Evening star., 1928-12-31
RECORDS GALORE BROKEN
BY y. S. SWIMMERS IN '28

win five of nine events listed for men
and five of seven for women, but they
reaped team laurels by overwhelming
tallieS in both branches of competition.
And the impressive victory was the
more amazing in that the representa-
tives of all other countries showed
striking improvement over their per-
formances at the previous games in
1924.
OF the progress of our watermen and
naiads during the IL months past
speaks eloquently the fact that vouch-
ers for nearly $50 record breaking feats
were turned in at the annual congress
of the National A. A. U. At that, many
other exploits were not reported, quite
a few on account of official negligence
and some because failure to comply
with all technical requirements made
the new marks unacceptable.
Johnny Weissmuller of the Illinois
A. C. of Chicago and Miss Eleanor Gar
ratti of San Rafael, Calf, achieved
the finest feats in free-style sprinting.
Johnny clipped the world straight
away mark for 100 meters to ST as,
and Miss Garratti lowered the women's
standard for the same distance to
Ito 3-5 in 55-yard pool, each cover
ing actually 110 yards instead of 100
meters, or 1U9.36 yards.
Crabbe's Performance.
Over the middle distances Clarence
Crabbe of the Outrigger Canoe Club of
Honolulu accomplished the foremost
performance returned by man when he
hung up a new world mark CT
21.35 3-5 in a 110-yard bath. But in
competition for women so many star
&c fol1 ieI "a ftoYsn
is no naming the best Truly brilliant,
however, were swims of 200 meters in
2.39 As, 400 meters in 5.42 2-5 and $50
yards in 11.56 3-5 by Miss Martha More
Illus of the Womens S. A. of New York,
and one mile in 2449 3-5 by Miss Jo-
sepnine McKim of the Carnegie Library
A. G. of Homestead, Pa.
All the foregoing times for women
were made in 50-meter or 55-yard pools
and it is worthy of note that the for
mer long-course world records stood
respectively at 2.46 2-5, 5.51 Us, 1877
and 25.13 2-5, which gives an idea of
the remarkable leap taken by our
naiads in single year.
Medley Record for Miss Helm.
In medley swimming, breast lack
and crawl stroke, the topping Ia
tional marks went to the c. of
Crabbe of Honolulu and little Miss
Holm. Crabbe shaded the long-course
time for 800 meters to Alb, and Miss
Holm the 75-foot pool figures for 800
yards to 4:26 1-5.
Relay records, especially interesting
because they are gauge of group prog
ress, suffered a veritable slaughter. A
four-man Yale team cut the standard
for 400 yards free style to 3.39 1-5; quar-
tets Of the Illinois A. c. and Women'S
S. A. cracked the respective 680-yard
times for men and women to 1892 3-5
and 11:10 2-5; trios of the New York
A. G. and Women'S S. A. reduced the
figures for the classic 300-yard medley
relay to 500 3-5 and 3:45 3-5.
Worthy of mention also, however,
are two records for large teams estab-
lished by Brooklyn Y. M. c. A. SWIM
mers. inasmuch as they smashed to
pieces the old standard Nine of the
"Y" contestants lowered the mark for
IL dropped the figures for 1-mile back
stroke to 22:32 is. The former rec
ords were listed at 25:35 3-5 and
24:21 is.
The long-distance national SWIM
ming championships were captured by
Edward Lee of the New York A. c. and
Miss Ethel McGary of the Women's
S. A., while leadership in fancy diving
fully was established by Peter Des
Jardnises of the Roman Pool S. C.. of
Miami, Fla, and Miss Helen Meany of
the Women's S. A., each the winner of
national indoor and outdoor titles as
we'll as Olympic crowns.
The all-around American champion
ships, earned by the individuals and
teams attaining the highest total scores
in the senior national indoor and out
door classics, went, respectively, to John
Weissmuller and the Illinois A. c. in
competition for men, to Miss Martha
Norelius and the Women's S. A. in the
events for women.
Yale and Michigan, intercollegiate
champions of the East and Middle
West, boasted of the strongest SWIM
ming teams in the national varsity
field. And they were matched to
dot as indicated by the fact that in a
dual meet at New Haven the relay
race. which the Ellis won by a mere
touch, decided the engagement Stan
ford was supreme on the Pacific Coast. ]
In the college arena Yale won the |
Eastern title and Northwestern was
conceded leadership in the Middle |
West, while Stanford downed all rivals |
on the Pacific Coast. There was no in |
tersectional competition, however, as |
Eastern universities play the American !
game, others the international.