The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-06-14


next In the order named. Kruger made
hard try Tor frat place and Ocnoyes
had TO extend himself 10 win.
2. Twcnty-hvc-yard swim for boys
under fftecn ycars-Won by VIM. Haf.
ris (M.), In II flat Frank Cgnha (H.),
second, and Geo. Keaweamahi (H NJ,
third. This was pretty race, with a
good start and close finish.
3. Fancy diving. Omitted.
4. Fifty-yard Won by Law.
renee Cunha (H.), in 20 2-5. Duke Ka-
hanamoku 3 time last year was "a 10
for the Same distance. Second, Har-
old =. Hustace (H.N.); and third, l..
Kaupiko (H.N.). Cunha had an easy
victory in this event.
8. Eighty hundred and cighty-yarj
swim-Genoves III. ny, won handily
in l3:45 10. Frank s. Kruger (H),
second in 13:46 3.5. Il. Hedemann (H),
third. Marston Campbell, Jr., puma
hou), and Campbell Crozier (M.). fin
ishcd next in the order named.
6. One hundred-yard swim--Won by
Curtis w. Hustace (H. NJ, in 90 AS.
George Cunha (H.), second and Law
renee Cunha (H.), third. In this race
one of the Cunhas got Off his beat and
sought shelter unwittingly under the
wharf but got back and still made good
though first place went to the Hui Nalu
man.
T. Plunge for distance-C. +. Davis
| (M), got first place with 90 feet to
his credit, his plunges being So, AS, 81.
Second, j. b. Lightfoot (H), 81 feet.
His plunges were $40, ass and 81.
Third, Frank X, Fuller (H).
s, Fifty-yard swim for boys under
fifteen years-William Harris (M.),
won in 30 %. Second, Harold Kruger
(unattached) and third, Frank Cunha
| (H).
0. Two hundred and twenty-yard
swim-Iawrence Cunha CID, finished
first in 2:59, only couple of feet ahead
of G. ID. Center (M.), who came in sec
ond. Geo. Cunha (H.), third. This race
was the closest of all the events and
the finish especially was pretty and
exciting. Just five yards from the fin
ish Center was slightly in the lead but
lawrence Cunha gradually forged
ahead winning as stated above by about
couple of feet. Centor's run went
hard with him for he was taken out of
the water exhausted and hurried away
by his friends.
10. The big race of the meet was
III. ny, won easily in 2S:4l 10, just
as the noon whistle was blowing. He
Tapped all the contestants and some of
them were Handicapped by Genoves.
Marston Campbell, Jr., (Pun.) won sec
ond place in 1881 from Chas. p. Brown
H.), who made the mile in 32:35. The
race for second place between Camp.
he'll and Brown was hard fought from
start to finish and the young winner had
the crowd with him, cheer after cheer
being given when, on the last lap, it
was evident that the young fellow
would get in ahead of Brown.
IL. One of the best events of the
meet and one which was full of life
and action was the relay race in which
the Hui Nalus and Myrtles entered
single teams while the Healanis got in
a double shift. There was some dispute
over the heavy entry of the Healanis,
it being claimed that under a previous
arrangement agreed to each club would
only enter team. Finally the race
came off according to the entries re-
CARELESS of whatever understanding
there had been made previous to that.
The race was for 300 yards in 50-yard
relays. The Hui Nalu team won first
place with the Healani and Myrtle
teams second and third.
This closed the events of this year s
swimming meet
1t should be stated that Punahol
had only one participant in the races
-Marston Campbell, Jr., in the $50
yard and the mile race. Harold Kruger
entered unattached in the 25 and so
yard race for boys under fifteen. The
dealani, Myrtle and Hui Nalu clubs
were represented in ali the events.