The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-02-16
HEALANL MERMEN Y
HAVE IGRIEVANGE.
Blue and White Swimmers Claim
co@n|ttss .Nt6pd As Re-,
gard q! 0'H's fs'Ip sI1AA

y ||.' II. IT, $500 f.tIi. ..t
There are signs Of war on the horizon
between the members Of the Healani
Boats Yacht Club and the swimming
committee Of the Mid;Paeific Carnival,
and II the program for the big swim
ming meet next saturday afternoon Is
not modified, the members Of the Hea-
lani Club win not take part in the meet
in any manner whatsoever.
The grievances Of the Healani men
are due to The program al adopted at
the meeting Of the committee last Fri
day afternoon as well as the system Of
counting points IN the various events.
according to the members Of the
Healani Club, points win not be al.
lowed In the diving competition. This,
recording to the members Of the Healani
club. 4 m injustice to them. They
claim thnt at the meeting Of 1911 Il
was agreed to eliminate counting Of
points Tor diving in that one instance,
but that in the meets to follow points
you'd be allowed, and the Healani
members are asking that these agree.
ments be lived mp to.
!. The other coIhplaint Of the Healani
Club is against change as to the dis
lance of the four-Ihan relay race from
100 yards to seventy-five yards. The
Healanis claim that the first program
adopted BY the swimming committee
sailed for four-man relay, each man to
swim 100 yards. At the meeting held
last Friday morning, seventy five yards
was the distance given TO the press.
Tho Healanis will serve an ultimatum
on the swimming committee tomorrow
demanding that points be allowed in
the diving contests and that the four or
fiye-man relay race az 100 yards be
adopted in, place Of the seveny.fiye
yards,
The. Healanis claim that the swim,
ming committee cut out the plunge, in
which they are proficient They also
Claim that If points win not count in
the dive they should not count in the
one-mile event. The Healanis say the
rules must work both ways. The Hui
Nalas and Myrtles have no high OF
fancy divers and the Heaianis viii have
/ no entries in thp one mile race. n
The decision pf the HeaIanis to with
ufMW lNUIu tuD. u. AI|.IAu| meet ~ 70 Nt
regretted, but the stand taken BY them
seems to be just one. Because they
have q diving apparatus Is no reason
why the other clubs should not have
one, and IL the Hui Nalus and Myrtles
have no divers II Is no fault Of the
Healanis any more than 1t Is the fault
Of the Myftles and Hui Nalus that the
Heala9is have no men to enter the one
mi1e events. (.
When interviewed last night, Chair,
man William T. Rawlins Of the swim
lining committee. stated that he regretted
the stand Of the Healani Boat and
Yacht Climb and wanted TO be put right
before the public regarding the diving
events. .s ...i B *
tsI am not the whole committee, a,
some people seem to think, !" said Mr.
Rawiins. The matter Of having or no,
having points counted in the swimming
meet For. diving was put up to the com
mittes as whole, four votes being east
In the negative against three in the AZ
firmatige. i, as chairman Of the com
lpitte, did not vote.
i SIN regard to the relay race being
lat seventy-fiye yards instead Of 10l
as wanted by the Healanis, the situa
ton IS this. II was voted on to fol
low the rules as laid down by the swim
ming Committees Of the 1913 and l91.
meets and also Of the committee il
eharge of the Panama Pacific Exposi
ton meet, which is, the relay race b
for four men AZ seyenty-fiye yards.
i" As to the protest Of the Healan
Club, II has not been submitted TO mi
by the club, and, Of course, cannot acr
on II. Imueh regret that the Healanii
lplan Withdrawing from the meet alto
gather, but I, as chairman Of the swim
lining committee, must stand by tn,
rules "