SWIMMING.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 10 February 1923, Page 4

SWIMMING.

The Australasian's swimming writer says of Charltou's wonderful performance in beating Harris: Alan Charlton, the boy prodigy of Sydney, achieved another triumph when he beat William Harris, the American champion, in a 440 yards champion race at the Domain Baths. Thousands of people crowded the baths to witness the race. Charlton won by 15 yards, and his time was 5m in 22 2-ssec. Owing to the slow paces in the early stages of the race Charlton did not establish a new record, as was expected. Harris' time was smin 37 4-ssee. The world's record is Jjinin 13 3-osec. When Harris saw Charlton swim on the previous week, he admitted that he had no hope of competing successfully against the Manly lad in the 440 yards event Harris only beat N. Christie for sec ond place by a tom-h. In his celebrate*.! SSO yarn's swim, in which he established a world's record, Charlton was timed over intermediate distances. Hi* times were: 110 yards, 73sec; 220 yards 2min 33 '1-5 soc; 330 yards, 4min'l l-o sec; 440 yards, flinin 25 l-fisoe; , r»;>0 yards, Gm\n ;74sec; (IGO yards, Snrin 3Hi sec; 770 yards, 9min 44 4-~)sec; SSO yards, Ilium 5 l-ssec. Charlton is ")ft JOin in lieight and weighs list, and lie has a chest measurement of SS^in, with expansion of 4Jin. He is aged 15.} years. As a swimmer Charlton iirst Mine into prominence about three years (go, when he covered half a mile in IX liin 20sec. At Manly on December 24 ie covered 440. yards in funin 16 3-5 ■oc, and two weeks ago he did trial time >f Umin SSsec for SSO yards.