The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-01-24
AT THE SWIMMING
Some Good Water Racing in the
HarbOr.
kIM0KE0 WAS INDISPOSED
Hundred Yard Event Off-Exciting
Hundred Yard Event Off-Exciting
Quarter and Half Mile Contest.
Boys-A Game of Polo.

The aquatic events in front of the
beat houses Saturday afternoon, drew
forth quite a crowd Although the
principal event of the afternoon, the
one hundred yards championship
swimming race between Ranear and
KimOkeo, did not take place on ac-
count of the indisposition of the ma
tive, the remaining events created a
lot of excitement and enthusiasm, es-
pecially from the delegation of natives
which crowded the pier between the
Healani and Myrtle boat houses.
The events did not start until about
g o'clock on account of the waste Of
time spent in finding out what allied
Kimokeo.
The quarter mile swimming race was
the first on the program. The start
was made from a position off the Pa
cific Mail wharf, just astern of the
ship Fort George, G. Mayne of the Re-
gulars and Kuaiwa and Jones being
the only ones entered. Kualwa led
from the beginning and kept up his
splashing overland stroke clear to the
finish. Try as he would, Mayne could
not catch him and Jones was out of
the race altogether. Time, 5:53.
Mayne went over the course in sos.
The second event was. the one hun
dred yards swimming race for natives.
Gilman and Makia were the only swim
mers entered. These finished in the
order named, Gilman making the fin
ish in :0S rs.
The 100 yards championship race
came next Since Kimokeo did not en-
ter, W. w. Scott and Gilman went in
to make a race. The starting point
was at float in front of the Aloha
boat house and the finish at position
off the Healani boat house. Scott
jumped in to pace Ranear Gilman
started off with Ranear. The latter
was undoubtedly the best man and
soon left Gilman far behind, finish
| ing in 1903 So. After the last race,
the course was measured and found to
be 13 yards short. The wonder at the
| fast time made was soon dispelled
| when the length of the course was
made known.
The fifty yards boys race was won
| by A. Harris after a hard fight. Time,
| q 20 seconds Makia came in sec
ond, Moses third and Kalaikini last.
| The race was a very close one from
start to finish.
The half mile championship race be-
tween c. Mayne, w. T. Jones and
Moses was won by Mayne in 14:42 2-5.
Jones came in second.
| The water polo contest created the
| fun of the afternoon. With Ranear
and Mayne as captains, two teams
were chosen from the ranks Of the
swimmers present Following were
the teams:
Water Babies-Mayne, Scott, Far
neuf, Wilder, Cook, Mitchell, Jones.
Wild Swans = Ranear, Hennessy,
| Wirud, S. Lyle, Kiley, Bower, Vim
| cett.
Play lasted for 80 minutes, the Water
| Babies winning with a score of to 1.
One goal was rugged up on the jump
| ing platform off the Aloha boat house
and the other on a float off the Myrtle
| boat house. w H. Crozier threw the
ball to a position between the goals
after each score. The fight was a
lively and exhausting one. Ranear al
ways managed to get the ball first but
he did not hold it long. For the Water
Babies side, Scott threw one goal and
assisted Mitchell in throwing the sec
ond. For the Wild Swans, Ranear
threw the only goal. Had the goal
been perfectly solid, this score would
not have been made. AS it was, the
stick against which the ball struck
broke, and the ball went through. Had
the goal been solid, a foul would
have been made.