SPORTS AND PASTIMES

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22023, 4 August 1933, Page 4

SPORTS AND PASTIMES

CHANNEL SWIMMING MISS GLEITZE’S ATTEMPT. (United Press Association.) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) LONDON, August 2. Miss Mercedes Gleitze, who in 1927 swam from the French coast to Dover, this morning began an attempt to swim the channel from Dover to the French coast. She hoped to reach Franco in _2O hours. After six hours she -was swimming strongly about eight miles east of Dover, but she abandoned the swim after being eight hours in the water owing to a rising wind and rough seas. She had covered 10 miles. ALPINE MOTOR TRIALS SUCCESS OF BRITISH CAES. (British Official Wireless.) (United Press Association.) (By Electric Telegraph—Copy right.) KIIGBY. August 2. (Received August 3, at 5.5 p.m.) In the second day's run in the international Alpine motor trials, from Merano to St. Moritz, a notable performance was made by small British cars. In St. Klein Pass a sfibod of 29 miles an hour was imposed on large ears in a climb of 12.} miles with hairpin bends, and 2(> miles an hour on small cars. Of seven cars which completed the climb within the time limit four were British—one Fraser Nash, two Rileys, and one M.G. Midget. ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL AUSTRALIAN TEAM’S TOUR. (United Press Association.) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) SYDNEY, August 3. (Received August 3, at 11 p.m.) The Australian Association football team to tour Now Caledonia will sail tomorrow.