Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-24
ALL.HAWAI!
WATER Team
IS PLANNED
Depends on Expense Allowance
Whether Local Swimmers
Will Go to Exposition

Whether an All-Hawaii swimming
team. with Duke Kahanamoku and
George Cunha as hcadliners, will take
part in the exposition water meet next
July, depends on just one thing -
funds. Communications are now be
ing exchanged on this subject be-
tween local swimming authorities and
the San Francisco officials, and it is
hoped that satisfactory arrangements
can be completed.
1t all depends on what the fair
people can do for us, in the way Of
expense money" said w. T. Rawlins,
president OF the Hui Nalu and Ha-
walls chief swimming booster THE
exposition meet will be held in July,
and We certainly hope to send an All.
Hawaii team to compete"
San Francisco Keeps q close watch
on Hawaii swimmers, and their do
fngs are pretty freely chronicIed and
commented on. William Unmaek, the
swimming expert of the San Fran.
cisco Call, recently devoted about q
column TO the performances Of Ka-
hanamoku and Miss Ruth Stacker.
Here are the comments:
Date, March 10; event, so yards;
straightaway course; place, Auck-
land, N. r.; winner, Duke Kahana-
moku; time, % 3-5 seconds new
worlds record. ......
This Is the news received here
yesterday from the antipodes. II
proves that the mighty Duke is still
the greatest Of them all and instead
OF going back he is there a million
and smashing records galore, B, .,
= The Dukes trip through Australia
and New Zealand has been one, great
series OF winning races and ieradicat.
ing records. His latest record for the
fifty beats his own former record Of
s23 rs seconds by four-f1fths of a
second, remarkable cut from a
worlds mark. p I.sss-i
The breaking Of this record by such
q large margin brings to mind the
time when Duke first sprang into the
limelight in Honolulu In. 1910, when
he clipped more than second on the 1
worlds mark. Proper application
blanks were made 0ut for the record
and sent to New York, but the an.
nounced time was scoffed at by East.
ern officials anSDeyen the late James
Z. Sullivan raised his eyebrows and
whistled when he read the time. He
wrote to Rawlins Of Honolulu and ask
ed for further particulars, but all the
particulars had been given. Still the
big chief was not quite satisfied and
could not credit such performance
and in writing to Rawlins later he
said: Worlds records are broken by
fractions o. seconds and not by more
than a full second."
Rawlins bided his time, put Duke
on q steamer for San Francisco and
shot him overland to New York and
eastern cities. The first night Duke
collapsed in the 220 national cham.
pionship. He had never been in a
small enclosed tank and was not used
TO the fresh water which almost chok-
ed him when he, tried to turn. The
next morning Duke went into the tank
and trained all morning on the turns.
That night he came out and won the
100 so easily that the East gasped
again. Since then he has been doing
nothing else but break records.
. Speaking Of records calls to mind
that the Honolulu papers have been
discussing the matter Of records and
give Dorothy Becker the credit Of
holding the American record for 80
yards Under Al. A. u. rules Dorothy
Becker did hold the record with 35 3-5
seconds, but she does not hold it now,
the A. A. u. time being held by 10.
cal girl, Frances Lyons Cowells, with |
81 As seconds, application for which |
has reached the hands of the local
recordS committee and viii be for
warded to New York. o. ~ ,"
Dorothy Becker made her time in
an unsatisfactory race at Honolulu |
in February, when she was given
decision over Miss Ruth Stacker, the
Hawaiian champion. Frances Cowells
made her time in q meet at Alameda
two weeks ago, and won with ease.
She has shown considerably better
than 33 in training.
When the Hawaiian girl made her
record girl swimmers were not recog- |
nized by the A. A. u, but the time was
legitimate in every respect and stands |
today as the fastest fifty yards ever |
swum in this country by, any girl. !
though officially In the A. A. U. record
lists Ruth will not be given credit for 1
the mark She is an ambitious girl, |
howese.. and is anxious to get the |
record, which she can secure IL she is |
fast enough TO beat Frances Cowells. |
who viii be able to show far more
speed inside two or three months, |
when Miss Stacker is expected here |
to race her.
Miss Stacker is a remarkable swim |
mer and holds, many other unofficial
records, though her mark of z minutes |
seconds for the $40 yard event, made |
at Honolulu In February, is an official
American record for girls, and has not
been approached in competition any. |
where in the country.