Evening star., 1939-03-19
Trio Of Tank Records
Fall in A. A. j. Meet:
Shoreham Victor
Hosts Win Team Titles
In Both Sexes, Sons
Male Race Champ
BY BURTON HAWKINS.

Karl Schmitt, handsome Uni
versity Of Chicago graduate student
OF anthropology, fractured two local
indoor swimming marks, and Ann
Arnson, who works for one hotel
and swims for another, shattered a
third last night in the annual Dis
trict A. A. U. tank meet in Shore
ham Hotels Venetian pool.
Shorehams crack clubs swept the
team titles. its mems outfit winning
despite failure to capture a first
place in any race. Shorehams fair
splashers successfully defended their
women's title, trimming Ambas-
sador, 1929, while the mems team
succeeded Central High, registering
81 points to 43 for Y. M. c. A.,
which finished second.
Schmitt Scores Double.
The husky. 23-year-old Schmitt,
representing the Y. M. c. A., won
both SO and 10G-yard freestyle races.
Home for spring vacation, Schmitt
clipped two -tenths of a second off
the previous 50-yard mark held
jointly by George Croft and Bob
Jordon, churning the distance in
0:24.6. and lowered Jordan's 1887
record of 56 seconds to 0:54.1 in
winning the 10O-yard event. Schmitt
also swan a leg on the winning
Y. NJ. c. A. 300-yard medley relay
team.
Miss Arnson also had a busy
evening. establishing record of
2:l58 for the 150-yard medley race
to eclipse Betty OToole's fve-year-
old mark of 2:l8, in addition to
snatching first place in the 100
yard freestyle race and second place
in the 50-yard freestyle event. She
was the only Ambassador swimmer
to win first place.
Dive Easy for Tarbett.
Neatly proportioned Bill Tarbett
was the only Shoreman represent
ative to grasp a first place in the
mems division. easily winning the
high board fancy diving event with
1922 points. John Marshall of
Y. M. c. A. was second with 8069
points, with Burt Williams and
Stewart Freyberger, both of Wilson
High, third and fourth, respec-
lively.
Ernie Boggs. highly regarded Y
M. c. A. natator, successfully de-
Tended his 15O-yard backstroke title,
winning without being pressed in
1:46,3, and also swan the first leg
on the medley relay outfit.
Morris Goldberg, another Y. NJ.
c. A. entry, outlasted Dick Baker
of Shoreham to take the 220-yard
breast stroke race in 3:11.8 and
completed the runner-up teams
medley trio Goldberg won the 22O
by gnats whisker as Baker, de-
Tending champion, closed bis 4-yard
gap in the final 20 yards.
Wilson High Girl Wins.
Jean Brunson, slim 15-year-
Wilson High student representing
Shoreham, won the womens 50-yard
freestyle race in 1928 seconds, while
Lucille Kirsch and Betty Strohecker
were other Shoreham winners. Miss
Kirsh won the 100-yard breast
stroke in 1909, while Miss Stro-
hecker missed tying her 1898 rec
ord of 1894 by four-tenths of
second in the 100-yard backstroke.
Summaries:
TEAM TOTALS.
Women--Shoreham. 3S; Ambassador 20.
western Hieh 5! wilson High N s 5; e. Central si
RESULTS.
Men.
50.yard freestyle--Won by Karl schmitt
fourth. fourth, Neil swan % 'shoreham1 o' esnnt. Time.
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ssbmit ny ,d Al nos second o1adn Bill W5sht
pSn esSdoe second oi
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~ i5SysTd d A.? eas2st?ske H%s sl's Won by Ernie
Ban gosss ,cptrs tY NJ as E A.: ,, seeond; Bob sam
tshoreham' @s Time. .0IftH i:4ss. Ike la TeVer
nsssy seass Mofzs gedbeys BY k,
Schmitt; second. .Shoreham A team ike
La Fever. Dick Baker Bob Jordonl; third.
Western High A team Howard Gray. Carl
Holden. Bob RAYMOND: fourth 6horeham
e team fCharles johnson, Charles Reed,
High board divins-won BY Bill Tar
bett (Shorehaml. 1OS. ~; second, John
Marshall ~. M. C, A.. sO.69; third,
Burt, Burt WILLIAMS VILLAINS Wilson H,shl: sa5$;
57.53. '"''''
50-yard freestyle-Won by Jean Brun-
bsssador.; third Dorothy steinbrsier
bassador). Time, O:323
100-yard freestyle-Won by fnn Arnson
Ambassador); second. Jean Brunson
Ishoreham); third. Helen Arnpn IAm-
bassador). fourth. Dorothy Steinbraker
(Ambassadorl Time. Ill.
1O0-yard breast stroke-Won by Lucille
Kirsch, (Shorehaml: second, Helen Flett
!Shoreham>; third. Dot Farwell tShore-
ham); fourth, Helen Mills (Ambassador).
- 10O-yard backstroke-Won by Betty
Wadsworth tshorehamj; third. Dorothy
Steinbraker (Ambassador); fourth, Phyllis
Palmer (Shoreham). Time. 1:19.S.
$50 yard medley-Won by Ann ArnSon
(Ambassador) second. Helen Flett (Shore-
ham); third, Lucille Kirsch (Shoreham);
fourth. Jean Brunson (Shoreham) Time
2:15.S (new record-old record Of 2:lS
held by Betty OToole. 1934).
Princeton Teams Busy