Evening star., 1935-07-16
GIRL DIVING QUEEN
BEGANASDRAF TEE
Marian Mansfield Called On
by Coach When He Had
No Other Talent.

ECAUSE some male members
x of swimming club she be-
longed to In Chicago were not
- around one day two years ago
to answer the coach's call for prac-
tice, Marian Mansfield Of the Lake
Shore Athletic Club Of Chicago today
finds herself the national junior div
ing champion.
Asked Immediately following her
sensational victory in the Glen Echo
Crystal Pool last night how she hap
pened to take up the art which cul-
minated In her gaining the champion
ship, the pretty l7-year-old blond
stated that 1t was not until the coach
at Lake Shore began looking around
for his divers one afternoon in 1899
and finding none drafted her for duty
that she ever gave anything aquatic
but swimming o thought.
Shows Natural Ability.
ONCE he had seen her natural abil-
~ ity, however, he besought her 10
dive, but swim no more. And so the
Northwestern sophomore saw her two
years efforts crowned last night with
a triumph over both Marie Duval, the
District champion, and Connie Rem
ninger. mid-Atlantic senior champion.
The winner recorded ll107 points, to
eclipse Miss Duvars 1887.
Hers was not the only surprise Of
the evening, for Barbara Cook. q tiny,
l6-year-old high school Senior from
Jeffersonville, Ind, so impressed in
her first major meet that she was
awarded third place over Miss Rem
ninger. Showing enough poise to
credit q champion and standing but
a half inch over 5 feet, Miss Cook
proved TO be another who just chap
pened" to start diving four years ago
when a life guard at Louisville, KY
started to train her.
First efforts indicate that the little
lass should 60 over in a big way in
the future. Her total Of 1891 points
were 10 behind Miss Duval, in second
place. but 8 ahead of Miss Renninger.
Four Marks Broken.
Four records were smashed during
the carnival, but only three new ones
were set up today as pool marks. Two
Of them were broken in the women's
90-yard free style, which Helen Alain
of Baltimore won in the new speed Of
1:ol SIS. 1t was in this event that
Rita Augusterfer Of the Shoreham
also eclipsed the old record. She was
a second to the Baltimorean.
Margaret Hoffman, the only United
States woman to place in the Olympic
breast stroke in 1928 and 1882, created
q new mark In that event, swimming
the 40 yards in 1:42. Miss Hoffman
Is now located In Washington, one Of
the remaining few ct the defunct
N. R. A.
Dan Hogan Of the Penn A. c. proved
to be the only male record breaker,
winning the 120-yard backstroke in
the new time Of 1:22 is, outspeeding
his old mark In the same event by two
fifths of a second.
Johnny Broaddus reasserted his
diving supremacy by winning the
mems events rather easily.
Summaries:
Women's Events.
National Junior A. A. o.. fancy hish:
board divinE-Won by Marian Mansneo
..ednd aas hSTs %srie e. 81 6aSa GhesssR tshoreha2
3S7 points; third. Barbara Cook Co
lopial Club. JefieIsonville, Ind. s3a1
points: Constance Renninser ndiI,s Penn A. c.
6O-yard free style tnovice)-won by
Margaret Russell Baltimore; second
Margery Murphy (unattaehed); third
Betty. Everett (shoreham). Time. 45A
SO-yard free style-Won by Rita Au-
gusterfer (shoreham); second Helen Alain
(Baltimorel; third. Jerry Williamson BAL
timore). Time. LOIS. New record set
lecoTd re nsi' 1Sa q 'i hed kaS Sa Miss
I2O-yard breaststroke-won by Mar
garet Hoffman Unattached; second. Flor
snss .:. peek Psnn cG shTd SseT
record; former record. 1850, held by Eliza
beth Grubb, Balttmoreo
Mems Events.
eo-yaEd free style-won g,,1 By Tom s!Inn'.l: WI:
second @ ceAfSO?s Joe L. Sane tshorehamS: third.
Harry Toulmin (Washington Y. NJ. C. Al.
Time 512s seconds;
Hogan penn a. e.: second; Frank Gum
Ewell CMsryIand club Gardens. Time,
m:It I;2Sn :, ,!!SsS !ssS record breaking HOsans
Nd 4toges.!d . iTss ssyle-won Hy william
Penn A: q; third, Homan Kinsley CBal-
tiPSrs s,.Fd NJ ,4e. At .ty,. Tns soys;wou Sss by
second. Ken Klnsella tWashinston Z. N.
g. Al: third. Don Reilly (unattached).
Tine. 35b seconds.