The New York herald., 1922-06-18
CHILD SWIMMERS
MAKE CLEAN SWEEP
Miss Wainwright Wins Title
Race i'm 20 1-5 Seconds at
Manhattan Beach.

Little stars of the New York Women's
Swimming Association made a clean
sweep of the Senior Metropolitan A. A.
u. championship at 50-yard swimming.
the feature of a water carnival in the
Olympic lagoon of the Manhattan
Beach Bath yesterday afternoon.
Miss Helen Wainwright won the title
race in the fast time OF 20 10 seconds,
or within rs of second of the world
record. Miss Gertrude Ederle was sec
ond. beaten by five feet; Miss Doris
O'Mara finishd close third. These
girls are sixteen, fourteen and thirteen
years of age In the order named.
Miss Wainwright swan in great form
and there is little doubt she would have
bettered record figures had conditions
been favorable. But a stiff breeze
roughened the water and the finish line
was marked by a rope, so the time
keepers were instructed to catch the
head and not the hand of the winner.
This double handicap probably made a
difference of close upon one second.
The junior metropolitan 10O-yard free
style championship for women followed
the senior fixture and brought out a
large field. 1t proved somewhat unsatis-
factory, for a couple of the contenders
swerved from their lanes and caused
others to swing off, so that there was
great deal Of crowding and inter-
ference >
Out of the melee Miss Florence Bris-
coe. unattached, shot to the fore and
thrashed her way to victory in one
minute and nineteen seconds, n scant
arms length ahead of the Misses Fran
ces Cooney and Virginia Whitnach, OF
the New York w. S. A., who swan vir-
tually dead heat for second. the for
mer. however receiving the decision.
The mems junior m etropolitan 100
yard championship. also decided at the
meet was won handily by Harry Lewis
| the Erasmus Hall High School sprinter
wearing the colors of the Central S. c.
of Brooklyn. lie covered the course in
| IS 3-5 seconds and defeated by three
yards his nearest opponent, Edward
! Heating. of the Boys Club. who lee
home by a couple of feet Victor Kffe
of the Brooklyn Central S. c., third tc
cross tho line.
A 10O-yard handicap swim for women
developed into walk-over for Miss
| Ethel Ursprung of the New York w
| S. A. She had an allowance of 32 sec
onds and did actually ] minute 20 l.
seconds, so that the scratch girl would
have had to do 81 seconds to win. The
worlds record for women stands at
minute 2-5 seconds.
Miss Wainwright scored again IN
/ fancy diving handicap from the 10-foot
springboard. earning remarkable tota
of 1858 points from the 3-point mark
The summaries:
! 80 YARD SWIM (senior metropolitan A. A
u champonship)-W by Miss Heller
! Wainwright, New York w. s. A.. Miss
Gertrude Ederle, New York ". $. A. sec
ond; Miss Doris O'Mara, New York w. s
! A.. third. Time, 30 Ii.
| 100 YARD SwlT Ounior metropolitan A. a
! u championship by Miss Florenc,
| Briscoe. unattached; Miss Frances Cooney
! New York w. s. A.. second; Miss Virgins
| Whitnach. New York w. S. A.. third
| Time, 10.
| 100 YARD SWIM (Handicap)-W by Miss
| Ethel Ursprung. New York w. s. A. @.
| seconds Miss Evelyn Sommers, New Yorl
w s. ~. (23 seconds. second; Miss Ethe
McGary. New York w. S. A. 90 secouds)
third. Time, 30 1-5.
! FANCY DIVING (Handicap) by Mis-
Helen Wainwright. New York w. s. A
g points,, 1853 points; Miss Florenc
Briscoe, unattached GS points,. 98.9
| points Miss Kathryn Brown, New York w
! S. A. (2l points) 1885, points
| 100 YARD SWIM Gunor metropolitan A. a
| u championship for men)-Won by Harrl
Lewis, Central s. c.. Brooklyn; Edwart
Heating. Boys Club. second; Victor Kiffe
Central S. c., Brooklyn. third Time
0:JS 3-5.