New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-31
Ne1U York Il. C.. and Hawaiian
Mern'en Beaten in Triple Meet
Spring Lake Team Wins
Point Prize; LANCER and
Kruger Score Heavily

SPRING LAKE, N. j., July 3O.-The
watermen Of the local Bathing and
Tennis Club scored victory over New
York A. c. and Hawaiian rivals in
triple swimming meet here to-day. The
Hawaiian contingent was confined to
two men, Ludy LANCER and Harold
Kruger, while the. opposing club pitted
against them full teams.
The noted visitors earned twenty
four points in seven events, despite
their handicap, and outscored the Mer-
curry Footers, who garnered 20. Spring
Lake won with % points.
Two middle Atlantic A. A. U. records
went by the board Paul Guenthner,
of the New York A. c., took the So
yard dash in "a 1-5 seconds, and his
clubmate, Stephen Rudy, romped away
with the 440yard breast stroke swim
ins7 minutes 141a seconds, both beat
ing the district standards
Kruger captured the free style and
back stroke centuries without trouble
in 81 As seconds and 1 minute 1875
seconds respectively, but LANCER won
the furlong swim with even greater
ease in minutes 33 AS seconds.
Two races for mermaids brought out
the foremost stars of the metropoli-
tan and middle Atlantic districts and
provided more unexpected develop
ments.
In the 5O-yard scratch swim, won by
Miss Ethelda Bleibtrey, Of the New
York Women's S. A., in 20 2-5 seconds.
Miss Charlotte Boyle, national cham
pion at the distance, missed her turn
and the slight mishap was enough to
enable fourteen-year-old Gertrude
nf thn
lead her home and secure second
place.
Then, in 100-yard handicap, Miss
Ederle, who had seconds allow
ance,. covered the course in the amaz-
ing time of minute rs seconds and
scored q victory, closely followed by
Miss Gertrude Kahrs, of the home
club, thirteen years old, who had IL
seconds and did actually minute
III 3-5 seconds.
Miss Boyle, third to finish, was
caught unofficially in l minute Sec
onds and Miss Bleibtrey, the scratch
girl, in l minute 3 3-5 seconds
The summaries follow:
TRIANGULAR MEET
bo-ysrd swim-Won by Paul Guenthner,
ne" YORK a: C.: Harold Kruger, Homo
and T. c.. third. Time. 0:24M
49, 44o-yard breast stroke swim-yvon by
Stephen Rudy. New York A. c. David
RICHARDSON, Spring Lake B. and T. c., sec.
ond; Robert Bowling, Spring Lake 3. and
T. C.. third. Time. 1919. '''N
:, 1oO-yard swim-Won by Harold Kruger
dni d Bernard Bridget. Spring Lake b.
ana T. C., second; Ludy LANCER, Honolulu,
third Time, 0:67%
=, 22o-yard swim-won by Ludy LANCER,
ToH n ssro Louis Kerr Spring Lake B. and
b. and T. c.. third. Time 2:33%
n Io O,j r back stroke swim-won by
Honolulu. second: d. Phillips, Spring Lake
u. ana t. G.. third. Time. 1:12%.
Fancy diving-Won by Harry Maxwell.
Sspring Lake B. and T. c.. Robert Maxwell,
spring Lake B. ana T. G.. second L. An.
oerson 5r., Spring Lake b. and T. c.. third
2Co-yard relay swim-won by New York
Spring Lake B. andT c. MURRAY, Bridget.
Powers, Georgia. second; Honolulu (Lan.
ger, Kruger), third. Time, 1:4ess.
score-Spring Lake b. and r. c., %:
honolulu, "a; New York, A. c., 20.
EVENTS FOR WOMEN
bo-yard swm-Won by Miss EtheIda
Bleibtrey. New York w. S. A Miss ca