The New York herald., 1922-07-02
T SEASON IN HISTORY OF COLLEGE
CHICAGO MERMAID
BREAKS 3 RECORDS
Miss Bauer of Illinois A. G.
Sensational in First East
ern Appearance.

Miss Sybil Bauer peerless backstroke
swimmer of the Illinois A. C. OF Chi
cago. shattered three world records at
her first Eastern appearance in the
Olympic lagoon OF the Manhattan
Beach Bath yesterday afternoon.
Competing first In a 100 meter (103.3
Yard invitation backstroke match. she
defeated. by fifteen yards, her opponent.
Miss Dorothy Donohue of the New
York Women's Swimming Association
and hcovered the straightaway course
In I minute "A is seconds, or 8 is
seconds under the former international
open water standard. held by Miss
Ethelda Bleibtrey of this city.
On the way to the full distance Miss
Bauer passed 100 yards in 1 iu1nute
Is 2-5 seconds. beating by-four-fifth
Of second her own world straight
away mark, set In Lake Michigan last
summer.
Miss Bauer's third record achievement
came In a so yard scratch backstroke
dash which followed. She won the
event in 30 1-5 seconds, clipping four
fifths of second from the worlds open
water record, hung up by Miss Bleib-
trey in Honolulu two years ago.
Little Miss Aileen Riggin of the New
York Women's Swimming Association
gave the Western marvel a good fight
In this race. She finished second. hardly
two yards back. SO that she must
have gone dangerously close to the
former record herself.
Another Surprise.
The. senior Metropolitan A. A. w.
100 yard, free style. championship for
women. another feature of the meet.
fx,,. ,scha "a tad ntr~v icA
A thirteen year old lassie, Miss Doris
OMara OF the New York Women's
Swimming Association. carried off the
coveted title in the remarkable time Of
1 minute II is seconds, taking the
measure of Miss Riggin. favorite In
the absence of Miss Helen Wainwright,
national holder. now In California.
The district classic brought to the
mark four contenders, the Misses Ethel
Baker and Lillian Stoddard. Junior ma
tional champions at 220 and $50 yards.
completing the quartet. 1t provided a
stirring contest.
The youthful victor set out at q driv-
ing pace and left her field at once,
gaining a couple of yards on her near
est rival before reaching the 30 yard
post. But after the half way mark
Miss Riggin started to make her bid
and quickly closed the gap. leaving the
other two Ten yards from home she
was almost abreast of Miss O'Mara.
hut the latter saw her danger and
sprinted She just managed to earn
the decision by few inches. Miss
Baker was third.
EIeven-Year-Old Girl Wins.
A 100 meter free style handicap went
to Miss Ethel Ursprung. II years old,
who had an allowance of rs seconds
and did actually ! minute and 81 2-5
seconds. although she meandered all
over the course.
The fancy diving event. which was
to bring together Miss Elizabeth Becker
of Philadelphia, newly crowned ma
tional champion, and Miss Riggin, the
Olympic holder. had to be postponed
owing to weather conditions.
The summary
100 YARD SWIM tsenior Metropolitan A. A.
q. Championship)-won by Miss Doris
OMara, N. Y. w. 8. A.: Miss Aileen Rig
gin. N. Wv. s. A.. second: Miss Ethel
Baker. N. Y. w. S. A.. third. Time,
100 NJ METER BAcKsTRoKE SWIM unvita-
tion)-Won by Miss Sybil Bauer, Illinois
A. c.. Chicago; Miss Dorothy Donohue.
N. Y. w. s. A.. second. Time. I "a 10.
100 YARD SWIM CHandicap).zwon by Miss
onds); Miss Kathryn Brown. N. Y. w.
s. A. (22 seconds). second; Miss Ruth
Morgan, N. Y. w. 8. A. (31 seconds).
third. Time. :34 80.
Miss sybil Bauer, Illinois A. c.. Chicago;
Miss Aileen Riggin. N. Y. w. S. A.. sec
ond Miss Doris O'Mara, N. Y. w. s. A.,
third. Time. 0:35 10.