Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-06
AQUATIC STARS
LOWER RECORDS
Three American Marks Are
Washed Away at Meet
in California.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONG BEACH, Calf, July 5-Con-
tinuing the general revision Of the rec
ord books, select swimmers In the ma
tional A. A. U. championships today
washed three American marks from the
log in the third session of the fifty
fourth annual meet.
Apparently the only reason no new
world marks were added to the list of
five submerged in the first two days
was that the events were not among
International Amateur Athletic FEEDER
alton.
Buster Crabbe, Honolulu, Of the Los
Angeles A. c., and two relay teams, the
Los Angeles A. c. women's quartet and
the New York A. G. mems combination,
transformed the figures in three of to-
days four races.
Western Team Wins.
The womens sS0-yard relay aggrega-
ton of the L. A. A. c., composed of
Marjorie Lowe, Jennie Cramer, Olive
Hatch and Josephine McKim, staged a
Women's Swimming Association team in
II minutes Is 2-10 seconds. The mark
of IL minutes. % $40 seconds was
posted by the Gotham swimmers in
1927.
1t was the first time in IS years that
a New York w. S. A. relay team had
been beaten. Miss Lowe, lead-of for
the L. A. A. c., had a four second ad-
vantage over Miss Adelaide Lambert,
New Yorker. at the end for the flrst
220-yard lap Miss Cramer lost two
seconds to l3-year-old Constance Hane,
New York, but Miss Hatch increased the
edge IN more than six seconds,
Miss Lisa Lindstrom, weakened badly
in her race with Miss Hatch and Miss
Catherine Ames attempting to overcome
the 3-yard handicap, found the going
too strenuous, with Miss McKim pulling
away at the end The Western Women's
Swimming Club Of San Francisco fin
ished third, far behind.
New York Men Are VictOrs.
The New York A. c. quartet won the
mems half-mile contest in minutes
81 seconds to surpass the 1928 figure of
the Illinois A. C. by seconds. Albert
Gorilla went into the lead in the first
ITO yards, with Raymond Ruddy, George
Fissler and George Kojac steadily
creeping away from the field to lead
the Hollywood A. c., defending cham
pions. by Is yards at the end. The
Pacific Coast Club, Long Beach, finished
third.
The mems 3oo-meter medley test re-
solved itself into a struggle between
two stars from Honolulu. Crabbe had
a distinct advantage on the breast
stroke lap. Maiola Kalili. native
Hawaiian, came UP strong in the back
stroke brush, but did not have the speed
to overtake the leader He weakened
at the finish of the free style section,
with Crabbe putting on a sprint to lead
by 3 yards. Austin Clapp of the Holly
wood A. c. nipped Norman Ketterlng,
Pacific Coast Club, at the end for third
place. In winning, Crabbe set a mark
Of 4 minutes 8-10 seconds, 5 clio sec
onds better than his record, established
a year ago. The triumph gave him his
second title of the meet.
Sinoaki Wins HonOrs.
In the high platform fancy diving,
Farid SinoaN. Egyptian 1928 Olympic
champion. won with 97.94 points; Harold
Smith. L. A. A. c.. was second, with
e5 80. and Walter Goliath, Chicago A. A,
third, with 1858. Johnny Riley,
L. A. A. c., defending champion, placed
fifth.
Today's results gave the Los Angeles
A. C. the lead in team scoring, with
25 points The New York A. G. was
second, with 20, and the Hollywood
A. c. third, with IA.
In the women's section, the New
York Women's Swimming Association
forged ahead, with 26 points, the Los
Angeles A. c. trailing, with %. The
unattached points, all scored by Miss
Helen Madison, Seattle, placed her
third, with 15 The Western Women's
Club, San Francisco, was fourth, with
4 points.
Tomorrow's final events hold promise
of a renewed attack on records,
inasmuch as Miss Madison will return
to enter the half-mile free-style, after
setting new world marks in the 100
meter, 400-yard and mile free-style
races during the first two days. Crabbe
will seek to eclipse the half-mile mark
for men, with Kalili expected to give
him a tough race.
New American records may also go
in the 440-yard breast-stroke events
for men and women. Miss Georgia
Coleman of the L. A. A. G. is favored
to win the diving title again in the
women's division.