The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-06
MEN, WOMEN AND HIGH SCHOOL STARS
 IN ELI CARNIVAL
Great Swimming Event Is Planned for Wednesday at Payne Whitney Pool

New Haven, March 6-(Special to the Democrat)-With 8 group of nationally known women swim mers and divers on hand Wednes- day night in the exhibition pool in the Payne Whitney gymnasium, gill appear six of the best local women swimmers who will com pete in the first annual Yale swimming carnival that night, making the event one of the most 1 attractive one for both women and men. The Yale Swimming Association has received entries from Barbara Kelleher, captain of the New Haven Women's Swim ming Club; Esther Lindsay, member of that club and who fig ures prominently in city champ ionships; Kathryn Laich who has been an entrant in the harbor swim and whose ability has been demonstrated in annual Branford championships; Jeanette Sisk, Kathryn Potter and Kathryn Ken nedy, all members of the Y. WI c. A. swimming team. Miss Laich is the Connecticut A. A. U. l6 year old champion and much in- terest is shown in not only her appearance but the others as well. Miss Kelleher placed first in the championships last August in the 100 yard free-style and the 22O yard free-style. She is member also of the "" swimming team. Miss Lindsay finished second in the 100 yard and 220 yard free style last year and is member of the "Y" swimming team and Colony Swimming Club. Miss Laich won first place in the 50 yard dash and took first honors in the dive | in the Branford championship last summer and was 9th in the cross harbor swim covering the distance between Lighthouse Point and Savin Rock in 1 hour and AZ minutes. She is one of the best of | the younger swimmers in this vicinity. Miss Sisk, Miss Potter and Miss Kennedy are among the | outstanding members of the wo- mems swimming team of the "Y,. | While these young ladies are not quite in the class of Alice Bridges, | Dorothea Dickinson, Susan Robert son, Lisa Lindstrom, Janice Lifson, Francis Meaney Scofield and other nationally known swimmers who will be here, their competition in the pool in the special 50 yard dash will be interesting.
 In 200 Event
 In Q previous announcement concerning the program for the carnival Wednesday night, it was stated that Miss Bridges, Miss | Robertson and Miss Dickinson | would swim in the 100 yard free style. As matter of fact, this race will be over the 200 yard course and will bring together three of the fastest women at that distance in the country. Another slight change has been made in the order of events. The concluding event of the evening will be the ornamental swimming and 1t will
 be preceded by a high board div ing act in which Dutch Fissler will
 be the principal actor. In the ornamental swimming, large number of members of the Yale sqtad will appear doing artistic figures in the water with just the underwater lights shining. This figure swimming is popular ln France and Germany and ought to
 be an especially interesting fea- ture of the program.
 With Leonard Spence, worlds title holder and Walter Sevell,
 Yale's great breast-stroke swim
 mer competing in a special race, 1t
 is quite possible that Worlds s record in this event will be estab-
 lished. As this is an authorized
 championship race, any mark made in the pool Wednesday night
 will be regarded as official and will
 go on the. books. This applies also. of course, to the 440 yard free-style race between Dutch Fis- sler. Carl Leedy and Joe Barker.
 Barker's great race in this event against Walter Spence in the Rut- gers meet. established him as one of the best men at the distance in collegiate swimming this year. Spence defeated Barker by inches in one of the best long distance races seen in the Yale pool in re- | cent years.
 l Crosby Entered
 ] The program Wednesday opens with the 200 yard relay to be swum
 by sons of Yale faculty members,
 s boys to a team, then will follow the 100 yard backstroke for wo- men in which Constance Hanf, Joan McSheehy and Lisa Lind strom will participate. Following this backstroke for women, will be the 200 yard high school relay championship in which Hillhouse, Collegiate. Hopkins of New Haven and Crosby High of Waterbury will take part. Then will follow 25
 yard jockey race for boys after
 which will be the brilliant high
 board diving event for women. The 44O yard free-style will then be run
 off, to be followed by what appears
 to be record breaking 200 yard free-style between the nationally known women swimmers. Spence and Sevell will then take the water for a special 200 yard breaststroke race. after which the women swimmers of New Hacen will com-
 pete in the 50 yard dash. The
 high diving comedy act will then
 come to be followed by the artis-
 tic ornamental swimming in which
 25 members of the Yale squad Will
 take part. It is quite possible that one added eyent for men swim
 mers in which will appear Yah
 men and outsiders, will be ar
 ranged before the meet comes oH
 Wednesday. During the evening.
 Al Bauer and his orchestra will give a concert.
 Interest in the meet is high and
 up to this time q large number or tickets have been disposed of. Tickets are on sale at the present time at the Athletic Association
 office and will be available there and at the pool Wednesday night.