New-York tribune., 1918-08-18
Three Are for Men, Local
Event for Women-
Tiny Girl Stars

Four national swimming champion
ships, one for women and three for
men, will be decided this week. On
Wednesday the New York Womens
Swimming Association will hold the
44O-y yard title swim for mermaids off
the Brighton Beach Bath, in open
water. while the mems events all VIII
be competed for on Saturday, as fol
lows: The 1o0-yard dash. at Birmine
ham, Ala, under the supervision OF the
Birmingham A. c.; the 440yard swim,
at the South Shore Country CUB, in
Chicago, and the long distance cham
pionsnip, in the Delaware klver, over y
ten-mlle course, under the direction OF
the. kiverton On. j. Yacht Cub.
Local interest Will centre upon the
womens fixture, in which the home
leaders, Miss Claire Galligan and Miss
Charlotte Boyle, will be pltted against
group of the speediest girls IN the
country, and in the meas distance test.
among the entrants for which IS Leo
Giebel, Of the New York A. c.. the met
ropolitan A. A. U. ali around cham
plon.
The most notable feature of the two
mile marathon swim for women. jus,
held at Riverton, N. j., and won by
Miss Florence Mclaughlin. of Phiia-
delphia, was the brilliant work o.
Eileen Riggin, the twelve-year-ol prod
ICY Of the Women's S. A. This re-
markable little water sprlte, who
weighs only seventy pounds, had never
attempted until couple of months ago
to swim more than fifty yards. even at
practice. Yet, in the recent race, she
finished sixth in field of twelve, nc
gotiating the course within about three
minutes of the winner. VINO was placed
second last year in the national A. A.
u. distance championship.
Such feat on the part of mere
child is striking illustration Of the
efficiency Of the modern stroke. Al
though the water was very rough
Eileen used the six-beat double trud-
geon crawl throughout, and was still
swimming in fautless form when she
crossed the line. Were the stroke not
virtually effortless, a tiny girl o.
! Eileen's age could never have held II
steadily for the long. grinding trip.
Perry McGilivray. of Chicago ant
the Great Lakes Naval Training Sta
ton, gave another display of his Won
derful versatility in the annual Chicago
River marathon swim last week. 4
fortnight ago he was winning cham
, pionships and breaking worlds records
at the sprints. In capturing the DIS
tance race he defeated conclusivcly thu
former national tenmile champion
Herman Laubis, of st. Louis, who go
second place.
Ionolulu's famous swimmers, Ka
hanamoku, Lane and Kruger, will pa,
visit TO Long Beach to day and tr.
to shatter few more records at
water carnival in Castles Bath Duk
expects to go after the worlds 100
ward pool mark Of Sd seconds if h.
finds conditions suitable. He has
grudgc against this mark. for he ha
never succeeded in beating 1t, althoug
he has done SO seconds in open water
and the opportunity to wipe it off tn
board seems good, for he is now NOV
ing at top speed.
When Miss Charlotte Bovle won tn
esO-yard metropolitan title swim re
Gently. using the six-bcat double trud
eeon crawl all the way. more than on
expert claimed her performance di
not prove men could not do as wei
with the fast leg drive, because the
have not the same lmbe rness of actio
; as women In the half mile nationa
test for men, however, along come
, Leo Gebcl, Of the New York A. c
with the identical side-kick thrash, an
demonstrates beyond argument tha