BROKEN RECORDS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1050, 13 February 1911, Page 6

BROKEN RECORDS.

AMAXEURJSJVIMJHIiG CH&IPIONS. . * fc u <• •* w *WN" ™ -■-»■» * . , FRESH HALF-MILE AND 220 YARDS FIGURES. CHAMPION AQUN CHAMPION;'' "HUNDRED" RECORD BCBRICE. The of locoid was entered upon at tho-onening of the New Zealand amateur swimming .•'championships was continued: at the final day's racing on Saturday ..afternoon;'when M. Champion, tho Auckland crack, succeeded iu clippUig 22 2-ssec.off tho; New Zealand record, and onojsecbnd off the 220 yds. record. The of tho day was tho excellent performance of 1 , . Seymour; of Napier, in the 880 yds. championship. Champion was of course a certainty for tho race, and the'only question appeared to'bo what his time "would be. Welson, tho other Wnitcmata 'club man, was expected to fill tho second'place, and from the way ho'started justified tho confidenco placed in him, but when it camo to tho business end tho nineteen-year-old Napier lad (Seymour) was the, ono who kept nearest to Champion, ■ and 'forced his time.. Another surprise wris the result of the polo championship, in which Canterbury defeated Wellington by two goals to one, after a hard, exciting game.-The win of tho visitors was all tho ' wore meritorious because of the fact; that they played thtough , most of tho second spell with only six men. '' ■ '•'..'■'■■'■' The competitors in the "diving event .set a. much standard than .that maintained during'the first two days of the meeting. .••Hanna> .Stewart, Hicks, Ronayne, and Little did some capital work. In tho, „Natatorial• .IJUgh. Juntp, Stewart and ■ Ronayne■werS-'seerf^lo- 1 great advantage. A special display of trick diving by Mr. J. Darling, of Napier,'was the cloverest performance seen in Wellington for many a Ion; day. With . tho assistance of G...P.. Hnnnn. of.'WeHiiigton ) : tlie Napier diver gave tho 'spectators, moro thrills to the second than they would cxperienco at. a;circus. Further variety ,was r addcd to; tho programme by a display of fancy and trick swimming by Sir. T. Shields and two of his diminutive pupils. ■

The attendance on" Saturday was about 1500, and very little below tho record gathering of tho .previous Saturday. Amongst those present was Sir Joseph Ward, who was welcomed by Jlr; Geo. Harris, president of the N.Z.A.S.A.. In tho course of a brief reply the Primo. Minister wished tho. association Iho very best of.success in its useful work. ■• ■.'

. THE 220 YDS. CHAMPIONSHIP.Three of tho entrants for tho 220 yds. championship; G.- Seymour nnd F. Seymour, of Napier, and C'Brief, < Wellington, did not reach tho starting board. This left tho following competitors:— C. Atkinson (Canterbury), M. Champion .(Auckland), E. J. Dawson (Dunedin), R. Healy: (Thorndon).- M. C. Stranger (Wellington),' G, L. Bull (Canterbury), B. C. l'reyberg (Swifts), J. Grant (Hawera), and C. Welson (Auckland).'. M'hen tho men rose after ' tho starting' plunge, Welson and Freyl>erg were in the best positions. When 50 yards had been'thrown behind, tho order was:—Champion, AVelson, Frcyberg. Healy was fifth • wheu the leaders had gonp 80 yawls. At.tho end of tbofirst IK) yards,. Welson, who had cut out. tho distance in : ' GGsec, was slightly ahead of. Champion, with third, Froyberg ..fourth, and-'Healy, fifth. ■ The next , stretch-, of. 50 yards saw Champion go- to \the front to stay: Ifc' turned for tho last 70 yards about tbrco'foet ahead of -Welson, tflio was-'followed•'; by Froyberg, Stranger, having; rotired. '■ Champion hlrew : away from .Welson' in tho brush homeland - qn'by three, yards. Freyberg was-five or ! six,.yards behind .Welsou,-: nnd. Healy. i ..,was ■'anßtbcr yard away.' , Dawson .was way back,;. Bull sixth., and , - Atlanspn-vSoyenth.* Champion-was cheered, when-it was announced that -ho had'broken the New Zealand record- by ■" a' second,, "Welson, whose time was 2min. 41 S-SseTSi, beat the New. Zealand 'standard tinio°.fjjr the race;

