"Sapphirine New Record Anticipated Greatest interest will of course be centred on the Shanghai championship events, and the entry this year has been the biggest in the history of Shanghai swimming particularly in the ladies 50 yards free style. Out of the fifteen entries, six have qualified for the finals tonight. Of these Mile. Collette Meadmore has proven the most successful and her excellent time of 30 seconds for the distance makes her the favourite. Miss Jill Peach beat Miss Ling Mei Ling to win the second heat and as the time made by Miss R. Riege of 34 seconds was considerably slower than that recorded by the winners of the other two heats, the championship should narrow itself down to a thrilling race between Misses Meadmore, Gray, Peach and Ling Mei Ling, with every prospect of the present record of 29 2/5 seconds being
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