The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-10
.SPOR ITS
 BY BOB McDAVID
Many Stars Enter ig1 State
 StUinan1i7g Meet at East Lake
Invitations Sent Many Other Towns in State-Loca Clubs and Associations Enter Teams-Winners to Go
 to New Orleans-Much Interest Is Being Shown
" BOB McDAVID

Teams entered in the state swimming meet to be held at East Lake Saturday, August Is, are rounding out into shape now. There remains little less than 8 week until the meet is held, and most ar rangements have been completed. Local clubs and associations have entered teams for the meet, and several out -of-town swimmers are entered. Letters have been sent to 26 of the larger towns of the state with entry blanks inclosed Officials of the meet are looking for a large num- Der of out-of-town entries to the meet as it is for the state championships
 The winners of the meet will go to New Orleans to take part in the & A. A. U. meet to be staged there in September, and will represent Alabama in the cham pionship events. There are several local swimmers who are expected to cop the events at East Lake, and to make cred sitable showing at New Orleans.
 J. N. Seymour has entered his team in the meet The I. S. o. R. bunch, or as they style themselves, the Independent Sons of Rest, are 8 nice lot of swim mers Louis Pierce was individual swim ming star in the city championship meet and is expected to shine" in the coming events Alvin Allen is also a fine swim rner, and ought to come out right near the top. Mutt Merritt is a fine diver and gave Gillie Chisolm hot race in the diving contests during the city meet. This bunch of water dogs" is one of the prime favorites to win the meet MT. Seymour who is an expert swimmer him self, has had these boys under his wing for three or four years. and is putting them through the mills daily so that they can make even q better showing at the coming meet than they did at the last one.
 Ed Spencer of the Birmingham Athletic club, whose team won in the meet of July % city championship on points, is getting them lined up for the state meet. He has not filed his entries at this date, but they Will be same as he had at the last meet with the exception of one or two. s. Kaplan, 12-year-old junior made an excellent showing, finishing first in the 25 and 50-yard. L. K. Steiner won first place in the junior 16-year 50-yard. Cole man and Bill Moughon, brothers, made excellent showing and the swimmers will have to speed some to outstrip them in the next meet.
 Y. M. c. A. entered the smallest num- Der in the city meet of all the clubs, but W. W. Abell. physical director, has gone over his swimmers and from his large membership will have as large an entry in the state meet as any other club MT. Henry Beatty was not able to enter the iaSI meet, put VIII enter tnlS meet, ana expects to make a good account of himself in the one-half mile as well as the other events. B. Garegan and w H. Murray, who showed up well in the city meet, will enter. Murray won the junior diving in the city meet
 The B. R, L. & P Athletic association will increase their number of entries in the next meet. G. Chisholm and J. Fred Muller will enter the S. A. A. A. U. in New Orleans and are training daily, and Billy Morgan, 12-year junior swimmer, who came out second in the 50-yard and swan out of course in the 25-yard. will be hard to beat. Tom Anderson, 16-year Junior will be there when the medals are presented.
 There is considerable interest being taken in the ladies events, and it is ex- 8pected that there will be much larger entry in the ladies event than at the last meet. Miss Mary Launey, who won the 60-yard in the city championship meet, will enter the next meet. Miss Alberta 5Jones who won the ladies' diving has a swimming fans in the next event. Miss M. Byrne Simpson, who won second place lin the diving, will be hard to beat in the next meet.
 Considerable interest is being shown in the coming event, and officials expect to smake great success of the affair. The eneet is to be staged under the auspices 5of the Birmingham Athletic club, the of Tcers of this club now working hard to make the meet the greatest of it's kind ever held in Birmingham. This meet is one of series of athletic events which the B. A. C. intends staging at Bir- mingham.
 The officials of the meet have been named from local men prominent in ath