SWIMMING.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1616, 6 December 1912, Page 6

SWIMMING.

——r* ■ CFvIL SERVICE TOURNAMENT. . The Civil Service tournament was advanced another stage: at the Te Aro Baths last evening, when the 50yds. open handicap was got off with the "following result:—. ■ First heat: E. C. Hubbard, Usee, 1; C. V. Fordham, scr., 2. Also started: C. A. Mathieson, 4see; L. Wilton, scr.; L. C. Forgie, ssec.; A.. A- Sbnierville, Bsec.; W. Findlay, 12sec. Won easily. Time, 32 2-osec. .'■'-.' Second heat: A. R. M'Neilly, Usee, 1; E., J. Donovan, 15sec.;, 2.; Also started: H. H: Little,'2s'ec.';R; A. Evenson,-ssec. ; H.-K: Johnston, 7see; C. L. Nicholls, 4sec. Time, 37 4-ssee-Third heat: R. C. Watson, 3see, 1; H. Mullins, 3sec, 2. Also started: J. B. Watson, 7sec; A. Miller, lOsec; G. O. Morgan, 7sec. Time, 31 4-ssec. , Fourth .heat: 8.. C, Ashwin, lOsea, 1; .d.• Milled 13sec r .?l~'liso started: G. A. Hnmpson, 3see; F. R. Webster, 20sec. Time, 33sec'. • Final: F. C. Hubbard, 1; B. C. Ashwin, 2; A. R. M'Neilly, 3. Time, 3fe>c. A diving competition resulted: R. C. Watson, 1; J. J. Snelling, 2; H. H. Little, '.3. . The tournament will be concluded this evening with a 200 yds. tennis race, and a 50yds. ladies' race. AUSTRALIANS AT PRACTICE. Quite a large number of local swimming enthusiasts gathered at the-Te Aro Baths yesterday afternoon, when Messrs. ■ Solomons, Hay, and Riddington, the visiting Australians, put in some practice work. Hay swam an easy ■■ 100 yds., his 'time being 6isec. All three men appeared to stand the 'cold water better than the local men; Solomons particularly literally wallowed .in-the brine; Ridding- ; ton gave a sample of his skill as a diver, turning a somersault and a half in a high dive, and entering the water neater than most local exponents of the art do in a plain dive. ;. '