Evening star., 1941-02-02
Eastern Branch Boys
Sweep 10 Victory
In Tank Meet
Capture Il Firsts in le
Events Of City Tests;
T Team Runnerup

Winning IL first places In Is
events and scoring a total Of l35
points, the Eastern Branch Boys
Club swimmers splashed TO their
third consecutive meet victory in the
third annual Boys Club of WASH
ington city-wide swimming cham
pionships at the Eastern Branch
last night.
In two classes-the 15-year-and-
under and the ll-year-and-u under
the Eastern youngsters swept TO VIC
tories in every event. In the l3-
year-and- under class, only one OF
the four events was won by another
team.
The Boys Y swimmers with three
firsts placed second in the meet with
"a points Other point totals were:
Wilson High, IT; Central High, 10,
and Ambassador and Mems Y 4
each.
A. Earle Weeks, president Of the
D. c. A A u, presented the meet
trophy to Robert Benson, captain OF
the victorious team.
The 13-year-olders set three meet
records for their events, two by the
Eastern Branch winners and the
other by q Boys Y representative.
Bobby Cations time of 0:16.8 in the
25-yard breast stroke, and the
256.4 time of the winning 100-yard
free style relay team set meet marks
for the Eastern Boys Club. George
Quincy of the Boys Y set the other
record with his time Of 0:l59 in the
25-yard backstroke.
1I-Yearsand-Under Class
25-yard free style-Won by Ernie Thom-
asm Boss Y Soy trd R.rod ie'SRa dson
n Boys Boys egS cuS tPHTh fms c 5iitt Pope Cast
Pope eastern Boys Club SECOND, Rod
Mi55 Fnt5.m Sc5. E Rpy' rSs S,uS fourth
: 25-yard backstroke Won BY Ernis
Thomas eastern BOYS Club Secons
eastern BOYS BOYS club Time. o:ii7.S'
cS ys16 y:5 RsdeyTon Na BY EatssIn M.n, soy .
Pope); second. Eastern Boys Club team
No. 2; third. Eastern Boys Club team
| No 8; fourth, Boys Y. Time. 0:57.6.
! OtAss.
25-yard free style - Won by Halvar
Adams eastern Boys, Club; second, G
BOYS cu 9cSTs H.TTy
S5-yard Breast DnS stroke@won By r. Cat
ton eastern Boys club: second; Jack
Springer Eastern Boys, Club: third third "a 4.
S5-yard bsckstTokeG.Won BY g. Quincy
eFn 9' BOYS club5 tSTd F4Dfr HaiysT sGn ADAMS
lEsstern BOYS BOYS ciG6j. "' Tims." o:iSis Isl tmsst
iGS;ysrd free style relaya.won By East
Bsy.'On bar. Club ns tear. Sa 'sfSha S4a
T..oTs3 soys' Club team No. 3. Time 1854 inject
Is Years and Under Class
5o-yard free style--Won BY Robert Ben
asos .i5s.R s0ES soys SSiGD siiaS 3
Resskeweg Eastern Boys Club. Time,
5o-ysrd breast stroke-won BY Leo Jar
Doe Eastern Boys Club; second. II. Hiitz
tWilSon Highl third, Joe Wratten East
ern Boys Club: fourth Buddy Roland
A35oSassaq06 5oHsfS bsckstl9fsWon t1as BY 10.
Gans 1 satsr5 soys Cn6 & ef2ae 4s Fses. gfs
Benson Eastern Boys Club. Time
ern Boys Club (Wratten. Reckeweg, Jar
Doe and Benson. Time. .2:o4
1oo-yafd free styie@Won By John
Bender boys ": second. II. Dulzell
Central High; third. John White East
ern Boys Club); B. Bruce (MenS y dis
qualified. Time, 100.
100-yard break stroke-Won By Joe
Reoman Eastern Boys Club second 8
Bruce (Aen's "; third. J. Rochs Central
High; fourth. J. stathes Mems 70.
I00-yard backstroke-won by 3. Saw
yer (Wilscn High; second p Osborne
Central High) third. H. Banmsn (Wilson
High; fourth. D. Wilson (Wilson High).
150-yard medley relsy-won by Boys
CLARK Bender and 5eslp: SECOND,
fourth. Central High. Time. :34.S.