WILL THEY BEND SWIMMING RECORDS?

NZ Truth, Issue 1209, 31 January 1929, Page 12

WILL THEY BEND SWIMMING RECORDS?

HUNDRED WILL BE GREAT

Cameron May Beat Dowsett and The Century Time

NEW HOME FOR YALDHURST SHIELD

(From "N.Z. Truth's" | When they strip for th< | championship all eyes will be i I national cliampionships at Te >_liiiiiiiiiii_ifiiitiiiitiiiiifiiiiitiiiiii)ttiiiiiiiiitriiuitiiiiitiiiiitiiimtiiiiutnt.iiiiiit THIS event will be the spice of _ great swimming programme, anc no one will be surprised if Cameron beats Dowsett and the record. Whichever way it goes; it will b< the race of the year. Wellington anc Cameron are confident, and Wanganu and Dowsett are keeping their counsel. "Truth" . cannot forget Norman Dowsett's wonderful swim m Auckland- two years ago on five weeks' training, and on top of a period m hospital with a broken leg. As he proposes making this his last year m competitive events, Dowsett •surely will lot both Bill Cameron and the clock know that he means business. On top of his wonderful feat m Te Aro baths three weeks ago, when he cracked me ecutury record, only to lose it by the mat' ter of half ai inch, Cameron i: confident he cai smash things. But he is jus a wee bit i n clined to alloy success . to run t< his head. Tactics will en ter into tlie battle especially witl Jack Enwright the Auckland vet eran, m the swim Young Cameroi will not requin to .take his fieli any too cheaply. There is just the bare possibility he may swim himself out over the first fifty and this will suit Dowsett, who is a bulldog finisher. With the hundred disposed of, the "Lindsay Stakes" commence. But will the Olympic representative win all, from the 220 upwards, as he did last year? "Truth" thinks not. In the first place, young Bridson, of Auckland, has decided that he has only tc swim the course to col--.ect the furlong, and Alec Stokes, of Christchurch, intends spreading Lindsay about, especially m the half-mile. Whether these two can do the tricl is a geegee of another color, but i; looks peanuts to anything that youn.. Bridson will land the furlong title anc record for his province;

Swimming Correspondent.) iiii'iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiinniiii/ final of the hundred yards | n Cameron and Dowsett at the | iio baths next week. | iiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiih^. Norman Dowsett has decided to tackle the furlong this year and his presence should cause fast time to be recorded. Dowsett possibly may cause Bridson to smash the existing record well and truly. Len. Moorehouse, m spite of experience gained at the Olympic Games, will find that he is not. going to have things all his own way. The same applies to Clarrie Herd, of Canterbury. Both these champions will find that the standard of breast-stroke and backstroke swimming has improved out of sight since last year. Kathleen Miller and Ena Stockley should have things all their own way again m the free- style, breast-stroke and back-stroke events m ___<_■ Humeri's section. Kathleen swam remarkably well at the Wellington championships m spite of a serious handicap through an injured foot. With swimming m the boom all over New Zealand, some .6 f the junior and inter me diate records should again go by the board, especially if conditions are suitable. A young swimmer of promise from Wanganui is Natalie Stratton. Sin nerfnrmed really well m the intermediate ladies' free style section last year, and hei form will be watched witl interest. Though they are bemoaning the loss of players anc coach, Canterbury should have no great difficulty ir retaining the water pole title. ■ The retention by thai province of the Yaldhurst Shield will be a horse oi another color. Without Lindsay their hopes do not look promising. Wellington has had a windfall m view of the fine form of Cameron and by the addition o£ Kathleen Miller, wno should pile' up the shield points. The honor of champion province this year appears to lie between Wellington and Auckland, with Canterbury next.