 10y winning last night re-
tanned his title as metropolitan cham
pion At the distance. ln capturing the
race last wear iu the same pool he Coz
eyed the distance IN 2.2s 10, the best
time previously MADE IN this compeii-
ton.
Arthur McAleenan. metropol ltaa'
fancy diving champion. successfully
defended his title. with Al Downe7.
holder OF the title in 1914. m second
place. and Joe Dunn, of the New York
4. g.. third.
Leo Giebel an unattached 81 winner.
captured the l00-yard handicap event
from bic field IN 1904 %. Charles
Nsrshhsuser, unattached. was second,
and Prescott Palmer. OF the Winged
Foot team. third. Ciebel had 4 hsndi-
c7p Of - seconds. Marshheuser II sec
ouds and Palmer II seconds.
The three galleries about the poo
we're crowded b. the time the first
o. on. was called. with Joe Ruddy doing
.r. announcing There were more
women in the audience than men. and
-ho,r enthusiasm was not IN the least
dsmpened by the splashing water sent
I'D bv the swimmers, that ruined many
q gown.
There were FIVE starters in the 22O-
ward race, the feature Of the evening.
Vollmer obhgingly submitted to being
snapped half p dozen times by the
Asshlight experts as ne stood awaiting
tho starters gun. lie was assigned 70
mark on the west side of the pool.
Next 10 him was Cam, with smith on
the left hand. John Znnoch next and
Henry Knecht Of the West Side Y. NJ.
&. A.. on the extreme easterly side.
Leaning far forward. Nollmer made
his leap Just a fraction Of second. T
7eomed. before the gun. Like all grca-
sprinters in any line. he has the knack
of timing MS start TO a nicely, and his
ability IN this direction gave him the
initial advantage.
The Columbia youth fetched a good
distance before he came TO the surface
and began 10 churn the water with
powerful strokes, leaving boiling
wake behind him. Cam stuck closely
20 the flying Nolmer for the first two
lengths of the tank and actually seemed
10 be making up little ground az
about the 70-yard mark. Zinnoch and
Smith were having a rousing struggle
for third place. with Knecht plunging
along hopelesslv in the rear.
The champion flashed by tie 100.
ward mark in IS l-5 seconds, having
forged into commanding lead over