New-York tribune., 1921-09-26
Eight Swim Marks
Shattered i'm Last
4 Carnival of Wear
Miss Boyle Outstanding Per-
former Of Sensational
Meet at Brighton Beach

Inc metropolitan outdoor swimming
season closed the Brighton Beach Baths
yesterday afternoon, and in the final
water carnival of the summer six
worlds and two American records went
by the board.
Miss Charlotte Boyle was the out
standing figure of the meet. She
showed sensational speed in a 22o-vard
handicap swim, in which she conceded
good allowances to her star team
mates. Miss Gertrude Ederle and Miss
Aileen Riggin. Swimming in beauti
full form, she not only won the event
as she pleased, but she reached tho
2o0-yard mark in 1882 As, or exactly
tour seconds under the worlds record
then sprinted home, completing the
furlong IN 2:47 25, thus beating the in
ternatlonal standard for this distance
by the amazing margin of 3-5 sec
onds. Both the former records were
held by Miss Ethelda Bleibtrey. the
Olympian champion.
Norman Ross, the peerless middle
distance winner of the Illinois A. c.,
OF Chicago, shared leading honors with
MISS boyle. In a 440-yard invitation
race, which ne won by nearly one
length of the 75foot pool from Henry
Gichel, of the New York A. c.. he shat
tered one worlds and two American
records. On the way to the full dis
tance he passed 800 meters in 1854 a. )
and 400 yards in 4 :54 2-5, as against
the respective national marks Of
3:55 2-5 and d: SO 10 held by Herbert
sollmer, of the New York A. c.; then
ne crossed the 400-meter post in
.: IA 2-5, clipping two seconds from
MS own worlds record for the dis.
tance.
The three other worlds records were
created in 60O-yard invitation relay
race IN winch two teams from the New
York Women's S. A. toed the mark.
The Misses Ethelda Bleibtrey, Char
lotte Boyle, Helen Wainwright and
Gertrude Ederle swan the first four
centulies, and aggregated for 400 yards
4:AO, breaking by 2-5 seconds the in
tez'national standard claimed recently
by girls from the Outrigger Club. Of
Honolulu, and bettering by % 2-5 sec
onds the listed record. Miss Aileen
klggin swan the next 100, and brought
the time for 500 yards to 5:53 AS; then
Miss Alice Lord completed the 600
yards in 7:l1 Is. Both the latter
marks are the best ever made by
women, and several seconds under the
respective worlds records credited to a
team from the Outrigger Club a few
weeks ago.
The summarizes:
W, 5o-yard swim Gree style)-won by John
Weisnuller. Illinois A. C.. Harold Kruger.
Aonolulu, second. Time. 024
! ioo-yard swim tback stroke)--won by
John Weismuller, Illinois A CT Harold
kruger alsrs .HonoLuIu. second. Time, :Os -,
Norman Ross. Illinois A c.; Henry Giebei.
New York a c., second Time 5 20
bO9-yard relay race (handicap)- by
second team Of New York Wolnen.s swim
ming Associat ton $50 seconds) (team com
posed OF the Misses Ethel Baker. Georgia
wilson, Helen McGarry, Lillian stoddart,
Maude Macfarane. Helen Meany): first
team New York Womens Swimming AS
sociation .scratch) tteam composed OF the
Misses Helen Wainwright. Charlotte Boyle.
Gertrude Ederle, Ethelda Blebtrey, Aileen
Riggin Alice Lord} second Time
S :0s l-5.
2so-yard swim (hsndicap p)-won by Miss
Charlotte Boyle tscratch) Miss Aileen
Riggln on seconds). second Miss Gertrude
Ederle a seconds), third. Time, PAT 2-5
tNew worlds record)