New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-31
LANCER STAR OF
WATER EVENTS;
LOWERS RECORD
Perry McGillivray Best in SWIM
ming Sprints-New Mark
for Distance

II is the proud boast Of swimmers
that no sport fostered in this country
made greater strides during the last
twelvemonth than did their own, and
the claim hardly seems unwarranted
when il 10 considered that seventeen
new records for men and eleven for
women were hung up in open competi-
ton and that virtually all the inter
scholastic and intercollegiate figures o.
1915 were shattered.
OF the youths and maids who rose 70
championship calibre. the best were
Herbert vollmer and Tedford Cam, OF
the New York A. c.; Norman Ross. OF
the Olympic Club, OF San Francisco;
Leo Handy and Russell Dean, Of Bos-
ton; Miss Claire Galligan, Of New
York; Miss Dorothy Burns, Of Los An
geles, and Miss Thelma Darby, of In
dianapolis, who either took titles or
broke records. They range in age from
thirteen to twenty-one.
New Record for Distance.
In long distancc swimming all preyi-
Gus efforts were eclipsed. Henry
Sullivan, OF Lowell, was credited with
a continuous paddle OF twenty hours I;
Charles Durborow, Of Philadelphia,
covered thirty-six miles in the Della
ware in 10 hours 10 minutes; Miss Anna
Kean, Of Lansdowne, Penn, swan
twenty-six miles in the same river in
IL hours minutes IS seconds.
The years premiership in sprint
swimming for men was earned by Perry
McGillivray, Of the Illinois A. c., and
for women By Miss Olga Dorfner, OF
Philadelphia McGillivray outswam
Kahanamoku in winning the classic 100
yard championship, and later lowered
the standard for the distance in a
sixty-foot pool to 81 seconds. Miss
Dorfner captured the 90 and 100 yard
titles in the record times OF 30 Is sec
onds and | minute S As seconds.
At the furlong Herbert Vollmer took
the national race in the worlds record
time OF . minutes % 2-5 seconds in a
7o-foot pool, but he was defeated in
open water by Teddy Cam in . min
utes % l-5 seconds. and Norman Ros,
more recently improved on his best
performance by thrashing 220 yards in
minutes 81 S-6 seconds in 10000,
pool. Miss Galligan won the title for
women, but Miss Dorfner put up the
record Of minutes Sis seconds.
Ludy LANCER led the field In the mid
die distances, romping away with all
outdoor events from 440 yards to one
mile, and lettering the worlds 500 and
1000 yard marks TO s minutes II 3-5
seconds and Is minutes 7 3-5 seconds
respectively. Miss Galligsn did even
better among the fair natators, for she
annexed the 440-yard. 5o0-yard one.
mile and four-mils national contests in
the fastest times ever chronicled.
IL should be added that Vollmer
brought down the international 500
metre standard 70 s minutes 81 o-5 sec
onds in q 75-foot pool.
McDermott Won 1o-Mile
Michael McDermott, OF the Illinoi.
Athletic Club, won the ten-milc A. A. L
title swim, but he was twice beaten in
Marathon racing by William Wallen, o.
the Hamilton Club, OF Chicago. who wa,
unable to start in the big event.
In swimming or the back Harry Heb
ner. another Illinois Athletic Club star
again proved invinei6le among men
though Russell Dean, of Boston
equslled his l0O.yard worlds mark OF
minute S 20 seconds for a 75-foot pool
and Miss Dorothy Burns, Of Los An
geles, demonstrated her superiority
among women.
Three contestants shared honors il
the plunge. d. V. A. Smith, of tn,
! Illinois Athletic Club, took title Will
rs feet In 6ol-5 seconds, but Car
+ Lehman, OF Pennsylvania, and Roge
Bird, OF Brookllne, showed at less
equal skill by going rs feet each in tn,
, 60 seconds time limit Miss Helen Auf
derheide, Of Indianapolis, topped al
women with glide Of 6o.3 feet.
In soccer, water polo and relay rae
ing the Illinois Athletic Club boys sue
cessfully defended tho laurels they ha,
won in 1918, and in the latter style o
! contest they set new worlds records o
) minutes 90 3-5 seconds for 400 yard
and 4 minutes 40 3-5 seconds for 50l
/ yards.