SWIMMING.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 46, 18 November 1907, Page 5

SWIMMING.

OPENING OF THE SEASON.

■ ...The swimmirig season was opened at;'the Te.Arp. Baths &xi Saturday' afternoonj with a : seHes of .'faces held Under 'the : aus'pie'es. of the-Wellington Centre of. the: New,.Zealand Amateur Swimming Association. Tho-.water, was Jumpy, a fairly, heavy sea rolling .into' ,tlie baths ; ffom the. north-west: The. spec tators, who numbored aborit sixty, were.rewarded "with some interesting racing* the most- interesting porforriiers;, being B. (J. Freyberg, the-, local champion, ,arid, a new arrival from Auckland, named Harty. The officials for the gathering were as follows: 1 — .Referee,' Mr. T.; Shields'; judges,-. Messrs. 1. Ronayrie, Ei.Armstrorigj and W. T. Churchward ; timekeepers, Messrs. L. W. Ludwig' anil A. A: Sbmervillo; starter, Mr; W..8. Smith ; check starter, -Mr. R. • P..- Staples; inafksnven, jilessrs.. E. J.,Stephens.and. G. P. Hanria; liandicappoi-, Mr. W.'-' B. Smith; secretary,' Mr. H. W. Dyson. - ' Details of the racing are as under :— ■.'•'Fifty'.yards-handieapT-ifirstheat: C. ; Bnco, lOsec," i;• G. Bruce,. 9sec. 2; P. Ackuis,. lOsec., 3. Also started: W. Nevcn, lOsec:,\E' : Crotori, '"'SEC. Tiriie, 37sec. Second heat: C. Fordham, 3sec, 1; E. S. Forne, 7s'cc., : 2; R:'.Baker, 7sec., 3. Also started :j.R. W.- ; Hill, 7sec.; C. Moore, osec.; K.'Wiggins, ssec.'; E.' Macphersoft, osec.; T. J. King, 4sec. ' Time, SO 3-ssec. • A close ' finish'. Final: C. Brice, 10sec.,-,l; C. 'Fordham,3sec., 2; R.. Baker, 7sec., 3. Also.started: P. Ackins,. lOsec.;. G.. Bruce,. Osec. 1 ;'! A. S. Fofho. 7se'c; A good finish. Tirne, 38sec. Seventy-five yards handicap—Fred Roberts, scratch, 1; R. Ronayne, 3sec, 2; 0. .Fordham; 6sec., 3. Also 'started :.F.. Wilton, Ssec.; E. Macphorson, 9sec.; ,K. Wiggins, 9scc.; E. S. Forne, 9sec: Fordharii wasslifst to'turn, but unfortunately ran into another man. A good" finish, about a foot'between first and, second, the sariie distance, separating second and third: Timo, 45 3-sse'c. Fifty yards ' haridieiip—Boys'' race: ■ H. Jenkirison, 4sec., 1; C. BricCj: scrateli, 2 • L. Armstrong, 3. The only starters. A .-good race between first and second. Time,. 4Usec. • One hundred yards handicap—B. C: Freyberg, scratch, l;Hafty, Bsec, 2; : E. Macliherson, losec, .3. Also 1 started:- R. P: Staples,. 18sec. Time, 67 2-sse_c. ; A good race. Freyberg, who. used the crawl stroke for the first fifty yards, caught Har'ty about five yards from home, arid won by. about two feet. Macphefsori managed to beat Staples for third place by a touch.