The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-30
ALUa Allen Wins High
 Honors at City Meet
Marshall Moses Junior Star at Swimming Meet-EaSt
 Lake Affair Is Success

City swimming championships for 1922 were decided at East Lake yes terday afternoon, when the city meet was staged under the auspices of East Lake park and under the super vision of Capt. J. N. Seymour, Jr.
 Ava Allen, Freddy Levvy and Mar shall Moses were outstanding stars of the day Allen, a Birmingham Athletic club swimmer. won the meet, by scoring 21 points. He led Freddy Levvy by four points. Marshall Moses cleaned up in the junior events, winning two first places and one second out of the three events run off in this division.
 Tho meet got off to a good start before an interested bunch of some 500-odd shore hounds, the first event being the junior 50 yards. As the se- nior events came on, Freddy Leyvy, an East Laker, came rapidly to the front, taking three first in swift or- der. Unheralded and from the rear stepped Alva Allen and the meet de- veloped into a match between Levvy and Allen.
 It was a hot race, until the last i event the score stood IS and 16 In the favor of Allen, Levvy still having a chance. In the breast stroke race, Allen came in second and Levvy third, the meet going to Allen by "a 2l to IT score.
 Brock Wins Diving
 The diving, won by Eric Brock, afforded the colorful part of the very interesting program provided by East Lake officials. Some beautiful dives were executed. Loung Lacey Edmondson. a stripling compared to some of his competitors, did some beautiful dives Notable also were the clean cuts done by the wee little chap in the red trunks.
 There were three events for ladies, 50, 100 and 20o-yard dash. The contestants split even on the honors. Miss Ethel Getman, former ly of Panama, took the 50-yard dash in easy, manner. showing fine racing stroke. Miss Florence Yeates, with powerful crawl, captured the 100, while Miss Clara Ehlbert came an from behind to beat Miss Yeates in the finish for the 220.
 Among the outstanding features of the meet were the exhibition swimming done by Harry Kilgore, aged years, who exhibited fine crawl stroke in going 90 yards. He also gave an exhibition dive that outshone some of his older brothers. Little Miss Katherine Brown swan 50 yards with one of the easiest going strokes yet seen in local waters She promies great things in future days, Miss Mary Alice Gar rett, aged six, also swan the 50. gamely going the full distance in record time.
 Freddy Levvy, runner-up in the meet, is one of the most powerful distance swimmers seen here In many day. He left his rivals far behind in all the distance events. In the sSo he was fully 50 yards ahead of the second man and some l20 ahead of the last man.
 Moses Wins Two
 Not to be overlooked were the ex- cellent performances of Marshall Moses, a hefty youngster, who an- nexed two firsts and second in the junior events. He packs pow erful stroke that pulls his rotund body through the water in record time.
 The winners were as follows;
 Juniors, 50 yards; Allen Moore. Ss sec, SsSs Sso yards Marshal Moses, s:2o.
 Juniors under 12 years: 50 yards, Able DsmnaoeSs' senlors 50 'y Yards: Ava Allen. 2s 2-E seconds; 100 yards. Ava Allen. 1o7 z.oi 220 yards. Ferdy Levvy S.lO; 40 ,yards Fredy Levyy. 5.56; sSo yards Freely LeVvy
 Breast stroke: W. r. Williams. 1.S7.
 Back stroke: Alvey Allen. S7 seconds.
 Diving: Erie Brock.
 Ladies 50 yards: Miss Ethel Getman s9 seconds, 100 yards, Miss Florence Yeates, 1.39 4-5; 22o yards, Miss Clara Ehbert, 4.33.
 Meet n Success
 Captain Seymour and his corps of officials are to be congratulated on the smoothness and dispatch with which the meet was run off. Able precautions were taken to safe guard against accidents and .the whole affair was quickly and eff ciently run through with. On August 5. the state meet will be held over the same course under the auspices of East Lake On September l ;.nd ? the southeastern meet will be held at Winter Park. Fla, and it Is tntici- pated that picked team VII ge to this meet to represent East Lake