New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-21
BOY SWIMMERS
HAVE LOWERED
MANY RECORDS
Interscholastic AquatlcS
Shows Great Progress
Under League

Interscholastic sport has prospered
wonderfully in this city under the d.
rection Of the Public Schools Athletic
League. Remarkable Developments have
been made in every branch OF sport,
but especially in swimming. There are
some of the local schoolboys who might
step out in open competition and WIN
honors as easily as they do when com
peting in their own class; Notspie
among these arc Leo Giebel and Paul
Garripus. the stars OF the Stuyvesent
High School team. The former IS the
220.yard record holder, the latter ono
of the best sprinters IN scnolasuc
ranks.
Giobol is an all-sround performer
If unusual attachments. Not only IS
he champion al 220 yards, with rec
ord of > minutes 40 As seconds, but he
holds the plunging record OF the i. -
A l.. also. In the championships two
years ago he plunged 60 feet o lncness
which is better than some OF the col
lege athletes can do. In pracuce ne
has bettered those figures, and 1T Is re-
GREETED that illness will prevent MN
Competing in the championships TO be
decided next month.
Gsrrigus Strong Splinter
Garrigus, his team mate, is not so
versatile, but he has no peer as
Splinter among the schoolboys. Ihrce
times this winter he has won the 90
ward swims i'm dual meets in better
than q seconds. His best time was
263-5 seconds. He is not so strong
over the century. but at that distance
he is good for 81 seconds, which IS
fairly fast swimming for lad of sew
enteen summers. This list might be
extended.
Schoolboy swimming in this city
had its inception ten years ago. The
first championships were held IN the
public baths at West SiXtieth Street.
and the High School OF Commerce won
the point trophy easily. The Orange
and Blue watermen captured first place
4 in every event except the DO yard SWIM.
B The records established IN That meet
/ have all been beaten except the tub
race record that event never was held
again-and the l60-yard relay race.
/ This last standard survives only be
cause the championships have been
+ held i'm other pools. It has been shat
/ tered time and again IN dual meets.
D y y
/ pionships was won in S5 seconds. The
/ present mark OF q 2-5 seconds Is held
/ by Hal Vollmer, made in 1913, and
/ probably will be broken At the coming
championships by Garrigus. lad who
cannot beat 80 seconds now rarely
places even in dual meets. Merritt
I Thompson. Of Commerce, won the
/ seventy-fve-yard race at the FIRST
( champs. His time was 81 20 seconds.
/ His mark stands, because the race was
I dropped in favor Of the l00-yard race.
/ II is sufficient 10 say that the eighty
ward record in the elementary schools
+ is Sc 40 seconds. made by Dave
/ Schlachter. Of Public School g., last
/ year.
Cam Record Breaker
Ted Cam, who is now metropolitan
/ l0O-yard champion. 500-yard national
! champion and Hawaiian champion at
22O yards, holds the l00-yard record.
His time was l :02 10, made two years
/ ago. Five years ago the boys who could
negotiate the distance in 81 or 6S sec
| onds was regarded as wonder.
The advance in swimming is made
more apparent In scanning the record
/ book OF the Public Schools Athletic
League. The De Witt Clinton High
| School team won the 20o-ysrd relay
race in 1910, swimming the distance IN
s minutes and seconds. Five years
later the Commerce quartet swan two
thirds of yard farther in minutes
and a. 4-5 seconds.
Plungiug has advanced with speed
swimming Half dozen years ago the
plunger who could cover fifty feet was
reasonably sure OF winning a place and
q medal. As the boys are going along
low he would be lucky 10 survive the
preliminary trials. II would not be sur
prising If some boy would come out ~
the next championships and beat