Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-03
SWIMMING MEET
WON BY CENTRAL.
Blue and White Has Big Mar
gin in School Aquatics.
Luke Stars.
WESTERN GIRLS VlCTORS
WESTERN GIRLS WCToRs
Standing of Schools
in Scoring of Points
BOYS, CoMPETITIs
BY II. C. BYRD.

door interscholastic swimming meet Of
the year. In competition with repre-
sentatives of four other institutions
the Blue and White scored more than
three times the number of points OBJ
tanned by the team which finished sec.
ond. Tech got seventeen points, Army
and Navy Academy. fifteen. Western,
seven. and Eastern, four
Victory went to Central by reason of
the number of men it had entered and
the general strength of its squad. Blue
and White men were placing in every
event when they were not winning.
There were few events in which some
Central man was not winning or pushing
hard the man in the lead.
The star of the individuals in the
meet was Luke of the Army and Navy
Academy. While student at Law
renceville last year he won the 500
yard interscholastic championship Of
the east in the University of Pennsyl-S
vania tank. consequently was expected
to accomplish something better than
the ordinary yesterday. He made good
first place in three events. scoring all
the fifteen points obtained by his
school. In the 50-yard swim Luke led
the whole way. and did likewise in the
ished his race and was out of the pool
before any of his opponents was near
the tape.
central Victor in 1seiay.
Two Central teams finished srst and
team winning. the second getting Sec
ond place and the third just barely be-
Techs best combination.
II, g.. ~ srrI.< .. A.
boys developed goodJrace with Haiti
gan of ST. PauPs, Hoffman of Hyde and
Crawford of the Hilton hitting the tape
almost at once. This race was for one
water together, and there was little
perceptible difference in their positions
when they reached the other end.
Heron of Western did some fine work
ton Of Central was not far behind Her.
ron. These two youngsters put up about
the best exhibition along this line that
any scholastic performers have given
their various dives that would have
done credit to much older performers.
Heron won with 224 points. and Hous-.
ton was second with 203.
Lillicup captured the 100-foot special
for Eastern High students with ease.
He was a much better swimmer than
his opponent. IN y
5O-Yard' Breast Stroke Good Race.
The ffty-yard breast stroke was prob
ably the closest race of the day, with
kaplan and Maitland of Central play
ing the stellar roles. Kaplan got the
lead on the first length of the pool and
held it by inches until the two SWIM
mers turned for the last fifty feet of the
event They showed away from the end
of the tank evenly, and it was ques-
ton of which would win by inches
Maitland proved the better slayer. and
submerging himself entirely in the last
few strokes gradually crept little to
the front and won by half foot.
Campbell of Tech encountered little
opposition 10 the 440-yard swim. He led
after the first fifty feet and gradually
increased that margin with every foot
of the remaining distance. Houston Of
Central was second, and the struggle
between him, Gates of Tech and Steuart
of Central for second place was inter-
esting.
Western Wins Girls Events.
Western High School girls took the
honors in the morning events for girls.
thereby winning the distinction Of cap
turing the first interscholastic swimming
meet ever held for girls in the District
of Columbia. The Red and White insti-.
tuition was represented by quite a squad,
and it had little trouble getting the mar
gin it Won
Miss Dabney of Tech scored one point
less for individual honors than Miss Wood
of Western. The former won the back.
stroke race and got third in the fifty-yard
SWIM and the latter won the hfty-yaru
swim and second in the fifty-yard breast
stroke.
1t was the first scholastic meet for girls.
and for this reason there was. a scarcity
and Judging by the splendid spirit with
which the competition was entered into.
there will be much larger entry list
when another set of events takes place.
Summaries:
Mile swim-won by Stokes tCentrap. Time.
so47
Relay. 500 feet-won by Central first team
trail second team: third Tech first team: fourth,
Central third team. Time. s.Ol As.
Haitissn Est. .s Psul's5: second. Norman tHyde1;
third. Crawford tHiitonl. Time. ca1 Is.
BY Luke "a AND MI
(Techl; fourth. Gail tCentran.- Time. 0.2y 3-5.
Fancy diving-won by W. HERON !western,.
by tCentraD. 100; fourth. Connolly tcentraD.
traD: second. winkjer tTechl: third. Diekey
Central; fourth Liilicup tEasternD. Time.
1oo-foot Eastern High School special-won by
Lillicup; second. Dunn. Time. 0.23 rs.
5o-yard breast stroke-won by Maitland tCen-
molly !ceniraD; fourth, McNish treehI. Time.
zin@erm 1 second Johnson a'' Time. o..s rs.
1Oo-yard swlm-won by Luke "a. and n. Al:
second, Call (CentraD; third. Solomon tCentral);
fourth. Newly (Central. Time LOS rs.
44oyard swim-Won by Campbell tTechl:
second. Houston Central; third. Getee TECH;
fourth. steuart (Centrai). Time. 7.4o As.
22Oyard swim-Won by Luke "a. and n. Al:
second. Call (CentraD: third. Heron West.
ernl; fourth. Dickey tcentraD. Time. 40 IS.
Event No. 1-5O-yard swim-Won by Miss
Wood (Western): second. Miss z. Gangwfsch
(western): third. Miss Dabney (Technican.
Event No. 2-100-foot eighth grade special
Won by Miss Davis buchanan SCHOOL,. No 9th.
Event No. s-5o,yard breast stroke-wo. by
Miss E. Gangwisch (Western); second, Mise
Wood .(westernD: third. Miss v. Gangwtsch
(western); Time. o57h;
Miss Dabney (TechD; second. Miss Bridget
(Western). No other entries. Time, 1.10h
Event No. e50-yafd special for women-woa :
by Miss Crockett: second. Miss Robinson; third.
Miss Bridget. Time. O.45. go
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.
Montreal, o. Buffalo, 8.
Buffalo. 8; Montreal, O.
a.