New-York tribune., 1918-02-24
Yale and Tigers Clash
At Swimming on Friday
Two Strongest Teams !,
League-Three Title
Events in Brooklyn

Yale and Princeton swimmers vii,
try conclusions at New Haven on r.;
day, and the meet stands out az u.
leading aquatic feature Of the comm.
week. for upon results may hinge tho
battle for the intercollegiate ts.,.
championship. There is no question :,
fact, that these two squads are III.
strongest in the league, SO the yic.n,
in the coming engagement will seep,.
lead very difficult for the loser :,
overcome. Opinions vary as to ths
probable outcome Of this Imports.
clash. Followers of form favor fpslsai .si
Yale water men, who have done X.
best work in past fixtures, but otss,''
who claim to have inside informs,;sss
believe Princeton is about to spr;nr. Z.
surprise, and will earn the verde.
Whatever the issue, close and intsr.
csting struggle seems assured.
On the local card is listed an At.
tractive water carnival for SATURDAY.
1t will be run off in the pool of tbo
Central Y. NJ. c. A., Brooklyn, and oy
the programme are three championsh;.
yard Junior Metropolitas
A. A. u. swim, for men, 50-yard senior
swim, fer women, and titls
relay race for the Intersectional
League clubs.
Miss Olga Dorfner, of the Philadel-
phia Turngemeinde, was not given
credit for a record performance when
she won the 50-yard Middle atlantic
swim on Tuesday in % 1-5 seconds, but
the time actually represents a new ma
tional standard. The race was decided
in 75-foot pool, and the mark is not
only the best ever made in this country
under the conditions, but also compares
favorably with the bracketed record of
% seconds fiat, for the latter was set
in 6O-foot pool, Offering the advan
tage of an extra turn, worth about one
second.
Chicago University will try this year
to win the Conference College swim
ming championship with two star per
formers and a handful of contestants
hardly up to average. W. c. Earle, the
speediest sprinter in the league, and
R. Carlson, the leading plunger, arc
expected to score heavily enough be-
tween them to give the squad chance
at victory. Northwestern ranks favor
ite, however.
The New York Women's Swimming
Association has fancy diver of ex-
ceptional skill in Helen WAINWRIGHT. ar
eleven -year-old child. On Tuesdav - ths h.
little star went to Philadelphia tc
tackle the leading fair contestants o.
that city IN scratch springboard even,
and came within an ace of defeating all
rivals, including Miss Helen Penny
packer, the winner, holder of the Mid
die Atlantic championship for women
The latter outscored the tiny prodigy
by only two points in e., ALTHOUGH ar
unusually stiff board handicapped little
Miss Wainwright heavily and even pre
vented her attempting her more dif6.
cult specialties.
The swimmers Of the Duluth (Minn \
Boat Club will cross the border th;,
week for dual meet in Winnipee o
Manitoba. with team which include.
James Yullle, former champion Of
Scotland, and several Of the cracL
watermen Of Canada.
Within the. next few davs events fo,
Wcmen swimmers will be held at thf
illlnols Athletic Club, Pittsburgh Ath.
letlc Association, Cleveland Athletic
Club, Columbus Athletic Club, Min.
neapolls Athletic Club, Duluth Boa,
Club, Los Angeles Athletic Club and
other leading mems clubs. The New
York Athletic Club is among the few
organizations fostering water snort,
whose pool remains closed to the mer.
maids.
The proposed 1,0OO-yard swimming
match between Norman Ross, of the
Olympic Club, and Carbis A. Walker.
o. Honolulu, now a resident of San
FRANCISCO, should prove one of the
pest races Of the season. Recent per
formances indicate that the two are
evenly matched at the distance and
mat worlds record will probably be
the outcome of the match