SWIMMING

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 717, 17 January 1910, Page 5

SWIMMING

:i HEALY ■ DEFEATS ■ HARDWICK IN ; ' i ■):, THE > 2 P!;YAEDS.;O; i:fr',-; : -; ;Vv3V. , January !IG, s:'p:m.)-...--.v •..':.";■ $:&:■:?)& : '- : i: ''• January;is.':'.' :.; Ih; v the;22o; yardg'.swimniing xlidnipipn-' ship.of ;Neir. r Sbuth''3yales -'Heaiy 'defeated' ;_Hardwib^'br; , .tilMe;ia^''in''-2.'iniiiutea''29 : t5; seconds., : ; ■',';;': '■■■■■'■■')'■.. • -", rW^khamwbni.th'e'diving-, : East.Sydney v annei©;the. : .sooyards'.teams' :race; : r ! '\'%-' J !'p!- ( \ .'•'.■'. ':::'?'^-a ;'

:;-_[The sti:uggle,;between : Healy.-and-Hard-: wick-has-made the Sydney swimming con.tests exceedingly, interesting. : On October SI-Hardwick ■■ made '< a' world's-.-ewimming : .record ;fqr;;iOO: metres.;(lo9.3-yards); \which jheiebvered ,in '63.: ; seconds,- being.,'three- 1 ' 'fifths;of 'a-second/quicker than-the time ;bf the '-American^sprint'.champion, CM'. Daniels/at'.the;last, : Qlympic.Games.. ;On: January'B, : in (the '100 yards , championship," ■Healy'-defeated.;.Hardwick•;"by .''a'-bare ■tonpli''^in;-58'.-,l^'-'Be'cbnds..-'-?:Da'niel3i.h'aa , done .< the :'\loo';;:'yards in.-65 '2-5 Seconds; . Hardwjck. easily.'.won the half-mile cham-pionshipi-in'-!lS!.'ininutes;:ia 2-5 seconds; he ■also ■ ; woD:-itHe''mile; ; in:;'2s.-.minutes 32 1-5 seconds, iand the 'Quarter-mile'in 5 ; minutes 39.3-s.;Be ! cbnds.] fy':-)k-vi. : t : 'i •■?•■' ' ;J ft.