GREAT EFFORT

NZ Truth, Issue 1215, 14 March 1929, Page 14

GREAT EFFORT

Cameron Clips Off The Seconds

(From "N-.Z. "Truth's" Christchurch ::.:', :..•■ Rep.). v. . : . Though/.rfepling r a >trifl|ev; jipided' after the* strenuous progrsin^mMhe has f ulfilkd: v this 'Xseaseft '^B\i\ [] Cameron 'sent the 100 metres record slithering atj^the/ . Christchurch tepid baths. r {;<••) : pHRISTCHURCH lastkri^w^/Gameron as a member of the ; East f-.Christr church Club. He was then" nothing out of the ordinary., v /■..:' ' On thla7;, v occasion,: ' however, the crowd turned' out to, ,, welcome ; him as the fastest ; ;gprinter, of the day, and>he proved he had .the goods. : - Owing: tq:'the metrljc distances being eeldom swum m competition, the fr.^sh water record of 68 seconds has stood for some time and has never beep; seriously threatened,", but : Cameron sliced 2 1-5 seconds off,. it. The new time howl stands at 65 4-ssecs. ' His ■ swimming ; was a revelation to Ghristchurch people • who gave the Wellington boy a great ovation. His best performance -of the \ night, however, was a' magnificent dash m the 100 yards invitation. He almost hurled himself at the bank to snatch the decision from \ Len. Moorhouse to whom ho was conceding five seconds. Moorhouse was swimming up to' his best form, and as they turned for home on the last lap it appeared that Cameron had been handicapped out of it. With a phenomenal spurt over the last twenty yards he cut the water like a flsh.and got there by a touch m 57 secß., a fifth outside his own New Zealand fresh water record. It was a. great performance by Came•ron and an ectually good one by Moorhouse. '1: ; ---' . .'■■-:■■ • '■' -^ ■ ' .-■"■•■ ■■ - : ■• ■-■■■'■•