SWIMMING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13390, 19 January 1907, Page 7

SWIMMING.

The lion, secretary of the Auckland centre, of the New Zealand Amateur Swimming Association ha,- lieen officially advised that. Erevberg ha- been selected to represent New Zealand in the Australasian championships, to In- held at Chris.tchurch in February. A 220 yd- breast stroke championship has been substituted for the plunge. Two more entrie- may be received for the event-. The swimming carnival to lie held in the Albert-st reel baths on Wednesday night, under the auspices of the Auckland centre, .should be a success. An excellent, pro gramme has been arranged, and it i- anticipa tod thai life entries, which c!o»e to-night, will be large, while the management are doing everything to assure the comfort of the spectator-. It is unlikely that Cecil Heulv will visit New Zealand to compete in the- Australasian championships. New South Wales, however, has unite a number of sprinters to select from, any one of whom could account, for ib<. short distance events. Willi 11. Baker in such fine form he will make an excellent, substitute for Mealy if able to come over. The Quecnslander, Springfield, should go near to winning the long distances, unless K. Healy can gel up to his last season's form. C. Healy swam 120 yds in lm. 16-., which equals his time put up in February, prior to his departure for England. The handicap was won by H. Hardwick on 45., L. Murray (55.) was second, and 11. Baker (scratch) was third. In the mile inter-club scratch teams' race at. Rose Bay there were two Macqurcn*— L. and W. —in the Sydney No. I team, who were the winners: the oilier two members of the quartette were ('. N. Smith and A. .1. Swinbourne. The Sydney No. 2 four were all Cummin:K.. A . (•'., and F. The New South Wales Association has decided to select (too representatives to compete in the Au-tralasian championship' in New Zealand hum Lehman. Test laces will be held over 100, 200. 440. and 1760 yards, and Ihe 220 yds and mile State championships will also be treated a- test races. 11. Baker, winner of the. lOOvds championship of New .South Wale-, i- not a crawl swimmer. lie .adopt.- the ttudgeon method ot propulsion.

Of the bum of £100 handed over last year by the Government for swimming to' the New Zealand Council only £28 18s was spent in the advancement of swimming. The remainder was spent in working expenses |<t the council and the centres, the former accounting for £14 2s and the latter for £57. If the association does not wish to lose the Riant, I would advise a radical alteration in present methods; and as for the centres they will do well to finance their affair» from revenue which does not contain a cent, from the grant, which was never inUmd-d to so to assist towards (lie paying of working expense- of centre-, says ;i Southern .writer. The 220 yds champion-hip <> f Canterbury was won by H. Kiel] in Liu. 59». : /r. ; •.- -

ACSTUALIA'S CHAMPION HI/TURNS. Cecil Htiily. tin: champion -print »wim« m«*r of the Commonwealth, who wen! as the accredited reptc~cntativo of the Now South Wale- Swimming Association to Allien-" to compete in tin- Olympian game-. ha- returned homo to Sydney. Ho had 1,. «'ii hli-oiil In. Australia to nine month . liming which lime he »«-, able to. gi\e, a practical demonstration of lii- prowess in natatorial work. He fern to hi"- trip h« -Hill that -" Fhi ..- Allien- Wie- I.'IJIIIPfIKMI i! as hardly to he »'\\> '-clod, after lit' 1 long abseiii* from tin' water m-i i—it *« *-»* J by the voyage, that ho would Ik- in r til condition to challenge the world. A swimmer, he pointed out, could do nothing to compensate for tlit> 1-.)-- of water, tin arrival at. Athens lie realised how impossible .1 would In- to do bim-e'.f pi.-tive. I!'' was defeated by Daniel-, and tin Halmay. bill siib.-e.pieill-lv ivln'ii In- in.'' dc liability lie debated him. He had met and deleted th« grentoM sprint champion- <d Hnghuid and Ivirop?, and had established new world's record.-. In Finnic ho succeeded in lowering the Ih-.-I time.- for the 100 and 200 metro-. In lU'iliiany In- competed m tin- Herman In ternatiomil Swimming Festival. I"i which there were 450 entile-. lie mhreeded in winning the two 100 metre-, events. In iv 100 metro- race lor lii" Kni-cr'- prize he reduced do liability'.- Continental moid b\ b-. ii via- -in i c--fn! also in Belgium and Holland. and subsequently in the Ciiiiod Kingdom. Min interest via- taken in tin- crawl " stroke all over the United Kingdom and tin- (Continent. Wherever lie -•lain In- had e-tahlished elasso- of "crawlei-." llealy concede.- the palm to ('. M. Daniels, the Am. an champion, a- the li.'-t bath performer In- ha- known. Daniels is very clever in turning, hut in a straight, or very nearly straight, swim llealv is contiidem ho eunld defeat Daniel-. They had not | mot on an equitable basis. The only fauti.'st was a straight course. Hi-, swimming I in I'.iigland was hami>erod hv'.-10.-wl bathI willi artificially heati'd water. He preferred I straight, open water courses. Swiivtmiu', j wa- making inn. prog re in the places ho I had visited. At one (tine it was possible for an Kugli-h swimmer of moderate ability to go to Huropo and win victories, but this .state of things had passed, and the Conj incut could now boa-t ..I some of the tine*! | middle distance swimmers living. As ease- ! in point Mealy mentioned Seller}', of Austria. | and Bruckner and de Halmay. of Huiigarv.