Perth Amboy evening news., 1916-11-10
!. NJ. c. A. To MEET KEEN COMPETITION
IN METROPOLITAN SWIMMING LEAGUE
Jersey City Y. M. C. A. to Meet
Local Association in Gym
on Saturday, Dec. z.

Swimming League has been received
at the local Y M. c. A. The meeting
at which the league was formally de-
cided upon was held last Thursday.
and all plans for the loop were made
at that time. The first meets will
take place on November 16 and will
be held on Thursday nights through
until January rs. The natators of
the local association met last night
in practice and worked for over an
hour IN the pool. They will receive
their silk suits shortly, preparatory
to the opening of the league. The
chances for the Y. M. c. A are con-
sidered good, despite their showing
last Saturday against the Brooklyn
Central Y. NJ. c. A
There are five associations in the
league, two in Brooklyn, one in New
York. one in Newark and Perth Am
boy. They are the Brooklyn Central.
Navy Branch of that place, the East
Side of New York and the Newark
and local Z. NJ. C. A
The night for all meets was decided
upon as Thursday. All meets will
consist of the same events, there be-
ing six on the program. They are the
relay race, so, 100 and 200 yard
swtms, the fancy dives and the
plunge for distance. In the relay
race the teams. consisting of four
men, will swim eight lengths of the
pool, each man taking two. There
viii be no standard lengths, the swim
being altered to suit the pool IN
which the meet Is taking place.
The associations will arrange be-
tween themselves as to the place
where they are to hold the meets.
All OF the entries have not pools. and
some are not desirable for the meets
80 that the ruling has been made that
the place for the events will be de-
cided by the competing associations,
and not by pre-arranged schedule.
The association which Is swimming
In their home pool will pay half ex-
penses for every meet, and the visit
ing association win pay the other half
themselves. Each association will be
which will be offered to the winner
| of the league.
The schedule for the meets as ar
ranged follows:
Nov. 18-Newark VS.. Perth Amboy,
Central VS.. East Side.
Nov. 23-Navy VS.. Central Newark
VS.. East Side
Dec. Central vs.. Newark. Perth
Amboy VS.. Navy.
Dec. 14-East Side VS.. Navy. Perth
AmbOy VS.. Central.
Dec. 21-Newark vs. Navy. Perth
Amboy VS.. East Side.
Dec. 28-CentraI vs. East Side.
Newark VS.. Perth Amboy.
Jan Navy VS.. Central. Newark
VS.. East Side.
Jan. 11-Central VS. Newark Perth
AmbOy VS.. Navy.
| Jan. 1S-East Side VS.. Navy. Perth
Amboy VS.. Central.
Jan 25-Newark VS.. Navy. X1E1h
l AY,lsrv vs. Fast Side.
SckedUIe 6 Fine Te5fu
Perth Amboy's seAGdu3e-I 1u 49,
local swimmers hard test They
will figure in at least eight ieaxu6
matches. In addition to those booked
| with other associations and bodies.
| The dates for Perth Amboy, which
are well arranged for the local nafa-
tors. are November 16, December 7,
! December IA, December 21, Decem-
ber rs, January II, January Is and
January 25.
Central, who won from the local
team last Saturday In Brooklyn. viii
meet the Amboyans on December II
and again on January 49, At least
| one of these meets will be held In the
local pool. the men here believing
that the Brooklyn pool was one of
the reasons for their defeat.
| Unless Newark has appreciabiy
| sNi CAi6 lACucdt AdpL1tli CiifCt N VI
the opinion that his team will be
able to clean up for the Y. NJ c. A.
from that place. Nothing definite is
known of the ability of the East
4 Siders, or the Sailors from the Navy
| Branch. The Central branch has been
| tested and the test was rather a sharp
| one for the local team They are de-
sirous of making considerable strides
| in their return meets against Central
| to show their Improvement in form.
Practice will be held from now un-
| til the opening of the season The
team will be called on for hard and
| conscientious work, as the local as
sociation has the reputation of max
ing a cleanup of any athletic regions
| into which it ventures. and Pew does
not wish to have his team of swim
| mers finish lower than first in the
| Metropolitan League
1 The suits for the team are of the
best quality, made of silk, and are OF
the best obtainable model