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Show Ralph Flanagan Smashes More Swimming Records By STEVE SNIDER United rrcaa Sports Writer CHICAGO, Sept 11 Ralph Flanagan of Miami, Fla., attacked a fistful of record in the national A. A. U. swimming championships today in a climax to the finest individual performance produced time of 3:143 for 300 yards. Chicago's Lake Shore A. C SS0-yard SS0-yard rslay team shattered a 10-year-old American record aet by an all-star all-star tsara headed by Johnny Weias-muller, Weias-muller, and captured the title In minutes and 20 seconds. Charles Wilson, Otto Jarstx. Irving Irv-ing McCaffsry and Adolph Klsfsr kept Lake Shore well In front (very Inch of the way and clipped two-tenths two-tenths of a aecond off the old mark set In Honolulu. in any country this season. In two days ths husky Olympic veteran smashed one world record and six national marks In defending two of bis three A. A. U. crowns. Hs wsnt after his third 1937 titls today, to-day, confident hs can add one or mors new marks over a half-mile route. Other final events today Included lowboard diving, tSO-yard freestyle, 100-meter free style, 10-meter platform plat-form dive and 300-yard Individual medley. Even th national championships of Japan, closest Unitsd States rivals ri-vals in International competition, failed to come close to Flanagan's rsmarkabls races. Hs knocked over Ihree American records yesterday defending his national 440-yard frse slyls crown, eclipsing ell long course records for 300 yards, 400 meters and 440 yards. Bplsshlng horns 30 yards ahead of the field, Flanagan was clocked In 4:49, which bettered his own records for ths 440 and 400 meters. On ths way he beat the old mark of John Maclonls, Yale speedster, with a |