LTHOUGH times were inclined to be rather mediocre; koch competition was the order of the day when the heats for three of the five Shanghai Swimming ChampionsHips to be held oh Saturday at the Foreign "Y" Gala took place yesterday evening at the Uncas' Pool. Bobbie Hekking as expected won his heat of the men's 50 yards free style without difficulty, but was clocked in the poor time of 26 4/5 seconds, nearly two seconds above the performance he recorded in this event last year. The other heat went to C. L. Wen who nosed out R. Leoni in an exceedingly tight finish in 27 seconds flat—not an impressive performance either.
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