The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-08-04
STATE SWIMMERS TO
MEET HERE AUG. Is

The state championship swimming meet
will be held at East Lake on Saturday,
August is, under the auspices OF the Bir-
mingham Athletic club. The best SWIM
mers of the city and state will come to-
gether to decide the championship titles
doubtedly be brought to light.
In September the s. A. A. T. meet will
be held in New Orleans. The winners of
the state meet to be held at East Lake
will enter in these events and represent
the state of Alabama. A team of four
gust Is to represent the Birmingham Ath-
letic club and Birmingham
ARRANGEMENTS for the state event are in
charge of the Athletic committee of the
b. A. c. r. o. Launey, chairman of the
swimming committee, has given out the
following arrangements and provisions
made for the meet:
The course will be heightened to ITO
yards, as a 50-yard course space does not
give sufficient space for spectators.
Ropes will be stretched down the course
~ thoN CaSH VIII nave lnQ1-
vidual lane, to prevent contestants from
interfering with one another
The swimming meet Is open to all anna
teur swimmers of the state, and a team
of four will be chosen to represent the
Birmingham Athletic club in the S. A.
A. U. to be held in New Orleans on Au-
gust 22-2s, and there are other swimmers.
even il not among the four, will enter the
s. A. A. u. from Birmingham.
The swim ming rpaAf IN A,1~,,at IA xui1l
be as follows:
Boys, IL years, 80 and 100-yard swim.
Boys, 16 years, 80 and 100-yard swim
Seniors, 100 and 220-yard swim.
Ladies, so and 100-yard swim.
Relay, boys 1s years, and seniors.
Exhibition swim: Fancy diving ladies',
boys and seniors.
Breast stroke, 100 yards, II sufficient
number OF entries
All entries should be addressed to the
Birmingham Athletic club swimming COM
mittee and entries will close at midnight
August IA.
Fancy diving will consist of four COM
pulsory dives: Running front dive, back
dive. running forward jack-knife back
jack-knife. and four voluntary dives Sc
lected from the following: Backward
spring and forward dive Chalf twist,
backward spring and backward dive full
TWIST, forward spring with half twist
and backward dive, forward spring with
full twist and forward dive, forward SOM
ersaut, forward one and one-half SOM
ersault, forward double somersault, back
ward double somersault, backward spring
and forward somersault backward spring
and one and one-half somersault, for
ward somersault with half twist. forward
one and one-half somensault with half
twist, forward two and one-half sorner-
sault flying Dutchman forward spring
with backward dive, flying Dutchman
somersault forward spring with back
ward somersault). flying Dutchman one
and one half somersault, flying Dutch
man with half twist, handstand dive,
handstand dive with. somersault. hand
spring dive with somersault, Jack knife
forward with half twist and back dive.
Jack knife forward with full twist and
forward dive, jack-knift backward with
full twist and forward dive. jack-knife
backward with full twist and backward
dive.
A list of the voluntary dives should ac-
company the entry in writing Changes
in the list of voluntary dives will be
be permitted and no competitor will be
permitted to repeat any Of his dives
There is considerable interest already
aroused in the state meet to be held on
the 18th. 50-yard course is not OF suf-
ficient length to accommodate the swim
ming fans, and II ARRANGEMENTS can DC
made a grandstand Will be Duiit 10 ac-
comrnodate the spectators.
The swimmers who did not come out
first in the city championship meet are
not discouraged, but it really did them
good. and they are working hard to carry
first honors in the state meet.
The b. A. c. had AIS members In the
army. They are returning and entering
into athletics. and the B. a. c. VIII soon
No hack to their old stride. The men
Of birmingham are just beginning to
wake up to the fact that to be efficient
in their work they require some form of
physical exercise. This is shown by the
liz new members in the month Of July.
And with the outlook the club is making
plans and arrangements to promote all
branches of athletics and have an ath-
ietical meet of some form each month.
The officials Of the meet will be. select
- s.ar,a the we'll known men Of the city