OVERSEAS SPORT.
BULT BEATS COOPER.
yictorian Girl Eclipses the English Swimmer.
AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS.
(United P.A.—Electric Telegraph—Copyright)
(Received 11.30 a.m.) BRISBANE, this clay. The Olympian swimmer, Frances Bult, finished brilliantly last night to beat Jovce Cooper and retain the Australian title, 100 yds free-style, on the concluding night of the swimming championships. Miss Bult's time clipped 3 2-5s off Rita Smith's Queensland record.
Witt came to light in the last event of the championship programme to win a title for Queensland, taking the 440 yds event after a thrilling race with Crawford.
The points in the Keiran Shield interstate contest for men were: —Victoria 3, Queensland and West Australia 1 each; arid in the Corbett Shield, for ladies, New South Wales 3, Victoria 1.
Theso contests will be continued at Sydney. In a handicap everit Claire Dennis equalled her own Australian record of I.IC 4-5 for the 100 yds breast-stroke. Results:— Ladies' 100 yds Free-Style.—Frances Bult (Victoria) 1, Joyce Cooper (England) 2, Kitty Slackay (New South Wales) 3, D. Withers (Xew South Wales) 4. Time, G4 4-os. .
440 yds Men's Free-Style—M. Witt (Queensland) 1. A. Crawford (Victoria) 2, J. Dickson (Queensland) 3, A. King (Victoria) 4. Time, 5.25 1-5.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 26, 31 January 1934, Page 8
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