The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-18
Agnes Geraghty to Try for
New Worlds 300 Meter
Record.
MARKS FALL WEDNESDAY
Time Lowered in Three I'm
portant' Distances.

The checkered flag will flash down
tonight on the Indiana-Kentucky
A. A. u. three-day swim carnival
at the Broad Ripple pool with one
more record waiting to be broken
on the final evenings events.
Agnes Geraghty, New York breast
stroke marvel, will attempt to set
new world record for the 300
meter breast stroke for women.
Nine events are on tonight's pro-
gram and will be rIn off in the
order named: Girl Scouts State
championship, fifty meters, back
stroke; national junior, 100 meters,
free style, men; 125-pound city
championship, 100 meters, free style;
Indiana Kentucky, 400 meters, free
style, men; Indiana Kentucky 300
meters, breast stroke, women;
middle States, ten-foot fancy div
ing, men; Middle States, fifty yards,
free style, women; open 440 yards,
free style, men; open 100 meters,
free style, women.
Martha Shines
The second nights aquatic events
Wednesday saw two world marks
and one national record topple from
the shelf and new times take their
place. Martha Norelius, New York,
using a smooth, graceful and ap-
parently tireless stroke, padded her
way to two new records, the 800
yard distance and the 1,000-yard
event.
The old mark of 14:584, set by
Helen Wainwright in 1925, was
beaten by 1874 seconds, Miss More
Illus finishing the distance in 14.25.
Ethel McGary, also of New York,
who afforded Miss Norelius some
company" on the record-breaking
water jaunt, also finished ahead Of
Helen Wainwright's time.
At the half-mile mark, Miss
Norelius was one second ahead of
the worlds record for that dis
lance.
Youngsters Brilliant
Eleanor Holm, Is, one of the
youngsters of the New York stars,
set up new national mark in the
300-n1eter medley for women. Miss
Holm finished in $40, five seconds
better than Agnes Geraghty's for
mer mark. One of the features of
the event was the showing of Lisa
LindStrom, another New York
youngster.
Miss Lindstrom fell far behind in
the two breast-stroke laps, crawled
up slightly in the two back-stroke
laps and then opened up in the two
final free-style laps to overhaul the
field and finish close second. 1t
provided the rather small crowd
with thrill and Miss Lindstrcm re-
cieved nice hand.
Agnes Sets Record.
Agnes Geraghty established
200-yard breast stroke record of
1882. No other record existed.
One feature of Wednesdays
events was the showing of Two In
dianapoliS boys, Dudley Jordan and
William Weiss. Jordan, in winning
the 115-pound city championship of
100 meters, chalked up his third
victory of the meet, Weiss, COM
peting in field of stars, took sec
ond place in the Middle States 100
meter back stroke event. Wednes-
days summaries:
Girls Scout State Championship. 100
Meters Free Style--Mary Esther Brooks,
Noblesyille. first; Corinne Gingery, Indi-
annapolis. third. Time-2:0l.08.
-, National Junior 300 Meters Medley for
fWgo WOE r., Eolm. New York, first;
New national 'G record 'nira Time-';2o'
Meer5 Trsa st City ,o chaampopshp 100
Bi;Sajnass5 thru Tim sfsi second Gene
an sna Kentucky Championship = Samuel
indianapolis; second; James W. Hall. Indi-
: Fifty Meters Back X Stroke for women for
nIndita.na;5;Ktsssntucky Championship Thelma
R sESy w f. wRd ayns ascond St Hut
Utter, Hunting; third. Tim aec 0iieen
m io9 Meters Breast Stroke for Men for
Kraft Louisville frst jerry Rhoads, indf1
annapolis, second; Paul /Burlingame, Louis
vile. third. Time-1:26.a
Fifty Meters Free Style for Women for
Middle States Championship-Ruth Fiber
Quinn. Chicago. second; Ruth Mcclure,
Ft. Wayne. third. Time-36 3-5 seconds.
Open 100 Meters Free Style for Men.
John Dulweber, Cincinnati, first; Saul
Buck Sway. Chicago. second: Harry Bal
man, Cincinnati. third. Time-1:066.
:. 900 Yards Free Style for Women
Martha Norelius. New York. first Ethel
McGary, New York. second Ionly two
starters. Time-14:25. New worlds