New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-04
Women to Hold Carnival in
Brighton Beach Pool
College Meets

The local indoor swimming season
will open this week. High school
teams OF Manhattan and Brooklyn are
scheduled to engage in the first round
of the annual championship tourna-
ment Of the Public Schools Athletic
League, and on Saturday the newly or
ganized Women's Swimming Associa-
ton will hold it's initial water carnival
for mermaids in the pool Of the Brigh-
ton Beach Bath.
Prospects for a successful season are
excellent. The action Of the Intercol-
legiate Swimming Association in vot-
ing in favor of the usual varsity pro-
gramme will bring to this city many
interesting college meets, and it is also
probable that the associations lndivid-
tai title events will be decided in the
New York A. c. pool. The high school
swimmers will have more competition
than ever before, and both mermen and
mermGids in the A. A. U. ranks will be
kept busy, the latter, in particular,
locking forward TO several dual meets
with out. of-town rivals and number
Of district and national championships
in or near New YORK.
The Detroit A. c. conducted last week
its yearly fall aquatic gala meet, and
the Nixon brothers had little difficulty
in taking frsts and seconds in the
swimming events featured. Those
young lads have been developing rapid
iy under the guidance of Tom Clemens,
coach at the Y. NJ. c. A., and seem
ready to take their place among the
star watermen.
The 900 and 500 yard championship
swims OF Southern California were de-
oided few days ago and proved easy
victories for Jerry Witt, the seventeen
year-old Los Angeles A. c. midget, who
did . minutes so seconds and 6 minutes
40 seconds, respectively, winning as he
pleased.
The recently recruited swimming
team OF the Duluth (Minn.) Boat Club
furnished a surprise at its first try,out
by taxing the measure or the Two mar
bors A. c. mermen d5 points to D.
Although the conference colleges do
not hold their important aquatic mkt,
ures until February, captains and
coaches have already canvassed for
candidates and started them at work,
confident that the customary title
events will be run of. Illinois Unlver-
sity is the first to report on available
material and seems 10 have the men
for strong, well-balanced team. There
are in line for 1.-THE fancy divers, Johns
and Grey; the plungers, Lineen and
Vial; the free-style swimmers, Waldo,
Dawley. Roos, Grey, Andrews, Gould
and OFT; the back strokers, Faircloth
A. CT ctr
Green, Motter and Falkenoerg
Miss Dorothy Burns, of Los Angeles,
holder of the worlds so and 100 yard
swimming records for women, has
moved to San Francisco. where her
father is now engaged in business, and
there is promise of some great racing
this winter between her and Miss Fran
ces Cowells, of the Neptune Beach
Swimming Club, who has retained Tor
several years undsputed leadership in
the Golden Gate City.
The 1st Regiment Pool Swimming
Club, of Philadelphia, has started its
competing mermaids at practice ana Is
running a point contest TO encourage
them. John Stevens, the coach, expects
70 have in the field few bidders Tor
title honors.
Plans are nearly complete for the
formation of Young Women's Chris
tian Association swimming league,
which will include branches in New
York, Philadelphia. Baltimore, Wash.
eton, Pittsburgh, Lancaster and
Wilkes-BarTe.
Half a hundred girls Of the Allie
gheny High School. Of Pittsburgh. have
organized as a swimming club and Will
practise and hold meets in the pool OF
Irwin School.
The recently formed Winter Swim
ming Club. of Brighton Beach, has ap-
rlied for membership in the Amateur
Athletic Union, in order TO be able TO
conduct sanctioned meets. The winter
pool Of the Brighton Bath will be used.