Evening star., 1942-08-09
World Mark Hung Up
As Smith Captures
AAU 440 Swim
NeorIy Second Cut From
Medicu's 8-Yeur-OId
Mark by Howoiion
BY LOU BLACK.
Associated Press Sports Writer.

Associated Press sports writer.
NEW LONDON, Conn, Aug. g.
Broad -shouldered, l7-year -old Billy
Smith OF Maui, Hawaii, power
stroked his way today to world
record in the 440-yard free-style
race, a feature of the National AAU
mems outdoor swimming champion
ships at Ocean Beach Parks Olym-
pic pool.
The 190-pound Hawaiian school,
boy, defending his title, sped
through the green water in 4 min
utes 1876 seconds. slashing more
than a second off the international
standard recorded eight years ago
by Jack Medica OF the University
Of Washington.
The tanned husky Smith finished
20 feet in front Of his buddy, Keo
Nakama of Ohio State, and left the
rest of the field far out of the pic
ture.
Smiths Mark phenomenal"
So good was Smiths performance
that Larry johnson of Boston, Ma
tional AAU swimming chairman,
described 1t as phenomenal 9th
ers pointed out that Medica's record
was made in a 25-yard pool, less
than half the length of this tank
and that the former University of
Washington ace had the advantage
Of more turns.
For Smith, who plans to enter
Ohio State in the fall it was his
second crown of the three-day meet,
which ends tomorrow, and his sec
ond record. Yesterday, he captured
the 220-yard free style in the Amer
lean mark time of 2 minutes, l07
seconds.
Jim Counsilman of st. Louis, Ohio
State star. was another record
breaker, winning the 220-yard
breast stroke easily in two minutes,
and 544 second, one-tenth of a
second better than the meet rec
ord time turned in year ago by
Jose Balmores of Hawaii, the 1941
victor who was absent. Counsil-
man, the indoor champion, won by
Is feet.
Adolph Kiefer of the Towers Club,
Chicago, successfully defended his
110-yard back stroke title so effort
lessly that he left the impression
he could have beaten his own rec
| ord time had he not elected to
coast near the finish. ADJ ~ was
clocked in 1 minute and U,6 sec
onds, and had an eight-foot ad-
vantage over Capt. Danny Dannen-
baum OF Yale. the runner-up.
Buckeye Relay Sets Record.
As final flourish, Ohio States
powerhouse, which piled up 20 points
this afternoon to bring it's total to
46, won the s80-yard relay in Amer
lean record time OF 9 minutes
and .134 seconds The Buckeye
quartet of Don Schnabel, Jack Ry-
an, Jack Hill and Nakama shaved
nearly four seconds off the old
mark made two years ago by Alex
ander Community House.
Yale's indoor championship team,
the only pre-meet threat to Ohio
State, trailed with 20 points. Only
three events remain for tomorrow
880-yard and 110-yard free style
and 330-yard individual medley.
Summaries:
| 440-yard free style-Won by Bill Smith
Alexander Community House Hawaii sec
ond Keo Nakama. Ohio State: third Jerry
kershner;. Columbus, Ohio: fourth. Paul
Priano. Brooklyn. N. Y: sixth. Danny
Green Texas A, and M: seventh Dick
Peters, Yale; eighth, B. Trubee, Princeton
Time, 439;6, new worlds record. (Old
Adolph Keifer, Towers Club. Chicago; chiH sec. C.
ond. Dan Dannenbaum, Yale; third. Ma,
Follansbee, Ohio State; fourth, Ed Nista
W"anpskarek, "paaaa,. Club; Providence, R,I,' fifth
seventh, Bill Ryan, Ohio state; eighth, +
Burke, Yale. Time, LOGS.
220-yard breaststroke-Won by jim
Counsilman (Ohio State): second, Jo
verdeur philadelphia YMCA): third
clabJ: NTH, Roger smith l'tas tYaiej; sisth sixth
John Sorman lNew York A. c.; seventh
T. Jackson (Yale): eighth. Max Welle
IReading (Pal American S. CO Time
2:4b4. New A. A: U. record Old record
ass anty Il HoSss 1Sss fassfs n 1s4i Com
ss0-yard free style relay--won by Obi!
State tDon schnabel. Jack Ryan, Jacl
shiTd' 9a1. Yale "Hr; foSrth' Yale &C.; nth
| Ander Community House in 1Q4O)