Sports Log

NZ Truth, Issue 1211, 14 February 1929, Page 15

Sports Log

WILL GET THERE

THE efforts of fifteen-year-old Maxiene Mathieson at the NewZealand championship swimming carnival m Wellington augur well for Otago's future prospects m women's swimming sphere. Maxiene swam really well, but she met more than her match m Miss 9. Robertson, of Auckland. With judicious coaching the young Otago swimmer should go a long way before ever she reaches senior ranks. Just before the cham- Maxiene Mathieson pionships, Maxiene clipped three-fifths of a second off the existing Otngo intermediate girls' record over 75 yards.

NOT INSPIRING QARNET CABOT'S exhibition m the Otago championship walking events last Saturday would not inspire the confidence Otago supporters would wjslv for, now it is known that W. Lankey will ■ be a participant m the national contests at Wellington. Obviously, Cabot lacks training, and will have to cram m a. lot of hard work during the next week or so if he is to be anything like the champion Garnet of other seasons. He. collected the mile walk, m which J. A. Wilson, the holder, was disqualified, but failed dismally m the threemiler, m which event R. 11. Cabot knocked lmin. Gsecs. off Wilson's last year's time to take the honor. NEW PASTURES

J. G. BARNES, who helped materially to place the Civil Service Club at the top of the harrier tree m Dunedin last winter, did not take long to get into. his stride after his transfer to Christchurch, and at English Park on a recent evening won the mile handicap from twenty yards m 4.29 2/5, a perlo rmance, which, run from the mark, would have been only a couple of seconds outside* New Zealand standard

It will be very surprising if Barnes does not carry ofC a title at the provincial v. h am p i o nsh.ips this 'month, and if he repeats his Dunedin form he looks a certainty fo provincial representation at the New Zealand chamnionsnips.

The Canterbury cross-country team will feel his weight next winter.