The New York herald., 1922-08-06
ENGLISH MERMAID
IN RECORD FORM
Two Marks Fall as Miss Hilda
James Wins in Brighton
Beach Meet.

Miss Hilda James OF the Garston
Swimming Club of Liverpool. Eng
lands all arc.nd champion mermaid.
who was defeated In the international
long distance race for the Day cups on
Tuesday. finishing third, redeemed her
self at Brighton yesterday afternoon.
Competing in a 400 meter invitation
free style swim in the seventy-five foot
pool of the Brighton Beach Baths she
shattered one worlds and one Ameri-
can record. She won the event In 1
minutes 33 4-5 seconds. or 1-5 of sec
ond under the international standard
hung up by Miss Ethelda Bleibtrey.
then Of the New York Women's 5. A..
at the Olympic Games OF 1920 IN Ant
werp. She passed 800 yards, on the
way, In minutes 8 AS seconds, clip
ping by the clear margin Of 3-5 sec
onds the national record created by
Miss Aileen Riggin in the same pool
last month.
Opposed TO the noted visitor in yes
terday's race were two young stars Of
the New York Womens Swimming AS
ISOLATION. Miss Riggin, 16 years old, and
Miss Ethel McGary. IA. They finished
as named. Miss James and Miss Rig
gin were side by side for the first sew
enty-five yards. Miss McGary close on.
and at the century the English girl led
by couple of feet She increased the
advantage slowly. being four feet ahead
of Miss Riggin at 150 yards and a body
length at 200 yards
Then the American maids made their
bid and drew up gradually At 300
yards all three contestants were almost
on even terms. Then Miss James called
on her reserve. and once more drew
away, opening a gap of trifle under
three yards by the time she shot under
the tape. Miss Riggin and Miss McGary
crossed neck and neck. the former
earning the decision by inches. Miss
James used the American six beat
double trudgeon crawl.
1t is worthy of note that both the New
York w. s. A. girls passed 800 yards
well under the national record and came
within two seconds of the International
mark at 800 meters.
An unusually interesting feature Of
the carnival was a so yard handicap
dash for girl midgets. Six youngsters
OF the New York w. S. A. took part
and swan the crawl like little cham
pions. Two sisters of Miss Helen
Meany. the national nigh and fancy div
Ing holder. reaped chief laurels Ruth.
who started on scratch, won the event
In the sterling time OF 80 As seconds,
while Frances, allowed two seconds,
secured second place. Third went to the
baby OF the field. chubby seven-year-old
Helen Hodcs, who had n start of twenty
seconds Julia Marmorstein, 10. a con-
testant In the three and half mile Day
cup race. and Maivine Gescheidt. Z. were
put out OF the reckoning by headon
collision.
Field for 100 Yards Big.
A 100 yard free style handicap
brought out tremendous field and re-
CURED a number OF heats. Miss Dorothy
Donohue OF the New York w. s. A. won
the final from the ~ second mark In
l minute Is 3-5 seconds.
A 80 yard back stroke handicap was
captured by Mrs. Hazel Zeitz, who had
an allowance OF nine seconds and did
actually a. seconds.
Louis Balbach of the New York A. G.
scored clean cut victory IN a scratch
fancy diving contest from the ten foot
springboard. He ran ZIP total OF 1888
points, while his closest rival, Rudolph
ShaclSe of Pennsylvania University. re-
celved 1889 points.
4 THE summaries:
200 METER INVITATION RACE-won by
Miss fiiida James England; second, Miss
Alieen Riggn, Women's Swimming Asso-
citation: third. Miss Ethel McGary, Womcn's
Swimming Association Time. 4 minutes
30 40 seconds New worlds decord)
80 YARD MIDGET RACE: HANDICAP-won
by Miss Ruth Meany fscratchl second.
Niss Frances Meany q seconds): third.
Miss Helen Hodes GO seconds). Time.
80 As seconds.
100 YARD SWIM; HANDTCAP-won by Miss
Dorothy Donohue. w. s. A.. G9 seconds) I;
second, Miss Gertrude Morris. w. 8. A. t2
seconds) third. Miss Elaine Dclany. w. s.
A. t23 eeconds). Time. ! minute Is 80
seconds.
80 YARD BArKsTRoKE SWIM; HANDICAP
Won by Mrs. Hazel zctz, W. S. A. 90 Sec
onds) second. Miss Ethel Ursprung. w. s.
A. ~ secondsD third. Miss Ethel Baker.
w. $. A. 60 seconds). Time. ~ seconds.