The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-01-16
SCHOOL SWIMMERS SHOW
MARKED IMPROVEMENT

The High School swimmers took
4 trip Saturday to foreign waters,
he girls met the Virginia mer-
maids in the afternoon and the
Joys the Eveleth mermen IN the
-vening. Strengthened in nearly
every department as a result of an
intensive vacation practice the teams
made a very good showing and IN
some of the events our swimmers
we're beaten out of first and second
places only by inches.
Coach Herseth has been working
The girls team as well as the boys
Turing the vacation striving to bring
shem to high, point of perfection
and great improvements have been
made by the boys since their meet
With Eveleth here Dec. 13. 1t could
hardly be expected from the girls
% make a better showing than they
lid, as this was their first meet and
away from home in addition to
meeting team which last year was
state champions Our divers were
completely handicapped on account
Of the diving board being far more
springy than the one they are used
o. A complete record of the girls
meet was not gotten, the total score
was Virginia &c, Ely IL, but the
score is too misleading as our girls
gave the Virginians some real COM
petition in some of the events which
hey lost by inches.
The boys meet at Eveleth opened
with the Relay which Eveleth won
With good lead the time being l
min. 81 40 sec. In the diving
we're Honkala, Eveleth, 1 Larson,
Gveleth, 2; Nappa, Ely 3. 1t was
he opinion of many that Nappa
vas entitled to second place as Lar
son fell completely down on his re-
Iuired dives. Larson was last year
state champion diver.
40 yards free style: C. Johnson,
Eveleth, l. V. Voorhees,, Eveleth,
z. VIM. Mattila, Ely, 8.
100 yards Breast Stroke: Skoog,
Eveleth, 1. Hill, Eveleth, 2. Hok-
1anen, Ely, 3. This race started
out as if it was going to be a very
close one, as the three swimmers
were going side by side until the
end of three lengths when Hokkan-
an made a bad turn and gave the
other two a lead on him which he
was not able to make up, he fin
Ished 10 feet behind Skoog. The
time was l min. 26 and 2-5 sec.
for Skoog. Hokkanen's time was
1856 and 3-5.
In the 220, yards free style the
Eveleth boys won with a big lead.
J. Braga, Eveleth L S. Tuominen,
Eveleth, 2. Hugo Paapanen 3,
time sos and 3-5.
In the plunge for distance the
Eveleth boys came near springing a
surprise as they were first and Sec
ond with Hokkanen third and Jenko
fourth in the first trial. Jenko was
plunging last and managed to get a
two foot lead. Jenko was not up
20 expectations as he made SO feet
several times during vacation. Jen-
ko, Ely, so feet. Agasie, Eveletn,
az feet. Cohen, Eveleth, AZ feet.
In the 100 yards back stroke. C.
Johnson, Eveleth, /. Time 1 min.
% and rs Sec, only and 3-5 sec
onds ahead of Waino Thompson.
Pouchnik, Eveleth, was third in this
event as well as in the breast stroke
and the 100 yards free style. If
not for a bad turn that Thompson
got, he would have made johnson
give what he had and then some,
20 win. Johnson was in the state
meet last year second to Sam Hill,
Minneapolis, the National Inter
scholastic record holder.
In the 100 yards free style, A..
Honkala, Eveleth, came in first. R.
Aho. Eveleth, 2. VIM. Matilda g..
In this race it looked as if Mattila
mad nicely tucked away second
place. if not first, until he slipped in
the third turn which put him be-
hind. The time was Honkala,
min. IL sec. Aho l min. IA Sec
Mattila l min. Is sec.
The total score-Eveleth So and
Ely 10.
Next Saturday at 8 P. NJ the
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