The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-22

yards and 100 yards into smithereens
arrived yesterday on the steamer Ho
nolulan bound for the Amateur Athle-
tic union swimming championship of
America, which are to be held in Chi
cago and Pittsburg next week. Vim
cent Genoves, the distance champion,
accompanied Kahanamoku.
The residents OF Honolulu suhscrib
ed a fund to send Kahanamoku and
Genoves to Chicago to take part in
the swimming trials with a view of
being selected to go to Stockholm for
the Olympiad. Lew G. Henderson ac-
companied the two champions in the
capacity of manager and E. X. (Dude)
Miller is taking a pleasure trip to
watch the classy company they will
face in the east.
The members of the party belong
to the Hui Nalu Swimming Club of
Honolulu, of which Miller is presi-
dent.
Kahanamoku s an elongated look
ing Hawaiian standing 6 feet inches
and weighs 1873 pounds. He is Il years
of age and has the build that denotes
speed He uses a stroke in his work
that he has invented himself 1t is
slightly different from the Cavill crawl
by the fact that hte action of the
legs takes place deeper in the water
than the style we are so used to here.
He gets great strength into his arm
drives and his leg work is particularly
powerful.
1t was August IL last year that Duke
made his remarkable times in a swim
ming meet promoted by the Hui Nalu
club. The races were held in the har-
Dor over a straightaway course which
had been surveyed and properly
staked off. In the 50-yard event he
made the phenomenal time of "a 1-5
seconds, breaking Charles Daniels
former worlds figures by l 3-5 sec
onds. Next on the program was the
10O-yard straightaway race, and in this
again Duke electrified the spectators
when the time of So 2-5 seconds was
announced. The previous best for the
straightaway was one minute fiat, this
being held jointly by Scott Leary and
Daniels.
The same afternoon Duke also won
the 22O-yard event, doing the distance
in 2 minutes AZ 3-5 seconds, which is
lust two full seconds outside the rec
ord.
, Application was made to the A. A,
u. for recognition of the 80 and 100
yard records, but up to the present
they have not been allowed. The
course was resurveyed' after the race
and found to be l foot inches ovel
the distances. The races were pulled
off in a section of the harbor at Ho
rnolulu where there is only foot ant
a half tide fall, so that had there beef
any tide, it could not have made an.
appreciable difference to the swim
mers.
Genoves is native of Porto Rict
and holds all the island records TO
44O yards, $50 and 1 mile. The Ha
waiian manager, Lew Henderson,
anxious to arrange race on the re
turn to this city between Genove
and Pomeroy, the local S80-yard chan
pion. 1t is possible that meet WI
be arranged when the islanders re
turn.
Genoves uses a trudgeon stroke an
gets through the water at a good rate
His best times have been as follows
, 44O Yards 6 minutes sc 40 seconds
$50 yards, 10 minutes SO 2-5 seconds
and mile in 30 minutes, % 1-5 seconds
The party leaves this morning o
the Overland Limited for Chicag
where both swimmers will compete !
their respective events in the nation'
championships Some Of. the chan
pionships will be held at Chicag
while others have been set for dec
sion in Pittsburg and New YorI
While in the east the swimmers al
going to do everything possible
boost for 1915. Manager Hendersc
o and his party had an interview vii
y the Panama Pacific exposition comp
ny yesterday and notified Presidel
n C. c. Moore that they would glad
"a do everything possible to bring Il
1915 fair before the eastern public
- The first of the championships
& which KahanamokU will compete W
Il be the 22O-yard swim in the Pittsbu
Il athletic club tank one week from
night. On the next night at Pittsou
the 5OO-yard swim will be entered
Genoves and on February rs ana
the men will take part in the even
at Chicago.
on The Hawaiians were guests OF I
40. by the fact that the action OF t
antar the swimming tank. They