Yards Interport Championship—Won by Laing, Hongkong.
Tong' Plunge Interport Championship—Won by McGregor, Shanghai. Chrowing Polo Ball Interport Championship—Won by Busschaert, Hong-ong.
The second night of the interport gala was even more successful than the first, inasmuch as the sprint championship over the 100 yards was one of the best ever witnessed in Shanghai, and the result at the finish was so much in doubt that a lot of adverse criticism was passed on the decision. It was veally not the fault of the judge, but due in some measure to swimming six men in such a short race with the breadth of the bath what it is. -Anyhow, the verdict was not questioned as to the first place, which Johnstone won. Brodie was awarded second place and Lyon of Hongkong third. The time was nothing special, 62% sec., being 2} see. slower than Johnstone's time when he won this event last year in Hongkong.
As the 880 yards championship was placed just Defore the long plunge on the programme, separated only by the interval, it was decided to hold MacCabe (who won the local half mile championship this year) for the long plunge, and enter J. B. Brown and H. H. Nash for Shanghai. Kobe only entered W. P. James.
Almost from the start Jack and Laing took the lead and James fell back, eventually retiring from the race. Brown and Nash stuck gamely to the competition, but the race for first place lay between the two Hongkong swimmers. Towards the end of the 17th length, with about nine lengths still to go, Laing began to draw away from Jack and won fairly comfortably in 18 min. 17$ sec. Both Hongkong swimmers finished over two lengths ahead of Brown who in' turn was about the same distance ahead of Nash.
The Long Plunge was a great triumph for Shanghai, who obtained all three places, thus scoring the maximum of 6 points for this competition. J. Hi McGregor with his wonderful plunge of 68' 10", which by the way he did twice during the evening, established. a new interport record as well as a new record for Shangai and for the Far East. Four Shanghai men went over 60 feet, but Hongkong's champion Souza was disappointing.
In the Throwing the Polo Ball contest, Busschaert got first. Both the leading Shanghai exponents of this event were disappointing. Goldman, who won
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