SWIMMING

Otago Witness, Issue 3864, 3 April 1928, Page 60

SWIMMING

OLYMPIC APPEAL CARNIVAL Standing room only was the order at the Municipal Baths on Saturday night, when the Otago Swimming Centre staged its Olympic appeal carnival. Realising that the carnival was for the purpose of augmenting the fund’ to cover the expenses of the New Zealand athletes' chosen- to compete at the forthcoming Olympiad, swimming enthusiasts attended in fore,,, and, although the extra seating .ccomniodation at the baths was not called into Use, .there was an attendance of 80V at a very conservative estimate. A lengthy programme, which -included several novelty events, was carried outwithout a hitch, and throughout the racing was particularly keen. The attraction of the evening was, of course, the appearance of the champion lady swimmer, Miss :K. Miller, which gave the Dunedin public the last chance ol seeing her in action before her departme for Amsterdam. Unfortunately, she was compelled to swim in- no fewer than four sprints in less than a quarter of an hour, and certainly was not seen at her best excepting her heat of the 33-1-3 Yards Dash Handicap, which she put behind her fin the remarkably fast time Of 18sec. The following are the results:— 33a YARDS. HANDICAP. First heat: Miss M. Mathieson (B£sec) I, B. Isaacs (6sec) 2. Six starters. Won by four yards. Time, 21 3-ssec. Second (heat; A. E. Short (4sec) .l, R. Wilson (3sec) 2. Five starters. Won by a yard. Time, 19 l-ssee. Third heat : :G. Brown (3sec) 1. N. H. Bailey (scr) 2. Five starters. Won by half a yard. Time, 19 4-ssec. Fourth heat: Miss K. Miller (3scc) 1, 'L. Coughlan (ssec) 2. Five starters. . Won by a touch. Time, 18sec. Fifth beat: J. Crawley (7sec) 1, A. Rix (4sec) 2. Six starters. Won by a yard..' Time, 22sec. First semi-final: A. E. Short 1, R. Wilson 2. J. Crawlev 3- Time, 19 2.-ssec. Second semi-final: Miss M. Mathieson 1, G. Brown 2, Miss K. Miller 3. Time, 22 2-ssec. Final. Miss -Mathieson 1 R. Wilson ... 2 A. E. Short 3 •."m by two. yards, with half a yard between second and third. Time, 22 l-ssec. 66 2-3 YARDS’ LADIES’ HANDICAP Miss At. Mathieson (lOscc) .. .. 1 Miss K. Miller (scr) .. .. 2 Six starters. Won bv three yards Tripe, 51 l-ssec. 100 YARDS BREASTSTROKE HANDICAP. First Heat.—C. B. Lewis (scr) 1. L. Pithie (ssec) 2. Five starters. Won by four yards. Time. 79sec. Second Heat.—P. Macnssey (lOsec) 1, 11. Devlin (14soc) 2. Five starters’ Won by half a yard. Time. 91sec. Third Heat.—A.. Harrod (3scc) 1. R. Geddes (12see) ■ 2. Three starters. • Won by a touch. Time, 82 2-ssec. Final. Tj. Pitliie .. i C. B. Lewis .. .. .. .. 2 , R. Geddes . . ~ .. .. 3 « Devlin anil Macassey did not swim. Geddes turned first, but was caught on" the second lap by Pithie, who touched

■with a foot-to spare, Lewis being two yards away. Going down for the last tinie, .Lewis, swimming strongly, drewujj, but just failed to catch the winner, who •got home by half a yard. Geddes was two yards away. ..Time, 85 3-ssee. f PLAIN DIVE HANDICAP. j G. Staples points) .. 1 W. Boyd (2 points) .. .. 2 Ten competed. RELAY CHAMPIONSHIP. J (Ten a side, 33 l-3yds each.) Kiwi (N. H. Bailey, H. Gillies, W. ; Hamilton, W. Boyd, Miss K. Miller, R. Hector, H. Clark, L. Pithie, A. E. Short, R. Kenna) ... .. .. 1 High School .. ... .. .. ». ~ 2 Dunedin .. .. 3 Only starters. INTERCLUB POLO CHAMPIONSHIP. St. Clair A 5, Kiwi 1. This was a keen and fast contest, but St. Clair’s superiority of combination was very marked throughout the game. C. Lewis (3), J. Simpson ami J. MTndoe (one goal each) scored for the winners, and W. Hamilton for the losers. Feet-first Race.—R. Cotton 1, S. Fogg 2. Fifteen starters. Polo-ball Throwing.—W. Boyd 1, C. Lewis 2. Six competed. CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT. SYDNEY. March 31. The 440 Yards Championship of New South Wales resulted:—A. Charlton ,1; M. Christie 2. C. Light 3. Won by 40 yard; Time,- smin 5 3-ssec. 100 Metres . Olympic Backstroke.-—• Bonnie Mealing, 1, M. Mealing 2, B Brown .3. Time, lmin .26 3-sscc.-200 Metres Olympic Breaststroke.—E. Robertson I, E. Brown 2, At. Mealing 3. Time, 3inin 34 l-ssec. • i ■