SWIMMING
RACE ON THE RIVER
The Gisborne Swimming Club will hold its fourth river race of the season on Thursday next at 5.15 p.m., the course selected being between the railway and Ivaiti bridges. The following are the handicaps which have been declared by Mr O. F. Paltridge, official liandicapper: —E. T. Ohrisp scr., W. E. Maude scr., F. Peer 4sec., R. Richardson 4sec., W. Bouslield ssec., E. A. Smith 7sec., J. Plank Ssocs., M. Owen Ssee., J. Martin Bsec., H. R. Murphy Ssec., J. Franklin lOsec., V. Clouston llsec, C. Hacche llsec., J. F. Sutcliffe llsec., E. R. Brown llsec., K. Thomoson 15sec., H. Johns lOsec., Miss B. Robinson 20sec., Miss Franklin 22sec., Miss Ball 22sec.* WALTER LAUFER A NEW STAR. BREAKS JOHNNY WEISMULLER’S TIMES. NEW YORK, Jan. 24. Three world records, held by Johnny Weismuller, were broken at Buffalo last evening. Walter Laufcr, of Cincinatti, clipped two-fifths of a second off the 100 yards backstroke, which bo swam in Imin ssec. Then, without stopping, he went ICO' metres further in Imin 11 l-ssee., compared-with Weismuller’s Imin 12 3-ssecs. Ulatter Spence, of Brooklyn, swam 100 yards breaststroke in Imin 9 2-55., establishing a new record by a full second.—A.N.Z.C.A.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXIV, Issue 11011, 26 January 1926, Page 5
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200SWIMMING Gisborne Times, Volume LXIV, Issue 11011, 26 January 1926, Page 5
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