SWIMMING.

Taranaki Daily News, 4 March 1922, Page 3

SWIMMING.

M.P. BOYS’ HIGH SCHOOL. THE ANNUAL SPORTS. CHAMPIONSHIPS TO-NIGHT. The annual swimming sports in connection with the New Plymouth Boys’ High School, which had to be postponed on Thursday on account of the rain, were held at the Municipal Baths yesterday, under splendid weather conditions, the sun shining brightly and the water being pleasantly warm. The programme was kept well up to schedule time throughout the day, and the general arrangements for the sports reflected great credit on those responsible. lu the afternoon there was a fair attendance of onlookers, mostly parents, friends and did boys of the school. The officials were: Starter, Mr. W. H. Moyes; marksmen, Messrs. G. F. Bertrand and F. J. Eggleton; call steward, Mr. A. Papps; judges, Messrs. R. H. Rockel, C. G. Bottrill and G. 11. Pope; official recorder, Mr. A. W. Diprose; finals, Messrs. J. W. Donnell, W. G. Wilkie and Dobson; judge of diving, Mr. P. Mathieson; time-keepers, Messrs. J. Bennett, junr., N. Greiner and V. Dalgleish. The swimming committee consisted of Mr. F. J. Eggleton (chairman), T. Foden, H. W. Brown (joint secretaries), J. Brodie, C. Collins, K. Taylor, I. Palmer and Rickard. Results:

33 1-3 Yards Open |iandicap.—First heat: M. Robertson (7sec) 1; time, 28 2-5 sec. Second heat: C. Cooke (9sec) 1; time, 28sec. Third heat: Ogier (7sec) 1; time, 26 3-ssec. Fourth heat: Aubrey (ssec) 1; time, 27 l-ssec. Fifth heat: L. Christie (ssec) and Rickard (scr.), dead heat, 1; time, 26 2-ssec. Sixth heat: C. Tait (ssec) 1; time, 27sec. Seventh heat: Simcock (7sec) 1; time, 26 3-ssec. Eighth heat: Penn (4sec) 1; time, 29 l-ssec. Ninth heat: J. Shaw (ssec) 1; time, 25 2-ssec. Tenth heat: J. W. Moorhead (7sec) 1; time, 27 4-ssec. Eleventh heat: J. Jackson (7sec) 1. Time, 27sgc. Final: J. Jackson 1, C. Cooke 2, C. Tait 3. Time, 25 3-5 sec.

Preparatory 331-3 Yards Handicap.— First heat: J. Law (3sec) 1, A. Hutchen (2sec) 2; McGinty (4sec) 3. Time, 331-5 sec. Second heat: C. Gilmour (3sec) 1, T. Bayly (ssec) 2, R. Fletcher (scr.) 3. Time, 32 2-sf*?c. Final: Bayly 1, Gilmour 2, Fletcher 3. Time, 30sec.

66 2-3 Yards Open Handicap.—First heat: Rickard (scr.) 1; time, 57 4-ssec. Second heat: Collins (4sec) 1; time, 56sec. Third heat: Foden (scr.) 1; time, 57 4-5 sec. Fourth heat: Taylor (4sec) 1; time, 57sec. Fifth heat: Aubrey (9sec) 1; time, 58 4-ssec. Sixth heat: C. Tait (9sec) 1; time, 56 2-ssec. Seventh heat: G. .Fookes (9sec) 1; time, 614-ssec. Final: Tait 1, Taylor 2, Fookes 3. Time, 56sec. New Boys’ Race (33 1-3 yards).—First heat: Peyton (Bsec) 1, S. Smith (9sec) 2; T. Jones (4sec) 3. Time, 29 4-ssec. Second heat: Penman (scr.) 1, Gordon (lOsec) 2; Hill (7sec) 3; time, 33 3-ssec. Third heat: Marshall (9sec) 1, Mahoney (Bsec) 2; Walker (7sec) 3. Time, 27sec. Final: Marshall 1, Peyton 2, Mahoney 3, Time, 26 4-ssec. Learners’ Race (width of baths).—First heat: Trueman 1, Law 2, Morgan 3; time, lOsec. Second heat: McDougall 1, Mills 2, B. Cooke 3; time, 9 4-ssec. Third heat: Yorke 1, Johns 2, Craughley 3; time, lOsec. Final: McDougall 1, Law 2, Trueman 3. Time, lOsec.

