The New York herald., 1921-09-26
AMATEUR SWIMMING
RECORDS IMPROVED
Miss Charlotte Boyle and Nor
man Ross Show Rare Form
in Brighton Pool.

Champion swimmers OF both sexes
closed the metropolitan outdoor season
with series of wonderful performances
In the seventy-fve foot open pool at
Brighton Beach yesterday afternoon.
Six worlds and two American records
were wiped OFF the boards. II was a
brilliant curtain to the most remarkable
season in the annals OF water sports.
Miss Charlotte Boyle. the star OF the
New York Women's S. A.. and Norman
Ross OF the Illinois 4. c. os Chicago,
foremost all around waterman ever de-
yeloped. shared the spotlight at the
meet.
Miss Boyle amazed the crowd with
sensational display of speed In a 220
yard handicap In which she conceded
generous allowances to her clever club
mates, Miss Gertrude Ederle and Miss
Aileen Riggin. Swimming in rare
form so easily that she hardly seemed
to be trying she touched at 220 yards In
2:32 4-5, as against Miss Ethelda Blieh-
treys worlds record OF 2 SO AS. then
she finished the furlong in the striking
time OF AT 30. winning the race as
she pleased and beating Miss Bleih-
trey's international standard, for 220
yards by the huge margin OF 5 rs Sec
onds.
Ross mt His Best.
Ross wrote history in a 440 yard
match race against Henry Giebel of
the New York A. c., whom he defeated
by about twenty yards. In $40. On
the way to the full distance tho famous
westerner shattered one worlds and
two national marks. He reached 500
metres in 5 :54 2-5. or 2-5 of second
under tho national record by Herbert
vollmer Of the New York A. c.. then
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Ing of another OF Vollmer's American
marks. :56 1-5. and finally 400 meters
in ia 2-5 which bettered by exeactly
two seconds his own worlds record for
this distance
The other three international stand
ards were set In 600 yard relay race
In which started two teams from the
New York Women's S. A. The Misses
Etheda Bleibtrey, Charlotte Boyle, Ger
trude Ederie and Helen Wainwright took
the early centuries and covered 400
yards in the aggregate time of 4:40.
This is 20 c-5 seconds under the listed
worlds record and 2-5 seconds under
new mark claimed for girls from the
Outrigger Club OF Honolulu recently. but
not yet passed upon. Next Miss Aileen
Riggin brought the time for 500 yards
to 3 :53 2-5. then Miss Alice Lord COM
pleted the 600 yards In Ill 1-5. The
figures for the latter courses are the
fastest ever made by women and sew
eral seconds under the respective worlds
records credited to mermaids OF the
Outrigger Club last month.
The Summary.
so Yard Invitation Swim-won by John
Weismuller. Illinois A. c.; Harold Kruger.
Honolulu. second.
100 Yard Back Stroke Swi,n--won by John
Neismuller. Illinois A. c.; Harold Kruger,
Honolulu. second. Time, l minute 2-5
seconds.
40 Yard Swim. Free style-won by Nor
man Ross. Illinois A. c.; Henry Giebel, New
York a. c.. second. Time, minutes 20
seconds.
600 Yard Relay Swim. Handicap-won by
second team OF the New York Womcn'5
Swimming Association (Misses Ethel Baker,
Georgia Wilson, Helen McGarry. Lillian
Stoddart, Maude MacFaranc, Helen Meany) !;
first team of the Women's Swimming Asso-
ciation of New York misses Helen VAIN
wright. Charlotte Boyle, Gertrude Fderle,
Ethelda Rleibtrcy, Eileen R,ggin. Aiice Lord,
second. Time. minutes 8 1-5 seconds.
220 Yard Handicap Swlm--Won by Miss
Charlotte Boyle. n. Y. W. s. A. (scratch)
Miss Eileen Riggn. w. s. A. G7 seconds
second; Miss Gertrude Ederle. W. &. A. a
seconds. third. Time. minutes A As
seconds (new worlds recordD.
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