SWIMMING.

Otago Witness, Issue 3489, 25 January 1921, Page 42

SWIMMING.

SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS. SYDNEY, January 19. In the State Quarter Mile Swimming jCCutt;pious! i.p. Danger was first, Beaurepaire • second, and Cotton tnird. Lunger won bv three length/*. Time, ornin 24 2-ssec, Lan-g-er completed live hundred yards of the oourse in ornin 132-ssec, breaking Ross’s Australian record by 4 4-ssec. Kealoha _ won his heat in the 110 Metres Handicap in 53soc and tlie final in 62 2-Ssec, breaking Cunha’s Australian record of 63 3-ssec Tha State 220yds Breast Stroke Championship resulted:—S. Beck 1, W. Furness 2, U. Solomons 3. Won by two and a-half lengths. Time, 3niin 19 4-ssec. January 21. Long worth defeated Kealoha (Hawaii) in tho first heat of the 220vds event in fiimn 30 l-ssee. Beaurepaire, in tho second heat, defeated Langer (America) by a yard in tlmin 29 2-ssec. SYDNEY, January 22. At the swimming carnival the 100 yards back-stroke championship of Now South Wales resulted: —Kealoha (Hawaii) 1, Beck 2, Oarberi-y 3. Time lmin 15see. In the 220 yards championship of New South Wales Danger (America) was first, Kealoha second, Longworth third, and Beaurepaire fourth. Won by a yard and a-half. Time, 2mm 2fbec —beating the State record bv l-seec. ADELAIDE, January 21. Miss Elsie Venning won the 220 Yards todies’ Championship in 3min lsec. BRISBANE, January 20. S. Springfield won the Quarter Mile Championship of Queensland in smin 34 l-ssee. SECONDARY SCHOOL COMPETITIONS. WELLINGTON. January 19. The final competitions at Trentham for Secondary school cadets was held to-day. Auckia?') secured most points covering

cricket, shooting, boxing, physical training, and athletics. Corporal Collins (Timaru) won the flat races and high jump, and Lieutenant Harman (Nelson) the 440 yards. Auckland won the relay race, boat race, tug-of-war, and shield competition. Auckland scored 149 points, Canterbury 137 i, Wellington Otago 94. Special prizes were won by Jeune (Nelson), Gault (Otago). Thompson (Marlborough), Bonningtoii (Ashburton), Claxton (Thames), Trevarthen (Auckland), and Fisher (Otago). MISS BLE IB TREY’S VISIT CANCELLED. Official advice has been received from Christchurch, where Miss Bleibtrey, the champion woman swimmer of the world, is now giving exhibitions, that her Dunedin dates—Friday and Saturday next—must be cancelled. The stewards’ strike is the cause of this disappointment, Miss Bleibtrey having to catch the boat from Auckland on February 1.