Evening star., 1946-03-24
JocqueIine Richards Captures
Diving Title; Three Marks Set

Jacqueline Richards, University
OF Maryland student swimming
under the colors OF Takoma Pool,
proved the class of woman divers
last night the the Ambassador Hotel
pool, easily capturing the District
AAU indoor lowboard championship
to 60 with the indoor title she won
last summer. She ran up 6l.33
point total to the So 80 registered by
Barbara McCutchem in second
place.
The springboard crown was de-
cided in conjunction with the sec
ond section Of the Ambassador an
nual invitation meet in which three
records were set fast night. Biggest
slice OF the old time was taken by
Paul Maloney Of the marines, ma
tional senior AAU mile and 4-mile
champion, when he covered the 220-
yard freestyle distance in 2:l29 to
cut 8.5 seconds on the record made
in 1872.
Stanley Tinkham of Ambassador
. triple winner last night, set a
50-yard breaststroke record of 2S.7 Z
seconds that was 4/10 seconds bet
ter than the old mark. Tinkham
also finished frst in the backstroke
and individual medley events. Ia
koma's Audrey Engleman was the
record-setter in the girls division
with a time of 298 seconds in the
5o-yard freestyle. High point scorer
among the girls, however, was
Ambassadors Maurine Prescott,
who captured firsts in the breast
stroke and individual medley events
and second in the backstroke.
The Ambassador Club won first
place in the mems, boys and wo-
mems divisions. with the girls sec
ton going to Takoma. Point totals
for the two weeks of swimming
were: Mems: Ambassador. 40:
Shoreham, 20; Boys Club of Wash
ington, o; Marines. z; Army, 1.
Women's: Ambassador, 26;. Shore
ham. II; Takoma, II. Boys Ambas-
sador, 28; Boys Club of washington
Is: YMCA, 2. Girls: Takoma. 81:
Ambassador, 13: Shoreham, 8.
Mems Events,
22O- yard free style-Won by Paul Ma
hs1ssf bsn c.ilshsn ilMhssnnasSo soy cnS third
Hailils (Ambasssdorl. Time, a:Ia.s. tNeW New
NsoSao sssorS; 0ld Saa, record. a:21z. by Howard
n, S9.yard free style-Won BY Stanley
bhon:iS p n. Sa,y Sy.cW; third: Milton Eaton tAm-
lawski iAmbsss.dorj; A!bsy Hoelmsn tAm- AM
Ssssador). s...ado). Joe Borras fscw). Time. s5.l
5o-yard breast stroke-won by Milton
sld ,d 1BcW); third; Jay Howard tYMcA5:
1Sgrsn, Timt 40 Abbey anoe HOFFMAN (Ambassador).
nj s9.y.rd backstroke--won BY stanley
asS iourt sass 1o. hn9 Abe, HGslMan % m
sS 81 issooss Sc G.n. SsS., sw reeSss Old record
stin,e; l5c,yaTa r',.s .isndividusl medlsy.won By
{Ambassadory: fourth. Abbey h MoeimSn Un
Ambassador; w.n.n.:, r,%:, Iy.at:.. I;zal2.
p,e1ship1won ~ s yseauelin. Hs'nt kiehsrdi ane%,
satsSs% a1HsIa shisd. Helen as,
Hawranef 1TsEona,, 1s:le. 'A '
b0-yard free style-Won BY Audrey
ranek (Takomal: third. Dorothy Donahue
STakomal; fourth. Sally DeGroot (Shore-
hand. Time, 29.9 seconds (New record
60-yard breast stroke-Won 81 Msurinc
Prescott (Ambassador); second. Mary
HsEranek fTakoma); third, Pat Richiil
30. yard backstroke-Won by sally De-
uroot sshorehaml; SECOND, Maurine Pres
cett SAmbasssdoro; third, Marlyce Hall
SShorehaml: fourth. Dorothy Ballos (Ta-
koma}. Time, 37.7 seconds.
l60-yard individual medley-won by
Maurtne Prescott (Ambassador): second.
audrey EnFleman ITakoma1: third. Pat
Hichett (Takoma1; no fourth. Time,