The New York herald., 1921-01-29
BREASTED BEATEN
IN P. S. A. l. SWIMS
Completes Six Times and Loses
Two Titles-TOwnsend
Harris Team Wins.

The outstanding features of the annual
individual championship swimming races
OF the p. S. A. L. for students of high
schools decided last night in the pool
Of the College of the City of New York,
were the defeats OF Cornell Braisted, g.
holder of double titular honors. Braisted
who represented Boys High School of
Brooklyn. was great figure, however
even in defeat, for he competed six times
during the evening, while those who took
the titles that were his until last night
participated only in the competitions in
which they scored their high honorS
OF the pair that triumphed over the
star of Boys High Harry Lewis OF
Erasmus Hall High School, provided the
bigger surprise when he won the fifty
yard title race. He finished few inches
ahead of J. Kennedy of Stuyvesant. who
was like distance in front of Braisted.
Lewis won in a manner befitting a
champion He was In touch with the
fast pace during the entire journey and
displayed lots OF pluck when the others
pressed him hard.
Herbert Belln of Manual Training
High School was the other contestant
who gained title which Braisted unsuc.
cessfully tried to defend In the 100 yard
race. He showed particularly meri-
torious performance. for he covered the
distance in / minute Q 3-5 seconds,
which Is only two-fifths of second
slower than the record. The best
Braisted could do in this event was to
finish in third position. ]. Shaw, Stuy-
vesant. beating him by slight margin
for the place.
Roland schell of Evander Childs
High School who scored q good field
in the 220 yard race was coached for
the event by Edwin Bleibtrey, brother
Of the famous Ethelda Bleibtrey.
The finish Of the 500 yard race was
Of the spectacular kind. Stuyvesant
swimmers led by two feet up to the last
lap. Here their representative, Shaw,
began to weaken. He slowed UP SO
much in the final so yards that Har-
vey. the anchor man on the Townsend
Harris Hall team, caught and passed
him. Harvey had yard to spare at
the end
The team prize also was won by
Townsend Harris Hall. The Washing
ton Heights swimmers rolled up a total
OF 1914 points. Their nearest rivals Of
Stuyvesant accounted for 16. The sum-
maries:
800 Foot Relay Race-Ffrst heat-Won by
Erasmus Hall High School 3D. Reynolds,
Els z; Gardner. sssn. = Tomkins and B. Eosestil !;
Barrere and Kanishefsky). second. Time,
minutes 81 Is seconds. Second heat-Won
Py sg,n amt " s sbs Ca rrel J. Kennedy
Hall "a. Clifford. II. Beardsiey. w. PLAT
and X. Harvey. second. Time, minutes
Final Heai-yyon by Townsend Harris
Hall: stuyyeaant. seconds Erasmus Hall
third; High School Of Commerce. fourth.
Time. minutes ~ seconds.
20 Yard Race for Juniors-Ffrst heat--won
BY u. Besnick. Public School 62. Manhattan
!. Guggenheirner, Public School III. Man
ond hoat-Won by ". Karover. Public School
H2. Manhattan; II. Acanfora. Public School
III, Manhattan. second. Time, 3s 3-5 Sec
Final Heat--won by Karover: Acanfora.
second; Besniek. third; Guggenheimer,
22o Yard Race-won by f. Scheil, Evan
der Childs: G. Gcrnsbach, Townsend Harris
Hall: second; 2. Wacker. De Witt Clinton.
Fancy Diving Contest--won by l.. Miller,
Townsend Harris Hall. with a total OF IS
points: w. Perry. stuyvesant. with total
OF "a points, second. ID. Reynolds. Erasmus
Hall. with total OF 81 points. third: A.
Waterbury. De Witt Clinton. with total
150 Yard Race-First heat-won by Harry
Lewis. Erasmus Hall; J. Kennedy. stuyves-
ant. second; time. 2s 1-5 seconds. Second
School of Brooklyn; r. Fitzgibbons. De witt
Clinton. second; time. % 2-5 seconds Third
heat-Won by ]. ronapkins, Erasmus Hall :
=. Weisel. Townsend Harris Hall. second :
time. so 2-5 seconds. Fourth heat-Won BY
J. Herschel. High School OF Commerce: j.
Martin, Manual Training. second; time.
~ 1-5 seconds.
Final Heat-won by Lewis: Kennedy, sec
ond; Braisted.. third; Fitzgibbons. fourth.
Time. 2S seconds.
Plunge for Distance-won by F. Umansky
Townsend Harris Hall, with plunge Of a.
feet 10 inches: NJ. Lowy. Stuyvesant, with a
plunge Of "a feet. second; w. Ruhi. Town
send Harris Hall. and J. Avery. Boys high
Scchool OF Brooklyn. tied for third. Each
was credited will, plunge of 81 feet.
100 Yard Race-First heat-Won by Bunkei.
Rossetti, Erasmus Hail. J. Shaw, Stuyves an.
High School. second; time. :i5 4-5. Second
heat--Won by II. Belin. Manual Training
Edwin Gardiner. Erasmus Hall, second
time. :12. Third heat won by Cornell
Braisted. Boys High School of Brooklyn
J. Barrere. High School OF Commerce. sec.
ond time. 0S 90.
Final heat won by Be,in: Shaw. second /.
Rossetti, third; Braistcd, fourth. Time.
] :02 SO.
Team Scores-Townsend Harris Hail High
School, 1914 points, Stuyvesant High School.
16 points; Erasmus Hall High School, II
points: Manual Training High School and
Evander Chiids High School, points each /:
Boys High School OF Brooklyn, AZ points
De Witt Clinton High School, points; High
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