The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-07-07
SWIMMERS Of
. HAWAII ARE .
DEFEATED
ON COAST
Illinois Team Carries on Aquatic
HOnors in Championship Meet
Held Before Large and Enthu-
siastie Crowd in sutro Baths at
San Francisco.
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= Following is a brief summary =
= Of the swimming races held in the =
Sutro Baths at San Francisco yes =
= terday; \
= Total points Illinois, A; Hui \
> Main, 10; Los Angeles, 10; Hea- =
= lanis, q; Olympic, 7. =
y Fifty-yard dash--Riethel, first; =
4 Kahanamoku, second; Small, =
y third; time, "a is. =
y 40 Yards Won by LANCER =
\ who established new worlds .
\ tank record Of sag 10 secondk =
= McGillivray Of Chicago finished =
\ second and Wilhelm of Honolulu 4
4 was third. 44 4
y Illinois won the relay race over 4
y three-hundred-y ard-cOurse, es- \
= tablishing new American rec y
= ord Of 1895 seconds. The Healani y
= team was second in this event, 4
= the Hui NaIu swimmers finishing =
= third. =
= A new Coast record of 40 AS =
= seconds was established by Me- \
= Dermott in the 200-yard breast y
= stroke event 6udman Of the =
= Olympic Club was second and Ne y
= Gillivray was third, =
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SAN FRANCISCO, July 6.--f Asso-
ciated Press by Federal wireIess) ~
Hawaii, went down TO defeat before
the crack athletes Of the mainland in
the swimming races at sutro Baths
yesterday. Illinois carried OF first
honers. Coast and American. records
went g9immering and a new pace was
set for the Honolulu SWIMMERS One
of the largest crowds seen az Sutro
Baths in, long time witnessed the
exciting card, every event OF which
was marked by gruelling struggle for
first honors. ts4fEl y n
One Of the big surprises Of the day
was the defeat Of Duke Kahananioku
by v. RietheI in the fifty-yapd event,
KahanamolUu coming second by seant
few inches, Bob Small, Kahanamolu' 8
former eonqueror and keen rival, fin.
ishing third, just "A few inches behind
the doughty champion from the ISL
ands. IL was a great race, the three
swimmers racing nearly shoulder to
shoulder throughout the course. Ka-
hanamoku and Small bumped during
the race and this probably had some
effect on the final result. The course
was covered in twenty.four and one
fifth seconds.
The only first honors for Hawaii
were taken by Lane in the juvenile
race over the fifty,yard course. stub
by' Kruger was second, Malcolm Of
the Olympies finishing third. Twelve
young swimmers entered in this event,
which was closely contested,
Hawaii Well Represented.
Hawaii was well represented at the
meeting. A number of those who are
here to take part in the ground-bre
ing exercises for Hawaii's building at
the Panama Pacific Exposition joined
with the Coast sojourners from the
Islands in cheering for the plueky
swimmers from the nid-Paeifc me.
trOpolis. They proved good rooters,
too, the close and exciting finishes Of
every event in which the Island boys
took part affordiAg ample opportunity
for the cheering which marked each
race. e'--.' r.
?. Kahanamoku did not make as good
o showing as had been expected. His
friends and supporters cIaim that he
was not in condition TO enter the
events, having been exhausted as a re-
suit Of the qualification races held Sat
urday. F%5
New Record for 44O Yards
LANCER, the long distance man, SWAN
a remarkable race in the 40 yards and
he was paced for most Of the way by
Hebner. The latter covered three hum
dred yards in very fast time, with Ian.
ger right on his heels wilhelm Of
Honolulu stuck TO his men wen, and
for u time appeared to have good
chance. However, at the halfway
mark Hebner, LANCER and p. MeGilli.
-yny pulled away from the Honolulu
representative, and a dingdong race
eyentnated TO the 400-yard post There
Hanger drew away and sprinted for the
line, which he crossed thirty feet ahead
of MeGilliVray. The time was FIVE min.
lites twenty-five and onefifth seconds,
which is world s tank record for the
distance .
In the half-mile LANCER again showed
his quality, and he won easily from p,
MeGilliyray. Wilhelm was third, a
long way behind, and Duke Kahana,
moku did not start in the race,
Malcolm of the Olympics took the
. novice race, over fifty yards, from a
field Of ten. A. Cunha swan into sec
ond place md gave the winner a hard
tussle for the honors. The whole ten
swimmers were fairly close together al
the finish. t t.t.
Breast Stroke Record
The 200 yards, breast stroke lace
brought out six compositions, and they
swan well together for one hundred
Yards. Then McDeFmOtt, w1io is q
very powerful swimmer, forged aheae
and crossed the line ahead OF Sdnd
man, and won in the record time Of
2 minutes 40 40 seconds. McGilliNr>y
was third. N.
The relay race over a. three hun