ATHLETIC SPORTS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1334, 11 January 1912, Page 7

ATHLETIC SPORTS.

SWIMMING. healy lowers a record. By Tejcsraph—Prcaa Association—Copyrieht ■ (Ecc. January 11, 0.44) a.m.) „, t " Sydney, January 10. J.lw Jijovr South Wales Quarter-mile (swimming Championship was won by -Unigwortti by eiguteeu yards. Hardwick tame second and Boardiuon third. Timo, smin. 26 2-ssec. Jtio 220 Yards Breast-stroke Championship was won easily by Wickham with „ o so second aud I : 'irth third. Time, oi l-ssec. Healy, in his heat of the llOyda. race, covered the distance in lmin. 4seo., beating the Australian record by lsec. CLUB FORMED AT LEVIN; The Levin Public Baths being near completion, Mr. -S. Brewster, late of the Swifts and Wellington Amateur Swimming Clubs, convened a meeting to consider. the formation of a swimming club. At the meeting it was resolved to form a club, to bo called tho Coronation Amateur Swimming Club. A strong comniiifceo was elected, and about forty members intimated thoir intention of becoming members. The baths, which are 76 feat long and 40 feet wide, are to be opened next Wednesday. Ik is proposed to hold a carnival in three weeks' time, and to ask swimmers from Wellington to compete. A correspondent writes: —X note by the press report of tho Swifts' 100 yards swimming raco that H. Little is credited with having 22 seconds start. It should have been 3'second?. WATER POuO. Swifts and Old Boys were pitted against each other at the Te Aro Baths last evening. The matclv—the first water polo of the season—gave proof that tho - plajrers '■'ere well versed in this popular pastime of the swimmer and until the last stages ''even pegging" was the story of the play, Swifts wera ultimately winners by one goal, the register showing' 32. Swifts were the attacking party in the - early part of the match, Dut Capper (Old Boys), irom the loose, caused turmoil in .- the ranks of the Swifts team by intercepting and swimming clear, put on the first goal. Old Boys, 1; Swifts, 0. Wilmott evened natters shortly afterwards for Shifts,by clever manoeuvring, and a shot by Jenkinson for the same team was only slopped by clever play. From tho rebound, however, Wilton put it through and tho Swifts were leading by 2—l. Duigan evened up for tho Old Boys with assistance from Levy and tho tally, with only a minute to go was 2—2. From a "corner" Wilton essayed a pass to Jenkinson arid the latter , managed the business by putting in a warm shot, and with tho whistle sounding-Swifts were winners by B—2,- Mr. Sommcrvillo was the referee. Smith and M'Gratli wore conspicuous among the winners' contingent anil Levy ■was responsible for somo good play" among the Old Boys' team: BILLIARDS. . By Telegraph—Pre»s Association—Ouojrielit London, January 9. • _ In the Stevenson-Gray match, the spore {s now: Stevenson, 11,579; Gray, 11,55-1. (Rec. January 11, 0.45 a.m.) London, January 10. . Stevenson, in the afternoon, averaged 83,83, and Gray 21. Gray, in the evening, made a break of 839, including 831 off the red in seventy minutes. 'Inman, in his. match with Lindrum, has: made 2668 • and. Lindrum 1801. • THE CAMBRIDGE EIGHT. STROKED BY A-NEW ZEALANDER. By Telegraph—Pra»s Association—OppytfjehJ. *• ' Lortrion/'Jaiiuai'j 0 ® 1 .; . Mr. D. C. Collins, a New Zealander, is fctrrking the Cambridge Eight, . ;jMr. Collins i? a son of Dr. Collins, - of Wellington. He has played in the Cam-: bridge University Eleven for two years, and one year was twelfth man. In the match against Oxford last' year' he iyas first man in in both innings, and be made 50 and 57, the highest scores of the retell. 'Last year he stroked the clinker four for First Trinity and his boat won the races. This- year he was stroke of t.ho First Trinity and his boat won. the race. This year, he wp.s stroke of the First Trinity Coxswainless Four, arid came in with his crew for second' place.]