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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 148, 15 February 1932, Page 7

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young australians MANY RECORDS HAVE BEEN PUT UP THIS SUMMER. SWIMMING CHAMPIONS. Economically, times may be difficult in Australia, but young Australia is ; not allowing present-day conditions to 1 interfere with participation in healthy sport, and in this field, judging from performances, 'times" have not been found so difficult to conquer. Since the start of summer sports there has been a series of remarkably fine achievements in sport, partieularly in swimming and athletics, Scarcely a week goes by without some record being broken. Young Australia - is tuhed up this sum,mer, and records are not safe. There are two stars in the Australian sports firmament, Carlton and Charlton, whose names are curiously alike, one an athlete and the other a swimmer, and whose preformances are watched with much interest by the New Zealand sporting public, and lately the cables have been buzzing with their _ doings. James Carlton, who met the crack American sprinter, George Simpson, in special contests at Athletie Park, Wellington, at the beginning of last year, has registered some Very fine performances of late. And so has big Andrew ("Boy") Charlton, who has made a brilliant "come-back" in the swimming world. Both, to-day, are regarded as worldbeaters, and no doubt each will have a chance to 'show the world" as Australian representatives at the Olympie Games in Los Angeles this year. Athletie .Records. ' In the field of amateur athletics, at the inter-elub contests in Sydn'ey in December for the Dunn Challenge Shield, a number of Shield and State records were broken. Subsequently, at the University Oval, Carlton, in running 75 yards in 7 3-5 sec, bettered N. C. Baker's Australian record of .7 4-5 sec, which had stood since 1905. The same day George Golding ,who has also visited New Zealand, and is well known in this country, equalled the world's best figures for 400 yards on a circular track. This is an unofficial distance, and the record for a circular course is given as 43 3-5sec, which was the time credited to Golding. A week earlier Golding had set a new Australian time for 300 yards. Wonder Sprinter. And next Carlton again. Last week on the Sydney Sports Ground he ran 100 metres in lOisec, beating the Olympie record by a tenth of a second. Unfortunately, there were only two timekeepers, and the performance cannot receive official recognition as a record. Then came the Australian track and field championships in Sydney, which were completed recently. In both his heat and in the final of the 100 yards championship, Carlton broke 10 sec, but the crowning achievement was his magnificent performance in the final of the 220 yards championship, when he equalled the world's record of 20 3-5see. Carlton has never been in better form. Altogether, from the rather meagre details that are available at the present time, the Australian athletie championships produced two State and six Australian records, in addition to Carlton's 220 yards performance. Fast Walking. Then, not long ago, W. J. Clark, of Sydney, in an attempt to improve Upon G. R. Parker's Australian quarter-mile walking record of lmin 24sec, created world's figures of lmin 19 l-5sec. F. In both his heat and in the final of the O. Chapman, a club-mate, who was close to Clark at the finish also lowered the previous record. Later the some afternoon Chapman made a 'successful effort against Parker's Australian figures of 3min 4 4-5see for 880 yards, completing the distance in 3min 0 2-5sec. Early this month there were other record-breaking performances, one of which was the establishment of new Australian and New South Wales figures of 12 9-10sec for the 90 yards women's hurdles by Miss Clarice Kennedy. Miss C. Dahm, at the same meeting, ran 75 yards in 8isec, beating the Australian and New South Wales State records by one-tenth of a second. Swimming Champions. Cable messages published in the "Post" recently stated that "Boy" Charlton's trainer is of the opinion that his charge will beat any swimmer in the world; that Miss Claire Dennis, a 15-year-old girl, had broken the world's 200 metres breaststroke record; and that Miss Violet Armstrong had broken the New South Wales State and Australian records for 50 yards free-style. Quite recently Miss Dennis, who is a member of the Sydney Club, in retaining her State 220 yards breaststroke title, surpassed her Australian record by 11 2-5 sec, completing the distance in 3min 12 3-5sec. . 'In addition there are other Australian swimmers with fine performances to their credit — Noel Ryan, Besomo, W. Cameron (the ex-Wellingtonian), Bonnie Mealing, Jean Coeks, Molly Mitchell, Vera Pawley and Duleie Raine, to mention a few. According to the Sydney Sun, swimming is rapidly becoming the most popular of sports for women in Australia, and it is considered that there are at least six ladies possessing claims for inclusion in Australia's Olympie team. National Games. In view of the fine performances registered to date, it will not be surprising if other notable achievements are made at another big gathering to be held shortly— the Australian National Games, which are to take; place in Melbourne from January 30 to February 6, inelusive. The sports catered for in the programme are amateur athletics, swimming and diving, boxing and wrestlihg, abtd cycling, and doubtless the Games will draw to Melbourne the best talent in