SWIMMING TITLES.

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 21, 25 January 1930, Page 18

SWIMMING TITLES.

' WINERS AT THREE RECORDS BROKEN. BRIDSON'S SPLENDID TRIUMPH. SUCCESS IN 100 YABDS AND MILE. (By Telegraph.—Special. to; "Star.") .'■\yj. .■■;':'',''.. , CffiEYMOUTH/ithis day. .'•■.'-A. large and. enthusiastic'crowd of spectators saw. -three'-fresh,; water records {broken, and some brilliariirswi'mming by other winners at the first' session of the New; Zealand held in the; Municipal Baths last evening. Proceedings opened/. 75yds intermediate girls' breaststroke cham-. pionship, in wMch the -Gtago girl, Miss M.Matheson, scored,a splendid victoryover the Auckland/representative, Miss J. Webster,.in the great time of 64 3-ss, thus breaking her own record by twofifths of a second. '. As was generally expected the 100 yds j men's championship resolved itself into a duel between the Aucklander, G. Bridson, and A. Stokes, .of Canterbury. Stokes held the Aucklander up to the half-way : mark,- but, swimming, powerfully,. Bridson then forged ahead and romped home a comfortable winner by three yards in the good time of 58 ,l-ss, which is 1 3-5s outside the record held by the title-holder, I.' W. Cameron,; who is now in Sydney. Stokes swam a good 'race to return 61s, which is not; his best ] by 1 3-55.; A return to his top form was shown by-C. CiaridgeVtWellington)i,who finished in third place; He; was .well up' in.the;early stages, but failed to maintain .-hfs'i-pace, and. so ..gradually fell •behind, v - .' . ' '■ :';■/' Strongly ./fmamtaming, her- - vigorous crawl action for lap after lap, the' Wellington and Dominion champion, ■-, Miss Kathleen Miller, forged her way to a \ ridiculousfy easy victory in the quartermile ladies' cnampiohship. ;. ; The other two 'etaftcrs, ' Misses Jepson (Otago). and M.Earquhar"(Auckland), were outclassed from beginning • to. end. • However the Auckland girl, is to : be; commended for the>plucky manner •in which she stuck to her, guns after 'wanting to withdraw; early m. the race. ? Eesponding t& the calls >of her; team mates* she went on slowly and ;so gained a point for Auckland. Miss Miller's time, 6m 22 l-ss, was a'good^aya'bove'her;fresh water record, 6m 9 2-ss> but she could have knocked iseconds; off' had i she -been extended. , »^, ; ; . Briliiarit ■ .Wa'B ; o seen 4» the. SOydtf^junior girls' championship, inwhich Miss E. Kainey '(Auckland), who is'only 12 years of age,.snatched victory ■ from Smith ■ (i{shburton)', 'and her teammate, Miss E. Strong, to estabHsh a hew, fresh water record of 33,1-ss. The;.previbuS mark, .33 4-ss, was held by Miss Z. HoWarth, of ' Wanganui, Miss. Baihejr'shouldput up -some great times before, she leaves the junior ranks in another .two years. ." . ' '\,.Z. I Byireason of his great performances of late'a'comfortable victory by G, Brid-. son'in-'the one-mile championship was; a foregone .conclusion. /.The giant Auck-, lander .was; in'magnificent form for the race, ami he ploughed his way through the water, to capture'Stbkes' title by a ' margin of ,36 yards. ; There is not a> shadow -Of doubt "that he would have brought down his time,, 24m 31 3-ss, hearer to D; :P. : tindsay's reoord of 24m 14 4-ss, had the opposition been harder. Stok'eg : swam well up to foiim, but' ih: Bridson; helmet a ; vastly; different swimmer from last season. The third man, N. Hißailey (Otago), was a lorig way behind ; Ida rivals, and: completed; the distance with the object of gaining. a;point for his centre. ;* : ~ I ..The success-of VEeg. Geddes- (Otago), ; ! who; has ! recently been / playing havoc, ! with, junior marksj did not oome asa ' surprise, but.he was pushed all the ~w&J \ bj his. team mate,^W.'J

