The Washington times., 1921-01-18

because the pool was short.
! Washington boys In the past have 4
dons-a great deal in swimming at the
Naval Academy. Several years ago
Linton Herndon. a Washington lad,
was a member OF the famous swim
ming team that broke an academy
relay record by several seconds.
| This mark stood until last year
when another Washington boy, Guy
| Winkjer. a Tech high youngster, swan
on the team that twice smashed the
Navy relay mark.
| About two weeks ago we clashed
with the Underwood and gave forth
the information that there was a plebe
at Annapolis. Nd. who would bear
| watching in the winter swimming
meets this winter Proud OF our
bunch we sat back and waited TO see
| what would happen.
| SET NEW RECORD.
Last Saturday in a meet with Johns
Hopkins University Angus Sinclair,
the Plebe We wrote about, SKINNED
the water for new Academy mark
and a worlds intercollegiate record
Today they hail Sinclair as the
fastest swimmer that has ever rep
resented a college. Sinclair negotiated
the two-twenty-yard event last Sat
urday at Annapolis in minutes % 3-5
| seconds which is 7 and 2-5 seconds
faster than the best collegiate figure.
Sinclair's performance was remark
able in that he swan the first hundred
yards in 81 seconds, which is within
2-5 OF second of II. f. Wollmer's
mark of So 35 made in 1914 in swim
ming for Columbia University. Eben
]. D. Cross, of Princeton. holds/ the
900 figure at 2 minutes 81 seconds.
made in 1914.
POOL sSHORT.
Sinclairs record of 2:23:3 was made
over a distance which was just Al
inches short of 22O yards and was
without question the best performance
ever made by a college man.
Since Sinclair is a plebe and in
| course of time will perhaps get better
in the tank the Academy authorities
are considering altering the pool to
take advantage of the fact that their
records will be authentic.
AS a matter of fact the Naval Acad-
envy now has no less than eight men
who have been timed for forty yards
in better than 10 seconds. which is
he intercollegiate record for the dis
'ance and was made by w. c. Earle.
f Chicago/ at Annapolis, Md, in the
same pool in 1916
Emery, captain of the Navy team,
Holling, Winkjer, Gallagher, Sinclair,
Swinninton, Fish and Kanhaamui, a
full-blooded Hawaiian, are the eight
men who have broken the collegiate
record for forty yards. The Navy
relay team is expected to set a new
record this season, as in its first per-
Torrance Saturday it bettered the
Academy mark.
CONTEMPLATED CHANGE.
For several years the Academy au-
thorities have contemplated changing
the pool. The performance of Sinclair
which was seven seconds better than
a worlds record has only served to
hasten the decision to make the pool
a regulation distance.
!, Angus Sinclair, the latest Navy find
. Is an unusual type of athlete, He is
powerfully built, but is not large
man. As member OF Tech high
school here in Washington, he broke
the South Atlantic interscholastic rec
rod for the fifty and hundred in BaIti-
more. He is quiet. unassuming, but
gets what he goes after.
Sinclair failed to get an appoint
ment at Annapolis, Just as an older
brother had done before him, he en-
listed in the Navy, studied up, took
his examinations from the fleet and
got in.
Last summer Sinclair thought he
would like to go to the Olympics to
represent the United states in the
swimming meets. He was OF the opin-
ion that he could make good. Being
a plebe, however, he had little chance
to get tryout for the team. He
simply waited until his chance came
| Saturday he cut the water so fast
that the Navy men literally gaped
With more than seven seconds
clipped off the Academy record the
Navy men got busy. Today they
figure on changing the pool so that
Sinclair can hang up few more rec
ords.