The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-07-07
BOYS
. WIN FIRST
HONORS
Swimmers from Honolulu in Semi
Finals at San Francisco Meet
Some of Worlds Best Water
sprinters and Garry OF Major
fly Of First and Second Places
Kahanamoku Ties Coast Fifty.
Yard Record.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 4--(Asso'
ciated Press by Federal wirclcss
Hawaiian swimmers took six nrst ara
six second places in the one final race.
and nine trial heats which were CON
tested yesterday. Duke Nahanamolu
tied the Coast record for fifty Yard.
doing the distance in "a seconds lam
ger, Of Los Angeles made new rec
ord of 1916 rs for the haif-mnc.
Duke Kahmamosu, Lane, George Con.
IA, small, HoIstcin and Rathiei qulIi.
fed for the finals of the ffty y d.
Rathiel Is a member Of the ILLINOIS
Club.
Immense Crowd Present.
Before an immense crowd which
gathered nc Sutro Baths yesterday 4f+
ternoon, the swimming carnival was
begun. Although the races were hosi
i iy trial heats, the most intense excite
ment was evidenced by the specf n.
The Hawaiian swimmers got n great
reception and Duke Kahanamokn a
work was cheered, especially wncn hc
tied the Coast record Of "A seconds for|
the hfty yards. Duke was hard
aashed by hathiel Of Illinois, VINO iih-|
ished just behind the champion
In the $50 yards race, Dixie swam
second 10 LANCER, OF Los Angeles, who.
by swimming the distance in ils90 3,
Established new Coast record. Kn
hanamoku finished 8 2-5 seconds behind
Longer.
| Bob Small defeated Gar 60
Lane, Of Honoluln, in the slow emo Of
20 seconds small had Lanes meas
IRE al the way over the ffty-yaI'|
Z course.
Two Honolulu swimmers met IN tho
third heat Of the fifty yards race, aud
Cumha beat Holstein after good go.
Hebner, of Illinois, met Smith OF IN,
Oiympies, in the first heat OF ~
hundred. The race was a sensationt
one all the way, and the men wnI'
neck and neck every part Of the dis
lance. Hebncr won by touch, in a
seconds, fat
4 Kahanafnolku' Pine Work.
i Duke Kahanamoku got first place II
the first heat of tho fifty yards, and
was also first in the third heat Of tn
220-yard event. He took second pIaf|
in the SS0-yard race and second place
! Ito Kruger, in the second heat Of tN|
I 100 yards. In this last race both mcI
loafed along and the time was vera
. slow.
Il Today and tomorrow the finals VII
be contested, and il is expected TIM
(. some very fast times will be PIT PIP
! The fifty and hundred yards final
J. should be the best races seen here 70
' years.
& The full results Of yesterdays rarin|
follow:
!. Results.
r $50 Yards, fnal-7Langer, FIRST: Dnk
!. IKahanamoku, second Winner IS timl
y IL :46 10; Duke Is time, 1l;54 3-5. Heb
4 ner was third. LANCER put up nov
C. Coast record.
b Fifty yards, first heat Duke kahn
. namokn, first; Raiphel, second. Time
\ 0:24. Second heat Bat Small, FIRST
! IC. Lame, second. Time, 0;26, Thir
I heat-A. Cunha, first; Holstein, second
j. Time, 0.25.
e 100 yards, first heat--llebner, iirst
Smith, second. Time, 0:59. Secon
: heat--F. Kruger. first; DuSc Naha
moku, second. Time, Los -, Thlr
heat Raiphel, FIRST; @. Cnrha ieconl
Thine, 0:55 10.
200 yards, first heat---G Cunts, nist
4 &c. Boyd, second. Time. sci ; SCI
ond heat -McGillivray, frs: y kfugel
second. Time, 2:3f 1.5. Third heat
Duke Kahanamoku, first; smith, second
a Time. 2:33.