•,'. INVITATION .<SCEATQH.;EACE. . . The principle object, of the 100 yds. Invitation Scratch liaco was, , to' give C. Bricq (whoso, record figures in tho 100 yds. championship,' will not; hold, on account of tho-champions'iip conditions not hnv-ing-.-beon oonipliodMvith) -an -opportunity of,beating thtf»rel!&ra' , niaii£:->He sue' ceeded in-beating.Champion's , New• Zealand record of 64sec, but his.time, 63 1-5 sec, was a second slower than tho time he put up. in tho championship. , Tho ,starters-were: R.'Healy, C. Brice',-M. C. Stranger, F. Roberts, and G. Seymour: Brice aud Roberts were tho'best off tho board; and at 5C yards' thri, former had a clear lead;,of, fivo,,'fecf.' came up'fast-from >'tho turiicbut .Brice had things:easily, fii.-'.liaiid 'a't-75,yards, and he won comfortably bv close on a couple of only ; separated- Sey-. mour (second) and Roberts (third). Stranger was "fourth,' and Healy fifth. ■ Soy-' mow,-Msec., Roberts,'-; 65- 2-sscc;,' and' Stranger, 65 ; 4-ssec;,.: all r did ; , better than the- New, Zealand .standard timo. ■ Ilealy took 69 3-ssec.on tho, journey.; ■ ■. '

': HALF-MILE 'CHAJIPiONSHIP. -.''. The starters in tho half-milo championship were N:~ Champiok "(Auckland), A. M/Millau (Otago), S. A. Murrell '(Wellington), F..Seymour (Napier), and C. Welion (Auckland). C. Atkinson (Canterbury), J. Grant (Hawera),- E. Healy (Wellington)/ C.-H. H. ' Eich (Canterbury),'and.P. Schwartz (Canterbury) did not start. The first 50 yards ended with Champion, leading, i only inches separating him from Wclson,.M'Millan, Seymour, and_Murfcll being next in the order named..':By tho :fimo he.had ' thrown 200/ yards behind. Champion had established a. lead of a coupleof yards.from Wclson. Seymour was a couple of yards further back, and then came M'Millan and Murrell. 1 Tho.next, hundred saw.tho gap between Chanrpioh and Wclson increased to three lengths, whilst Seymour was plodding on strongly flft...behind Wcison. Welson cut down Champion's lead by- a couple, of yards at the '440 yards mark, and ho had brought; Seymour along with him. M'Millan naS now. 20 yards behind, and Murrell had cried "enough" at 400 yards.; M'Millan gavo'un. at 600 yards, at which point Champion had a lead of 4 yards from Seymour, who had c'omo along in fine style, and to tho surprise of everypassed Wolson. Tho young Napier swimmer was going beautifully, and Was vrftliia" threo,yards,of Chanipionrat 700 *rds, and a' couple of yards in front of Welson. Tho 800 yards. turn, eaw Champion still leading Seymour, and going very, steadily, and 'wclson was 0 vards away. The big .Auckland plugged homo easily, and won by 10. yards, Seymour finishing with a sprint and.beating WelEon by a full 12 yards. Seymour received on ovation, for nis plucky performance, and cheers wcro also, given for Champion. Champion's time, 12min. 18 3-ssee>, is 22 2-!iscc." better than tho New Zealand record of 12min.'Msec.; , although:his own best'to dato is 12min. Bs'cc. Seymour's time, 12min.-28 ?-ssl-c, and Welson's, 12min. 40 l-sscc, aro both tetter than' tho figures which previously stood ns the New Zealand record. The time taken -by Champion as ho reeled off each 100 yards was: —100, G9 200, 2minJ 32 2-sscc.j 300, 3min. 57 l-sscc.j 400, smin; 20 3-sscc.; 500, 6min. 55 4-ssec.; 000, Bmin. 23 l-ssec; 700,-Omin. 52,1-sscc.; 800, llmin. lGsecl; and B§o yards, 12min. 18 3-ssec.

: WATER POLO BANNER. ; : ' Tho finnl heat of tho wator polo championship was played between Wellington A and Canterbury, A. Wellington attacked from the jump, and Diriglo was called upon to save a hot shot from Jenkinson. Immediately following, this. ilFealy had a shot right in front, tho'ball-bouncing on tho cross bar'and going outside. Wellington kept up the attack, arid lost sovoral chnnces in front of tho goal. The visitors put in n strong attack after this, ■' Gemnicll and Atkinson in turn being within an aco of pcorins. A fine dribblo by Jenkinson. put Wellington in an nttacking position, and following this a fine dash up tho centre saw Froybcrg clear nwav. He took, the.ball right up to the post-?, and' scored a pretty goal. Just on halftime Atkinson, mado a. great cfTort for Canterbury, but ended by sending tho ball over the bar, Hulf-timo saw the score—Wellington, 1; Canterbury, 0. Al-, most immediately after tho start of tho second 'spell Canterbury tho scores, Atkinson scoring as the result of good play by Rich. A couple- of minutes later on? of. the Canterbury men .was. or>