Auckland rep., V.Crump. Geddes' time, 166 l-ss, was 2-5s outside his own. Dominion record. ; Crump surprised by Ms swimming, and fully justified his inclusion, tin' the team, i He. wasvtimed;to cover the distance-in 70. 3-55..,- ..,' j The third record-breaking swim of .the evening was that of E.McCbnville (Canterbury), who-came in an.>asy- winner in the 220 yds intermediate' boys' championship, ahead of B. Gallate (Welling-, ton), J. Hattersley (Canterbury), and R. Thomas . (Auckland).' ;,' McCkmville,, who broke Lindsay's record (2m 435) by 1 l-ss, has an attractive style, and he should have a successful career as a distance swimmer. Gallate is another good boy, his time to-night being 2m 525. The third and fourth place getters, Hattersley and Thomas, , better advantage over, the 100 yds. • Com- . paratively ' speaking,;. Thomas swam much better than he_d}d in the Auckland ! championship '.event.'. '. ,',,.,. , 'I The Auckland\water jolo.'team scored a narrow victory over eeven first .round:'** .the championship.. The team, howeveVgave^a. bright.exhibition of team; work, -.(two goals);; and-Curtayhe" (one): being- the scorers::: . f • ■'. ' : Results are as follows :— 50 TJARDS JUNIOR GIRLS. ! -w iialnev I;'d. Smith, 2; T. Strong, 3 by I touch. Time, 33 3-ss, a Kew Zealand rr-oru. The winner was slow to begin, but finished well. Strong was 2ft away. . . 100 YARDS MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP: ' Bridson, 1; Stokes, 2; Clarldge 3. bv 3yds. Moorhouse also started... Time, 58 l-ss' The winner led from the outset. Stokes "put in a game challenge on the final lap. . . .' .',' ;• 220 YARDS INTERMEDIATE BOYS. McConville. 1; Gillate, 2; Hattersley, 3. Won .by ,12yds. Time, 2m 41 Zealand record. The winner-led from the outset,,', gaining in every lap. ■ 100 YARDS JUNIOR BOYS. " E. -Geddes, 1; N. Jarvis, 2yX Crump, 3. Won'by 3yds. Time, 66 l-«s. The -winner '.led; throughout.,. _ . 440 YARDS LADIES' CHAMPIONSHIP. Mlss''K-.'' Miiiail •('Wellihgtbn)", 'I;' Miss M. Jepson- : (Otago), -2. Won" by over 16yds. Time, 6m 22 l-ss. Missß'arquhar (Auckland)", 'also-'competed/ The winner j made no raceof it." ' -. ; '.' . ONE MILE MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP. ' G. Bridson (Auckland*, 1; A- : Stokes (Canterbury) ,2; H. Bailey (Otago), 3. Time, 24m 31. 3-ss: ' Also H. Mulloy '(West Coast). The winner led all the way. His nearest-, attendant • was Stokekj who hung on for half a mile, after which Bridson established a big lead and finished, oyer a lap ahead of Stokes. The third. man was several laps away. OPEN PLAIN DIVE. ' R.. ,C. Calder, (Otago), 1; B. Young (Auckland), 2; W. Keesing (West, Coast), ■3.' ':'',■■':" '■ :' .•'"" .:■ :?{.■?■ ' ■' , ':•■ '.■■ LADIES' INTER-CLUB HANDICAP. > . ■ 6fo YARDS.'■;.;-■ Miss "V. Smith,. 2s, 1; Miss J. Bremer, scr., 2; Miss A.' Rodgers, Is, 3. Won by 2ft. Time, 355. , INTERMEDIATE GIRLS' BREASTSTROKE CHAMPIONSHIP. ■ YARDS. M.'Mathieson (Otago), 1; J. Webster (Auckland), 2. Won very easily by 6yds. Time,, 64 3^ss—-a New Zealand record. ' BO YARDS MEN'S HANDICAP. J. Macdonald, ss, 1; J. Enwright, «r„ 2. Ttoe, 31s. ' " WATER POLO CHAMPIONSHIP. Auckland- (3) beat Otago (2), Wellington : (3) beat West Coast (1).