Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-08-18 | Page 16 | Fast Time Made in A. A. U. Swim Meets

FAST III ME I i i U, m MEETS McGilKvray Clips Seconds Off 100-yard Back Stroke Record. CHICAGO, Aug. 17. Perry MeGillivray of Great LakoM naval truming station today to-day lowered the ventral record for 100 vards baek stroke from 1:17 to 1:15 3-D m the Central A. A. C. swimminR cham-I.ionships cham-I.ionships held in I.ake MtehiBa.i. Stevens Liid Jones. Loth of Great Utkes, f in il.c-d b.-hi, ,.l M.-Gillivrav in the ,,,-der naineil. Tlm Hl'U-vard swim was won by Lennetl, (.-e,,t Lakes, with l'i.-kel. Great Lakes, I s,-.-o ml and I.aubi.s. Great Lakes, third. Tin- 1'") vard.s baek stroke race for ! women was uo.i by Helen Miller Hebrew ; institute, and Viola Uurkhardt C. A. A.. I won the fancy divini; eontest for women. 7!KI.MAIi, .V. J.. Auk. 17. Miss Clare GallUan of New Vork, unalUii-hed, low- 1 ' the v.orid's re.-ord for the women s v'-ti-vard mvimmins ehanlpionship from lo niini'nes 1 r seconds to l:i minutes Jl 4:.j .se.-otids when she captured Hrst place in the event hero tonkiil. Miss Charlotte I. Lovle of New York, also unattached, finished second, and Miss Dorothy Burns of Los Angeles third. , In the 'Mu-vard backstroke invitation , swim, Harold' Knucer of Honolulu, de-I de-I iVntind Leo Giel.el of New i ork, clipped two seconds from the world's record of ti minutes 30 seconds. Duke Kahanatr.oku, tue Hawaiian swimmer, won the 200-yard event in the new record time of 2 minutes 13 3-o seconds. . , , . Miss Hleanor Uhl of Philadelphia won the "20-yard handicap for women, and M-ss Olna Hornier, also of Philadelphia, capiureil the loO-yard event in 1 minute S 2-5 seconds.