SWIMMING.

Waikato Times, Volume 97, Issue 15183, 8 March 1923, Page 7

SWIMMING.

BOYS’ HIGH SCHOOL. CARNIVAL AT THE BATHS. Yesterday afternoon the pupils of the Hamilton Boys’ High School bjild their annual swimming sports at the Hamilton Municipal Baths. There was a full muster of pupils of both schools and the swimming.programme, which was carried through with promptness, was keenly followed by the youthful onlookers. The results are as follows: 33 1-3 Yards (open).—First heat: Radford 1, Craig 2, Tombs 3; time, 24sec. Second heat: Anchor 1, H. Anderson 2, F. Staig 3; time, 27 1-5 sec. Final: Radford 1, Anchor 2; time, 24 4 ssec. Breaststroke Handicap (open).—'' Mathews 1, Clay 2, De Groen 3. 33 l-3Yds Handicap (under 15). — First heat: Brown 1, Brittain 2; time,' 31 2-ssec. Second heat: Gilling 1, Civil 2; time, 31 l-ssec. Third heat: L. Staig 1, N. Wilson 2; time, 25 3-5 sec. Fourth heat: Hawke 1, L. Paterson 2; time, 25sec; Fifth heat: Burgess 1, Faville 2; time, 25 2-ssec. Final: Brittain 1, Gilling 2. Time, 25 3-ssec. 66 2-3Yds Handicap (open)—First heat: Mclvor 1, Edmonds 2; time, 44 3-ssec. Second heat: Tombs 1, Wood 2; time, 53sec. Third heat: Handley 1, Craig 2; time, 58 3.ssec. Back Race Handicap (open)—Handley 1, De Groen 2. Time, 38 3-ssec. iOOYds Handicap (under 15). — Brovtn 1, Brittain 2, Williams 3, Time, lmin 23sec. Plunge (open).—McCormack 1, Collins 2, Leask 3. Distance, 38ft a record. / Form Relay Race. —Form 5A 1, Form 4B 2, Form VI. 3. Time, 1.45. Small Boys’ Race. —First heat: Tottey 1, Inglis 2. Second heat: Jarman 1, L. Staig 2. Third heat: Burgess 1, Dobbs 2. Fourth heat: Faville 1, Grigg 2. Final: Dobbs 1, Tottey 2, FaYille 3. Time, 25 3-ssec. 66 2-3Yds Handicap (under li>.). — S. Brown 1, N. Anderson 2, L. Staig 3. Time, 55 4-ssec.. 220Yds Handicap ‘"(open)—Jones (scr) 1, Edmonds (scr) 2, Mclvor (scr) 3. Won by two yards. Time, 3min 24 3-ssec.

Neat Header (under 15). —Inglis 1, L. Staig" 2.'

33 i-3Yds (under 14).—Free and Tottey (dead neat) 1, Woodroffe 3. Time, 31 sec. Second heat: Ware 1, Roehill 2; time, 34sec. Final: Tottey 1, Free 2, Ware 3; time, 28 3-ssec. 100 Yards (open).—Mclvbr (s<Jf) 1, Johns (scr) 2, Edmonds (scr) 3. Time, lmin 24 3.ssec. Corfu Dive.—McCormack i, West 2. Neat Header (senior). —N. Anderson 1, Inglis 2. Old Boys' Race, 33 l-3yds.—Prisk 1, Whineray 2, McKnight 3. Time, 23 3-ssec.

.Relay Race. —Old Boys (Whjneray, McKnight, Prisk and H. Brown) and School (Johns, Tuck, McGormack and S. Brown), dead heatv 1-

Senior Gup.—N. 1; A. Johns, 8 points, R. Edmonds,,, 7 points/ 3. Junior Gup.—S. Brown, 15 points, 1; H. Brittaih, 9 points, 2; H. Williams, 3 points, 3. ■' ' 7 INTERMEDIATE COMPETITION. SUGGESTED ABOLITION. STRONG OPPOSITION SHOWn. By Telegraph.--Press Association. WANGANUI, Wednesday. A matter of vitai importance to the swimming 1 community throughout New Zealand was discussed at a meeting of the Wanganui Centre of th e New Zealand Amateur "Swimming. Association la[st; night, namely the proposal of Wellington to eliminate tile intermediate championship. The opinion was expr&ssed by Mr Reid (president) that it would be calamitious to swimming if such a proposal succeeded. Junior and intermediate swimming was brought in as a war measure, but had more than justified itself—in fact swimming had as a result been placed on a plane never before reached. One of the strongest arguments in favour of the retention of intermediate swimming was found, in the great results achieved Violet Walrond (Auckland) and Miss Gwitha Shand (the great world 440yds record breaker, of Canterbury), .both of whom have just graduated from the intermediate grade, and cleaned up Australia in championship events; over thr,ee distances. There were dozens of 'other girls just knocking at the door of similar successes. In the men’s classes some of the best swimmers in New Zealand, including Cunnold (Auckland), Murrell and Claridge (Wellington), Batchelor (Christchurch), all of whom have come through the intermediate class, and like the girls, would probably* never have been heard of except for the intermediate competition. The real effect wouid be that cither, young people would be swimming against seniors or that many young swimmers Would take up other forms of sport, and would be lost lo swimming. The way the New Zealand Amateur Swimming Association had catered for its devotees in all grades was the envy of other athletic bodies, and ho other sport had reached the eminence swimming had. One of the arguments against the intermediate competition used as the conference held at Timaru, was that the champion a meeting gathering was 100 unweildly. The fallacy of that argument was proved at Timaru, where on carnival services Con Wilson (Auckland) and Hicks (Wellington) had lo bo 1 ' employed to kill lime, the programme having been sa expeditiously carried through by the South Canterbury Centre carnival ollieials. The whole trouble was that several larger centres had been financially embarrassed, and had almost been rendered bankrupt by taking to championship meetings of polo and surf teams. A motion protesting against any alteration of the rules giving effect lo the Wellington Centre’s proposal was carried unanimously. Delegates were present from the Taranaki, Marlon, and Wanganui dis--1 riels, and the hope was expressed that Wanganui would be strongly supported by Auckland, South Auckland, Manawatu. and Hawke’s Bay Centres in the North Island.