Breast Stroke (33 1-3 yards).—First heat: Robb (lOsec) 1, C. Lash (6sec) 2; time, 30sec. Second heat: Standish (10 sec) 1, J. Brodie (6sec) 2; time, 33 2-5 sec. Third heat: Insull (7sec) 1, Penn (2sec) 2; time, 33sec. Fourth heat: C. Cooke (7sec) 1, G. Moorhead (7sec) 2; time, 34 4-ssec. Fifth heat: S. Hutchen (ssec) 1, J. Pease (Bsec) 2; time, 33 1-5 sec. Sixth heat: R. Fletcher (lOsec) 1, Grant (7sec) 2; time, 33sec. Final: Robb 1, S. Hutchen 2, Penn 3. Time, 29 2-5 sec.

100 Yards Open Handicap.—First heat: Rickard (2sec) 1, Taylor (ssec) 2, Hawkins (14sec) and Ogle (Usee), dead heat, 3; time, Imin 28sec. Second heat: Foden (scr.) 1, G. Fookes (16sec) 2; Gibson (llsec) 3. No time taken. Collins won, but was disqualified for breaking the mark. Final: G. Fookes 1, Taylor 2, Ogle 3. Time, Imin 28sec.

Preparatory 66 2-3 Yards.—Robb (scr.) 1, Gilmour (Isec) 2, A. Hutchen (2sec) 3. Time, 63sec.

Back-stroke 331-3 Yards Handicap.— First heat: Sutherland (4sec) 1, Blundell (ssec) 2, G. Bayly (ssec) 3; time, 38 4-5 sec. Second heat: S. Bellringer (4sec) J, Curtis (6sec) 2, J. Shaw (scr.) 3; time, 41sec. Third heat: M. Fletcher (ssec) 1, Prideaux (7sec) 2, Herdman (scr.) 3; time, 35 2-ssec. Final: Fletcher 1, Blundell 2, Sutherland 3; time, 33sec.

Diving for Plates.—Brokenshire 1, Foden 2, L. Christie 3.

Corfu Dive.—Penman 1, Christie 2, Waugh 3, Grant 4.

Inter-form Relay Race (331-3 yards each man).—First heat: Form VI 1, Form lIIc 2, Form Vb 3; time, Imin 43sec. Secand heat: Form IVb 1, Form Va 2; time, Imin 41sec. Final: Form lIIc (Hawkins, Sladden, Murdoch, Peyton) 1, Form Va (roden, Collins, Taylor, Brown) 2, Form VJ (Brodie, Herdman, Penn, Rickard) 3. Time, Imin 46sec. This race aroused tremendous interest, and the cheering from the members of the different forms as they “barracked” for their representatives was deafening. A close finish, especially between the Second and third teams.

Greasy Boom.—Ballantyne 1, Aubrey 2, Rainger 3. 200 Yards Open Handicap.—Foden (scr.) 1, Collins (7sec) 2; Sutherland 3. Foden swam a splendid race throughout, and finished full of dash. Time, 3min 16 4-ssec.

Long Plunge (three placed men to decide the championship to-night).—Foden (44ft 3in) 1; Taylor (41ft 9ins) 2; Brown (39ft 9in) 3.

Diving (the placed men to swim dff for the championship to-night).—Penman and Taylor, dead heat, 1•' Petty, 2; Evans, 3. Ribbon Dive (placed men to dive off tonight).—Collins 1, Rickard 2, Hawkins The championship events will be decided at the Municipal Baths at 8 o’clock this evening.