Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-07-13
rHE SUGGESTION Has eEEN

THE SUGGESTION HAS BEEN
made that the people of Honolulu
show their appreciation of Duke Kaha-
namoku not only by giving him sub
stantial token, but also by providing
him with steady job as chief of a
Waikiki beach life-guard patrol. This
scheme would be all right, but-and
that but knocks the cocoanut off the
tree and spills the milk.
II Duke became a salaried life
guard, or beach patrol. ~ wSctever
you laight call the job of wearing g
bathing suit all day and keeping an
eye TO seawa1d for STRUGGLING bath
ers, he would Immediately lose his
amateur standing. This is the last
thing that Euke himself, or his
friends, want to see happen, for the
Hawaiian speed marvel realizes that
his claim to fame are as an amateur,
and that once he turns professional
he must say good by to the chance of
future glories. Duke has said more
than once that he left home as an
amateur, and that he would return
home as one. and remain one.
The suggestion was most kindly
meant, and on its face took the fancy
of several sportsmen, who expressed
themselves as willing to help create
the job and land Duke in it, but these
did not take into consideration the
sacrifice that Il would entail. There
fore, II should be dropped. with due
appreciation Of tht spirit that prompt
ed Il.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, DUKE
will have no difficulty at all in landing
good job when he returns to Homo
lulu, should he wish to go into some
sort of business There are fifty men
who stand ready to find a place for
him, in line with his preferences and
abilities, and a job that would give
him all the time he wants for swim
ming, too.
There is nothing in the professional
swimming game to tempt Duke out
of the amateur ranks, for he would
never consent to live permanently
away from Hawaii mel, and only on
the maitland do jobs of swimming in
structors and coach pay decent
money.
Swimming is not like baseball or
golf, where the top notcher can slide
over the line into professionalism, and
make good thing of his natural abili-
ties. All the big events are held I'M
der the strict auspices Of the A. A. U.
and it would be swimming suicide, for
Duke to lose his standing.
Then again, he has many years
more in which to improve. in the
natural course of events. and there is
another Olympic festival coming four
years from now, in which he will
again have a chance to win points for
the United States. Lets by all means
give Duke something substantial as
an appreciation OF what he has done
for Hawaii, but let's not tempt him
to make his daily bread out of water.
Los ANGELES HAS HAD ONE
continuous aviation meeting since the
Wolgast-Rivers argument on the
Fourth. If Teddy floated into town
and heard all the shorter and ugliers"
going the rounds, he might Jump to
the conclusion that Third Party con-
vention was in session. The upshot
of il ALL of course, will be another
UCintCH lho .lNOs Dul IL a
million to a plugged milray that Jack
Welsh won't be the third party in the
ring.
BARNEY JOY SAYS HE'S GOING
10 put his goat in tho safe and then
forget the combination before Sun
days gene, so that the J. A. Cs will
have no chance to steal It.
SOUNDS AS THOUGH BILL
Naughton was irving 70 get even with
Jack johnson for making his lief
fries done of two years ago counter
felt. The Dean" certainly Grabbed
the chamnion in his story of the Las
Vegas fight. being about the only
sporting authority who said that F1vnn
looked like a winner at any stage of
the game.