The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-18
YANKEE Girls
BREAK RECORD
IN WATER
Relay Team Wins 4oO-Metor
Race At Paris Ii Four
Minutes So as Seconds

PARIS, July Is. American WON
en- swimmers set q new worlds
mark today, when they won tIha
400-meter relay race In the OIvmr,ir
champi onshtps. The women swan
the distance In 4:5S as.
The American women who COM
posed the relay team which set the
new worlds mark, were: Miss Ger.
trude Ederle. New York: Miss
Mariecilen Wehselau. Honolulu: Miss
Ethel Lasiie. Chicago. and Miss
Euphrasia Donnelly, indianapolis.
Miss Ederle was the first to enter
the water in the relay for the
American women. She started Ike
2a flash, giving Miss Donnelly j ten
yard lead, but the indianapolis girl
tailed to- hold the advantage which
was cut down to three yards when
Miss Laslxie took UP the swim. Miss
Lasl1e opened up gap Of fifteen
yards and when Miss WenseIau took
the water she increased this adj
vantage. winning by twenty yards.
Great Britain swimmers were sec .rd
and Sweden third.
John Weissmuller, OF tho Illinois
A. G., Chicago, scored another tri.
umph for America when he Won
the final in the 4O0-mater. free
style race and set a new Olymnlo
mark Of 5:4 Is seconds.
The former mark was 5.24 rs.
made by Hodgson, the Canadian,
in 1912.
Swimmers from the United States
We're among those who qualified
this morning Tor the semi.finals OF
the S00-meter relay OF the Olympic
championships Other nations who
VIII be represented in the semi
finals are Italy. Sweden, Holland
australia, Japan, Great Britain and
France.
The United States team Il com
posed Of Richard Howell and Ralph
Brewer Of Chicago. WaIlie O'Connor
OF Venice, Calf, and Harry Clancy
Of Pittsburgh, They won their neat
with Italy second, in ten minutes
Al 2-5 seconds
The Argentinians failed to qualify
In their heat, finishing last IN the
event which vas won by Australia.
with Japan second.
Weismuiler was not forced to ex.
tend himself to win. Roy Charlton
the Australian, was a disappoint
'ment, finishing third behind Arne
Borg. of Sweden.
Swimming the first hundred me.
tres, Weismuller and Arne Borg
matched stroke for stroke. the
Judges deciding that borg led az
the end Of the first hundred. the
time being minutes 4 Is seconds.
The Chicago swimmer went into the
lead In the first lap Of the second
hundred, and increased the advan.
lage to a yard on the back stretch.
his time for the second hundred
was minutes, % seconds.
AT the start of the third hundred
charlton was three yards behind
Borg. Borg retooK the lead On fhe
third hundred, gaining half q ward
on Weismuller. The time at the
end OF the third hundred was Z
minutes is seconds.
Weismuller shot forward at tha
start OF the final hundred. but Borg
chung to the American and thew
furnished thrilling duel, the Amer
lcan finishing not more than 4
hands length in front of Borg
with Charlton, who never was iY1
the swim. a yard behind. Exc Borg.
brother Of Arne, finished fourth.
and Hatfield, Great Britain, was
fifth.
The Americans shattered another
mark when Warren Kealoha, of
Hawaii. won the final in the hun
dred metre, back stroke race and
set new Olympic reco-d, Kealocha's
time was / minute, 13 rs seconds.
S-5 seconds better than the mark
he made in 1920.