Olympic Diver.

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 360, 15 February 1937, Page 2

Olympic Diver.

An interesting feature of the recent Australian swimming championships was ths def at of Ron Masters, Olympic representative. He los.t his springboard diving title to G. John son, the Queenslander. Johnsonls success was a narrow* one. the points of the placed men being: Johnson 129.55, Masters 128.05, and A. C. Connor ’106,05. A dissection of the performance-, of the leading pair shows that Masters had four outright successes, and once divided first place with the Queenslander, who. in addition to this tie, had three triumphs.. Honours as far as firsts Were concerned were with the Olympian but the minor placings favoured Johnson, who had three seconds against one and a-half by Masters, tu’o thirds to the holder’s tie with McCann. Ron was fourth in One dive to John son. O’Connor and Mott, and both rivals finished fifth in one effort. It was the greater consistency of John son that enabled him to take the championship. Leading Sydn y ex--21 st -is was a Li. .• : z U o’ f more difficult dives, considering this fact was handicapping. None revealed the concentration of Johnson.