1912 Olympic Games Official Report Part 2

swam beautifully, beat Taylor for second place, but he was a good distance behindHebner at the finish.Heat 2 : 1. AUSTRALASIA (Harold H. Hardwick, Malcolm Champion, Leslie Boardmanand Cecil Healy) 10 m. 14 s. World’s record. 2. GERMANY (Oscar Schiele,George Kunisch, Kurt Bretting and Max Ritter) 10 m. 421/6 s. Australasia wonwithout any difficulty. Hardwick was in front of Schiele at the very first turn, andthe distance between the teams was increased by each man of the Australasia four.AUSTRALASIAFinal.12.45 p. m., Monday, 15 July.World’s record.(Cecil Healy, Malcolm Champion, Leslie Boardman, HaroldH. Hardwick).U. S. A.(Kenneth Huszagh, Harry Hebner, Percy MC Gillivray, DukePaoa Kahanamoku).GREAT BRITAIN(Willie Foster, Thomas Sydney Battersby, John Gatenby Hatfield,Henry Taylor.)Not placed:GermanyThe same swimmers started as in the trial heats, but the Australasiansaltered the order in which their men swam, and placed them:Cecil Healy, Malcolm Champion, Leslie Boardman, Harold H. Hardwick.There was a good start and, at the first pass, Australasiaand the U. S. A. lay side by side, with Germany third. The secondmen of the two leading teams kept together, too, until 300 met.were covered, when Champion succeeded in getting a slight lead forhis team. Boardman was able to start 10 met. in front of Hebnerand the third man in Great Britain’s team, after swimming 50 met.,succeeded in passing his German rival. When the fourth distance wasbegun, Australasia was 15 met. in front of the U. S. A., which, inits turn, was 10 met. before Great Britain, the last man of theBritish team being 5 met. in front of the German swimmer. Kahanamokuwas the fourth man in the U. S. A. team, but he couldmake no impression on Hardwick, and Australasia won without anydifficulty. Great Britain was a safe third. Hungary did not start.100 METRES, FREE STYLE. LADIES.First Round.7.30 p. m., Monday, 8 July.Heat 1: 1. BELLA MOORE, Great Britain, 1 m.2ga/, s., 2. LOUISE OTTO, Germany,1 m. 34’/6 s., 3. Klara Milch, Austria, 1 m. 37’15 s., 4. Greta Johansson,Sweden, 1 m. 41~/~ s., 5. Tyyne Maria Järvi, Finland, 1 m. 428/6 s. Aagot Normann,Norway, retired. Bella Moore led at a good pace, and won without being threatened.Heat 2: 2. DAISY CURWEN, Great Britain, 1 m.233/6 s., 2. JENNIE FLETCHER,Great Britain, 1 m. 26’/, s., 3. Bertha Zahourek, Austria, 1 m. 38”/, s., 4. Pepi725