Evening star., 1939-01-19
Galaxy Of Stars
To Splash Here
In Tank Meet
Two National Titles
At Stake Saturday
In A. A. u. Event

Such national and Eastern SWIM
ming stars as Dorothy Evans, holder
OF the women's record at meters;
Prince Nufer, 14-year-old North
Carolina swimmer who last year
broke IA pool and meet records, and
Helene Rains, national senior 500
yard free style champion, are among
the 129 ace tankers who will compete
Saturday night In the District A. A.
U. open meet at the Shoreham Hotel
pool.
Hot duels are expected in nearly
all events as "a leading clubs send
their best swimmers after individual
and team championships. Particu-
larly keen are the battles for the
national Junior A. A. U. titles for
men In the 50-yard free style and for
women in the 100-yard backstroke.
The struggle for the mems crown
promises to be wide open. Among
the 20 entries for this important
event are such well-known SWIM
mers as Otto Schaffhauser, Broad
wood A. c.. Philadelphia; James
Ammons, Reading (Pa) Y. M. c. A.;
Walter Kelley, Philadelphia Big
Brothers Association, and Ted
Hobert, Massanutten Military Acad-
emy.
Miss Nufer's Stock High.
Miss Nufer. representing the Colds
boro On. c. Swimming Association,
Is given a good chance of winning
the womens backstroke title. Her
best time in that event is S seconds
slower than the mark that won the
national senior last year. She won
the junior national 150-yard medley
when but 13 years old, and last year
finished first in % of the 80 events
she entered. Miss Rains of the New
York Womens Swimming Associa-
tion also is one of the favorites.
Others expected to offer strong
competition are: Betty Strohecker
Of the Shoreham Club, Edith Hilbert
of the Dragon Club. Brooklyn; Agnes
Clark Of Newark IN. j. A. c.. Diane
Smith, Penn Halls star swimmer;
Nita Lussier, South Atlantic cham
pion; Betty Wilson of the Park
Central A. c., New York, and Gloria
Callen, teammate of Miss Rains.
The entry this year, while not as
large as last years. is more select,
u the 81 clubs entered are sending
only their best swimmers,
Team Rivals Return.
The Penn A. G. OF Philadelphia
and Massanutten Military Academy
Of Woodstock, Va, tied last year
for the team championship. and
both are back with strong entries.
Among the other clubs and schools
competing are the Broadwood A. c.,
Philadelphia: Reading Y. w. C. A.,
Big Brothers Association of Phila-
delphia, Newark Women's Club. st.
George Dragon Club of Brooklyn,
Wilson High School, Western High
School, the local Y. M. c. A.. Shore
ham. Ambassador, Penn Hall School
for Girls and the Goldsboro IN. c.
Swimming Association.
Competition in the other won-
ems event promises to be particu-
larly hot. Miss Evans, who last
year set a pool record of 1:038 in
the 100-yard freestyle, should be
pressed in that event by Patsy Nc
Whorter of Newark A. c., who last
Saturday at New York swan the
distance 02 of a second faster. An
other good race is expected In the
15-yard medley in which Misses Nu-
fer, McWhorter, Rains and Lorrain
Fischer. national Junior 220-yard
freestyle champion. are standouts.
Anne Arunson of the local Ambas-
sador Club also is entered.
Outstanding mems event other
than the 50-yard title race prob
ably will be the fancy diving from
the 3-meter board. Bernard Gold
berg of the Baltimore Y. M. H. A.,
winner last year. is back expecting
strong competition from Bill Tar
butt of the Shoreham, current Dis
trict indoor and outdoor high board
and low board champion; George
Stoner of the Penn A. c., Middle
Atlantic champion, and Dan Davis,
outstanding diver from st. George
Dragon Club.