The sun., 1919-07-13
GOTHAM GIRLS
WATER WITCHES
New York Women Swimmers
!. Sweep Course Clean on
Delaware.
MISS BOYLE WINS 900"
Misses Bliebtrey and Riggin
Also Show Way to Phila-
delphia Rivals.

PHILApELfHIA. July IL. - New York
women swimmers cleaned up in the
Riverton Yacht Clubs aquatic carnival
on the Delaware River this afternoon.
winning the majority of the events.
Miss Charlotte Boyle, the national 100
yards champion. representing the Wo-
mems Swimming Association Of New
York, won a special 100 yards race from
Miss Gertrude Artelt of the Meadow
brook Club of Philadelphia by about 10
yards in ! minute 81 2-5 seconds. Miss
Olga Dorfner. Philadelphia's famous
speed swimmer, was scheduled to start
but failed to come to scratch.
Another champion, Miss Ethel Bleib-
trey, easily won the special 200 yards
free style race from Miss Eleanor Uhl
Of the Meadowbrook Club. Tho New
York girl had fully IL yards at the I'm
ish. Miss Uhl gave the New Yorker a
stiff race for 90 yards but after the turr
Miss Bleibtrey swan away from her and
won in minutes SO As seconds.
Miss Irene Riggin. also a member OF
the New York Women's Swimming AS
sociation, set snappy pace in the l0(
yards free style race for girls and wor
by 10 yards from a big field in minute
so seconds. Miss Helen Wainwright OF
the same club was second, and Miss
OF the veteran Al Brown, long distance
swimmer. was fourth.
Young Brown Wins.
Al Brown. Jr.. a thirteen-year-old sol
Of the aquatic arathoner. was SECOND
in the 100 yard race for Riverton men
Young Brown was allowed to start II
the Riverton race, as there was no boys
race on the programme. At that yount
Brown almost won from Jack Shovel
a twenty four yea old swimmer
The Misses Eleanor and Ruth Smith
the twins from Columbus. Ohio. note,
for their breast stroke swimming. ais,
were with the New York delegation RnI
| staged n special 100 yard race, In whicl
| Eleanor won by 10 yards in minute
80 2-5 seconds. They swan unattached
but at the end OF four months viii
| represent the Women's Swimming As
ISOLATION of New York.
Leo Giebel. national ten mile cham
pion who won the title over this cours
last summer. arrived late, but managed
to win two special races He beat IIarr,
| Taylor of the Pittsburg A. c. in a 10
| yard backstroke event and with only
| few seconds rest won from Raymon,
| Chl of the Meadowbrook Club in a 10
yard free style event.
Giebel had plenty to spare in eacl
| and was given rousing ovation by tn
| big crowd OF 1000.
The summaries:
200 Yard for Women CFree style)-woI
| by Miss Ethelda Bleibtrey, women's swim
Miss Eleanore ChL Meadowbrook Clut
Time. 1859 As.
Won by Miss El.snore Smith. Women
'. swimming Association of New York. sec
| ond. Miss Ruth Smith, Womsn's swimmin!
.SS YaTa a III MeG foT Mtwo 1SS Sy
| Levarn. Philadelphia Swimming Club
| second, c. Urban, Philadelphia Turner's
third, Kostmeyer Philadelphia swimmin
Special 100 Yard Race for Women
| Won by Charlotte Boyle. Women's Swim
| Gertrude Artelt. Meadowbrook Club, Time
1905 rs.
100 Yard Breast Stroke for, Men--wo
by Gilbert Tomlinson, Mesdowbrook Club
ming Cub: third. Priest. Philadelphi
swimming Club. Time, ?:O5.
| 100 Yard Free Stroke for Giris-won b
| Irene RigEin, women's swimming Asso
citation OF Ssw York second. Helen VAIN
| wright, women's Swimming Association G
New York; third: Ruth Thomas. Phils
| Women's Swimming Association OF Ne
York NTH Dorothy Lghtfoot' unattached
100 Yard Back Stroke for Men-won b
Leo Gisbel. New York A, c; second, Hsrr
\ Taylor, Pittsburg A. c, Time. 1886
SO Yard Free style tclosed 20 Rlverto
! and near by girls-Won by Elsa Collin
| EdEevSter Park; second, Edith sullivsI
| RiveHton: third. Virginia Cory. Riverto
| Time. IS seconds
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