STATE GRANTS AND SPORTS.
■ "an Abuse of power." • By T«keraph-Prcss Asso'cb.tton-Copyrlsht. (Kec. January 12,'10.10 p.m.) '"' London, January 12. -j The newspaper "Truth," commenting on the grajit made by the Victorian Government to the swimmer Boaurepaire, characterises it as an unwarrantable abuse of power and of the right to expend public .money. It asks, "How can we expect to maintain the amateur standard here if our swimmers, are to be. asked to compete against amateurs who are treated on-such a preferential basis?" ■' • . *
On November 19 if was announced that the V ictonau Government' was giving .£259 towards a presentation to Beeuropaire; on the. ground that he was a good advertisement for the State. While C M. Daniel,; of New. York, stands supreme among sprint swimmsrs, it is the oninion ot many good . judges, .wrote a recent sporting writer, that Frank Beaurepairo ,is the. best, allfround "performer in the world | to-day.' His lengthy list- of championship... wins .since.he arrived in England include,the .100; 220, 440, 500, and 860-yard, and oho mile.. Besides this, he has broken the 400-metre record, Ins time at Brighton on Saturday being smiu. 27sec, tho previous best being smiu W 4-55 CC. by H.' Taylor at the Olvmpic Games of 1908. Battersby has had to play . second iiddlo to the . Victorian all through the season, but .-there is some excuse for this;.as he has never been quito himself, having had a lot of ill-luck in ;his early training. Possibly Battersby will regain his honours' next year, and ou last season's form he should be hard to neat.' His record for U0 yards is smin. 26 2-osec, which is more meritorious than Beaurepairo's. 400 metres (437.4 vards) best. '■ "', . ~ - •■■*•'
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1024, 13 January 1911, Page 7
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279STATE GRANTS AND SPORTS. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1024, 13 January 1911, Page 7
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