SWIMMING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20962, 27 February 1930, Page 5

SWIMMING.

By Neptune. ST. CLAIR CARNIVAL. Despite , the fact that exceptionally good, entries came forward and that the racing. was interesting to a degree, the attendance at the St. Clair Club’s carnival was disappointingly small. The club, surely deserved a better fate, for considerable trouble had been taken with the preparation of the programme, which was particularly well arranged. Principal interest centred, of course, in the 220 Yards Otago Men’s Championship, in which S, M'Kenzie, of St. Clair Club, proved the victor after a great tussle with his chibmate Turgis, whom he beat only by a touch. The holder of the title, C. J. E. M‘Lean, also competed, but, although he was up . with the placed 'competitors for 100 yards, he faded out in the fourth lap. p. Nuttall, the winner of the 33 1-3 and 66, 2-3. Yards Interclub Handicaps, is a promising young swimmer, who has just recently joined competitive ranks. He has a powerful stroke, and his wins were thoroughly well-deserved. The . Durand brothers are gradually swimming their way into prominence in breast-stroke events, and C. Durand, off the second and a-half mark, swam a splendid race for his second place, in the 100 Yards Breast-stroke Handicap. Swimming off' scratch in the 75 Yards Junior and Intermediate event, 'he notched a lucky win, as E. Geddes, who went off the same mark, got away before his time and was disqualified. This was unfortunate for the champion, :as even though he was conceding seven seconds to the limit man, he won- easily. Durand, however, swam a good race, and although he has not Geddes’s pace, he is a breaststroke swimmer distinctly above the average. h ■ . W. Jarvis gave, a taste of his quality m his heat, of the 66 2-3 Yards Interclnb Handicap, in which, although he was only taking 1J seconds from C. J. McLean, he beat the latter, by a touch in the remarkably good time of. 43 seconds. On his present form, Jarvis looks like registering, some startling times before he leaves junior ranked He is also developing into a good breast-stroke swimmer, and as he has had the benefit of a few lessons from C. B. Lewis, this, combined with his natural ability and the fact that he is a consistent trainer, should see him in the forefront of junior breast-stroke exponents next year. A. Haines is doing better and better every time he competes. His body play in the Handicap Dive was particularly good, and his win was well merited, A good relay race is always worth watching, and the .eight-a-side race between Kiwi, St. Clair, and Dunedin was no exception to the rule. The Kiwi team was the best-balanced combination, and to'this largely (although all its members swam well) its win .was due. ■,

DUNEDIN CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS. There was a splendid attendance at the Dunedin Club’s hour on Friday night, when the 50 Yards Free-style Handicap .for the W. F. James Cup and the 66 2-3 Yards Backstroke Championship in the J. J. Clark Cup series were swum off. On account of the- large number of entries for the former event it was found necessary to swim it off in two heats. The following are the results:—First heat: A. Eckhold (6sec) 1, U. Williams (Msec) 2, S. Jarvis (7sec) 3. Second heat: H. James (6sec) 1, J; Byrnes (£sec) ,2, W. Jarvis (scr) 3. Final: James 1, Eckhold 2, Byrnes 3. The Backstroke Championship resulted as follows:—B. "Kerr 1, R. J. Fleming 2, W. Jarvis 3, The other races in both series will be decided tb-morrow night, Byrnes swam a great race in his heat of the 50 Yards Free-style Handicap, and one of the best races seen in the baths for some time ensued between him and W. Jarvis, who was conceding him half a second, for second place. In the final, Byrnes again put up a good swim, and unwound a great sprint over the final 20 yards. ■ H. James, who won both his heat and the. final, is a stylish little swimmer of considerable promise,' who, is improving every week. As was .expected, Brian Kerr had no difficulty in capturing ’ the Backstroke Championship, and W. Jarvis, in swimming into third place behind R. H. Fleming, put up ~a remarkably good performance for a such a young swimmer.

REMARKABLE GIRL SWIMMER. When 16-year-old Mollie Mitchell covered 50 yards in 27 2-ssee at the Balmoral baths in Sydney recently, she came within two-fifths of a- second of beating the world’s record for the distance, held by Eleanor Garratti, who swam 50 yards in 27 seconds, in the United States, in 1926. Later in the afternoon she swam 150 yards in the remarkable time of Imin 58sec. Miss Mitchell’s previous time for 50 yards was 27 3-ssec. This was 1 2-ssec better than the State record held by Dulcie Raine, Miss Mitchell, who is being tutored by Mr D. Hellmricb, the official coach of the New South Wales Swimming. Association, has been swimming consistently well during the season, and . much is expected of her. Many admirers see in her a coming champion. Her superb stamina has frequently been remarked, 'and seemed to be emphasised by het latest performances. OFFICIAL ( RECORDS. ‘ As a result of a decision reached at the .recent conference of centre ‘delegates providing that in future one Set of records be recognised, and abolishing the fresh water list, the following fresh water tiines will cease to be recqrde:— Men: 100 yards, .56 4-ssec, W. Cameron; 100 metres, 65 4-ssec, I.' W. Cameron i 220 yards, 2min 29sec, D. P. Lindsay; 440 yards, smin 28 l-Ssee, D. P. Lindsay; 880 yards, llmin 44 3-ssec, D. P. Lindsay; one mile, 24min 2 l-ssec. D. P. Lindsay; 200 metres breaststroke, Brain 2 l-ssec, E. C. Heard; 100 metres backstroke, Imm 21 2-ssec, L. Moorhouse; 150 yards backstroke, Imin 54sec, L. Moorhouse; 200 metres backstroke, 2min 57secJ L. Moorhouse; 400 metres, Cmin 27 2-ssec, L. Moorhouse; long plunge, 65ft 2in, W. Wilkinson. Ladies: 100 yards, Imin 8 3-ssee, Miss E. otockley; 150 yards, Imin 52sec, Miss P. Hoeft; 200 metres, 2min 53 4-ssee, Miss »hand; 440 yards, 6min 9 2-ssec, Miss K. Miller; 880 yards, 13min 54 3-sseo, Miss K. Miller; 100 metres backstroke. Imin 26 2-ssec, Miss E. Stoekley. ‘lntermediate boys; 100 yards, 59 4-ssec, I W Cameron; 220 yards, 2min 51 j-ssec, H. Cowan; 440 yards, 6min J l-ssec, H. Gowan; 100 yards breaststroke, Imin 17 4-ssec, E. C. Heard. Intermediate girls: 75 yards, 58sec, Miss K. Bristed; 100 yards, Imin 12sec, Miss N. Stratton; 75 yards breaststroke, Imin 5 4-ssec, Miss M. Mathieson. Junior boys; 440 yards, 6min 30 l-ssec, N. Batchelor; >75 yards breaststroke, Imin Isec, R. Geddes. Junior girls: 50 yards, 33 4-ssec, Miss Z. Hogarth; 100 yards, Imin 19 l-ssec. Miss P. Page. The following times will displace the salt water records, which are shown in parentheses;—22o yards breaststroke, 3min 4sec. (3mm 4 3-ssec), L. Smith; 220 yards ladies breaststroke, 3min 35 2-sseo (amin Jo 3-ssec), Miss G. Pidgeon; 100 yards junior boys, 65 4-ssec (66 3-ssec), K. Geddes; 50 yards junior girls’ breast, stroke, 41 l-ssee (42 l-ssec), Miss D.