The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-01-21
WILLIAM I. RAWLINS HAS
GOOD REASONS
FOR NOT BRINGING
NORMAN ROSS TO HAWAII

INURlVIAh RUSS III HAWAII
William 7. Rawlins, who is TO man.
age the swimming meet next month
has called meeting Of those interest,
ed to be held at his Office next satur.
day afternoon to complete the details
of the program. Rawlins is aiming TO
give the public an entertainment sur.
passing anything ever held here and
for that reason is bringing Miss Frances
cowells and Ludy LANCER, both cham.
pions, here as competitors Of the local
swimmers. 70
In discussing his plans yesterday,
Rawlins spoke Of Norman Ross, the
San francisco swimmer who Il being
touted TO the sky as winner and able
to beat Duke, but whose record does
not bear out the praise being given
him.
Ross is getting lot of boosting
IN certain quarters,n said Rawlins, y
as the man to beat Duke Kahanamolu.
and there are many expressions Of re.
greet that he is not to be brought here
for the meet next month. Now there
are few of us in Honolulu who fol.
low swimming very closely and l for
one fail to see where Ross will be an
attraction. First Of all I have taken
four swimming teams to the coast. and
not once has Ross been entered by the
Multnomah club, though, know per-
sonally that the Club was asked to
send competitors. h
How Ross Beat Cunha
"All Of sudden, Ross is announced
as q world heater, by the coast papers,
and It Is claimed that he beat George
Cunha. He beat Cunha once in the
Olympic tank five minutes after George
had just swan a heat in the 100 yds.
Since that time Cunha, who is as
square a little fellow as ever donned
a swimming suit, has more than once
taken the measure Of Ross. Ross has
made twenty-six seconds in the fifty,
while Stubbie Kreuger, Lane, Kaupiko
Kanakanui, Bertleman and Carter can
at any time swim the same distance
just a fraction over twenty-five sec.
.onds, while Duke has negotiated the
distance in 0:22 As seconds. In the
100 yards the two Kreuger brothers,
Lane, Carter and Duke can all beat
Ross time by good margins, and when
it comes to the 220 yards, Stubbie Kreu-
ger, Hilo Boyd and Duke are his SUI.
periors easily, -, ~. ~ L., N, /.
"Now If Ross is such a world beat
err, why don't those who are boosting
him get together and send him down
here for the Carnival--years ago we all
boosted Duke and wanted him to, be
taken to the mainland, and were ali
told by the late James u, sullivan
that "'Worlds record s are not broken
never been heard of, and if he is what
you claim send him on TO prove it,.
Hawaii people put up the money and
we sent him along and proved we were
right. lag .ts
Let Mainland Do As We Do
"We have always been ready to ]
back our swimmers, and four times
the public has come through with the
money to send them to the coast, and
it now seems to me that those who are
boosting Ross should be sports enough
to do the same thing. / am authorized
by the Carnival Committee to bringl
good swimmers here, but 4 cant see
why l should spend money in bringing
man here, whose past performances
do not compare with the local boys.
Miss Frances Cowells and good old
Ludy LANCER are the best on the coast,
and every cent expended on them will
be well repaid by the exhibitions that
they will put up. - 7et> .,a.f la,s, 4
III am told that Sid Cavill, swim
ming instructor at the Olympic club
is among those who says Ross can beat
Duke, but his opinion does not 60 far
with me, in view of the fact that in all
the years he has, been with the Olymt
pic club, he hash t yet produced first
class swimmer, and the best he has
under him are men who were coached
by others and taken under his wing
after they became famous, as In thel
case Of George Cunha, Ernes smith,
Bob Small and the attempt to get hold
of Duke Kahanamoku In 1913. ..
cit is said that Ross is only a young
ster but is hound to improve but so ar
Kreuger and Lane youngsters nearly
three years the junior of Ross, their
time is better than his now for the 50
aud 100 yards, and you can say for
me that they are both corners and are
also improving,
K "All i can say is that II thought
as much of Ross as those who are
boosting him, would start out right
away, raise the money and send him
along and prove that he is what others
claim for him." It ..g ~
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