SWIMMING.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 240, 13 November 1914, Page 2

SWIMMING.

KAHANAMOKU'S VISIT. A final decision lias at last been come to by tiie New Zealand Council in regard to the visit of Duke Kahanamoku. The council has decided that New Zealand shall participate in the visit. Kahanamoku should arrive- in Christchurch about February 23. THE PATRIOTIC CARNIVAL.

The Patriotic Carnival that is to be held by the Canterbury Centre in the Tepid Baths this evening gives every indication of being a big success. A total of 73 entries have been received for the inter-club event. Eighteen teams have entered for the relay race. The public will be given the first opportunity of seeing an alarm race by life-saving teams conducted in a city bath. The matter has been arranged by the New Brighton- Surf Club, and teams from both this Club and the Sumner Club have entered. Every penny received will go to the Mayor's Patriotic: Fund, and in order that as many pennies as possible may be collected, the centre has decided to banish the "dead head," and make everybody pay for admission. It is expected that a substantial sum of money will be raised. The entries for the 1914 water polo championship have closed, and the prospects are that some good games will take place. The position in the junior competition is particularly satisfactory, five teams having entered. BEATJREPAIRE'S POSITION. Consequent upon the decision of the International Amateur Swimming Federation that the ex-Australian champion and world record holder, Frank de Beaurepaire, cannot compete as an amateur while he holds a salaried position as instructor to the Victorian State schools, the secretary of the New South Wales League of Swimmers (Mr A. J. Ball) has dispatched "a Tetter to Beaurepaire, inviting him to visit Sydney early this summer to meet Dickman, the Australasian professional, distance champion, and Alec Wickham, sprint champion, at a-big., which! it is proposed to hold in the pomain baths; As Beaurepaire is <. swiimmihg' almost' as well as when on his record-breaking tour in 1910, and as Dickman expects to do better this year than ever before, some great races should result. A match seems extremely probable if Beaurepaire wishes to engage in competitive swimming again. ' He has been waiting for- the decision of the federation, and some time ago,said that.if 4>eclarecf" a' professional lie would, be pleased to meet, piejtman, .provided the. inducements wej-e gu|Spj,ent«.,,...Knowing Beaurepaire assume that a ©match,' between the ; two to'p-notchers will be +&■■ sporting feature in the near future; hastimes for middle and long "distances to 'rival aiiy put up by th' 3 ■ yictorianv /''';,' ':"• I sta¥e '!

■The New South ;Wales. Swimming' Association hasiamended' ; lts rules ■ as■'regards the State Championships, to bring them into'conformity 'with "the

English A.S.A. rules. The effect of the alteration is that the New South Wales championships are now, like the English championships, open to the world, and any swimmer capable of doing so may go along and scoop up the plums. This action has been contemplated for some time, but the pending visit of Duke Kahanamoku precipitated the matter and the alteration was made to give the Hawaiian champion a chance to return home with some State championship medals. SPLASHES. Says an Auckland writer: —"The performances of J. F. Eesicure, the onelegged Australian freshman swimmer, have rather upset the well-established theory that the legs do most of the work in swimming. (The "well-estab-lished theory"'depends entirely on the stroke used—Crawl.) The following are his performances: —First prize in the 100 yards race; time, 60 3-ssee. (University record.) First prize in the plunging competition; distance 65ft lin. First prize in the quarter-mile race. First prize in the 50 yards race. Second' prize in throwing thc*polb ball. Since Kesieure matriculated at Cambridge he has not been beaten in a swimming race.; What "has becqnve. -of the Auckland' Life-Saving Society l— is a question freely asked (says a northern writer); Why more activity is shown by the southern bodies is hard to understand when the favourable conditions in Auckland are considered. In Wellington last year 82 proficiency certificates were gained, and it is worthy of note that among the winners was Mr Edward Perry. He is handicapped in having only one.arm, and is the only swimmer known- so handicapped to have gained the award.

Messrs C. H. Neal, Avery, Soniefville, and Woodcock, of Wellington, presented _by Mr Ronayne, vice-patron, at the- Wellington Life/Saving Society's meeting, with the. gold medals won by them for the Wigram shield competition. The New Zealand Amateur Swimming Association is responsible for these medals, and their get-up is no credit.'- to-that '.body (says '.'Breast Stroke^ 1 ': Zealand Times''). In :^jsr^eoeiarj/_exp\^neAHi) w the recipients to .hav&.the medal were proceeding, tktt that no result had'So far obtained, j.jt possible that in the near the. ttrcdals would ,ibe callettTin reissued;'* :P ■ " • CRAWL.