The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-02-24

boys ut fifty yards, the event ending
| in dead heat between r. Kruger NJ
the Healanis and Clarence Lane Of Pa.
lama. ,#tsR Is. ....r
Duke Breaks own Record. I
Third on the program was the 100,
yard dash, and here KahaBamoku came
| into his own, for he smashed his own
record of 0;55 1-5 in a straie
and came within one-ffth of second
of the world 4 tank record, established
by himgelf some time ago.
With the crack Of TIE gun Dixie went
out 10 front, followed by Small and
George cuhha Up 10 the fifty-yard
wire Kahanamolm looked to be swim.
ming under wraps, but here he began
picking up and from this mark until
tho end simply outdistanced his com
petitors. 49, #.'" A..
Small, who finished second could
never have heen considered a worthy
rival Of Du1te, from the fact that he
finished fully three seconds behind
DIXIE in this event. H... .r
On the 0. her hand. Kahanamoku fn.
ished in 0:54 20, better ne his own
worlds record, made in H"nolulu Har,
Dor in the oren salt water last year.
Hay Wodehouse Of the. Healanis fin
ished first in the l004yard no. Ire race,
beating X. IIollinger, who finished see.
ond, and Allen Cunha, who finished
third, in LOG 2.5.
Several swimmers beat the gun anil
the start was ragged on, with Wode.
house going out in front, a position he
held all through the rare, finishing ten
Uar1o In nd - ~.
petitor.
Perhaps the staying powers of Wal,
ter Pomroy of San Francisco caused
several of the entriev In the ssO.yard
dash to withdraw, Duke Kahanamokn
'nr lnded. At any rate the strong-armed
representative from the mainland had
things his own way in this event. and
from start to finish continued TO Lad
from G. Keaweamahi, who finished sec.
ond. and Fred b. Arnold, who finished
third. s ..H n1".Gn -
Pomroy used the overland or trud.
geon stroke, with a powerful scissors
kick, which drove him through tbs
water at great speed. So great, in
fact, was his speed that he SWAN the
distance in 1924, beating the Hawa
Iian record of 1896 As held by Vim,
cent Genoves. . .,s'..I +.
In the next event, a seventy.fve
yard dash for novices, Clarence Lane
of Palama was winner with Georpe
Hawkins of the Healanis second and
w. Kanakanui third, the winner s
time being 0:44 2-5. .""N NV
< "Stubby" Kruger of the Healanis
finished second in this event but it
was necessary for the judges to dis.
qualify him for fouling Lane shortly
after the getaway. n
Winning the 220-yard event was
easy for Duke Kahanamoku with
George Cunha second and Lincoln John.
son third. Time, 02;35 l-5. e.,
Winning the womens' event at fifty
yards was an easy proposition for Ruth
Wayson Stacker and without extending
herself the least she passed under the
wire as she pleased winning from Miss
LeGros, who was second, and Miss
zane who was third, in 0;31 1-5.
Miss Edith Kibbling got of the
course before she had made a dozen
strokes and il was some time before
she could right herself and get going
properly again. .a@
The time of Miss Stacker was one.
fifth of a second slower than her own
American record made last year.
While the women swimmers had
been listed TO swim in seventy ave
yard event as well as a 440-yard race
both these events were called off.
Following the women's event came
the one-mile event and again Duke was
among the absent ones which was q
keen disappointment to the spectators
for it has long been their ambition to
see Duke in long pedaling match.
With no real competitors for first
place in the event Pomroy won as he
pleased finishing 100 yards in front of
the second man in 26:49 is smashing
the previous record mark of 27:45 held
by Frederick Wilhelm made last year.
At that the one-mile event had its
spectacular features Keaweamahi of
the Hui Nalus and Bushnell of the
Healanis fighting it out at the finish,