SWIMMING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 300, 28 January 1910, Page 8

SWIMMING.

j SPOUT- AT Tin: LOCAL BATHS. | The swimming sports held last night wore rather poorly attended, but some very good racing resulted. Results: Maiden 50 yank—First heat: Burgess 1, Tressider 2. Close finish. Three i elisors started. St; ond Lent: J. Rtohr 1. Allen 2. Won rather easily. Three others started. Third heat: Kennedy I, Only two starters. Won easily. Final: Kennedy 1. Allen 2. High dive and springboard dive. — Stohr 1, Laing 2. Maxwell and Hawking the other two contestants, gave a Igood exhibition. 220 yards handicap.—Turnlmll (24sec.) 1. Pfankuch (scr.) 2, Wilson (24sec.) 3. Also started: C. Brown (."sec.), A. V. .Stohr (.j), Dixon (24). Whittaker (43). Won by about 5 yards, with Wilson about 2 yards behind Pfankuch. Awkward entry off chute. —West 1, Harle 2. About a dozen competitors. 50 yards handicap—First heat: Howell 1, Hawkins 2. Five started. Splendid finish. Second heat.: Bristol (scr.) and ITawke (7-ec.) dead heat. Third • heat: Hawke 1. Laing 2. Five started. | Fourth heat: Burgess 1, .T. Stohr 2. j Capital finish. Four starters. Fifth ; Ileat: Cliamberlin 1, Turnlmll 2. Final: S. Hawke (7see.) and Bristol (scr.) ; dead heat, Chamberlin (Bsec.) 3. A j splendid race. Boys' race. —Elliott 1, Ilaldane 2. Six starters. A close finish. | Polo match. —The A team s'corcd two goals in each spell, the scorers being ■ Pfankuch and Brown in the first spell and Brown and Hawkins in the second spell. It would have been better if two even teams had been picked. The B team, however, played very well. Bel] man's buff. —Pfankuch acted as hell man, and the event caused much amusement. Tressider finally caught the bell man. Fancy diving.—A. V. Stohr (44 pts'.) 1. Maxwell (32 points) 2. There were three other competitors and the event

! was very interesting.