SWIMMING.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 146, 14 March 1908, Page 9

SWIMMING.

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i : COMING CARNIVALS. ' Tc^day.—Wellington Centre, at Thorridon.'. Mar. 19 and 23. —N.Z.' - Championships, ■■ at ' " ■'■;! • Napier;'. .f r r ' > The Y.M.C.A. Club's 220 yds: handicap; held ' at Te Aro Baths last, week; brought out six / [' starters. -The winner turned tip inß:' Baker,' i who, although only a lad) showed that-he. is'.' : a genuino* stayer,, finishing veiy , 'str'ongly. : He- was-conceded- ten ; sec6nd's''by' W. CharI -tres; wild, swaitf into, second place deservedly. Gy;P.'Hanna,-who camo'third, swam'with' , faulty- judgmkity'taking things too easily' for ' ' ' 'the first three laps.. ...W. L.' Wilsbrf'ddes ho. ■' training for distances, but lie/.was the'only other manlto. Huish'.:-*"' . rji'.f-. : As.B. ,C._Freyberg's sterling swim in tho Swift',s,.44oyds....hau<Lcap,:has. been reported • already,' nothing remains',to ;:be'.' said except s to repeat.'that'it-was : a' : great performance, • and that' Freyberg is swimming Setter; than 1 ever and. isjin."capital ; form..- :J. Lynch, who • iwon the above-race, 'i is'a'igreat , stayer, and' | swims with' good'judgment.' -It is the gen&-. ; ral -. opinion that with. a little ,--mo're> training ,' ' • ' Lyriclr. could' easily-beat, 'standard time for i ' E; B.- Jenkin-- | son,'-who finished secoaid, deserves'credit for ! the manner in which:-;ho!,-STvam: | - : The;Thorndbri Club's;iooyds.•■■handicap 1 , on ■ brought • out. a .field "of 11. .- Afc : : .tho-fape was. siram.iri'one heat, there'was a • good .'.'deal of)bunipiri'g,'..especially,-amongst ' the .jmddlermarkers,... fiyd : of - whom; left'.:.mo ; .boardvat. .the', s'ame.time.v This would seem to have cost,P;:M'Li3od the.race,''as:he;came 1 in for a Tot-ofjostling, in- the'.first.so"yards..! -, -M'Leodj .'however,-swam",into . third;7..placo. , Rl.Ronayri.e won 'in.67 :3-sssC.j .which,staking , into I 'consideration , the"-'lumpy.: st,it-e "of (tlio water," was;, a •••'creditable'performance.-'-Fred: Roberts ia. good. race,, his'tizae-being ■ • 6Ssec., ana''but ; for ..the fact of:a bad: foul ■ ' -with' M'Le'od. :tcn ,ya'rds . from' home,.:;would :\ have accomplished 64scc: Roberts, appears to bo in good form'just now, and*it would hot' surprise'me if he -were', to succeed in re- ; tairiing :tho 100yds'.''championship at" Thorri; don to-day..,- „; _ „• : ,\' : Excellent entries havebeen '.received' for : •>' tlie^Vellington v Cqn'tre's"carniyal. , to' be held .at".Thoriidon'to-day. fqr : '. the'purpose bf,-dfc.- - riding r theprovincial'"championships.'.Goij-: -, ■petitor's are rciiiiridcd; that: tho first- race : is 1 set down for 2. o'clock: ■~■■■ \ - 'V :The final'distance 1 (100. I ,yards), .for , tho •Wellington .Amateur Swimming Club's Pro- '; sident's'cup ; is to-be decided at Te' Aro Bath's on-Wednesday, March 18, at 5.30jj.m. 1 As the: points for the .cup . are ;well distri- - 'buted, gi'eaf interest is being taken in tho'. .issue of the final distance. The W. B. Missen cup; which is also held by tho Welling- : ton Club,-,'will be sjvuni for in two handicap • distances of 220 yards, and 440 yards respectively.: The. 220 yards' will .be swum at Te Aro Baths on . Monday, Mairch 30,' while tho \ '440 yards is'sot-down: for Thursday,-April 2. , Points! will count,;,as'in the' case of theipre-,-'-sident's cupj s.'for. Ist; 2. for'2nd, and l.for" • third,-and. the ,other conditions for the com-' petition are ' similar •to those for - Dr.'. Chappie's Cup. • - ■ '- ' ■ /Entries .for the ; New . Zealand Champion- 1 . : ships have closed very satisfactorily, . and tlie meeting promises to be a. great success..'- - Each Centre v'will.'be represented ■hi . the' s Championships, and a. large,entry has been - . . received for inter-club events. - Tho executive of the*Hawko's. Bay. Ceritrb' Ts'-.'making'_ r a'de. : quate provisions for . visiting.'swimmersj judging by the elaborate'progrciinnle of, arrangements .which has been issued in connection with .the forthcoming, championship;meeting. 