Show leading aquatic experts and their noteworthy feats TO EUROPE the american champion will kavc transatlantic Ilc cortle hinic hard avora for latare coate tore swimmers have of late been occupying a prominent position in the eye admirers of abe great sport arc multitudinous and when once their appetites for exhibitions of aquatic skill are excited the enthusiasts become strenuous as oven the most pronounced of baseball fans the national swimming championships of the amateur athletic union always attract considerable attention and this years events proved to bo no exception E C schaeffer of philadel phia in aaen corralling the premiers title showed eliat he Is beyond ques ot the most remarkable swimmers america has ever produced champion performances at buffalo were of a brilliancy needing no in lowering two records schaeffer has established a noteworthy precedent and his mark of am CO 4 as in the yard event and that of cm ggs flat in the yard swim will prove a stumbling block in the path of many a would be record holder otto wahle of the new york athletic club and J W spencer r university lowered tho one ralle both men fin e the 3 as wahle v 52 25 2 5 in the saiu wahle broke the american re for 1100 and 1540 yards champion schaeffer will probably go abroad during the middle of august to compete against the best european amateurs he Is a member of the national swimming association of philadelphia and Is a student of the university of pennsylvania ao 10 all likelihood defeat ills transatlantic opponents roe bis at buffalo bev by foreign araci the sending mer to europe fo Is practically a new i line of sport international vi Is a rarity but america will have little cause to regret the venture the foreign championships in which schaeffer Is to enter are held in england annually aquatic sharps from all cornera of the globe assemble to prove their ability or inability ka championships have been held in tho united states since the seventies interest in abe contests has increased steadily owing largely to the work of tho amateur athletic union in preserving the pastime on a healthy basis tho national swimming association Is one ot the most energetic organization in the country and it has done much to advance the interests of swimming and swimmers |