The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-01
PLANS BEING MADE FOR DIXIE TANK MEET AT EAST LAKE
B. R., L. & P. Pool Opened Yesterday With About 25 Brave Ones Taking
 a Dip
By MARVIN MCCARTHY

A banner season seems in prospect Ton Birmingham swimmers this year if plans for the coming season materialize. R. 0. Launey, chairman of the aquatic com mittee, states that the Magic City will enjoy is greatest season in water sports this year.
 Although time for the meet is yet quite distant, plans are already being made for the southern championship tournament, which will be staged in Birmingham on August 12 and l3. This event will be staged at East Lake. and officials in charge of the meet are pre- dieting one of the greatest events ol It's kind the south has ever had. MT. Lau- [ ey has charge of arrangements for the meet.
 BIG ENTRY
 Swimmers from all parts of Dixie will compete in this meet, if present indlca- tons turn out to be even half as rosy ais they now seem. Vance Velth, coach of the crack Dallas, Tex, squad of aquat,c stars, has written that he VIII be here with his bunch in August. il- cluding the southern champions on ms squad The Dallas team has mopped up with everything in Dixie for the past Year or 70 and it's entry in the south- ern chan .ionshps this year will mean lot.
 Then the B. A. C. will place a strong team m the field, or perhaps we shoulu say water Numerous are the iocai stars who will compete for places on the B. A. c. team, and with East Lake, West Lake icdgeWood, the E. R., l.. x r. anu E. A. C. from which to choose It's team' the B. A. C. should be able to piace winning squad i'll the tournament. ,-.-l~'
 New Cr.eans will have team en- tered as will Atlanta. A club down III riurIda is trying to make arrangements .e send a team to the meet.
 There will be other teams entered, or course, but the above named seem cci- tain to nter the competition.
 NATIONAL EVENTS
 In connection with the Soutnerh championships, the ladies 10o-yard na- tionaI event will be staged at the same time, and the crack team Of women swimmers from Jasper (Fla.) High schooi are expected to enter this event me mems 1oU-yard junior national event Will also be staged.
 Much interest is already being shown in the Dixie meet, but Birmingham ian dom will first have an opportunity to see low the Magic City will line up in tnis meet when the city meet is staged carry 
 in the summer Then there will be va rieus minor meets at East Lake anu West Lake.
 East Lake has already been put Tn shape for a meet. The judges stand diving platform, starting ana I'hisiiins floats have been repaired and are ready for service.
 B.R., L. &P. POOL OPEN
 B. R., l.. P. swimmers had tneii grand opening at the companys pooi yesterday afternoon, when some loo aouatjc fans visited the big tank anu witnessed the efforts of about 2o swim roers who braved the chilly blasts or April to make the opening of the pool success. With well over 800 passes to this pool having been issued, the B. R., l.. x F Athletic association feels confident that aquatic sports will boom this year. d. least as far as the B. R., L. & r. pooi is concerned.
 Swimming is coming into Its own Tn Birmingham and the coming season piuS fair to be a success from every stand point