Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-02-16 | Page 15 | Smith, Leavitt Win Swim Races

Weber Miss Takes First In Dive Meet OGDE.V. Feb. 16 A 15-year-old girl from Weber gym, Virginia Nel-on, Nel-on, atole tha show hara Wedneaday Wednea-day night in opening competition . of tha annual Intermountaln A. A. Ur-Junhrr swtmmtng tournament by taking firit place in tha diving event Moat of tha flrat nlght'a prises Were captured by awlmmera repre-aenting repre-aenting tha Deaeret gym of Salt Lake City, which managed to place paddlera in moat oventa and in winning win-ning tha 400-yard relay with a squad Including Cooper, Mink, Patrick and McCean. Perfect Dlvea Mlaa Nelson totaled 114.3 pointa with aoma perfect dlvea to annex the title aa Nettle Hancock took aecond honora with a ecoro of 89.1. Although no recorda were breken, Howard Smith of the University of Utah negotiated tha 220-yard braaat atroka in 1:156, only 15.4 aeconda alower than tha exiating mark aet by Harlow Sharp In 1829. Foulger and Millet of Weber finished aecond and third. . Parry Leavltt of Weber college von over a atrong field of 15 paddlera pad-dlera in tha 220-yard free atyle and came within two and five-tenth aeconda of tha record now held hy , Orson Spencer. Leavitt'a time waa 2:43.6. Cardon of Logan waa aecond aec-ond and Mink of tha Deaeret gym third. Wine Back Stroke Beverley Beck, crack Deaeret , gym feminine awlmmer, won the 100-yard back atroka In 1:28.7, with Billee Thomaa. alao of tha Deaeret gym. aecond, and Mavla Hanaen of Logan, third. U. of U. awlmmera raced off with tha prise in tha 300-yard medley relay in 1:53.3. with Deaeret gym aecond and Weber third. Toler, Patfleld and Rlcharda were member! mem-ber! of tha winning aggregation. A near capacity throng watched Wednesday'! program. Thuraday'a final! will be ataged at 8 p. m.