THE KING’S CUP

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7848, 10 July 1911, Page 7

THE KING’S CUP

IMPORTANT SWIMMING EVENT. WON BY FINDLAY, WEST AUSTRALIA. NEW ZEALANDERS UNPLACED. By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright. (Received July 9, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, ‘July 8. At tho Festival of Empire Sports, G. E. Findlay (West Australia) won tho first test for the King’s Cup at tho Bath Club, scoring 15 points. 0. Schielo (Germany) was second with 10 points, and C. Atkinson (New Zealand) third with eight points. In a 600yds teams’ race London beat tho Overseas Dominions by a touch. THE FINAL STRUGGLE. (Received July 10, 0.25 a.m.) LONDON, July 9. Thoro was an enormous crowd at .tho Festival of Empire Sports swimming competition at Highgato Ponds. Tho final for tho King’s Oup resulted: G. E. Findlay (West Australia), 30 points —•• J 0. Schiele (Germany),' 20 points 2 Blatherwick, with U points, was third, 0. Atkinson (Now Zealand) made 10 points, M. E. Champion CNew Zealand) 6 points. Tho 110yds handicap for overseas visitors was won by Johnston (Canada), with Draper (Canada) second, Cadet Furniss (New South Wales) third, and H. Hardwick ' (Now South Wales) fourth. Those events axo in no way connected witn the competition between the duferent sections cl tho .Empire for the 1 estival of Empire Shield. Tne King’s Cup (one of »lio most coveted ' international trophies connected with swimming) was presented by King Edward VXI to the noyal latesaving Society for the encouragement pj lifo-savins. The first competition was hold in lto3 when the conditions were: 220yds breast stroke and 440yda and 860yds any fashion. Tho winners wore respectively; W. '•V- Eobinson, D. Biliington, and J. A. Jarvis, all of England The following year the conditions of tho competition were altered. One competitor can now win instead of three. Tho contest consiste of rescue events of 150 said 440 yards. i-'om-pelit-ors must bo in walking costume, _ without coat, and the one making the highest aggregate number of points becomes the winner The maximum number ol podntfl that can bo scored is thirty. G. E. Findlay, who has won the tot test, fe a r-zted breast stroke performer, besides being a good swimmer by the ordinary methods- In the last Australasian championships he won the 220yds breast stroke event in Smin 16 1-56 CC, only 2 l-6sec outside tho world's rac-Trd, held by V. Mateon {West Australia). Findlay also won thm event the previous year. On Juno lltti last h© swam second to M. E. Champion (Auckland) when the latter won an 880 yards event on the Thames. O. Schielo, of the German Swimming Union, won the cup in 1907, and in ISOB cic id-beatcd for it with S. Blathcrwic-i (AUercliffe-. each man eicnug 25 points. 0. Atkinson, formerly of Christchurch, but now resident in England, is about twenty years of ago, and is a hrstrorlass breast stroke swimmer He won the breast stroke events at the Now Zealand chamrrionsliips in 1910 and 191 U In February, 3910 lie won the 220yds breast stroke championship of New Zealand in 3min iOaeo-dsco better than the world’s recoin, hut for some reason tho performance did not rcceiv < fficdal recognition November 21st, 1910. at Christchurch, Atkinson broke the then Australasian record, by covering 100 yards in 78sec. Jp to and including 1908, the cup was won five times by English swimmers, once by Sweden, and once by Germany, whale In 19i*3 England and Germany dead-heated.