Closest competition of the evening. however, occurred as generally expected in the men's 150 yards medley swim. In the first heat Leoni, G. Gregg and O. Grebenschikoff were the leading contenders and the latter naturally took the lead on the breast stroke. Leoni, however. trailed Grebenschikoff closely and was only two yards behind when the swimmers lumed into the back stroke lap Leoni gained considerably on his rival in this section of the race and wi the free style lap started Grebenschikoff was already well in the rear. Leoni, had no difficulty in walking off with the remaining lap to win n the rather slow time of 2 minutes 1 2/5 seconds. while Godfrey Gregg staged a last minute spurt in the free style to pass the tiring Grebenschikoft and "arn second place.
The second heat was even' more exciting for although A.J. Dodd took the lead over Ernie Smith in the breast stroke, the latter made use of his back stroke -ability to earn a decisive edge—which he maintained without difficulty in the final 50 yards on the free style. Meanwhile, Griffiths. who had been lying third all along. came up with a terrific burst of speed in the last 25 yards of the free style and almost caught Dodd napping. losing only by a touch.
Smith was clocked in the fair-time of 1 minute 57 3/5 seconds. just over five seconds above the record set by Jackie Lumsdaine last year,
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