SWIMMING

Wairarapa Daily Times, 18 January 1932, Page 5

SWIMMING

CHARLTON IN FORM. SYDNEY, Saturday. There was a brilliant scene in the Domain Baths when the* swimming championships were held. The chief event was the half-mile, in which the two Manly stars, “Boy" Charlton and N. Ryan, competed, the result being: Charlton 1, Ryan 2, Y. Besomo (Bondi) 3, S. Herford (Manly) 4, Spargo (Manly) 5. Ryan seemed likely to keep up with Charlton in the early stages, but the latter ’s great strength and endurance soon made the result appear beyond doubt.

At half-way Charlton was leading by 20 yards, and he gradually forged ahead and won by 40 yards. Time, 10 min. 22sec.

100 Yards Championship. —P. Hooper (Randwick-Coogee) 1, C. Light (Sydney), holder 2, F. Griffith (Bondi) 3. Time, 56 2-osec.

Bruce Wilson, one of the 100 yards finalists, was declared a professional owing to his having acted as a beach inspector in New Zealand. He had sought a ruling on the point when the State Association reinstated him on his relinquishing liis position. The International Federation, however, replied that a beach inspector -could never be an amateur. Wilson, therefore, was disqualified, and did not compete yesterday'. A WORLD BEATER. (Received Monday, 11.0 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. Following upon Charlton’s record-' breaking swim on Saturday', his trainer, Harry Hay, said: “I think he will beat anv swimmer in the world.’’