'Mr. .Walter, Johnson,. secretary of.the:Can-',--terb'ury Centre,"' lias' been, appointed to •' the position: of : starter.„ at .the Now Zealand ' championship meeting. - ' . ",'V" ' If Cecil'Healy was not. ; quite'oqual to _r&. v - aiiirenients in the quarter.mile Australasian championship; ho''did " something else . that should, plea so his friends-immensely, for in an attempt upon Daniel's' world's. bcst (55 2-5 . sec.) ■ Healy only nsisscd by 1 4-ssec., accord- ' ;; ing 'to 'the :official cldckers, thousll ;severalallegedly' experienced watoh-holders made the '.time 55sec.. Recently ho swam threo 100 yd. 1 -races, the tinio for'the'first'of .which was 2seo slower than tho world's record, and each of tho other two 4sec. outside'the figures referred to. ■' I The'Mowiiig to't-he'Sydney''Referee' explains it-self:— ,' : . ; "City Swimming and Turkish-Baths, Ado*laide, Fobruary ,29.—Dear behalf of Mr. .B. 'Sayers," of Hill, I issue a challenge to Dick'Cavill, of Watson's ■, Bay, Sydney, to swim' Georgo Read, also-of Sydney, : 1000 yds. for tho sum of £100 a_ sido. • Mr.' Saycrs'. cheque for'£2s'as deposit is en-closed;-to show'the public he istona fide in the -■■ matter.' , The match, if arranged, is -for the '"professional ''championship of • Australia,- -to, •'.- ■.take J place, in Sydnoy on a date to bo agreed upon. ■ I shall act on behalf of Mr. Sayers, and como to Sydney-and-hire a suitable bath.; Th'o d - -' tails" of judgo, timekeeper, .. etc., will bo ar-., ; I. ranged satisfactorily by mutual consent. If ' I do ;'not hear in'the affirmative by March 16, l and Mr. Sayors will ..consider thatt-ho'chal-lenge is not" accepted; If. oh tho contrary, I will leave for-Sydney at once, arid Mr'. Sayers i will oover his'depQsit.r-I. am,.'etc., Charles . Bastard."- '■ It is stated that Cavill is agreeable 'to the racs, .and: intonds covering Read's, money. At' the recent Australasian championship meeting in' Perth (W.A.), the results were:—• Viotoria,' three firsts and'; three seconda.;-.. . New South Wales, two'firsts, two seconds, and throa thirds. '. " . ; ■ Queensland,-two thirds..... Westerii-Australui, cnoJirst- and one third. * Beaurepair-e won the 440 yds., BSoyds., : and. tho milo championships, besides being,second in:the 100 yds. arid 220 yds. . Healy won tho 100 yds. and .220 yds., finish- - ing.sccond in 'tho, 440 yds.'. ; . Dickman swam'sccond,in tho 880 yds. and. tho,milo. Garland vswam" tliird -in-, tho _' 880. yds., and ono. mila cliampionships. v...,' ..Springfield : was'.third in t-ho'22oyds. and .. 440yds'.,; ■■ Matson was-first, Ricbardscn sccond; and Finlay ; third, ,in tho 220 yds.; .breast stroko , championship. ; ' ' .-• ' i Tho Adelaide ' Advertiser", ■ on Mr. C. Bastard's annual meeting says:— The-chief, centrcd. in tho 1000 yds. profi&ional championship, in which ,it was stated R. Cavill,-',tho -Sydney ohampion, would - - bo paced by iccal:swimmers to break tho local 1 record of 14iniri. 31sec':, established by Georgo Read in February, 1903. A t Moir, H.,.Mooiy arid Cavill woto. the only starters. Moon established' a slight' Jend : froriiCavill an; tho '' first length, and ho had increased it a' littlo at the end of'fivo lengths.-,; Moir was: strug- . gling-along.nearly^'/half .a'length:of the batlis -: in the .rear. It-was: soon seen-that'Moon . was out for a win. as!'ho plugged along ahead' of! Cavill. ■ Ho was two and. a-'.half •..'longths; ahead'of. tho-Sydney man .at tho end". J of 12 laps, .onerthird of a.lap at 20, laps, and ;half a lap,'at 22. , From then ;to the. end ■he held the Cavill,';whose,con-. . \ dition seeniod to bo'aga.inst him. Moon" won easily.' aniid''vbciferous applause,- after, leading - all tlio. way, by ono and a half- longtlis of tho. batlis frorii, Cavillj 1 who' did not, use tlio crawl stroke,: and who' finished about 45yds; ahead'of Moir. : Tho time was 14min. 45Jsec.