The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-02-12
Duke IS A HERO
WITH AUSTRALIANS
Hawaii's Great Swimmer Makes
ssHit With His Swimming and
Surf Shooting

Sun, again writes interestingly q
Duke p. Kohanamoku' 3 trip TO Aus
tralia. A number of bits from his
pen are reproduced below:
sKahanamoku was in the surf nj
Manly all day Sunday" he writes
tile gave himself wholly to that popu.
lar ocean-side suburb, and enjoyed ev.
cry moment Of the time every bit as
much ms many thousands of spectators
enjoyed his exhibition. The Hawaiian
spent the morning at Freshwater,
where he had q favorable easterly roll,
and what he did there in the way of
hoard and surf shooting surprised ev-
cry spectator. He, as ne put 1t him
self, got II right several times, and
consequently was, on each occasion
seen at his best, Messrs. Fred vii,
liams, our champion surf shooter, and
II. M. May, the speedy Manly swim.
mer, who did ffty-nine' in his heat
of the inter-elub handicap on the first
day of the recent carnival, were invit-
ed by Kahanamoku to get aboard
with him, and they speak Of the ex.
perienee as thrilling. Now stand upl
ordered the controller of the frail
craft when the proper moment arrived,
and then-'well we've already ordered
q board each, said the pair Of enthu-
siasts yesterday, while talking of what
occurred, 'and we are going to master
that game beyond any other Kaha-
namoku Is not anxious to keep his Sc.
efet to himself. He went to consider.
able trouble explaining the how and
why Of his pet pastime, and it will not
be his fault If we do not have Fred
Williams instructing all DESTROYS Of
learning the mysteries of this new to
IA surf play, as he taught so many the
art Of body shooting. The change in
the afternoon TO South Steyne did not
suit boardwork so well, and the per
former was consequently not seen to
the same advantage as in the morning.
still he gave an exhibition which ap.
parently delighted the great crowd
locking on. ~
Financing the Trip
"a correspondent-Bona ANA.
teur-writes seeking information re-
MMILluK the Which
Kahanamoku is here, and expresses the
opinion that The border line of ANA.
teurism must be dangerously threaten
cd by the liberality Of the expenses al
lowed him. Bona-fde Amateur does
rot believe man like Kahanamoku
would come SO far away from his home
unless he was literally remunerated. !
made inquiries Of Mr.. Scott, honorary
secretary, and others conpected with
the management of the Swimming As.
ISOLATION, and learned that neither Ka-
hanamokp nor any one Of the two Wis
itors accompanying him received pen.
not believe a man like Kahanamoku
travelling and hotel expenses from HO-
nolulu to Honolulu, and promised n
tonr through Australia in so far as it
could be arranged. The A. A, U. Of
the United States vouched for Kaha,
namoku's status, and cabled the Sgd
hey controllers Of his trip for an un.
dsrtaking that he would not be allow
ed to compete with professionals. That
VAS given. During the Queensland
Melbourne, and New Zealand visits the
eeive SIPS for each show taking place.
New South Wales Association is to re-
II Is expected that the venture will re.
suit in substantial addition to this
Stale : swimming exchequer.
Duke Wins ut Start
SEAS evidence of how poor swim.
mer, comparatively, Kahanamoku is
beyond 10 yards, at which he holds
the world 5 record, the following ref,
erenee may be interesting. One Of the
ofiicial timekeepers, Mr.. T. c. Roberts,
specially clicked the Hawaiian's first
half of the 220 swim last Saturday af.
ternoon at ! minute 825 seconds,
which is not at all fast. The second
lap occupied the difference between
that and 2 minutes 80 2.5 seconds. 1t
seems hardly possible for a first class
swimmer power to peter out to such
an extent, but it did.
Great Surf Shooter
Kahanamoku talked very interest,
inRly to me yesterday about shooting
the surf with and without the board
tSnrf shooting is u new pastime here,
said he. with us it is Old-as old a.
the hills, perhaps. Shooting on a board
and in q canoe must have started fur.
Their back than body shooting. There
are surf boards in the Honolulu Mu.
scum which saw service ever so many
years ago, but they wOuldn t do today.
We have, as you wrote in the Sun II
week or two back, improved our boards
a bit, though they may look crude
enough. The length, the width, and
the balance caused by nicely Judged
distribution Of weight, are the results
Of the study of cause and effect a.
we'll as expeTience
ttsSurf shooting is indeed new in
Australia. We do not need to go to
the Oldest inhabitant for information
regarding how and when it began.
Men who could supply all particulars
are yet Young. Somewhere about TWEEN
ty-two years since, as the result of n
long and vigorous fight for the priv.
Iege by several residents of Manly,
people who desired to do so were al.
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