New-York tribune., 1922-04-01
Two More Swim
Marks Are Set
BY eissnnuller
Chicagoan Timed at 20 3-5
Seconds for 90 Yards, So
Seconds for the Century

John Wessmuller, the irrepre ssible
swimming sensation Of the Illinois A.
e. OF Chicago, added to his holdings at
the first water carnival of the Munich
pal Athletic League in the city bath in
West Sixteenth Street last night.
He started by shattering the world'e
60-yard record for a 60-foot pool in
special race at the distance He won
the event by several yards from Ewald
Wlldforster, of the New York A. G.. and
covered the course in 30 3-5 seconds,
beating by two-ffths of second the
fEures hung up yeors ago by the famed
Charlie Daniels.
Next Weissmullcr rompcd away with
100-yard handicap, returning the
actual time of 81 As seconds. or within
one-ilfth Of second Of his own univer-
sal mark for 60-foot pool. Finally he
helped his teammates Abel Siegel,
Perry McGillivray and Harry Hebner-
TO capture the 160-yard relay handi-
cap from scratch in I minute - q
seconds, which clipped two-ffths of a
second from the international standard
ior TINS event, held by swimmers of
the same club.
! A.
g., did good work in a 10O-yard breast
stroke swim. He led home easily Al
Murray, of the New York S. A., his
nearest arrival, and touched in j min
ute II 40 seconds, or 1-5 under the
metropolitan A. A. U. record.
Among the features of the meet were
three races for employees Of the city
a 200-yard inter departmental relay
SWIM, 60-yard sprint for men and a
40-yard dash for women.
The team event went rather easily
to the Fire Department. whose four
some was headed by John Newnon, Of
the New York A. c., while the Borough
Presidents representa- atives took second
and the Police Department third. The
time was / minute 337 2-5 seconds.
The mems sprint was won by Daniel
Cuihane, of the Borough Presidents of.
ice, in 38 4-5 seconds and the womens
dash by Miss Grace Delany, Of the
Board of Elections, q member of the
New York Women's S. A., in 81 seconds
fiat.
Wcissmuller clipped the worlds pool
record for 100 yards in the 75-foot tank
OF Columbia University in the after
noon
Competing in an Invitation race
ers, ". Eberhardt and i. Lang, he
covered the distance in SO seconds fiat,
or one-fifth Of second under the in
ternational standard set by himself at
Brighton Beach last September.
The new mark is equal to the worlds
straightaway record. held jointly by
Duke Kahanamoku and Pua Kealoha, of
Honolulu. Eberhardt finished second
nearly ten yards behind Weissmulier,
with Lang good third.
The summaries for the evening races
were as follows:
40-yard swim movice for women Won
BY Miss Grace Delany. Board OF Elections:
Miss Agnes McCann, President Borough Of
Manhattan, second: Miss E. McCahll,
0:S1. '''' g
6oynrd swim (novioe for men)-won by
Daniel culhane, President Borough Of Ma
, 4attan, Arthur Ranhhauser. Plant and
partment, third Time, o:as A-5.
100 yard swim topen. handica p)--Won
By John Wcissmuler. Illinois A. c.. Chi
cngo lscratch); Harold Florence. Boys
Club (5s}, second; Ewald wildtorster (6s5,
third. Time, 0:54 As.
'o-yard medley, free style, breast. back
stroke (open) Won by John Newnon, New,
York A. c.; stephen Ruddy. New York
4. G, second; Harold Florence Boys Club,
1o-yard swim (open handicap)-won by
New York S. \. GOs,, third Time, / :64 4-5.
60 yard swim (open)-Won by John
Weissnullcr, Illinois A. c.. Chicago; Ewald
Wlldfoster New York \. c., second. Time
0:29 3-5
20o-yard relay swim mGnterdepartmentaD
Won by Fire Department; Presid e Mt
Borough of Manhattan, second; Police De-
partmcnt third. Time. :37 2-6.
1O0-yard breast stroke swim (open)--
Won By Stephen Ruddy. New York A c.. +;
Al Murray, New York S. A.. second. Time,
III 4-5.
Fancy diving-Won by w Perry, New
York S A, sl.9 points; c. Jensen. Central
J. y. G.. A., Brooklyn, 76.6 points, second !;
A. Jarvis, New York s. A. 729 points
third.
160- yard relay swim open; handicap)--
Won by Illinois A. C. (Segel, Hebner, Nc
GiiIvray, Weissrnuler) (scretch); New
York A. c. (Wildfoster, Ruddy, Nerich,
NeWnon) (5 seconds), second; New York
s, A U<err. Perry, Deutschman, Callihan)
IS seconds). third. Time lis SIS
Referee-The Hon. Murray Hubert
President Board of Aldermen.