New-York tribune., 1921-05-22
Three Records s
Set by GirlaI
I'm Title S5wirH
Miss Wainwright Carries
Off Honors in Fancy
Dive and 100 Yard Event

Miss Helen Wainwright, fifteen years
old, American fancy diving champion
and national junior title holder at 1907
yard swimming, was the conspicuous,
figure at New York's first set Of aqua
tic championships for high school girls,
held by the Women's Swimming Assoc;
citation in the 60-foot pool of the HagE y
lem Y. w. G. A. yesterday afternoon.
Wearing the colors of the Newtown
High School of Elmhurst, L. T., Miss
Wainwright captured two championrn
ships, taking the 100-yard swim in l.
minute 13 seconds and the fancy div
ing event with total Of 8075 points.
Her time for the swim is the fastest
ever made in high school competition
for girls and will be applied for as a
national scholastic record.
Miss Gertrude Ederle. of Junior
Public School No. SO, Manhattan, "a
lassie of thirteen, gave an amazing exr
hibition of speed in the 220 yard
swim; she defeated by nearly eighty
yards her nearest rival, Miss Naomi
Lubell, of Hunter School, and covered
the course in minutes 10 3-5 seconds.
beating by more than 80 seconds the
unofficial high school standard. No
records are listed officially.
RECORD in 50-Yard Event ap
AHotheT marx was SURPASSED IN the
50-yard dash, which required heats,
semi-fnals and final Miss Gertruds
Kalirs, of George Washington High
School, and Miss Florence Briscoe, Of
Haaren High School, both won their
qualifying trials in "a seconds, as
against the national scholastic stand
ard of 36 seconds, claimed for Miss
Jessica Nixon, of Northern High School,
Detroit, recently. yns
a dac cti
In the deciding heat Miss Kahrs ando,.
Miss Briscoe thrashed the entire dis-gs
tance neck and neck, then crossed the
line so close together that the judges
pronounced the race dead heat In
the wim-off the girls again were on
even terms until 40 yards, but Miss
Kahrs then got the better turn and
secured a slight lead, by which she
won.
In the 1oo-yard swim Miss Lillian
Stoddard, of Flushing H. s.. put up a.
good fight and finished second, about
10 yards behind the winner Miss
Evelyn Sommers, of Bryant H. S. was
third -
The plunge for distance resulted in
victory for Miss Margaret Furlong, OF
All Saints School. She covered AZ
| feet, while Miss Ruth Lubell, of Hun
ter School, was second, with As feets
and Miss Verona Caine, of Erasmus
Hail. third, with 41.6 feet.
Title for Newtown High School ~
Fourteen schools were represented
and ten shared in the honors. The,
point score was as follows: Newtowp
H. s.. 10 points; Hunter and Haaren,
points each; George Washington
! P S., SO; Manhattan and All Saints,
points apiece; Flushing, d points,
Erasmus Hall, 2 points; W&dleigh and
| Bryant, ] point each.
A remarkable feature, which illpSn
trates the splendid work being dons
by the New York Women's Swimming
Association, is that girls from the or
4 ganization won three firsts, FIVE sec
onds and four thirds, losing only thres
prizes in fifteen.
The summaries:
5O-yatd swim tfirst heat)-Won By Ger.
trude Kahrs George Washington H. g.
Time. O:84 Second heat Won S,,''e 6v Fgs0cs,
! Cooney. Flushing II. 3; Edith Hethering
ton, Wadleigh II. s, eecond. Time.
Quinn. Wadleigh H. S. Frances Easter
| day, Erasmus Hall, second. Time, o:3s 3-s.s
II. s; Ethel NlcGarry Walton H. S. sec :
ond. Time, o:36 2-5. Fifth heat: Won by
Florence Briscoo. Haaren II. s.; Margaret
O'Neal Dickinson H. s, Jersey City, see4
semi-nnais (frst heao-wOn by Cert.
trude kahrs. Helen Quinn. second Tinfe,
0:35 3-5. Second heat: Won by Florence
Briscoe. Frances Cooney. second. Tihee
| 0:$4. Third heat: Won by Ruth Lub- Id
Alxa Wilson; second. Time, o:89: 81
F1&AL: Dead heat between Gertrude
Kahrs.' George Washington 4. $, and
Florence Briscoe, Haaren H. s; Frances
Cooney, Flushing H. S. third. Time.
0i34 As. In swim-off Miss Kahrs won
from Miss Brscoe. Time, 0:3s 80. t@
100 yard swim--First heat won by Lng
Ian Stoddard. Flushing H. S. Marjorie
Reynolds, Manual Training. second. Time,s
LA Is. Second heat won by Aeien
Wainwright. Newtown Il. S; Evelyn Som
mers. Bryant H. s., second. Time 1:f&
10 FINAI.-Won by Helen Wainwrights
Newtown II. s. Lillian Stoddard. Flush,
ing H. S, second; Evelyn Sommers. Bry-
ant H. S. third. Time. 1:13.
220-yard swim-Won by Gertrude EderleRf
Public School So Manhattan: NaonISZ
Lubel Hunter II S. second; Dolores w.
Gallahers Wadleigh H. S. third. Time.
3:10 3-5.
Plunge for distance-won by Margaret
, Furlong. All Saints Academy, Al feets'
Ruth Lubell, Hunter II. s.. As feet. see7-
ond; Verona Game Erasmus Hail. 41.6l
feet. third.
Fancy diving-Won 5y Helen Wain@
wright, Newtown Fl. s. S0.75 points; Flogd
ence Briscoe. Haaren II. s., I5. 0S points,
second; Verona Caine, Erasmus Hall, s.