Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-03
PREDICT new
SWIM RECORDS
Galaxy OF Tank Stars Begin 0ffen-
siVe Operations Against Pres
ent Marks.
STAR MERMAIDS TO COMPETE
Classiest Gathering OF Swimmers
Ever Performing in Chicago
Aquatic Meet.

Chicago, April ST the world
+ record in the 50-yard swim, the
third event of the National A A. L.
championships at the Chicago Ath-
letic association tonight, withstands
the combined offensive of the star
sprint paddlers who will appear in
the contest, it should stand until
the next generation of swimmers.
The gathering is by all odds the
classiest that has footed the tile in
a long time.
Art Raithel of the l. A. c., who
ranks with the worlds best. is one
OF the favorites Another is Chief
Woman Perry McGillivray OF Great
Lakes Norman Rose announced
last night that his appearance
would depend upon his condition.
This trio, plus the pacing efforts of
Jones and Siegel of the Bachrach
school, should give the timepiece
merry battle.
Fair Stars Perform.
Other events billed for tonight
are the 100-yard swim and the fan
cy diving competition for. women.
The entrants represent the stars
among the Chicago mermaids.
The National A. A. T. 400-yard
relay and water polo prelims are
listed for tomorrow at the l. A. c.
Drawings for the polo were held
yesterday with the following re-
suits: Thursday noon-L A. C. sec
onds vs.. c. A. A firsts; 1890 p. m,
I. a. c. firsts VS.. Great Lakes firsts;
Thursday night, Great Lakes sec
onds VS.. c. A. A. seconds; Friday
night, finals
Miss DOrfner in Card.
The affair also will mark the sea
sons first appearance of Miss Olga
Dorfner, Miss Thelma Darby and
Miss Regina Ries in the National
A A L. 1O0-yard championship for
women The championship entries
for tomorrow follow:
National A. A l. 4O0-yard relay:
Illinois A. C.-H J. HebneT, A c.
Raithel, d. L. Jones, A. Siegel and
F. H. Town.
Great Lakes y. T. S.-P. McGilli-
vray, ". l.. Wallen, H. r. Laubis,
c. L. White and c. c. Chase.
Chicago A. A. first team )-P. I.
Mallen, X. Huszagh. W. c. Earle, J.
y Rawleigh and r. Mayer.
Chicago A. A. (second team f.
Elliott, F. Pickel, F. Hairless, R.
Corbige and NJ Myers
Hamilton club. Vitack, ]. Nor
ton, A. Goodyear, c. Leach and P.
Jones.
National A. A. U. water polo:
Illinois A. c. first team W. r.
captain; II. J. Hebner,
Jamison Handy. w. s. Roth. F. II.
Town. J. T. Miller, s. c. Jensen, NJ.
E. II. Raedel and f. J.
Powers.
Illinois A. c. (second team)-F.
H Barker, captain; A. Jaeger. F.
Walsh. W. Burkart, J. Price, f. ]
Powers. n. J. Flood, NJ. McDermott,
L. Kaiser and +. II. Raedel
Chicago A. A. first team F. ".
captain; f, n Chapman,
G. H. Taylor. F n Conybear, w. G. I
Earle. r Simonsen. F. Pickel, A. ]
Van VIissingen, L. Scherer. eli. Oh
sen and S. b. Taylor.
Chicago A. A. tsecOnd team III. I
Gay, captain; A. Van VIissingen, !
II. Olsen, /. Myers. l.. Scherer, s. /
D. Rosen, W NJ Shirley. p Cady. !
A. Levin and T. Elliott
Great Lakes y. T. s. first team /
p. McGillivray. captain; W. l.
Wallen. H r. Lubis, L. F. Boyce. J. /
G. Beck II. r Keidel, b. Weinberg, /
D F. Miller. Fl. Phillips and r. Nc |
Key.
Great Lakes ". T. S. (second |
team %. F. Miller, captain A r. !
Wilson, c. c. Chase, r. NJ Mickey, I
g. Phillips. J Chester. II. Won Do /
marus " McKeon, r. f.. Sloan and I,