Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-01-22
POW WOW ABOUT
COAST swimmers
BRNGs.LEHER
Coast Agent OF the Promotion
Committee Reiutes Charges
of 0iScourtesy Made
by Elliott


swimming team from the Coast is tc
be allowed to make its way quietly
to Honolulu, and to compete here In
the carnival swimming meet, as per
original schedule. The tempest in. a
tea pot raised in San Francisco with.
n the last few weeks over the alIeg.
ed failure Of the local people to show
due regard for the higher-nps of the
Pacific Amateur Athletic Association,
in the mailer OF formal invitations,
seems TO have subsidized, and, accord.
ing 10 cable adyiees received by the
Star Bulletin yesterday, the selected
swimmers are TO compete here under
their own club embIems, although they
will not officially represent the Coast
governing athletic body.
When Uhe controversy was first
started. and John Elliott, president of
the p. A. A. A.. made the charge OF
discourtesy against the carnival pro-
moters, A. p. Taylor, San Francisco
agent of the Hawaii Promotion Com
mittee, sent Elliott letter. defending
the position of the local people.
Taylor's communication was as fol.
lows: 80. Il. .e..5. 4.
-Ea@. January 8, 1914.
John Elliott, Esq, President Pacific
Association Amateur Athletic Tn.
ion, San Francisco, Cal q ~. !, s. i
Dear Sir: With an aversion to
rushing into print, particularly when
all the facts should have are not at
my command, however, ! feel justi-
fled in making some reply to asser-I
tions made in the public press of San
francisco, by yourself, that the '"Ha-i
waiian festival committee has shown
a lack Of courtesy towards the Paei-I
tic Athletic Association in not asking
it to arrange for the visit of swim
ming team TO the Islands. Il has seen
tit to deal with an individual who has
10 connection with our body so that
for all we know there is to be no
swimming carnival al Honolulu"
: rather feel inclined to say that
that statement should not have beer
made. There will be a swimming car.
nsyal in Honolulu in February lis to-
2I). when the most unique annual car
niEal, floral parade, military parade
with 5000 soldiers in line, aquatic
eyentsy all representing series of
spectacies not surpassed In the world,
End to which tourists are going in
such numbers that practically every
steamer sailing for Honolulu In. Jan
rary and February Is fun TO the limit. 1
During that carnival. the greatest
swimmer In the world, Duke Kahana-1
molu. the Hawaiian marvel, will givel
exhibitions of his powers, and is
ready to meet MI corners, those Of
California, II atlie powers that be. do
not throw too much cold water oni
a scheme to permit the flower of its
swimming athletes to go over and
match themselves against the great
Dike in his nome waters.
say these things, FOR. being the
Pacific Coast representative of the
Hawaii Promotion Committee, am
also the representative of the 1914
Carnival Committee, the
latter being the child OF the Promo
ton Committee. Therefore. have an
interest in replying to the assertion
that "The Carnival committee has
shown lack of courtesy, etc. ]
viii explain.
The Mr.. Al. Coney to whom you
refer as an Individual. is a life menu
Der of the Hui Nalus OF Honolulu. the
swimming club which is proud of the
fact that Duke Kahanamoku Is its
most wonderful member. w. T, Raw.
Iins, of Honolulu. is president of the
Hui Na1us During the stay Of the
Hui Nalu swimmers, Kahanamoku in-i
GUIDED, in San Francisco in octoberl
Ind November, Mr.. Coney personally
vent out of his way to look after the
Hawaiian boys and has their eyer-
asting gratitude On his return TO-
Honolulu Mr.. Rawlins laid the aues-
ION Of California swimmers attend.
ny the carnival Ii was a matter1
which was gladly accepted. - e.
Time is an clemens with the island
PEOPLE which is taken into considera-
ion. In the midst Of preparations for
he greatest Mid-Pacific Carnival yet
leld, with James D. Dougherty, ,liree-
or-general, up to his ears in plans
md financial problems, and with all
ISLANDERS allied in seeing that theI
is the best ever, and Galifor-
Tia two weeks and more distant whenI
Z .COIHeS' 10 TIE pdbS6SS III OlIlCldl1
correspondence" you may well mag
ne that shortcuts to the same END
ire preferable.
Mr. Rawlins, as chairman of thel
end Of the Carnival, the
anne Mr. RaWlins who was here with
he Hui Nalus in October, naturally
.abled that the Carnival committee
vas favorable to the California swim
ners going to Honolulu in February
md that arrangements had just been
completed to that end, to Al Coney,
he life-member of the Hui Nalus, re-
iding in your fair city OF San Fran
iSco.
Mr.. Cohey may be an individual,
'ut at the same time he is a member
f the Hui Nalus. Hawaiian athletic
ssociation. which has become more
amous probably than any other swim
ming organization in the world on ac-
,ount of certain records made at
stockholm by one Duke Kahanamokll.
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