SWIMMING

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23334, 28 October 1937, Page 4

SWIMMING

By Neptune

: Club Hours—Mondays (8.45-9.45 'p.m.), St. Clair and St. Kilda; Tuesdays (6-7) and Thursdays (8.45-9.45), •Kiwi; Wednesdays and Fridays (8.45 to '9.45), Dunedin; Saturdays (8.45-9.45), Kaikorai; Tuesdays (8.45-9.45), centre's ! polo hour. All club hours mentioned : above are at the Municipal Baths. Zenith Club hours nightly at the 'Y.M.C.A. Baths except Fridays. FIXTURES November 3.—Otago Centre's opening carnival. November 6.—Secondary school boys' life-saving and relay competitions, at Oamaru. November ' 15-20. Otago Centre's " Learn to Swim " Week. November 18. —Secondary school girls' life-saving and relay competitions, at Dunedin. November 24. —Kiwi Amateur Swimming Club's carnival. November 27.—Taieri Amateur Swimming Club's opening carnival, at Mosgiel. December 6-11.—National " Learn to Swim " Week. December 8 and 11. —Otago senior and intermediate and junior championship carnival. December 15.—Dunedin Amateur Swimming Club's carnival. December (date to be arranged).—Batt Cup Harbour Race, at Macandrew Bay. January 8, 10, and 12. —New Zealand national championships, at New Plymouth. January 15, 17, and 18.—New Zealand intermediate and junioi championships, at Nelson. January 29.—Country clubs' championship carnival, at Oamaru. A FAST MILE When Frank Beaurepaire. now a councillor of the City of Melbourne, created a new world's swimming record in Honolulu in 1921, his time was 23min 30 4-ssec. Arne Bork reduced the time to 21min 6 4-ssec in 1929. and five years later Jack Medica won the Mile Championship of the United States in 20min 57 4-ssec. That looked as if it might last for a while, but last week another American swimmer, Ralph Flanagan, swam a mile in 20min 42 l-ssec. thus reducing the record by 15 3-ssec. ENGLISH CHAMPIONSHIPS The performances at the English swimming championships held recently indicated that New Zealand's best swimmers compare favourably with the champions of England. The 100 Yards Men's Freestyle Championship of England was. retained by F. Dove in 55 4-ssec, a time that was frequently bettered last season by the Aucklanders, P. Hanan and R. B. Frankham, who are the two fastest sprinters in the Dominion. In view of his time of lmin 46 2-ssec for 150 Yards Backstroke, the Englishman, J. C. Besford, is not as speedy as the New Zealander. P. E. Mathieson. of Wellington, and formerly of Otago. On the other hand, N. Wainwright's time of smin 3 2-ssec for 440 Yards Freestyle was much superior to the New Zealand standard, as also was J. G. Davies's time of 2min 41 l-ssec for 220 Yards Breaststroke. English lady champions are evidently more skilful, except at 220 Yards Freestyle. For this distance Miss O. Bartle registered 2min 42 3-ssec. whereas last season Miss I. Purdie, of Dunedin, took 2min 40sec, and Miss N. Ludlow, of Auckland, 2min 41sec. The oerformances of Mrs O. Wadham. 100 Yards Freestyle in 63 2-ssec, Miss D. Storey, 220 Yards Breaststroke in 2min 53 4-ssec. and Miss L. Frampton, 150 Yards Backstroke in lmin 56 .2-ssec, have - so far proved beyond the capability of lady swimmers in New Zealand. AMENDED DIVING RULES The International Diving Committee has announced the newly-amended regulations to operate from January 1, and these will effect diving competitions at the Empire Games in February. The new regulations will affect all divers and make judging more difficult. Loss of points for small faults have narrowed down the scope of the diver, who will have, for instance, to guard against the slightest defect in balance at the critical moment of the take-off. The amended regulations provide for the loss of at least three points for loss of balance at the first attempt in an armstand dive. A diver having to make a second attempt at a running dive will lose the same number of points. Where both attempts have proved baulks the dives will be marked as "failed." The difficult 2"* Mollberg has been, eliminated from the repertoire. New springboard dives included are the flying H Mollberg (with tuck), full twisting somersault forward and Mollberg, one screw. The new regulations provide for the declaring of voluntary dives five clear days before the competition. In judging it has been provided that half points be allotted, if necessary, on all awards of six points upwards. Mr J. S. W. Eve, honorary organising secretary of the Empire Games, and famous Olympic official, is of opinion that Australian cracks. Ron Masters (Victoria), Australian high diving champion, G. Johnson (Queensland), Australian springboard diving champion, Arthur O'Connor (N.S.W.) and J. McCann (N.S.W.) will experience great difficulty in mastering the dives by February next in order to withstand the overseas opposition. He says: "I am certain that the rules are amended in the right direction, but it is going to be very hard for our boys to reach the standard of perfection that is required nowadays in diving. Overseas competitors will have the benefit of experienced coaches, and having had more opportunities, may be a little too solid for our boys." At the Berlin Olympiad it was noted how high the standard of diving was, not only in foreign countries, but in van-

