Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-08-27
NEW OLYMPIC s
MARK IS MADE
Miss EtheIda BIeibtrey, of N.
Y. Sets New Record in 800
Metre Free Stroke Event

ANTWERP, Aug. 2s-Miss Ethel
da Bleibtrey of the Women's Swim
ming Association, New York, set a
new Olympic record today in swim
ming q trial heat of the 500 meter
free stroke event in 4 minutes IL
rs seconds The previous record
for the event was 4 minutes AZ Sec
onds, by Miss Fanny Dureck of Aus
tralia in 1912.
Miss Bleibtrey's record perform
ance was the climax or a day of trial
heats in swimming and diving, in
which Americans qualified promi-
nently. Four of the entrants from
the United States won their way to
the finals in the mems 400 meter free
style swimming, two qualified in the
200 meter breast stroke, and three
went into the semi-fnals of the
spring-board diving trials.
Besides Miss Bleibtrey Miss Mar
garet Woodbridge, Detroit A. c.,
and Miss Eleanore Uhl of Philadel-
phia, won their respective heats in
the 900 meter free stroke, and
Frances Coweils Schroth of San
Francisco captured a second place.
In the mans 400 meter free stroke
F. K. Kahele. U. S. Navy, and Ludy
LANCER, Honolulu. qualified in the
fourth and fifth heats. which were
won by the Canadian. vernot. and
LANCER respectively.
Norman Ross Illinois A. c., and
w. w. Harris. Jr., Honolulu, won
their heats in the 400 meter free
style swimming trials and qualified
for the final.
NJ. J. McDermott. United States
Navy, and j.. Howell. Oakland, Cal,
qualified in the trials Of the 200 ne
ter breast stroke.
In the springboard diving trials, L.
E. Kuehp. Multnomah A. A. c. Port
land, and L. j. Balbach, New York
A. c., won first and second places
respectively in their heats with Elk
strand, Sweden, third. The second
heat was won by Blomgren, Sweden,
with C. Pinkston Olympic Club San
Francisco second and Janison Swe-
den, third. All the winners of the
first three places. qualified for the
semi-finals. Wellisch, of Brazil, who
finished fourth in the second heat,
did not qualify.
England defeated the United
States in the water polo semi-finals
of the Olympic games today, Z to q.
Second and third honors in the wa
ter polo competition are to be de-
cided between the Brazilian team
and a competitor chosen in drawings
tonight.
The final standing in the gym
nastic team competition, European
method, was: Italy. first with
359,855 out Of a possible 404 points:
Belgium, second with 346.7s5 and
France third with 340.10.
The individual standing was: Zom-
posi-, Italy, first with 1885 out OF
a possible SO points: Marcos, France,
second with 1852; GARNER. France,
third with S7.45; Frank j. Kritz.
Bohemian Gymnastic Association.
New York, was placed tenth.
The United States succeeded in
winning only one catch as catch can
wrestling championship in the finals
which were contested tonight. This
was when c. d. Ackerly, Cornell
University, defeated s. N. Gerson,
University of Pennsylvania, in the
featherweight class.
There was only n other Ameri-
can finalist in the matches tonight,
N. Pendleton. New York A. c., who
lost the decision to Roth, of Switzer-
land. after three hard and fairly
even ten-minute bouts in the heavy
weight class.
In the other bouts the results were
as follows: Featherweights, c.. d.
Ackerly, Cornell University. beat
Diabetes. of Greece. and s. N. Gerson.
University of Pennsylvania, defeated
Makinson. of England; middle
weights. Macdonald, American, beat
Lopponen, of Canada; light heavy
weights, Walter S. Maurer, OF Chi
cago, beat Iladrau, of France. and
Lieutenant ]. r. Redmond. United
States Navy, defeated Wilson, of
England; heavyweights. N. Pendle-
ton. New York A. c., beat Saiida,
of Finland. and F. j. Meyer, of Chi
cago, defeated Mason. of England.
In the quarter-fnal5 Gerson and
Ackerly won their bouts in the
festherweight class. the former de-
feating Barathou, of France, aud the
latter downing KAISER, of Switzer-
land.