New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-16
Contest in Dual Meet on
Friday Sure To Be Live
One-Dippy Returns
10 His Old Form.
By L. DE 3. HANDLEY.

Princeton and Pennsylvania will en-
gage in an aquatic duel on Friday at
Princeton, and although experts are in
clined to favor the Philadelphia men
in the swimming part OF the pro-
gramme and the Tigers IN water polo
the meet promises TO be one Of the
closest Of the college season, and there
is really no predicting the outcome.
Judging from past performances
points should be pretty evenly divided
in the individual swims, and the an
ticipated superiority of Lehman and
Sholz, the Penn candidates, in the
plunge for distance will be completely
Offset By the greater diving skill Of
the Princeton leaders, Friesell and
Brereton, so that the relay race, in
which the opposing quartets are
matched within e second or two, prob
ably will decide the issue.
That there is little choice between
the rival water polo teams Is indicated
bv the scores they ran up against City
College, Princeton tallying % TO o and
Pennsylvania IS to 0. In these gameS
the star Tiger forwards, Warden and
Selby. displayed a more effective and
varied attack than Russell and Walsh,
Penn's reliance lnesmen, but the lat
ter's backfeld, headed by Captain
Shrvock. shifted from his former posi-
ton at forward, exhibited the stronger
defence.
Robert Dippy, Of the Philadelphia
Central High School, has been showing
flashes Of great speed OF late, and last
week won the 500-yard event at the IN
terscholastic carnival, held under the
supervision of Pennsylvania Univer-
sity. II begins 70 look as II he would
take a lot Of beating az the furlong
and make strong bid for the ma
tional school title at Princeton next
month.
Charles Durborow, of Philadelphia,
holder Of the American record for
long-distance swimming, is contem-
plating trip to California, for. the
purpose Of attempting the hard thirty
mile water Journey between San Pedro
and Catalina Island. Some of his Los
Angeles friends have given him press
ing invitation TO visit them and under
take the difficult feat, and he is NOV
irving TO make arrangements for II.
Vance Victh. the former Philadelphia
amateur. at present coach Of the Los
Angeles Athletic Club swimmers, has
offered TO act as Durborow's pilot.
Jameson Handy, Of the Illinois Ath-
letic Club, Chicago, not long since
Americas one and ten mile swimming
champion. was at the New YORK attn
letic Club last Wednesday, and took
nm the question of the elimination OF
Arthur Raithel's l0O-yard worlds rec
ord of 542-5 seconds from the ANA
teur Athletic Union book OF standards.
This mark was thrown out because set
in n 6O-foot pool, while KahanamoAu :,
identical in time but made IN f5-yard
bath, received recognition.
Handy claims, as have most compe-
tent authorities. that after certain
speed is attained a swimmer loses at
the turns instead Of gaining, but while
the latter estimate the speed constant
AT IS seconds, the Westerner main
tains that most extensive experiments
conducted recently in Chicago proye
beyond a doubt that the figure should
be placed at So seconds instead.
The details Of these experiments
would take too long TO describe, but
results were convincing. II would
seem, therefore, that since the Ameri.
can rules prescribe the adoption OF
records set in a 60-loot pool, and turns
are generally admitted TO be handl-
CAP. rather than an advantage wnen
swimming az the pace shown oy R"i
thel and kahanamoku, the latter