The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-07
WEISSMULLER IS' CREDITED WITH 25' RECORDS FOR 1922
A. A. U. Approves 51 Tank and Track Marks For
 Past Year

NEW YORK, Jan. 6.-The Amateur Athletic union, through Louis Gold smith, chairman of the rules commit tee, today approved 51 record break ing performances, AT in swimming and four in track and field events. made last year. Thirty-three of these marks will go down as American records, while IS will be registered as noteworthy performances, a cate gory including feats under conditions or over distances not recognized as standard.
 All of these performances are In addition to about 100 others in track and field and swimming, to which of flcial recognition was given by the A. A. U. at it's annual meeting last November
 WeiSsmulIer Leads
 The predominance of swimming marks is due chiefly to the individual exploits of Johnny Weissumller of the Illinois Athletic club. The Chi cagoan is credited in the new list with 25 American records, 21 at free style and four at backstroke swim ming, over distances ranging from 50 to 300 yards, bringing the total number of new marks he has es- tablished within the past year to 45
 Weissnuller also helped to estab- fish an American record for the 400- yard relay over a 20-yard course, the Illinois Athletic club team, of which he was member, setting mark of minutes, AZ 25 seconds. at Chicago last March. The other swimmers of the quartet were Harry Hebner, Perry McGillivray and A. Siegel.
 Weissmullers individual records were established in meets at Chicago. Columbus, Louisville, Atlanta, Homo lulu, Philadelphia, Milwaukee and In. dianapols.
 Miss Bauer in LimeIight
 Three American records and siv noteworthy performances are credited to Miss Sybil Bauer, premier back stroke star of the Illinois Athletic club, at distances ranging from 50 to 400 yards, and established at Chi cago, Indianapolis and Brighton Beach, N. Y.
 Two of the new American track and field records displace standards recognized last November.
 Through a confusion in data sub mitted to the rules committee, the Pennsylvania State college quartet was enormously credited with record of minutes. 54 4-5 seconds for the Emile indoor relay, at a meet here February 1, 1922. Inves- tigation revealed that this time was three seconds faster than that ac- tually made and the record now is placed to the credit of the Unver- sity of Pennsylvania team, which hung up a mark of minutes, 55 1-5 seconds at an indoor meet here March r, 1922.
 The members of the card breaking quartet were Larry Brown. George Meredith, J. c. Holden and E. Me Mullen.
 Other Records Broken
 The other record changing hands Is the indoor running high jump standard. Leroy Brown of Dartmouth . leapng feet. 7-S inches at a meet here March II, 1922, to replace the mark of feet, 6 3-4 inches made by John L. Murphy of Notre Dame February 1. 1922.
 Two other records approved are;
 Four mile relay, outdoors, four men. each running one mile. IT min utes. 4-5 seconds faster. made by University of Illinois team (Howard Yates. Bruce Patterson, Gordon Mc- Ginnis and Russell Wharton) at Drake university relay carnival. Des Moines, Iowa, April 20, 1929.
 Javelin throw with javelin held in by Milton Angler. University of Illi- Moines, Iowa. April 2S, 1922.