The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-03-15
DUKE EAHANAMIEU
WINS THREE RACES
(From Tuesday,s Adrertiser.l

tion among natatory experts of Amer.
lea, according to letters and press
stories brought in yesterdays mail
from the Coast. The doings of the
swimming expedition up to the time of
departure from Pittsburgh for New
York on February % were chronieled
in personal letters to Honolulu friends
of the swimmers, but no official word
was received by either the promotion
committee, the public subscription COM
mittee or the Hui Nalu Club.
The races won to date by Duke were
exhibitions, two of which were held at
Pittsburgh and the other in New York,
In Pittsburgh he took first place in both
the 50.yard and 1o0.yard distances,
winning handsome gold medals. At
Pittsburgh he swan the 100 yards in
81 4.5 seconds, which is AS seconds
slower than his Island record, while the
I50-yard he covered in 25 seconds. In
New York he did the 100 yards in 81
is seconds.
Tonight Duke swims in the official A.
A. U. 50-yard championship race, un.
der the auspices of the Illinois A. O.,
at Chicago, and tomorrow night in the
l00-yard DASH Manager Lew Hender-
dence that he would cable the results
of these races.
Wins by Half q Foot.
| Duke won the 100-yard scratch race
in New York by half foot. On the
same night the City Athletic Club team
of New York won the 400.yard national
relay swimming championship race by
an extremely close margin. The Chi
cago Athletic Association team was de-
feated by what looked to be but frac-
ton of an inch The New York Ath-
letic Club team finished third. The
winners time was 1853 3-5.
Contrary to general supposition here
the New York race in which Duke par
ticipated was not championship at
fair. New York papers throw light on
the general swimming situation by an
nouncements of changes in the cham
pionship dates, notably the 50-yard and
l00-yard dashes, which were changed
from February % to March IL and ID.
Pittsburgh dispatches to the Coast
newspapers say the natatorium of the
Pittsburgh Athletic Associations club
house was filed with wildly enthusi-
astic crowd to witness the swimming
of the final heat in the 500-yard A. A.
U. championship race.
Worlds Fastest Swimmer"
~. H. Reilly of the New York A.
c." reads the story, sprang a surprise
by winning the big event, defeating
r. M. Ritter of the City A. G. of New
York, who was expected to win the
event easily after swimming a trial
heat in the fast time of minutes 80
seconds.
"Reilly took the lead at the very
start and was never overtaken. His
victory was a popular one, as he was
greatly handicapped on the turns by
crippled foot,
"No Chicago man qualified for the
finals. The distance was too long for
Perry McGlllivray, and he was forced
to drop out at the 300-yard line in his
preliminary heat. w. r. Vosburgh, Jr,
of the University of Illinois was de-
feated in his preliminary heat by inches.
"H. Huszagh, who holds the A. A.
U. record for so yards, was defeated
in both the 80 and 100-yard races by
Duke Kahanamoku of the Honolulu
Swimming Club, who is undoubtedly
the fastest swimmer in the world for
these distances.
Considering the size of the tank and
the fact that Duke has been swim
ming with turns for but two weeks,
his time was something phenomenal.
His victories were very popular, and
leading officials of the A. A. U. pre-
dict that he will win the races at these
distances for the United States at the
Olympic games. Duke is fullblooded
Hawaiian, standing feet 2 inches tall
and weighing 40 pounds.
Summaries:
$50 Yards-First, Duke Kahanamo-
ku, Honolulu Swimming CLUB, time 25
seconds; second II. Huszagh, Chicago A.
A., time % 1-5 seconds; third, Rebele,
Pittsburgh A. A., time 90 3.5 seconds.
"100-Yard Swim-First Duke Kaha-
namoku, Honolulu Swimming Club,
time 81 4,5 conds; second IL. Huszagh,
Chicago A. A., time So is seconds;
third, John A. Archer, Pittsburgh Aqua.
tic Club, time SO LIS seconds.
Dude Tells the Story.
In letter to Alex. May "Dude =
Miller tells the story of the 22O-yard
race at Pittsburgh, in which Duke
made his debut with fast company.
Duke swan in the third heat against
the final winner of the championship
event. He made pretty start, doing
the turns wonderfully well. For $50
yards he held the lead, and he had only
about length and one-third to 90
when he was taken with cramps.
Genoves swan in the first heat which
was the fastest of the race. He also
made beautiful start and good turns,
but was distanced by about so yards.
The distance was too short for him and
he showed lack of training.
| Dukes wins over Huszagh at Pitts
burgh in the exhibition races are par
ticularly noteworthy because of the
fact that Huszagh lowered Daniels
record recently for the so yards. Miller
writes that he was considered the speed
lest man entered for the Pittsburgh