The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-04-23

lost by graduation-they should
have little or no difficulty in winning
more dual meets next season and
place more swimmers in the state
meet.
The following chart shows how
the team has improved in one year.
Team 100 Yards Relay--Fastest
time in 1926, 1.39 and 3-5; in 1926,
1870 and 2-10.
40 Yard Dash-In 1926 Winni-
kainen and Nappa tied, time, 23.4
seconds; in 1926 Thompson, % sec.
100 Yard Swim-1925 Paappanen
and Winnikainen tied, time, min.
11.4 Sec; in 1926 Paappanen, min.
.06.9 sec.
+ 220 Yard Swim-1925 Paappanen
min. 90 Sec: in 1926 j. M. Pncel
min. ST. sec.
100 Yard Breast Stroke 1925
Hokkanen 1912; in 1925, 1.25.5
100 Yard Back Strokee-1925
Thompson 1.24; in 1926 1.16.3.
The Improvement in the 40 yard
dash does not look much on paper,
but inasmuch as the new start adds
to the best time swimmer could
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er time is being made.
One swimmer who does not ap-
pear on the chart, but whose per-
| formances have been almost as
amazing is Tantari He is close be-
hind Thompson in the 40 yard dash
and Paapanen in the 100 yard free
style. Erving Jokinen, a 7th grad
Ell, is a natural breast stroker and
should make q strong bid for first
place next year In this event. Two
freshmen who made remarkable i'm.
| provement this year are Waino NJ
Maxi In the 40 and 100 free style
events, and Frank Pucel, a younge,
brother of John M. Pucel, in the
40 and 100 yard free style events
and diving. Frank placed 10th In
| the diving at the state meet at Biwa
blk and beat many such good divers
as B. Rajacich of Chisholm who ha6
beat both Nappa and John Pucel od
There will be a wealth Of material
for diving next year, lead by Johr
Pucel, who was elected captain fol
1926, Walter Nappa, Frank Pucel
Joe Pucel, and others Last year j
NJ Pucel of Ely did not get single
point in any of the dual meets. but
this year he garnered total of 3s
| points which put him in third place
in the seasons scoring.
/ Thompson, Herseth's back strok
er and Winnikainen will be lost tt
| the team next season through gradu
alton and it will be necessary fol-
! the Ely mentor to develop new mer
for these places. Laitala will un
doubtedly be the leading back strok
Ter in the local school next year will
Saari and Hill as close second anl
third and Somrock fourth. Laitals
should be able to go the centur.
back stroke in LIS or less nex
year, his best time this season be
ing 1.21.6, and last year 1928.
i In the breast stroke Hokkanel
will be back but will find himself
surrounded by several rivals fol
breast stroke honors. Jolinen, Mer
har and Blackmore are few of thu
most noteworthy contenders.
In the crawl there win be
wealth of material among whom th
leading ones will be Paappanen
Tanttari, Nappa, J. Pucel, F. Pucel
Pogorec, w. Maxi, Laitala, Saar
and others.
At the state meet in Biwabik, Ell,
was well represented, but the com
petition was too great. However
the Ely divers came through in tn
preliminaries. Nappa placing secon,
and Pucel third but in the final the,
did not do as good, Pucel placin,
fourth to give Ely their lone point
Nappa placed fifth. In the bacl
stroke Thompson qualified for tn
final, but extremely nervous as h
was he got mixed up in the frs
turn and after leading the field tn
first Length he found himself in tn
fourth place after the push-off. Hi
last turn was also bad and cost hin
place at the finish.
The point winners this season ar
as follows:
/ W. Nappa, 4sh points; "
Thompson, 40 and 2-5 points; J. M
Pucel, SO. points; E. Tanttari, g.
points; u. Holckanen, 26 and q
points; H. Paappanen, 25 and q
points: E. Laitala, II points; A
Winnikainen, " points; w. Nicho
las, 10 points; u. Saari, 6 points; E
Jokinen, A points.
i Last year the Ely team had min