ous parts of the British Empire. Australian divers were placed very low in the list. CLUB NOTES KIWI The amount of training done by the Kiwi A team in recent weeks played its part in the side's win against a very strong Dunedin A team by six goals to four in the openig match ot the senior competition 911 Tuesday night. A gralitying ieature was the showing made by the two colts, W. uyson and C Lawrence, each of whom thoroughly justified his inclusion. With a Knowledge of the finer points of the game, they should be a real acquisition to the side It is understood there will be a rearrangement of the team for the match against St. Clair A to-night, and A. Thomas will probably drop back to full-back, where his stalwart defence should be of good use to the side. The following will represent Kiwi A against St. Clair A to-night:—D. Pickard, A. J. Leeden, C. Lawrence, M. Taylor, A. Thomas. W. Dyson, and Reg. Geddes. The B team to play Dunedin Bat 8.30 pm. sharp will be:—W. M. Carr, I. Shaw, S. B. Holder, D. Reid, C. McGregor, W Warren, and W. Johnson; emergency. Roy Geddes. M. Taylor played his usual fine game. and his cleverness and anticipation of play is a great asset to the side. the following teams will represent the club in the 133 1-3 Yards Relay Handicap at the Otago Centre's carnival on Wednesday night:—No. I—A. Thomas. C Sell Miss O Armour R. Blanchett; No. 2—C. Lawrence, W. Dyson, Miss E Goldthorpe. Miss E. Abernethy; No. 3—l. Shaw. J. Houston, P. Young, and Miss D. Pope; No. 4—Reg. Geddes, W. Johnson, W Warren, and Roy Geddes; No. 5—D. Watson, D. Pickard M Taylor, and E. C. Is ciclC-S Miss Edna Goldthorpe is 'down to solid training for the Otago championships, in which she will compete in the 50 Yards and 100 Yards Junior Freestyle Championship and the 50 Yards Junior Backstroke Championship. She should greatly improve on last year's time for the 50 Yards Junior Backstroke event. Margery Goldthorpe will tackle the 50 Yards Girls Breaststroke Championship this season. Miss Joy Kennedy is showing great enthusiasm and should soon be swimming. Miss Gladys Malcolmson should take her turns much slower at fii-t and get a better push-off. The club's next outing will take place on Sunday, when a trip has been arranged for Buckland's Crossing. Miss Greta Harris is showing very promising form at the present time and should be in great fettle for the Otago intermediate and junior championships. Miss Olwyn Armour should pull her left arm through closer to her Viiden Johnson, the ex-Auckland half-mile and mile champion will be competing in the 220 Yards Invitation Short-limit Handicap at the centre's carnival on Wednesday night, and at this stage ol his training this event should be very useful to him. Reg. Geddes is buckling down to hard work on the breaststroke, and other club exponents of the breast-stroke who will be tacking the 220 Yards Men's championship and will be seen in action at the centre s carnival on Wednesday night are W. M Carr and W. Dyson. Doug. Freeman (Otago mens champion) and Vern. Agnew (intermediate boys* champion) are both working solidly on the diving boards. A large hatch" of junior divers will be seen in action at the club's carnival on November 24. The club will be largely represented in every event at the centre s carnival on Wednesday night, and it is gratifying to find so many young members entering competition for the first time. HERE AND THERE Justin Callahan, of the New York W C and Miss Lorraine Fischer, of the New York W.S.A., were the winners of Metropolitan A.A.U. championships held in the 25-yard pool of the Lido Beach Club, Long Beach, New York. Callahan earned the 440 yards freestyle senior title for men in smin 12sec, 20 yards ahead of Arthur Andresen. of the St George Dragon Club, and Miss Fischer annexed the 100 metres freestyle junior crown for women in lmin 16 3-ssec, barely nosing out little Miss Helene Rains, her 13-year-old clubmate. . „ . _, A . TT . William Neunzig, of Ohio State University, national collegiate backstroke champion, won as he pleased a 150yard medley, featured at a meet, in a 25-yard pool in New York. He negotiated the distapce in lmin 43sec, and thrashed home 10 yards in front of Jack Brown, of Columbia University, who was competing unattached. Many have wondered why Miss Ruth Hoerger, of Miami Beach, newly.crowned national junior one-mile swimming champion, was not a contender at the national senior title meet in San Francisco, for she had entered. Sickness of her sister Mary, former national outdoor fancy diving champion, made it impossible for her to go to the coast. Miss Peggy Malone, of the Dragon Club, New York, a 15-year-old newcomer, just breaking into the racing field, recently displayed real promise by thrashing 100 metres freestyle in lmin 16sec in a 55-yard pool.