SWIMMING.

Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 116, 17 May 1924, Page 21

SWIMMING.

! English swimmers are starting to pre- j ! pare seriously for the Olympic Games. lAt the request of the Olympic Games | j Committee. W. J. Howcroft. of Liver-I 'pool, a famous instructor of swimming.'' Ms making a tour of Great Britain, and j.' coaching swimmers, and it is stated that i. i the tour is having very satisfactory re- j ( Units. , ! "Boy" Charlton's future lies on the '.land, not in the water. His father, a| I bank cashier, considers that to become •■ j the world's swimming champion is all I right as a recreation, while the boy is j, young. But he will see that his son j ] iloes not overdo it, and does not neglect j I the land for the water. He refused to allow his son to take part in the VieI torian championships, but said the "Boy" . I would be available to represent Australia at the Olympic Games at Paris. . I A trip like that would he an education ! lin itself. Later "Boy" will go on the I. ' land, his grandfather having promised I ( ;to see tbat the lad gets a good start. IHe belongs to a swimming family. His 1 i sister. Enid, was a very promising swim mer who put up some fine performances i as a school girl. She has given up rac- l ing as she does not care to swim in ■ i public _ _ ' 1