Evening journal., 1922-01-23
CITY SWIMMERS
FAIL TO PLACE
Speer, of Mercersburg, is
High Spot in Y Tank
Sport
GOLD HANDICAPS
EDDIE BARDO

Never in the history OF swimming.
has there been gathered together
such a galaxy Of stars as were as
sembled at the University OF Penn
sylvania on Saturday for the nine
teenth annual national interschol-
astic swimming championships.
Charles Speer, OF Mercersburg,
which team won the meet, was the
outstanding figure in the series of
record-breaking performances that
thrilled large audience. He broke
the national record for the so yards
swim when he won the final heat for
that distance in "a 3-5 seconds, clip
ping SIS seconds off of the record
made by Bill Wright, of Erie High
School last year. He then came right
back in the 100 yards dash and
equaled the mark for that distance
which is 59:3.5 seconds.
Wright made a desperate effort to
retain the national crown for so
yards and finished only lis second
behind Spear.
Smith, Of Erie High School forced
James Hall, OF Brooklyn Poly Prep.
to smash 1.-THE national record for 220
yards swim in order to win the event
and retain the title for this distance
which he won last year. Halls time
was 2:33 2-5 seconds and Smith fin
ished just 1-5 of a second behind
him. Halls time last year was 1885
As seconds.
Erie High School made a new rec
ord for the 200 yeards relay when
the quartet representing that insti-
| tuition won the event in 1:46 2-5
seconds. Girard College finished
just 1-5 of a second later and Mer-
cersberg 2-5 of a second behind the
winners The old record was made
last year by Lawrenceville School in
1:47 2-5 seconds.
There is not a collection OF col
lege stars that could defeat the ag-
gregation OF school boy swimmers
that were assembled at the Univer-
sity OF Pennsylvania on Saturday.
II was such opposition as this that
the cherry and white met in its ini-
tial appearance and even though
they were unable to place in a single
| event came within a hair Of doing
so in the diving and the plunge and
would have done so in the fifty yards
swim IL Ed. Bardo had been in con.
dition to even equal his best time
for that distance which is 26 sec
onds Lane, of Girard College, tool
third in the event in 26:1. BardC
was asa For the past three week.
Ed. has been suffering with a sever,
cold that has lowered his vitality
and hindered his breathing to a
great extent which accounts for his
failure to place.
Wilson Boyer tied for third place
in the fancy diving with Epp, OF
Girard College. and Johannesson, OF
Erie High School. In order "a
break the tie the judges decided to
place the men according to their
scores for the four optional dives
on this basis Epp got third place
Johannesson, fourth, and Boyer
nth. II the men had been placed
by their scores for the required
dives Boyer would have gotten
third place as he and Pedrick wer,
the highest scorers for these dives
One judge gave Boyer secont
place, another one sixth place and
the third an eighth place. Tw,
judges gave Pedrick a ninth placl
and one an eighth place. Twenty
two men were entered in this event
Sam Keen was placed fifth in tn
plunge for distance at so feet.
remarkable showing for Keen as
is the first time that he has ever hal
an opportunity to try for distanc
; in competition The local pool
only forty feet long and the plung
; is made against time.
The showing Of the local team a
whole was gratifying and prove
e conclusively that there are only
o. few schools that have teams tina
p are really better than that o
p Wilmington. Outside of MERGERS
81 berg Academy the majority OF me
! who placed in the various event
e were scattered through a number G
schools.