Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-28

~ ALMOND RUDDY. 15.year old
swimmer of the New York
TX Athletic Club, led his four
4 teammates to The line IN the
annual Presidents Cup 3-mile
swimming championship yesterday,
over the course between Chain ana
Key Bridges on the Potomac. shatter-
ing the record which has stood l.
years.
Ruddv was followed in rapid pro
cession ty Edward Lee. George FiSs'-
Ter. Joseph Farley and Leo Giehel.
the entire New Yur, 4. e.. team,
which set the pace throughout The
Gotham swimmers held their score 10
&. while Maryland Swimming CLUB ot
Baltimore was second with II. WASH
inSton Canoe Club third with -
Washington Swimming Club fourth
with 81 and Quantic0 Marines nun
with 40.
Ruddv's time was | hoGr and
1234 minutes, nearly minutes raster
than that made in 1915 10y Everett h.
hnsley OF Washington Canoe Club,
who set the mark at l hour and Il
minutes.
Sprinting to the front at the start.
Young Rudy set n terrific pace for ali
hut his teammates. Lee and FiSSlef
tried to overtake the younSster. hut
found him as fresh at the finish as
at the start.
Farley and Giebel strOked evenly
for the first miles, when me Tor
mer spurted in an effort TO oNertake
Fissler. Gicbel kept steady pace
over the last quarter mile TO nhlsh
fifth. while Jerome Shear, the Wash
inoton Canoe star. and George Bahlke.
MARYLAND Swimming Club ace, were
FL
behind.
Shear Noses Out Bahllse.
The race between Shear and
Rahlke. rivals of rival clubs. furnish
ed the main feature after the \. J.
a. c. parade had passed. Bahlke led
Shear by small margin from the
start to within sight of the clubhouse
when the local swimmer flashed to
the front and won by four strokes.
Thirty-two natators started from
Chain Bridge about an hour behind
schedule. and hours later all but
4 had crossed the line at Washing
ton Canoe Club. These 4 were forced
to retire, including Charles LeVgard,
lone representative of Chicago a. A;
j. +. Bowen and j. Gerey OF the
Marines and j. Leroy of Washington
Swimming Club. also withdrew after
starting.
7. f. Smith was the first of the
nine Quantico marines TO cross under
the tape in tenth place. l.. j. Calm
took twelfth place for Collegiate A
&. and Florian Lechner was first to
finish for Washington Swimming
Clua. getting thirteenth.
-Four of the victorious New Workers.
shattered the previous record, while
:.e fifth missed il by / minute. Shear
vas tus, IL minutes behind Rudy and
minutes behind the last member of
tn winning team
The swimmers were aided by a
T..os;&b;e wind and "a receding tide,
i'a' Handicapped by chilling atmos-
p - and water slightly warmer.
-.fti;.r'S father. who has won many
a. .i1e major long distance events in
- Est in the past two decades,
= hci the winning team. It was
-! IL s first attempt in the Presi
Its FGD race. having watched the
IL . from canoe accompanying one
%. - X Y. A. {. swimmers last
;ce:
Numerous Awards Made.
III addition TO the President S Cup,
the winning team and members car
Tleu OF numerous other awards. The
Washington Chamber of Commerce
Cup becomes permanent property,
while young Rudy received the dia-
mond-studded gold medal given by
Pearson & Grain, local jewelers.
National A. A. L. gold medals were
Won by Rudy, Lee and Fissler.
Bahlke, Edward Sullivan and Moss
Of Maryland S. c., were presented
with silver A. 4. l.. medals. and
Shear. Stephenson and Smell of Wash
ington G. c. We're presented with
A. A. L. bronze medals
Farley and Giebel. who finished
fourth and fifth for y. Y A. c., re-
ceived the Washington c. c. gold and
SILVER medals, respectively, while
bronze medals We're won by Calm,
kolinsky. Busbey. Gallagher, Thomp-
son, Davenport. D. y. Carpenter and
NJ. o. Bowen. Maryland Swimming
f'ffIh tho of