Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-05
San FrancisCOI SpOTtsmen
Treat Duke Right Royalty
Local Swimmer Made Friends Everywhere, but San Francis
cans 0utdid Themselves at the Time of His Last Vsl
There Was Fortunate in wing. With Lew Henderson's
People During Stay in Philadelphia =

Duke Kahanamoku made a host OF
friends everywhere. he went during
his mainland wanderings, but San
Francisco seems to have give him an
especially warm welcome, and he left
there with the understanding that he
could cross the Pacific and hang his
hat on the Bay City any old time he
felt like 1t. 49,. ..... . 49, .
Most OF the time that Duke spent
in America was put in at Philadel-
phia, where he had the good luck to
live with Lew G. Henderson's family,
and a great deal of his early success
is undoubtedly due to the pleasant
home surroundings, which enabled
him to forget his inconsistencies, and
throw himself heart and soul into the
task of perfecting his swimming style
But it was on the Coast, just before
his return, that things were cut loose
for Dukes benefit. The papers all
gave him plenty of space, and some
of the sport writer's spread them
selves on his past history and future
prospects. -.
The following story about Duke,
written by F.. ]. Mannix, of the San
Francisco Bulletin, is of considerable
local interest:
This is one instance where a duke
comes dangerously near being fish.
It is another instance where a duke
isn't duke, and at the same time
is duke, the difference being merely
a matter of upper case and lower case
letters. This duke has the distinction
of being one of the fewer real dukes
not possessed by ducal proprietaries,
and yet he is and is not as much
duke as ever was a duke. 1t is a
perplexiig sort of a quandary, but
the solution of the whole problem in
this case lies in the fact that Duke
is a handle-just like Mary or 1mo-
gene-for the very distinctive name
that follows-here it is-Kahanamoku
Brought together the two form the
distinctly euphonious appellation of
Duke Kahanamoku, which title is very
much respected in swimming circles
all over the world, and incidentally
serves as the distinguishing mOnach
er for one of the greatest swimmers
this little planet has ever known.
All of which. however, goes by way
of prefacing the announcement of the
few facts that the duke. who has been
in town for the last four or five days,
consented yesterday to talk for the
brief space of ten minutes about him.
self and his art, and left this noon for
his home in Honolulu. The duke will
be remembered by American enthu-
siasts who followed the progress of
the worlds games at Stockholm a
short while ago as one of the bright
est of the Olympic stars. So bright
was he, and is he, that he holds a
mark IF 55 2-5 seconds for the 100
yard distance. In addition, he swan
the 100 meters at Stockholm in the
phenomenal time of loop and few
weeks later. at Hamburger. chopped
it down to Toll. From this it will
be seen that there is hardly any need
of saying that his reputation is pretty
we'll established-foreign mermen are
only too anxious TO concede the point.
One of the Dukes most striking
characteristics is his 'modeStv. He
is loath to eXpatiate on his proves.
and it is only by the closest kind of
questioning that he can be drawn out