AQUATICS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 211, 4 September 1915, Page 16

AQUATICS.

SWIMMING. C. B. SLNTON KILLED. AN APPRECIATION. The toil which the present crisM s, levying on the soldier-athletes of X Zealand is demonstrated in almost erere casualty list which comes to hand. Th most serious lose to New Zealand s*jm ming in the recent operations at th" Dardanelles was the death in action tf Sergeant-Major C. B. Sinton, the iren known Auckland swimmer. The lafl Aiukiandor did not occupy the prom * nenoe in his chosen sport that aisaW&r merited. For ;ne past three years H was recognised locally that he required only the opportunity to demonstrate hk powers over both sprint and distaas courses. Selected in 1013 a; a member o; the Waitemnta Clubs New Zealaid championship team. Simon was unabfe to secure leave, but in the following sea. son won his spurs at Blenheim, -sW in company with M. E. formed the '"two mea team" whjek accomplished the almost impossible task of winning the Yaldhurst interprovindal championship shield for the Waitemtu Club for the third year in succession. Previous to the meeting it feared that the shield would be lost to Amiland hy default, but th-e conSdencs that sinton would follow m the footsteps of Welson. who for a season was lost to amateur swimming, and who inraiiably was runner-up to "Champion in the New Zealand championships, resulted in the dispatch of the two swimmers. Auckland's constant challenger for sbidj honours. Canterbury, was quite prepared to grant Champion an ante-eveaj mortgage over all the free style thampionihip;, as in the previous tiro season?, but. not being apprised of Saton's calibre, the Canterbury supporten declared that tiieir monopoly of tit breast-stroke and water polo pointf would equalise matters, and sundry places gained in the championships ir their strong team would enable than te lift the shield. TThen competing is Auckland Sinton'o forte was his stimina. although he was never tried put BSO yards, but under the condition! reigning in the South, where salt watet pools are few and far between, thif characteristic disappeared. Gaining wjg. dom from the experience in Hairke'f Bay. where Sinton demonstrated Hi partiality to salt water by easily defeating the Seymour brothers wit&jt twenty-four hours after being outpaced by them in fresh water. Sinton's companions (Messrs. Champion and Mshi-' hill) decided to let Auckland's retentias of the shield depend entirely on Sutra , * chances in the short distance champioaships at Blenheim, where fresh waterwji in vogue. This action, condensed, meant that Sinton had to gain a place in tit 100, 220, and 440 yards championships, or the shield would find a resting-place in Christchurch. Happjy this baH stroke succeeded, Sinton being third is. the 100 and 220 yards, and second in th» 440 yards. The latter event was final championship of the series. lit excitement was intense, as even allowing a win to Champion. Sinton T""1 to gain a place to secure the shield. Sitxton and his comrades were in a quandary as to the tactics to pursue. -He possessed more pace than HHI, oT~ Canterbnjy, whom it was necessary to defeat, fcnJ Hill wae, under the conditions, as to» proved in the SSO yards, the better stayer. While 440 yards does not rink as a sprint distance by airy means, f&S Aucklander took the risk of being onjK stayed. Putting forth his, best effort from the plunge, Sinton gained a y«nfl advantage over the first length. Xhe Canterburyite could not decrease this slight lead, and neither could the Am& lander increase it, so up and down the bath they went, to the accompanimasl of the cheers of the spectators. Sintot touched the finishing rope his dearlvwon yard ahead, after a dual exhibitiae of gameness one had only to witness te retain a permanent recollection of, aad the Aucklanders present heaved as audible sigh of relief. In football and yachting Sinton also played a worthy part, and his unassuming dispoeitiot gained him a wide circle of admirers, who. while proud that he gave hii lift for his country, will receive the neW3 oi his early death with many pangs e£ regret. I The Americans are not taking aaf j chances in respect to that celebrate! trophy, the America Cup. It is etated 'in a recent exchange theft the Kesolntt and Vanitie. the rival America Cnp defenders, are undergoing trials off Lang Island. The Vanitie is carrying Hi Cornelius Vanderbilt, who obtained SA interest in the yacht from Mr Alesanto S. Cochraa, in order to race her. Xeithfil yacht will have any new sails. It w*l agreed when it was decided to race thea again that no new equipment should it purchased. Several of their sails hay« been recut, and there have been minol changes in the rig, but they will meet on practically the same footing as tb*J did last year. SOWING. I There is to T>e no race for Dogpetft I Coat and Badge this season, after afl I unbroken run of two hundred Teats. j Coming after no Epsom Derby, no Ascot Ino University boat race, and no countj j cricket, one can imagine the KaisM J chuckling: "I have put a stop to some iof their iittle games, anyway. HoeS!" j But he will find that there is one gins* we are out to win \savs an Engfisk writer). Yale has beaten Harvard in the jinter-'Yarsity eight-oared race, which a 'j-ooked on as a triumph for English I rowing methods, as will be gathered I from the following message, sent to England by the New York correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph'":— i- l"ale University has vindicated her sdoption ol the modified English strok/ as taught for the last three years by Mr. UnJ INickalls. the well-known English co:cli, by winning all three events in the annual Yale-Harvard Brat Race on the Thames River at Ke<v London. Connecticut. When 2Jr. Mckalls first insisted upon the Eaglish stroke being adopted by his ch/rges at Yale tnree years ago, his teans were defeated by Harvard, and he-"had difficulty in perjsuading his pi£ils that the English stroke was superior, and that the one thing required was a little more I practice. year YaJe managed to I win the 'Y/rsity eight-oar by a hair's ] breadth, this year Yale's boat crews romped br'sae with ease. Yale winning the 'Yatfity eights by five lengths, the second, Varsity eights by a quarter of a lenop, and the Freshmen's eights by one a/3 ahalf length. Pound for pound! thei/probably was not so much strength in /ale's teaais as in Harvard's, but the could not keep up with the j&/ehine-like precision of the men in blue. jfaie showed that under Mr. NickaJls' tutelage they had learned how to handle the oars with far greater ability than their rivals, and at the finish of each race the Yale men remained sound in wind and limb, while many of the Harvard crew collapsed."