SWIMMING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 299, 27 January 1910, Page 8

SWIMMING.

SPORTS THIS EVENING. A swimming sports myeting will bo held by the .New Plymouth Amateur Club in the Municipal Baths this evening. In addition to three handicap races, for which excellent entries have been received ,a water polo match that should be very exciting and closely coa■tested will he played between two trial teams, from which the team to represent New Plymouth at the New Zealand meeting at Auckland will be selected. The teams have been selected by Messrs Lints and Stocker as follow:—A team: Cooper (goal), Pfankucli (centre forward), Turnbuli (half), Brown, Dixon, Hawkins and A. V. Stohr. B team: Fairbrother (goal), Watson. Preshaw, Laing, Harle, Standish, an,i Wlitttaker. Emergency, J. Stolir. The handicaps for the three races on the programme have been allotted by Mr. Lints as follow:

50yds Handicap—Pfankuch and Bristol ■ser., Brown 1 sec., A. V. Stohr. Stohr and Sea-bright 2, Ha wkins. Standish and Laing 3', Preshaw 4, Turnbuli, Howell and Francis 5, Harle and J. Stohr 0. Napier, Clarke, Hawke (2) and Burgess 7, Chamberlain and Cooper S, Coker .). Maxwell 10, Whittington and McAllum 11.

220 yds Handiean Pfankuch ser, Brown 3sec., A. V. tftohr 5, Turnbuli, Wilson and Dixon 24, Preshaw 30. Whittaker 4osec.

50yds Maiden Handicap—Preshaw 4 sec.. Clarke, Hawke, Burgess and Napiey 7, Watson. Chamberlain and B. White S, Coker, Tressider, Allen and Day 0. Brabant. McAfium, Kennedy. West and Whittington 11.

THE TEAM FOR AUCKLAND,

To the Editor

-Sir, —By reading the letter in your paper from "Old Swimmer," I was glad to see that some interest is being taken in tV t-i'i to Auckland of the swim-

ft is the intention of t!v> Swimming Club to run r «""ciol

of Hewitt's Pictures, with the help of an orchestra, ami a few other extra items. Bv this means and the sports on Thursday night it is hoped to raise something towards expenses. The amount denenrts on the patronage extended bv the public. '"Old Swimmer'.-" letter encourages the Club to think that something substantial may be thus obtained.—t am. etc..

STEMITKR SWIMMING CLUB.