dored out of the water for a broach. The local team pressed hard for , somo time, and Drice liiiil n cliiincc right in'front, but Dingle, sawil: Wellington literally bombarded tlio TJliristchurcli goal for « fow minutes,- but tho sound work of Dingle, in goal, nnd'Hieh kept them out. Ono. of tlio goals Hwcd by; Dingle, off Hrico was a beauty. The visitors had their, reward just ton the call of Urns, when Atkinson cot another one past the Wellington goalkeeper. The gamo ended —Canterbury, 2; Wellington, 1. Thf winners fully deserved their victory, and owe a good'deal to the excellent work- of Hich, Atkinson, nnd Dingle. - THE CHAMPIONS. The various championship holders as a result of tho thrco days' raging are: 100 Yards C. Brico '"• . AVollingtonl '220 Yards, M. Champion Auckmnd. 110 Yards M. Champion . Auckland. ■'880 Yards M. Champion Auckland. irtiO Yards 11. Champion ■ : Auckland. 220 Yards . ' ' ' ' .Breast Stroke- C. Atkinson Canterbury Water Polo Champions.—Canterbury : A team: H. Eioh' (captain), J. Dingle, P. Schwartz, W. Cookson, 11. Jcrrcd, C. Atkinson, and G. .Gemmell. ' DETAILS OF "THE". RACING. .The detailed, results of tho races areas under:— ' ' • , . 50 YARDS OPEN HANDICAP; trophies yaluo £2 2s. and £1 Is. First and second in each heat to start in tho final.—First heat: W. Johnstouc, "sec, 1; D. Mowatt, Bsec, 2; P. Grey, Bsec, 3. Also started: S. Brewstcr, Bscc.; H. Ostler, Bsec. Time,' S6sec. Second heat: T. H. Sl'Lean, 6sec., 1; K. Forth, Gsec, 2;-H. Silver, •Isec, 3.' Also started: V. Wise, 7sec; A. G. Anton, Gsec; J. A. MTLean, 6soc.;L. Moltzen, 6sec. Time, 32 2-ssec. Third heat: A. D. Liiing, ssec, 1; J, Stevens, ssec, 2; W. M'Grcgor, Gsec.-, 3. Also.started: C. Tyrrell, ssec; G. Stevens, sscc; H. Walden, 3sec; E. E. Jenkinson, Isec. ; Time, 31sec. Fourth heat: J. Stirling, 7sec.,'l; F. Coira, Bsec, 2; J. B. Wareham, s?cc, 3.,- Also started: L. Silver, sscc.j J. ' Stratford; 3s>c;;'C. R. Carr, 3sec.; D. Evans, 3sec; H.Little, 3sec.;-C. S. Kelly, lscc. Time, 33scc. Tifth heat: W. Cookson, 3spc.,-1; J. C. Cookc, 2sec, 2; H. 'Asliford,; 2soc, 3. Also started:' Kerr-Taylor, . ■ 2sec.'; R. Wilson, Isec. Time, 30 3-secc. Final: Cookson, 1: Stirling, 2. Time, 28' l-sscc. Laing finished second, but was disqualified for swimming across another ,com'petitor. "' . . . ,-, :...'■ . (

220 YARDS CHAMPIONSHIP OF NEW ZEALAND. Prizes: First, association's gold medal;.second, trophy,.value £1 Is., presented by Messrs. Stewart, Dawson and Co". Holder: M. E. Champion, Waitemata, Auckland. Now Zealand record, 2min. 40scc. Standard, 2min. 44scc. '

M. Champion, 'Waitetnata, Auckland;.. 1 C. Welson, Waitemata, Auckland; ...... 2 B. C. Freyberg, Swifts, Wellington;;;.; "3

Also started: C. Atkinson, Opawa,, G. J. Dawson, Dvwedin; R. Healy,; Thorndoiu'M. C. Strangei, Wellington;" G.IL. Bull, Richmond; J. Grant, Hawera. T' m e, 2min. 39sec, a New Zealand'record. Won by about threo yards. Freyberg .was about six yards away third. '•_• •

DIVING COMPETITION.; Prizes: trophies valuo £1 Is. and 10s. Gd. G. P. Himna, 1; W. Hicks, 2. Also competed: F. Coira, R. Connor, W. R, Horton.H. Little, G. H. Ncal, R. Welson, F. Rcy : nolds, R. Ronaync, L. Salek, K. Wiggins, Stewart, GcmraoH, and Freyberg. '• .

100 YARDS INVITATION SCRATCH RACE. Prizes: Trophies, first- .£2 25., second -JCI- Is.-, third 10f. 6d.-C. Thorndon, AVellingtbn, 1; G.' Seymour, Napier--2; F. Roberts,' Thomdon; Wellington, 3. Also started: SR: - Healy, Thorndon; C/Stranger, 'Wcllingtbri. Time, G3 l-sscc. Won by about five feet. Inches only separated second and third. ..

