New-York tribune., 1917-07-15
Metropolitan
Eight Defeats
New Rochelle
Giebel Outswims Bud Good
win in Water Sports at
Travers Island
By FRED HAWTHORNE

by FIXED HAWTHORNE
The finish Of the centipede race OF
the float at Travers Island yesterday
came simultaneously with claps Of
thunder forked lightning and many
large drops Of rain. Several hundred
wemen who had been sitting along the
shore in front Of the clubhouse OF the
New York Athletic Clubs summer
home, where the regular Saturday row
ing and swimming races were held.
waited courageously until they were
certain of the winner and then fitted
across the lawn 70 the shelter Of the
versnda.
Four rowing races and two short
swimming events made up the after
Moons programme, and in majority
OF cases the finishes were close, al
though the time made, particularly in
the swimming races, was scarcely up 10
the standard.
Giebel Beats Bud Goodwin
Because OF tidal conditions the first
event. the ll0-yard handicap swim, was
not started until after 5 o'clock. A
score or more contestants took their
places on the starting float, among them
being Bud Goodwin, the veteran of a
hundred races and o swimmer who can
still thrash his way through the water
At dangerous pace. IL required sew
eral heats 70 weed out the starters,
and in the final Leo Giebel, n. Y. A. c.,
with a handicap Of ten seconds. just
beat out Goodwin, from the eight-sec-
ond mark, by matter of inches. Good
win was cutting down Giebeps lead
rapidly in the last twenty yards, but
the latter, using a trudgeon crawl, had
speed enough 70 hold his famous rival
off in the last rush for the finish line.
The time was 1914 2-5.
Probably the most thrilling race OF
the day occurred in the eight-osred
shell race from scratch, an open event,
with four crews facing the starter, half
a mile from the finish line opposite the
clubhouse. As they rounded the point
at the entrance TO the channel between
Travers Island and Glen Island and
swept on TO the end the eight of the
Metropolitan Rowing Club had a half
length lead, with the New Rochelle
Rowing Club closing in strongly.
Nets Win Great Race
Just when it looked as though the
New Rochelle boys might min the
Nets before they passed the stake
boat, the bow car began to wabble in
his seat and then the stroke weakened
under the strain and the Metropolitan
crew flashed across the line, pulling a
powerful stroke of about 80 TO the
minute. The margin OF victory was
about quarter-boat length, with al
most length and quarter between
the New Rochelle crew and the At
lanta Boat Club, which finished third.
The time of the winners was 2:39
The pair-oared gig race. an open
scratch event, went 10 the German
American Boat Club in easy fashion.
The result served 70 show that a little
hyphen in boat is a dangerous thing,
for Minthe, the bow oar, and Gross
man. the giant stroke, won all the way
without raising their stroke perceptibly
at any time. Two open lengths sepa-
rated them from the Nonpareil pair,
with the Metropolitan gig back in the
wash. The time was 3:46.
The summaries follow:
Ei!ht-osr-d ,h-ll race tsersteh)-won by Metro.
Fam.m. No 4 Ciyde Putnam. 80 S. Geors.
J.uss stroke. J. c Clcoasn. coIssssj; New Ro-
che.ls Rowing Club u Carroll. bow o Opssnn.
No: 2: J. Archibald. No 3. W Reed. 40 4 n
Wilde. No 5: william Nocl. No g. George Curtis
No. 7: william Carer. stroke. r. 3 Dodge. coz
swsinl. second. Atlanta Boat Club lKnsey bow.
Doherty. No. 2. Fitzpatnck. 40 2. Ryan. 40. 4
Hewitt No. s. Whltoscs No. 8. sullivan. No =
Mulcshey. stroke Tyler. ooIswsn), third. Tine
p 30
Pair-oned gig race lgpen)-won by German
American Boat Club lNlnthe. bow Grossman
stroke. Becker. oorsNainl: Nooparell Rowing Club
tW. Shea. bow J. shea, stroke, J. McIyoughlin
coIsvSinl. Second Metropolitan Rowing Club lW
r. Berram. bow George Machenbsch STROKE. J.
L. Cloonan coIswainl. third. Tme-3is
Single scull handicap race Tor y. Y A. r
member Won By Waldo Smith 10 sscondsl;
Charles Csihus tli secondsl. sscond Charles
kusche (scraich). third. Time-3 q.
y. Y. A c, ocnupefs race tscraioh)-Won ~
Crew No 3 Quinn bow D. Smith No 2 Wilde.
No. s. c. Csthus. strokel Grew No. tkusche.
bow: Mullen. 10 4. Lennon. 80 2. Hsnnigan.
stroEel second Crew No. ~ W Smith. boy
Van rNick. No q Hickey. No 2 CIrsn. ,,roksl.
third. Tme-2 ~ 2-5.
iio-ysrd swim thsndicsp. nn,l h.atl-won BY
I>o Geibel. y. Y. A e. no seopnfo: L.
Goodwin y Y A c "a secondsl. s,cond J
Curren. y. 7. A. G. 40 ssoondsl. third Tine
ia IS
ilo'yMd novice swim thnsl hul-won by "
{. Munson. r.. unaiisehsd = Blnoys. "es'
side Y NJ G A. second. Richard Bntt. unA,'
tachsi. third. Time II.