Sport: Workers & Water Babies

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The whole training program paid off so well that the A.S.U. seems almost afraid its swimmers may relax and float on their laurels. When Lainy Crapp and Dawn Fraser were invited to Hawaii's Keo Nakama meet to be held in July the A.S.U. threatened to withhold its approval unless both girls prove that they are in top shape. "They're Olympic champions," said an A.S.U. official—just as if any Australian had forgotten. "We don't want them to jeopardize their chances by competing out of condition."

For all its proprietary interest in Dawn and Lainy, this once the A.S.U. refuses to dip into its treasury to help them tram. This trip, the A.S.U. argues is private, and on the girls. Wistfully adding up her small salary as a department-store salesgirl, Dawn Fraser wondered this week how she would ever pay for a period of necessary workouts in tropical Townsville. "Just a little of that £50,000 the A.S.U. has earmarked for training would be a big help," she admitted. But like the dedicated Aussie swimmer she is she added: "I will arrive in Hawaii fit, even if I also happen to be broke."