SWIMMING MARVEL

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18763, 17 January 1923, Page 6

SWIMMING MARVEL

AUSTRALIAN BOY’S RECORD. (From Oun Own Correspondent.) SYDNEY, January 11. A Manlv bov. Alan Charlton who has not vet turned 'l6. has accomplished several wonderful sivimnniw fonts. On Monday afternoon, in tbo Rusbcutters Bay (Sydney baths, Charlton swam 880yds in 11mm 0 3-5 sec. This is 23 S-ssec foster than he world’s record. held by Norman Row. the American champion. Unfortunately. Charlton s figures w ill not go down on the record books, as ue did not swim under official conditions. In 1900 Barney Kcirnn was credited with Jlmiii 11 3-ssoc for the half-mile, 1 hough his tune was never officially recognised. Charlton s swim was in the nature of a tnal-he, is to meet W. Harris, the champion of Hawaii over half a-n.ile in the Now South Males Championship.’(o be decided on Saturday. He was carefully limed, and there is no reason to doubt that the record is not authentic. . .... Dnlv a fortnight, ago. in a competition race in the Manly Baths. Charlton swam 448 yds in smiii 16 3-sseo. which is tbo fastest time ever recorded bv an Australian. The previous best was bv Keiran who registered smin lOso-mbwlnev in 1905.