Evening star., 1960-07-24
Troy Skaters
World Record
In AAU Swim

TOLEDO, Ohio, July % (AP).
Mike Troy of the Indianapolis
Swim Club clipped three Sec
ondS of his world record to-
night, swimming the 200-meter
butterfly in 2:13.4 in the Mems
AAU championships.
A fourth American record
was broken in today's meet
when Peter Fogarsy, a Hun
garian refugee celebrating his
2lst birthday, swan the 200
meter breaststroke in 1888. l.
Three American records, in
cluding the breastStroke mark
that Fogarasy bettered. were
set in the afternoon prelimi-
narieS.
JEFF Farrell, who cracked the
American mark for 200 meters
freestylt this afternoon, had to
come from behind to win that
event tonight. Despite a stiff
challenge from Alan Somers of
the Indianapolis Swim Club,
Farrell fell two-etnths of a Sec
ond below his afternoon mark
of 2:03.0.
Lance Larson of the Los
Angeles Athletic Club. matched
strokes with Troy until the last
few seconds. Larson finished
in 2:14.4, which also bettered
Troy's previous world mark, set
last year. Troy is a junior at
Indiana.
FogaraSy, who lives in New
Haven, Conn. and swimS for
North Carolina State College,
was elated with his victory and
record in the breaststroke.
"It's something I've wanted
to do ever since I came to
this country three years ago."
he said. 1t was his first Ma
tional title.
The husky 6-foot-l Hungar-
ian finished well ahead of the
runnerup, Detroit Athletic
Clubs Ron Clark, who set an
American mark of 1898 in
the afternoon preliminaries.
Clark finished in 2:41.5.
Final summaries:
200-meter freestyle-1. Jeff Farrell.
Neg Huven SC, 2:03.2. ., Alan Somers.
indianapolis Ac. 2:03.3 8. George Har-
'fa pck sfRta slIck fsGsh fNorsh s central SG l eo
lege, 2:04.5. 5, Pete SintZ, Indianapolis
Ac. 2:05.7,. 8. Claude Thompson, ir.,
Donner Pool, Columbus, Ind. 2;06;3. Z.
George Breen. indianapolis Ac, 2:0e.5.
200-meter breaststroke-l. Peter
Fogarasy, North Carolina State Fresh
men, 2:3S.S Cbetters American record
Of Ease set by Ron Clark in prelim-
2:41.6. g.. Chet Jastremski, Indianapo-
Clara SC. .2:43.l 5. William Mulliken,
H1nsttsched, oxford. Ohio, 2:43.s; g.
z, Fred Munseh, Grand st. Boys Club,
New York; 2:45.6. 8. Gerald Mkt, Air
lUO-meter packStroke /, Tom
stock. unattached, Indianapolis, l:02 o.
tbetters American record Of 1000.
set by Frank Mckinney. Indianapolis
AC, in 1887, 2. Charles Bittick, Los
Angeles .Ac; 1000. 8, Frank McRIn-
ney, Indianapolis AC, 1:03.2. 4, l.. B
Schaefer, Cleveland sc, 1:03.7. 5.
Roger Goettsche, New Trier, III, sc,
1:o4.0 8. John Roethke, Donner Pool,
;e4'0 z Dick Beaver Indianapolis
200-meter butterfly = Mike Troy,
Indianapolis Ac, 2:134. (better's
Troy's world and American record of
Los Angeles Ac. 2:i4.4. 4. Dennis; ptnnis
Rousavelle, Los Angeles AC. 2:1S.3
4, Dennis Devine, Los Angeles AC,
2N.0. g. David Gillanders, Detroit
Ac,, ,2:21 5. 8. Dick Kitcheli. Indian
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San Leandro (Caiif3 Beavers, 3:259'
200-meter individual medley - Ted
Stickles. San Msteo (Calif) Martins
2:2l /. tbetters American record o.
2:22.2 set by John McGill, New Haven
Swim Club, in preliminaries) 2, John
McGill. New Haven sc, 2:22 O. 3. Ron
McGeagh. unattached, Hollywo cd, /
Calf, 2:23 8. 4, John Roethke, Donner |
Pool, 2:24.3. 8, Fred Wolf, Detroit AC, |
2:25.O. 8. Frank Rice, Los Angeles AC,' !
2:25.6. z, Bill Barton, INDIANAPOLIS 'AC, |
2:26 4. 8. Bob Kaufmann, unattached. I
Cambridge, Mass. 2:29.S.