The New York herald., 1922-06-25
WORLD SWIM MARK
SMASHED BY GIRLS
N. Y. Team Sets Up New Rec
ord at Brighton for 400
Yard Relay.

Girls of the New York women's
Swimming Association shattered the
world record for 400 yard relay racing
in winning the senior national A. A. u.
championship in the seventy Ave foot
pool Of the Brighton Beach Bath yestee-
day afternoon.
The victorious team, made up OF the
Misses Helen Wainwright. Aileen Rig
gin. Gertrude Ederle and Mrs. Charlotte
Boyle Clune. covered the distance in
minute sS as seconds. The former
mark stood at / minute 40 seconds and
was hung up by the same team. except
that Miss Ethelda Bleibtrey swan H.
place of Miss Riggin In the Brighton
pool last summer
Against the new champions started A
quartet from the Philadelphia Turnge-
meinde the Misses Gertrude Arteit.
Elizabeth Becker, Frances Clarke and
Margaret Ravior. and the second team.
Of their own organization, the Misses
Ethel McGary. Doris OMara, Frances
Cooney and Ethel Baker. 1t was more
Of a procession than a race.
Miss Ederle Gets Lead.
Miss Ederle, who SWAN first for the
winning contingent, secured lead OF
several yards ON Miss Artelt and the
latter touched we'll ahead OF Miss
O'Mara.
Then the succeeding contenders in
creased steadily the gap between first
and second and second and third. The
official time OF the Philadelphia four
some was minutes and 81 90 seconds !:
that Of the w. s. A. second team .
minutes and 4-5 seconds, showing they
were beaten about twenty and thirty
five yards respectively.
The national fancy diving senior
championship from a twelve foot spring.
board was another feature OF the car
nival. 1t developed into a neck and
neck duel between Miss Elizabeth Becker
Of the Philadelphia Turngemelnde and
little Miss Higsin, the Olympic cham
pion. On place points they ACTUALLY
were tied, two OF the Judges givins
Miss Riggin first and the other third.
Miss Becker received one first ana
two second places. But when the tie
was decided by averaging total scores.
Miss Becker earned the verdict by the
fraction Of one point her tally being
1915 points. Miss Higgins 1908
points, and Miss Florence Briscoe's. un-
attached, 1866 points Tiny Kathryn
Brown OF the w. S. A.. barely IL years
oiA finished fourth With 104.55 points.
Miss Helen Wainwright, the former title
holder. was unable to start owing to
eye trouble.
The summaries:
sGs SsRP NAHI9Ns g. Momsn n III REA SWIM
ming Association, first team tGertrude
Ederlc, ATS. Charlp;te Boyle Clune, .Aileer
Riggin, ttelen W,ii wrishp Philaielphia
Turngemoinde elizabeth Becker, Frances
Clarke, Ma rgaret Rnvior, Gertrude Arteit, !.
second; wonen's swimming Association
second team. lDoris O'Mara, Frances .,ooe-
ney, Ethel McGary. Ethel Baker,, tpiru
Time syss;, MY WeTlS sss 4 wsS Tseor ~ Helen
crist. women's Swimming Association
Lonnie Crittenden.. ~. g.. A. 11 seconds !
second, Margaret Dowd. w. s., A, IL sea-
ohdsl. thtrd: Time. i,,,,S!2 seconds ,,s,o,,
SHIP, A.. A. I've, BY Elisabeth BeGksr. ;s.s
Alieea Rlrrin, woniens swimming Associa- es,a
coe, una stacted. ic5.rG points, third. katn-
ryn Broyr Womer's Swimming Assoch
100 YARD SWIM, JUNIOR (fiandicap) we
Ethel ursprung % seconds). w. 8. A.. ser
ond; Eli-ireth Csnssrtat ls7 secondO. W
5 ya Al si{sA {sAcTNsTndRn T!sf IL II -tSAand.cap,-wou
X s.in Eths sgs,s sshsy f. Y s. s. sseonss stfsnss
ond Gertrude Edntie. w. 8. A. q seconds,
third. Time. Al 2-5 seconds.