Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-08-08

in 1912 Germany supplauted the Aus
tralians as the creates, swimming
na'ion IN the world. They scored Il
total number of twenty-five points
sweden was second with nineteen.
Great britain followed with fourteen.
Australia. twelve. and the United
states. Minis
After this the United states forged
I" the front. The Australian crawl
sir"k" was perfected. or American
rcd The four-bcat and six-beat leg
drives were introduced and at the
intcrailicd swimming races at Lake
ST James. Paris. in 1919. and at the
iaSt olympic Games at Antwerp.
-Nncricam swimmers outclassed every
other nation.
Until February. 1906. Richard Ca
VII ana barney kicran. of Australia.
We're looked upo mas the worlds
Srcat"St swimmers. Captain Matthew
webb. until that time. was accepted
aS the greatest long distance swim
ner' on the strength OF his swim
ming the English Channel between
Dover and Calais lin August. 1875.
CHARLES VI. Daniels. a Wright High
Sth"oI boy and II member of the New
ork Athletic Club broke every
swimming record in the world from
iaNs during the month Of February
! l'o6, in the New York \. G. tank
The 1.-the Daniels shattered eleven
worlds records
Daniels for long while was con
Sidrrcd tn" greatest all-around swim
! mcr IN TIE world Ills records stood
! Tor Will" after he was through
competing. I:ut today. not one of
the Dwight school boys records are
visible on the record books. The
| six and four beat crawl strokes
evolved by Americans developed
swimmers that far out-rank tho for
mcr Mercury Foot star.
In 1906 Daniels swan nifty yards
| IN - 20 seconds. Duke Kahanamo-
ku. OF the OutriEgcr Club. Honolulu.
shattered the worlds record for that
| distance when ne did - as seconds
| During the year of 1906. Daniels
| ioo yards in IS seconds was looked
| upon as record that would stand
| Tor years. hut Kahanamolu broke
! the worlds record in Honolulu Uar-
Dor in 1914. swimming 100 yards in
| 30 seconds
| Daniels mark for $50 yards of l:I3
IN 1906 is held today by Tcdford Cam,
who ala 30 3-5 for the distance.
| Ills @2O-ynrd record of 2:33 - sec
| ohus Is Also hcid by Ted Cam. The
new record is 2:l? ~ seconds.
The Iuartcr-mi!c record set by
! Daniels ,hc same year Of $50 =
seconds. is now held by Norman Ross.
| who did the same distance in sos 3 ;
! seconds
| Just as these times have been por-
/ c'ptbly reduced so have all the old
\ distance records been lowered by the
/ swimmers of today. The broa 81
( stroke, swimming on back. and other
/ MODES Of rr"pcll'ng man through the
! water have likewise been shattered.
Where ines" record breaking feats
! VIII terminal" is problcmatical As
! fast as the records are compiled in
/ y. y. |. headquarters they are low
cred again. And this is likely 10
! continue for some time
In the record breaking swimming
| achievements OF the Americans. Duke
| kahanamoku. the Honolulu sprinter.
| and Norman Ross. chief scorer In the
! swimming events in the last Olympic
| games. stand out as the two greatest.
| McGillivray. LANCER the Kcaloha
| Cam follow closely as rivals of these
| great watcrmcn. The two Kcaloha
| boys perhaps arc the most promising
! Of thcs" five. The great bronze
! skinned Duke has seen his hest DAYS;
! as a swimmer He will have to bow
| shortly to time, ana his successor as
, sprint king Viii likely be- ono az his
] own Swarthy Countrymcn from 'hc