SWIMMING

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2110, 30 March 1914, Page 8

SWIMMING

.PLYING SQUADRON BACE. . Quite a- numka' of people assembled at Thonidoii Baths oe.Saturday afternoon to witness the 500 yards flying squadron race —au annual relay event, 100 yards (of five men) representing the different swimming clffbs in WeltjjjgtoH, for a cup donated by Slesgrs. Walker and Hall, The Tiiorndon Club has held the cifp foj' tlie past two yoars s b-ut on Saturday the Swifts Olufo team was victorious by a comfortable, margin. Old Boys were -second some ten yards behind, following aro details-.— Swifts. (H. AsMord, H. Little, A.SL Smith, 0. V. Fordhaai, and H. Jeiikiniion) ..., ; , 1 Old Boys (E. Newinan, R. Newtoiij H.- Capper, J. Kobiiison, and E. Levy) .•.....'. '~.„....•..'...;;■..... 2; .Tho Wellington iintl Thorndoii teams wero third and fourth in the order mentioned. . ': Oa tJio first lap Old Boys (Newman) established a lead 6f o»e yard, Thorn-; don, Swifts, and Wellington being bunched in that- order. Swifts gijtl Thoi'tt'don wore equal for front place in the sceoucf relay, with tire others level, about a yard distant, isliferd increased Swifts' load to two yarda and a half in , his turn, a.nd in the- nest -fop Swifts (Jeukiusou) had some- four yarfs to ike. good from Old Boys, who wore easily second, t'ordham, Kwifts' last maji, more than doubled his lead, sand« iu'g Swifts tho. winners .by some, ten yards-. TII6 time for the race" was -smiu. 43 3-Ssoc, the individual tiines of tlifi wimwrs being :■—H. Little, 70sec.; '{J. Ashford, 7Q 1-Ssec; A. M. Smith, TOsni!-.; H. feikinscm, 68 2-osec. \ and p. V. Fordliam, GSsec, the average b.s- - 6S 3-Sseo. Tho event marked the official closing of the season, and the swimincj's Were afterwards the guests of the Thorndoil Swimming Chib. THE WORKER BAY CLUB. I'he- Worser Bay Swimming and Life Saviiia; CJub aiinomices the results of tke fttllowiug events; — Blair Cup and Medals, Ocean Race, Kakai-iki Iky-to Seatonu Wharf .~C. Maunder, 1; ' L> GroeH, 3; Wooh, 3. Also started: H.-Silver, L, Silver,! L, and A. Holland. Club 'ChanipionsW,' 100yds.—H. Silver, 1: L, Silver, 2. Ladies' Race, aQytk.—Miss K,. J'ownall, 1; Miss D. ffiidier, 2; and- L. Pownaij, 3. At the I'liorndon Baths on Saturday i afternoon, Mr. I). K, Bbir (eJiaifman of the Wellington Sffieimiag Centre), on behalf of tho Wellington reprcsentati'/e swimming team, which lately_ visitmi tlie New Zoalaitd chainpion-ships at Blonbcim. prcsontcel Mr. Geo. E. Sadd {manager of tho teq*n) with a haudsonitiJy framed enlargement of thcreprescfi* ' tath-G polo team—-the coachiiig ■ of which hiKl talten a good deal «f Mr,. SarUl's spiirc time. Mr. Blair referred* in eulogistic terms to Mr. Sadd's o.\ : cftflent mana-genient ■ of the texim, ii.ikl also took the opportunity .of tb.tnl:iHg hiiii on the Wellington ConU'ii's beitaif, 1 '■ I .11. -in,..•»■' . , A

BQWtS & BOWLERS SATURDAY'S GAMES. The greens were not thickly populated with bbit-lers oii Saiuidfty afternoon, the weather hiring anything but propitious for outdoor, games. thoenson"clijb. The following frioiwjly games were played -en Tliomdon grceri:— Tiiorndon v. Newtewn:—Tiionuion: King, B, J\, Bttelieridge, Ronaldsois, Chitley, C, E. («.), 18, New-town: Olittfcy, Hustwick, Spires, Scott (s.), 19. Tluwntlon: Uphain, 'Wilson,'Brandon. Munro (s.) 15. Newtonvn; Middlotook, M'Cumskey, Webb, I'owcJl (s,), 2>l. Totals; jSwtown, 43; Tijamdoii, 33. Thornxlon y. To Hiwi:— Thoriidott : rhpmsou, Celien, Shallcrass, Jackmnn 1 (s.), 27. To Hiwi: Pirnni, Jeffreys, Wip-' Bias, Leighioii (s.), 11. hataitaFclub. The following games wero placed on the Hataitai green. For tlio Cfra-tn-pion .Rinks, Kasinith (s.) defeated Penny (a.), 2U—1!); M'Wliannell defeated Kuiuitjurgh, Hendry (sub.),. 23—13. • Tho Victoria Club, challengers for the Diamond Brreklos, sent over Hunt and Huastsiv to try conclusions with ■ tho 'holders, Mitchell and Battles/ and after a kceiily-eoatcsted game tho : hoklots were successful in retaining possession, ' the 'scows being: Victoria, 18; Hataitai, 23. Oil reporting tho result of tho .Junior Championship last Saturday on tho Hataitai green a mistake was manto ia placing; Fielding as the 'winner. The. result should have read: "Johnson winning en the play-off after the tie on tke last head." SEATOTN CLtJB. '■ At. the geatoun green on Saturday a friendly match was played and ve-. suited:—Klrolier and Powell (s.), »4, beat Can- and Hawthorn (s.}, 13. For the Crawford Cup, Magffl, 15, met Wright 14, and tJreeu 17, met iadlev, 16. ■ * Mesdamds Mafijll and. Bradley wore tho winners'of the president's trophies for croquet, A MASONIC MATCH. At tho Wellington Club's green on Saturday afterirotm a match was played between representatives of tho Pacific and St. Audrew's Lodges of Frecmttßons. The result was as follows;— .. Paciflc*~Scott, Jfcnzws, Petersen, D-imock (s.), 42, .St. Andrew'sWright, hemhH, Munt, R. Scat* <s.), 8. Pacific— Keliow, Wilson, Martin, Worboj's is.), 2.9. St. AWtov's-Creoft-mg, Russell, NeiU«n,''Mack (5.),. 17. Pacific—limess, TanvbFyii, Norton, Pryor (s.) 15. St. Andrew's—Wvatt, Martin, Watt, Reid (s".), 24. Totals—Pacific. -86; St. Andrew's, 49. HUTT AND PETONE GAAIISS. At the PetonoOreen tho focal 'Working Mfiii's Club tried 'conclusions r.-sth the 'Ctahmerciijl Chib, tlio former winning by 123 to' 74. ¥*utt defeated ■'N.Z. Times*' by 25 to In a' match with' Newtown, Hutt won by 97 to 03, Bowlers, bo up-to-date, fit y-rmi- hands with BttssftyV -Composite. Bowl, sin. Oil) So*.), Sin. -l-KHn, (Sib. tez.), S Usirt. 3ib» «oz.), • E,-Hsuldsworft., TdbaflcoMSt,-Sale Agent, Cuba .Street.* ■ . ■ '