The New York herald., 1922-03-30
HAEFER DEFEATS HOPPE 1900 TT
WORLDS RECORDS IN
NEW YORK A. G. TANK
Wcissmuller's Illinois A. G..
Relay Team Set Marks at
400, 500 and 900 Yards.

John weissmuller, the sensational
seventeen-year-old swimmer of the Illi-
nois Athletic Cub. displayed his Prov
ess before a large and fashionable gall
jerry in the New York Athletic Clubs
tank last night. Because cs his great
work the Illinois A. G. relay team won
the 400 yard nationa. championship and
established three worlds records.
They hung up new marks at 4oo
wards and then went on and eclipsed
the old figures for 500 and 500 yards.
They covered 400 yards in :43 3-6, 500
yards in 4:414-5 and 500 yards In
s 1895. and won the championship title
by more than twenty-five yards. New
York A. c. team was second ana the
Central Y NJ C. A. team OF brooklyn'
the only other contestant, was tniro'
beaten Off. The old records. which were
established a few weeks ago by tnc
Yale University swimmers. were ~ 80
for the 500, 4 :46 2-5 for the 900 ana
5:453 3-5 for the 600.
The speed of Wcissmuller was the
sensation of the night. After tnree ui
his team mates, Perry McGiiiivray, w.
L. Wallen and IL i. Heonei. nau e.
covered 100 yards in exceptionally iase is
time and gained four yards on the stars
Of the New York A. c.. Weissmuiler
dived off as the anchor man In the cnain-
nionship event. He Is big, powerIui
fellow weighing 167 pounds and stanu-
ine. 4 feet inch. His powerful strohe
ca arricd him through the water at al,
extremely fast pace and when nc hau
finished he had gained more than twenty
Yards. He swan his 100 yards IN .ne
fast time of SO 3-5 seconds. AS ne mn
isha5 n T, Tones started off on another
100 ward dash and he went good enough
to ciip the 500 yard mark. Tnen ape
SiepeI relieved him and helped annex
the 500 yard record.
THE New York A. c. was represented
bv Phil Centhner. Hal Voilmer, leu
Cam. e. Smith, E. Wildfoster ana ~.
Nerich
Half an hour after the relay WeisS
muller tried for the fifty yard individual
record but failed. He was scneauieu -
meet I,eeming Jelliffe of Yale, but Je!-
life failed to appear and Phil Genthher
was substituted Genthnsr proved
good sub" but no match for the young
Westerner. who won easily Dy Two
Yards. Weissmuller's time for the fiity
yards was "a seconds. four-fifths OF
second behind the old record.
George Dahnl, a member or the Mer-
curry Foot organization. outclassed the
performed almost perfectly and rolled
UP a total of 112 points. which was is.i
points more than was compiled py mas
nearest rival, Joseph +. Dunn, anotner
New York representative.
The fifty yard handicap members
swim went to Thomas A. Ruddy, VINO
was allowed a start OF two seconds,
while the water polo contest, the only
other event on the program, was won
by the New York A. G. team. Ihe
Mercury Foot sextet defeated the rep
resentatives of Columbia University b.
% to 10. The summaries: r
so YARD SWIM. HANDICAP (for New York
a. 9. members)-Won by Thomas A. Rua-
dy @ seconds: Stephen 4. Rnddy. Jr.
onds). third. Time. as 4-5 seconds.
400 YARD NATIONAL a. A. u. RELAY
CHAMPIoNsHIP-Won by Illinois a: g.
Hebnsr srry snd Jon III New = York
Athletic Club (Philip Centhner. Hal Noll-
mer. Ted Cam and S. SMITH. second: Cen
tral Y. NJ. q. A., Brooklyn GIarry Lewis.
Herbert Belin, Lewis r. Helwig and Victor
Kiffe,, third. Time. 43 s-5.
FANCY DIvE-Won by George Dahn. New
York Athletic Club. with liz points; Joseph
r. Dunn. New York a. C.. with $50 points.
second john S. Davidson, New York A. O.,
with SIS points, third.
so YARD SWIM tSPECIAL)-Won by John
Weissrnuller, Illinois A. c.: Phillip Genth-
ner. New York A. c., second. Time, "a
seconds.
WATER POLO
j. A. Ruddy.. Left forward. -. A. Cooper
FL. Mcconnell. Right forward NJ Beiswinge-
y. Smith. ..... Center forward T.P AcNerni'n
8. Russell. ...... Left back. @. Il. HARVARD
Nj. T. Duryea. Goal. ........ 20. @. Judd
Time-Two periods Of ~ minutes each.