100 YARDS OPEN HANDICAP. -Trophies, value £2 2s. and Jills. First and second in each heat .to'start in final.— First heat: A. D. Laing. 13sec, 1; T. J. King, l"sec, 2; K.>'D., Russell, Also, started:-W.H.'Ellis, 25scc;; F. Dolauey, 23sec; P.. Grey, Wsec.j W. M'Grogor, 18scc.;' J. Gosling,- 17sec; T. H. M'Lean. 15scc; V. Wise, 14sec. Time, lmin. IS 1-SSCC. Second heat: J..8. Wareham, llsec, 1;L. Silver, 13sec, 2; R. •Evenson. 13scc, 3i""Alsd : stdrted: J. Robinson, 33sec.; A.-Crowthor, 13sec.; V.-L; Allah, 13sec; K. Forth. 13scc; J. Stevens, 13sec; .J. Hannay,'l3scc.;. H. Silver, llsec; L. Salek, lUec. Time, lmin.'l3 3-ssec. Third heats' C. R.' Carr, 9sec.,M; H. Mnllins. 9sec. 2; ,W. Wilson, 85ep.,..3., Also started: E. Pjcot, lOsec;; 11. Jen'Kinson, 9sec.;J. Stratford, 9sec; S..A. Murrell,'".7sfe"c. ;■ G. R. Paterson, 7sec. 'Time, lmin.'-10 Wsre.'-. Fourth heati'F- Bridges, 4sw!., 1;.L..E.' Kerr-Tnylor. Osec. 2; A. O'Hare. , 3sec;, 3. Also started :H. Wolden, 7sec; E.-E. JeJiinson, 6sec,.; C. Brice, scratch.; Time, lmin. 6',,4-ssjpc. Brico Rave up lit 75j»15.,.. and Jenkinson at 90yds. Final: Laing, 1; Carr, 2; Mullins, 3. Time, lmin. 10 3-sscc.. .Won fairly easily. .- ■■.:';■■ ~ ... '■■-....' :!■"■'

fiSO YARDS CHAMPIONSHIP, OF NEW ZEALAND.—Prizes:. First, association's fold mednl;Vccond,'tronhy.''yaluo £1 Is. Holder: R'.'Hcaly. Wcllinetonl , ' N.Z. record,' 12min. 41ecc; standard time, J3min.. •■' . : '-' •.',■.''. ■,-;.•■'■ '.". i ...: ■;'.'■

M.' Champion, Wnitemata,'-Auckland... 1 .1 F. Seymour, Napier, ..;:....:....'.;..'. 2 C. Welson, Waitemata, 1 Auckland .-..V,.-,- 3

Also started: A. M'Millan, Otago; S. A. Murrell, Wellington'. Time,, 12min.,183-5 sec. i,, Wool'' byi'.'obout 10-yards. Twelve yards. scp«ra.ted> second ana. third.' ; •-..,:'

NATATORIAL' HIGH JUMP.-Trouhy, value xris.-J. D.fcStewart, 1. There were about seven other competitors.

.NEW 'ZEALAND WATER POLO CHAMPIONSHIP:—Winners v " to hold N.Z.A.S. , Banner for twelve months, and receive.' tronhies ;valup ..£5 ss. , Present holders,' Canterbury.—final eame:Canterbury .'A, 2 goals, beat Wellington A; 1 goal. . "' ".■.'' ■■:' ' ■■■' ;''.'. '

DUNCAN MEMORIAL SHIELD..: The. Duncan : Memorial. Shield, 'which was open, to' Canterbury swimmers competing af the New Zealand championship meeting, was , won by the Opawa Club, which .■scored ,15 points throughout, the meeting, East Chnstchurcli. being - second with seven points. • / -.-./ ,; '. •"

■ VISITORS ENTERTAINED...... Tho visiting swimmers ■were entertained at a smoke concert in tho Masonic Hall on Saturday evening,- the chair being occupied'by JSV. T. Ronayne. 'A.number, of toasts and musical'items made u>) thu official programme, ■ speeches" being iriado by several of the most ".prominent sup : porters of tho. sport in. .New' Zealand! Apropos of the suggestion made •at .the conference, that the New Zealand championships ..should -bo allotted -for five, years ahead, it was stated-that tho constitution of tho council prevented that step. Consequently, the question of.revising tlio constitution will, rcceivoconGidcration. Another point mentioned by a Canterbury visitor- was that • there should-bo uniformity in the divine rules, those of Christchurch and ■ Wellington being entirely different. - -;'■.,-. ■, A NEW RECORD. < .. ; By Tclcirr.inh-J'rcss Ansoclntion-Copyright.' (Rec. Feb;,l2. 5.5 p.m.) ' • .-•''. :' '' Sydney, February 11. 'Wickh.aui registered, a'new hundred yards- breast-stroke record at- Rose Bay,, covering the distance in lmin. 13 2-ssec.