The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-24
MEMPHIS WINS
 SWIM TOURNEY Orange County, Fla, Vic tories Kill Atlanta
 Chances

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Aug. 2S.-Mem- phis swimmers won. the annual cham pionship swimming meet of the South eastern amateur athletic union in Lake Cla-le-Clare here today with a total of 54 points. Atlanta scored the next highest number, 4S, and the Orange county Florida Athletic club was third with 43.
 Pensacola was fourth with 25 points and Jacksonville next with eight.
 Although the local athletes failed to win any of the important swims today, they placed third consistently and oc- casionally took second place. By do- ing this, they kept pace with their clos est rival, the Atlanta Athletic club, through most of the program, placed second in the 40 yard relay for wo- men and then escaped the victory by winning both the fancy diving cham pionships.
 Loss of the mems fancy diving event was a severe blow to Atlanta, espec- ially after Virginia Ashe failed to start in the women's relay. Miss Ashe, entered against the Memphis and Pen sacola teams, was favored to win or at least finish second, but she withdraw just before the start.
 The work of the Orange county, Florida, Athletic club swimmers today indicated that they had conserved their strength for the final day of the meet Starting today with a score of Il points against B for Memphis and 27 for Atlanta, the Floridians climbed g points for final total of 43, ten short of the winning score.
 Wffh u,on0kn,oo,1a ..r,,la 6n Orange athletes swan away with six of the fourteen events on the program. J. Geier proved the outstanding swim mer of the Orange club, winning the three long swims scheduled for today. R. Howard ran him a close second, however, by winning first place in both the 50 and 100 yard dashes.
 The Staff Sisters, Frances and Agnes, of Pensacola, proved the best swimmers in the w0men's division. They placed first and second, respec- lively, in the 50 yard dash and second and third in the 100 yard dash. They also carried Pensacola's oolors in the relay race, one-sided event in which the Memphis team proved a poor sec | ond.
 Mems division:
 90 yard dash, free style, R. Howard, Orange county, first Allan Seager, Memphis, second J. Moseley, Pensa- cola, third. Time 26 seconds flat.
 100 yard dash, free style, R. Howard, Orange county, first; J. Moseley, Pen sacola, second Allan Seager, Memphis, third. Time one minute 3-5 seconds.
 220 yard swim, J. Geier, Orange county, first; J. Moseley, Pensacola, second; R. Howard, Orange county, third. Time 2:44 3-5.
 40 yard swim, J. Geier, Orange county, first; J. T. Policeman, IT,, At lanta, second; Millie Lewis, Memphis, third. Time 6 :O6 1-5.
 SS0 yard swim, J. Geier, Orange county, first; J. T. Policeman, Jr., At. lanta, second; Willie Lewis, Memphis, third Time 12 :52 3-5.
 100 yard breast stroke, Ralph Sias, Orange county, first Arthur Oliver, Pensacola second; William Lowry, Memphis, third. Time not given.
 100 yard back stroke, L. 0. HoIlines- worth. Atlanta, first; Thornton Cooper, Atlanta, second; Ralph Sias, Orange county, third Time 20 3-5.
 Fancy diving, James B. Lount, Memphis, first; T. J. Mitchell, Mem. phis, second William Murray, Atlanta,
 Women's division:
 DO yard dash, free style, Frances Staff, Pensacola, first; Agnes Staff, Pensacola, second; Virginia Ashe, At. lanta, third. Time .3O3-5. i 100 yard dash, free style, Virginia Ashe, Atlanta, first Frances Staff, Pensacola, second; Agnes Staff, Pen sacola, third. Time l :O9 4-5.
 40 yard relay, Pensacola. first : Memphis, second. Only teams entered. Time not given. "
 Fancy diving, Cecelia Finlay. Mem. phis, first; Virginia Bell, Jacksonville. second; Florida Cook, Pensacola, third.