The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-01-28


pushed through without any loss of
time. the swimming sports held at the
Fort Shaft&r bath last night were
well attended. the sides of the bath
being lined with spectators. OF
course. under the circumstances, the
majority Of spectators were soldiers
stationed at the fort, but there was a
very strong sprinkling of civilians
who had iouneyed out to witness
the meeting of the Punahous, Hea-
lanis and 2Oth Infantry boys.
w. +. Dodge arranged the meeting,
and all the credit for the preliminary
steps are due to his initiative, but it
must not be forgotten that the Fort
Shafter boys came along with the bath
and also, in the interest of sport
generally, entered men for the differ
ent events though knowing full well
that they had little chance of sue
cessful competing against the crack
swimmers from the Punahou and
Healani clubs Nevertheless, the
soldiers made a good showing, though
beaten in every event, but then the
Healanis were also beaten in every
event. so that the record of the Hea-
lanis and the Infantry are no different
as far as first places are concerned.
Lieut. Chiffon fell in with Dodges
idea Immediately it was put up to him
and set about making the necessary
arrangements He was not present at
the bath last night but Lieut.. G. c..
Bowen took his place and materially
assisted the officials in running the
various events off satisfactorily.
Owing to the short notice given of
the sports there was no time to erect
Temporary arc lights, but torches were
held at intervals round the bath and
gave sufficient light for the spectators
to witness the various events.
Punahou shut out the other two
teams completely, winning every
event of the night, as well as captur-
ing one second and three thirds in
addition. In all the Punahou boys
filled nine places out of fifteen; the
Healanis filled five and the Fort
Shafter boys one. The Healanis had
four seconds and one third and the
soldiers had one third
The sport was exciting and the
various events were contested in ex-
cellent spirit There were six start
ers in the 100 yards sprint which
opened proceedings. Ran Hitchcock
led at the end of the first lap by two
yards from G. Murray, l.. Cunha being
one yard further away. In the second
lap Hitchcock drew still further away,
while Cunha and Murray struggled
along together. Eight yards separat-
ed Hitchcock from Murray when he
finished Hthe race land Cunha was
half-a-yard behind the second man.
Pete Brown of the Infantry was
fourth The race was swum in 60
seconds, which is really good time.
There was nothing exciting in the
plunge for distance, for which there
were five competitors. Though the
water was absolutely free from cur
rent two, at least, of the competitors
swung round in the water and thus
lost considerable ground B. Glib, of
Punahou won from A. Webster, also
of the College, with ]. Kamakau,
Healani, third The distance was
given as 35 feet, which is poor for
plunging. Glib was 80 seconds max
ing his plunge.
A splendid race between w. Patty,
w. Grace and F. Dodge was Witness
ed in the fifty-yard dash. There were
three other starters but those men.
toned went to the front from the
pistol and raced down the bath
practically level the whole way. Be-
fore the race there was a false start
and Dodge swan the full length of the
bath before realizing that a mistake
had been made. Consequently he