Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-08-07
Indianap0 lis S1Uina
Stars TIke Honors
in KOT iOna0 Tourney
Norman Darby ProUes AL
around Leader-Bass Best
r Fancy Dining.
BY HEzE CLARK.
If ,Correspondent Of The Times.

KoK' ono, Ind, Aug. 7.--Athletes
rroN indianapolis carried off the lions
shi'r' ! of honors in the first annual swim
nh 4 meet given by the Kokomo Coun-
'.r I club in the new open-alr pool which
ias been completed only recently.
The meet held yesterday afternoon was
4 an Indiana sectional A. A. u. champion
ship. Paul r. Jordan of Indianapolis
was director of the meet, which roved
to be one of the most successful ever
held in the state.
Twenty-one swimming and diving
events were included in the program.
However, the real feature event was the
fancy dive for men, open TO All con-
testants Expert divers from al parts
of the state competed Thirteen OF the
best divers in the state were entered.
BASS SCORES
81 IN EVENT.
Lawrence Bass Of the Independent
Athletic club of Indianapolis woo first
in the event with a score OF OF. His
| teammate. Walter Miller was second with
a score Of IS $40, while Lawrence Shat
| fer of Indianapolis, who entered IN
attached was third with score or - ~.
The fact that these men were able "a
| win over such experts as j. Chandler
| of the Evansville Y VI. c. A. Casper
| H0Eker or kut hlNulubiu ! ". - -
| y Hodgson Of Culver Military academy
and Iarkin Shaffer OF indianapolis
| speaks well for the performance or the
| three prize winners.
Norman Darby of Indianapolis, entered
unattached, proved the all-around swim
ming star of the meet. Darby set new
! sectional record In the 220-yard dash
swimming the distance in 90 l-5 seconds
| The race was battle Of champions and
Darbys victory over Henry Churchmah
of the Independent Athletic club OF In
| dianapolis, while we'll earned. was q
| surprise. o. NJ. ConrRdt Of Culver MIL
! tary academy finished third. Darby again
showed big in the final event. winning
the 440yard swim by a wide margin
! from Ivan Downs OF the Greensburg Y
| unattached. WAS third. Darby took an
! early lead. swimming a steady crawi
! stroke, and finished In minutes, IS 2;
seconds.
| CULVER YOUTH
FAST In DASH.
/ W. c. Wood Of Culver outclassed the
field In the 200. yard breast stroke FOL
men. His time was minutes 10 sec
onds. Norman Darby was second in that
! event, but Wood had the race won from
) the first Eugene Fogarty OF the Inde-
i pendent A. c. was third
I Chprchman Of the Independent A. G.
{ EAtfNu tine 4heAtSL AaHU swimmer, taxing
! hrst In the tifty yard event, but his
teammate, r. York. was a close second.
1. ). Hodgson. the famous Culver swim
! mer. was third
Three indianapolis girls made the meet
/ interesting by their clever and wonder
ful swimming Thelma Darby. Regina
Ries tentered unattached aud Ephrasia
Donnelley OF the Independent A. c d.
Fided honors In all OF the open events for
women. Euphrasia Donueilev won the
al "a tel In
the 20 yard swim. Thelma Darby won
the 220-yard and Regina Ries was second
1helma Darby was first and Regina Rles
second In the 100-yard back stroke swim
and the time for the race was l minute
80 20 seconds, which r. fast.
Miss Ries diving exhibition on both
the high and low springing boards was
applauded by the crowd and there was
no question but that she was entitled to
nrst honors IN the fancy diving events
Tor women.
Miss Ries again showed wonderful
speed In the 100 yard breast stroke, win
ming from Miss Darby IN / minute 43 Is
seconds.
YOUNG MERRIAM
SHOWS CLASS.
Little Jack Merriam. 49, year-old bog.
son Of a famous swimmer, proved 10 be
one Of the big surprises OF the meet.
Ward Fowler Of Indianapolis. entered
unattached. was doped to be an easy
winner IN the, plunge for distance for the
sectional A. a. L. championship. Fowler
held the record
Fowler came close TO his record on
the first plunge, but when Merriam. the
"Hid' from the Independent A C.
plunged he passed Fowler's mark and
record. The champion was forced to set
a new sectional record 10 defeat Mer-
ram. Fowler plunged 90 feet, remain
Ing under 30 seconds. Ralph York OF
the Independent A. G. was third
There WAS one hard luck race and that
was the l00yard back stroke for men.
Randlf Willis, indianapolis, entered IN
attached, led by safe margin until he
reached the west end OF the tank, when
he stopped with only twenty five yards
more TO swim o. NJ. Conradt OF Culver
maize the turn and the crowd shouted TO
saw his mistake and started after Con
tadt, and gained on the Culver man. but
Conradt won by margin Of twelve
inches. w. ID. Wood OF Culver was third
Eight OF the twenty one events were
open only to KOkomO contestants, but
these events had many entries both men
women and boys and girls, and the work
or the kokOmo swimmers indicates that
there VIII be some champions In the city
within the next year. Glen Stewart won
the l00-yard Kokomo swimming cham
pionship. John Weller was the best OF
the Kckomo divers,
Weller Is a coming champion. He Is
little fellow and IS Just u years old
He won his heat In the lfty yard boys
free style swim and lost the final heat
Of the fifty- yard race by less than twelve
inches, being beaten by George Wells, a
a n "A o. n old