OTAGO SWOMMERS

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 138, 7 December 1929, Page 13

OTAGO SWOMMERS

SEVERAii. PROMISING BOYS

(By Telegraph,)

(Special; to -'The Evening Post.")

: ■-■„::.-; : ...DUNEDIN, This Day. < At the first- ihterclub swimming curriiyal .of rthe.season there were some pnrticiir la'i-Iy good'poribrma'jioes'on.'tiio'part of the junior boys, iv which division Otago should again ..be very strong this reason. Keg. Geddes, the New Zealand boys' junior champion, did not 'qualify for the final of the HO. yards under 16 from sci-atcli, but swam third in his heat, his time beiii"- I' 9 *■??•- Jle w,a v s sv.-immfng with a strong, fast stroke,, and m his heat of a relay swam >!J '1-3 yards in 18-1-SWC. .'Oh-finu-sdav niglit in training- he broke the Xew Zea*land fresh water record for 100 yavds for junior boys.- The. present record stands to the.,<si'Cdif of. B. Gellat'e,. of Wellington. _ \Y,: A. BucEland is a junior wlio has improved o,u£ of aight . since -he received coaching from N...lt..Bailey, .formerly of Auckland.' He won tlie 33 1-3 yards open handicap jn the'actual 'tihie' of ■'• IS 3-5 3 ec S"i-"a-.heat of. the 50 yards under 1G in 29sec:. Bncktaid .'will be a competitor in the junior events at the Ofcago championships,. He has a fine, free stroke, and gets the maximum, amount of pull with his arms tor the least possible expenditure of energy. Baileyi by the way, is gradually striking, form for the Otago championships next week, and should be well to the fore iv both the 100 yards and 440 yards. events.' He' is : a nephew of H. J. Bailey, who was Auckland's, "star in the nineties, and ".'held- many * New Zealand championships; -: -"'..'• ■' '.. junior wlio showed out well at this fixture Vvas W. Jar.vis, Otago's second strung last year. He.did the SO yards in 30see. .. .. . ."..".:".

.Miss-..M Jepson,.;tho"6tagu Indies' diainPton, made a reappearance, and yon the Mies. 50,yards.jn ; 32see j .without being extended. She was swimming- well, and should reproduce sufficient of her old form Ota t (?91}?ideratiti11 f°1' tuo iJ"^^^ ¥$??!;*& championslups w iii:. be..added to by- the "appearance in the jumpi- .'Bttl'a",'.events dE Nancy-Olds, "istlr o£ the famous New Zealand swimmer nw m America. She ; WM the. outstanding K iH at the .recent schools, championships ad r V £ V Zealand honours, despite the fact that, she -is barely. U year" of O g e