Evening star., 1932-09-04
SCORES HIS SIXTH
STRAIGHT VICTORY
Lee, Spence, Teammates,
Next 10 Finish-Larsen
Leads Local Entrants.
BY FRANCIS z. STAN.

N&A yS04o o6Op 0I tAlC NCLy
- tender age Of Is, Raymond
~ Ruddy Of the several swim
ming Ruddys from New
York formed the habit of touch
ing the Washington Canoe Clubs
battered float ahead of everybody
else and walking of with the
Presidents Cup.
So tenaciously has this habit chung
that it was almost with an air of
boredom that Ruddy yesterday splash
ingly sprinted the three miles, thumped
the host clubs floating wharf and ac-
cepted the trophy offered by President
Coolidge in 1924.
1t was his sixth straight victory and
the seventh team triumph in a row
for the New York A. G., of which
Ruddy Is member. His time was
/ hour, Is minutes and 40 as sec
ord, which Is held by this same young
Mr.. Ruddy. The runner-up was Ed Lee
and the winner of third place was
Walter Spence. They also represented
the New York A. c.
THE smoke of Starter Howard Rup-
i parts overgrown pistol hardly had
blown away when 1t was evident
1t would be three-cornered affair
among Ruddy, Lee and Spence. Like
trio Of porpoises they splashed far
to the front, the rest of the field re-
sembling a string of bobbing corks.
Spence, who had been swimming a
virtual tie with Ruddy for nearly q
mile and q half, dropped back and
Lee assumed his place.
A silver Of cellophane hardly had
separated Ruddy and Lee until less
than a quarter Of q mile from the fin
ish. They swan side by side, close
enough TO discuss the depression, the
election or whose turn 1t was to polish
the Presidents Cup next year. Their
heads almost submerged constantly,
the only way to distinguish Ruddy from
Lee, or vice versa, was in their strokes.
Ruddy employed approximately A
strokes to the minute, while Lee used
about 80.
A BOUT 400 yards from the tape it
"A ceased to be o neck-and-neck af-
fair. Ruddy increased his stroke
and pulled away easily. Lee finished
rs or 80 yards behind the Gotham star
and Spence pulled In a few minutes
later to clinch the cup for the New
York A. C.. once more.
Paul Dunleavy Of the Bay Shore
Swimming Club Of Baltimore finished
fourth, nearly eight minutes behinc
Ruddy. Local laurels were won by Eric
Larsen of the Chevy Chase Club. Lar.
sen was the first Washingtonian to fin.
ish, taking tenth place and annexins
the District A. A. U. 3-mile champion,
| ship. Lawrence Buscher, regarded tbs
Capitals best bet, was twelfth.
CECOND place in the team scorins
~ was taken by the Baltimore Y. M
c. A. with 18 points. Bay Shore
was third with rs charged against il
with the Washington Canoe Club an.
| nexing fourth with 2s.
Twenty-eight started the race and n
finished. Andrew Persloskey of ths
Naval Hospital; Hubert Treacy Of tbs
New York A. c., and william Alexan.
! der OF the Washington Knights of Co
lumbus were the only competitors forced
to drop out.
Order of the fnishers follows:
,IE.-IRsaay Rudy, New York A. C..
,so5$aiMtsf ter Spence sofi New Ai q York III A. C..
Enu DuuAcdVy, Bay 6nore, Balts
Aoman Kinsley. Bait. Y. NJ. c. A.,
e: ,sS5eorse Dryer. Bait. Y. NJ. C. A..
ia wsiner. Bait. unattached.
s.bAInshons bAInshons Kicas. Bait. Y. NJ. Q. A.
m0harles Dodds. Bait. Y M. C. A..
wi.Ss61 iS6Eric >, Larsen, A Chevy Chase Club,
li-Frank Cumminss. Bait X. OF O.,
,iiSS9 ,iSS9afEawrsnee 4 Busehsr. Wash. c, C..
i5CJoseph Metz. Bay Shore. Bait. .1:3s.
I*-srthur Dsly: Wsshss Wsslhss e e. l:sS:ls
leConstancio. Alvarado. Ambassador
.IEFred Muhienfeld, Bait. Y. M. @. A..
iSAlden Smell. Wash. c. O.. 1:47:1s.
wn.6 i5Ksnnetys srIg.ys Bowie Ambassador Club
5eGwiiliam Greiner. wash. X. OF O..
,.I.Saul chrisman, Bay Shore Bait
1-Henry Thompson. Bait. Y. NJ. G. A..
i2Gjack Herbsleb. wash 9. O.. l:s7:1Q.
24-John Gill. Bait. K Of G.. 2:oQ:q.
25-John Molyneaux. Wash. G. C.. z:OI.