The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-10-04
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"What did they say to you7" he
was asked. ~ was introduced to one
as a prince but | told him was no
prince and then another asked me if
| was real duke, but l told him only [
my name was Duke"
Advertiser Discovered Duke.
In its issue of August l3, 1911, The
Advertiser proclaimed Duke Kahana-
moku a world beater for he had the |
day before, at the first annual meet
of the local A. A. IT,, broken two
world s records in the fifty and hun
dred yard dashes. He made the fifty
yard swim then in "a l2, which was
/ % seconds faster than the world
record and the hundred yard dash he
navigated in 80 8 or 3-5 faster than
all standing records.
| The course had been measured three
times before the race and it was again
measured the day after and the dis
tance found correct. The watches
were tested again and found to be
working in perfect order and there was
no question as to the timers who Off
ciated for the A. A. u, as the time
was also taken by officers of the U.
s. cruisers then in port and found to
be correct and coinciding with that
taken by others.
But the national branch of the A.
A. T., was astonshed and refused to
believe the story when it was flashed
across to the mainland.
It was then decided to send Duke
to the mainland where he could prove
his swimming ability. William I.
Rawlms, now president of the Hui
Nalu and chairman of the Duke Ka-
hanamoku Fund, as well as the prob
able next president of the local branch
of the A. A. U., took the matter up
and was ably seconded by A. G. Mar
callino, Charles +. Chillingworth,
Charles Barron, and few others.
The Oahu League came bravely to the
front and, through some exhibition
games of baseball, started the ball roll
ing and contributed five hundred and
fifty dollars to the fund necessary to
send Duke away to the States.
Kahanamolu went and his success
on the mainland, and how he made the
American Olympic team, is matter
of recent history too well known and
. not necessary TO be repeated here.
Duke made good at Stockholm and
established new world record in the
hundred metre race and later, at Ham
burg, he again swan and broke his own
= record.
: Travels in Old and New World.
l "I went with the American team
" on the Finland which left from New
Q York. said Duke, yesterday. "WC
4 stopped at Antwerp and from there
I went to Stockholm. After the Olympic
$ meet a number of us went over t.
= Hamburg where / swan again anC
broke my own record From Hamburg
k went to Cologne. Then came Pari
Z and London. ! left for America from
e Southampton and here ] am.
y ~ was only three days in San Fran
cisco, though they wanted me to sta,
4 longer but couldn't They want mt
back however. l arrived there Sun
It day September %, and left Wednes
e day, September %. While in the cit.
o / swan two exhibition hundred-yar
D. races and made them in 80 fiat each.
u Kahanamoku thinks if he had a ful
'e Hawaiian relay team he would hav
le won that race in the Stockholm for tn
n Americans. He swan the last lap i
'' this relay but, though he cut the lea
tue oppoalhE HNlulihtT hNu, III Nhlls III
7 distance was too short for him to b
40 able TO oyertake the other man. Fo
"A the American relay team Perry McGi
an livary was the first man 10 start O
no aud he was about yard ahead of hi
q nearest competitor; lIuszgh swan til
Se second lap and finished about even wit
the opposing man but Harry Herne
IN who took the third lap, lost ground an
,y finished about nine seconds after III
l5 winner Of this lap, or about ten yard
Duke won't IN for the fourth and la
o. lap but, though he cut the lead of d
Sc other swimmer IN halt, he could not ii
M irh first,
Ia Island Lads Easy Time.
he IN none OF his races was Duke ev
Of pushed hard by his competitors. !
en swan easily aud alwhys with an e.
he ON the nearest man. la the dnul be
- ~ stockholm Duke rays hiu arms al
lcgs seemed 20 give on BIN aud if NJ