The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-09-05
RESULTS


220 Yard Hawaiian Championship,
I, Tedford Cam; 2, John Kelii; Duke
kahauamoku and George Cunha tied
for third. Time, 2:29 Is.
30 Yard Boys Under Fiftesn-l, Mi.
trie KonowaloTy 2, Michael Spbotine;
3, Kenneth Aud. Time, 0;ps 2-5. -,',
l00,Yard Service, Race, Arthur
"; Pingryi 2, r. Murphy; ,, Dennis
o 'Brieh. Time, laos. -
lO0-Yard Championship, George
Cunha; ?, John Kelii; g. Clarence k.
Lane. Time, O;55 2-5.
100-Yard Girls Race, Bernicia
Lane; 2, Helen Rosa; 3, X. Lane.
Time, ILL AS.
220.yard Novice Race, V. A..
Franco; 2, Leslie Lemon; 3, Shigi Mat.
suguma, Time, 2:59 3-5.
440Yard Hawaiian Championship
l, Ludy LANCER; Q, Tedford Cam: 3.
John Kelii. Time, 5:2s
Before a crowd which cheered wildly
during the entire race Tedford Cam
Of the New York Athletic Club com
pletely upset the dope last night when
he won the 220-yard Hawaiian cham.
pionship with whirlwind finish. II
was race so full of surprises that
Z left the audience specializing dur
ing the entire evening. With Ave men
practically tied at the end of 200 yards,
the audience went wild, and il was
not until the announcer called out the
winners that the audience sat down
assured. q,
Kelii Surprise -.
Kefii sprung the second big sur.
prise by crowding Cam to the finish
and taking second, finishing less than
a yard behind the winner. This hard
working swimmer justly. deserved the
place for he swan a pretty race. K6-
lii has been ranked among the best in
the Islands, but he was not expected
to put up such a battle as he did last
night. If this husky youngster i'm.
proves as much in the next FIVE months
as he has in the past five he is going
to be the champion at the next Mid.
Pacific Carnival. Duke and Cunha
swan a dead heat, which is a remark.
able coincident, considering the fact
that they did the same thing wear
ago in the harbor last July when they
tied for first in the 220 and establish.
ed new world = record. In a cable
gram received from his club VOllmer
was released and allowed to enter this
event. but he failed to place.
Duke Leads
Duke held the lead up to the l5O
yard mark, with Vollmer, Cunha and
Cam trailing respectively, Then Gun
ha and Kelii put on little steam and
pulled up even with Duke, while Cam
ctin fratIa1 Eua l.
increased his stroke and took the lead
at end of 1870 yards with Kelii,. Duke,
Cunha and Cam erowding him. At the
end of the 200 yards Kelii took the
turn first, Duke second, Cunha third
and Cam still trailing. But in the last
yards Cam brought the people in the
grandstands to their feet by wonder
full display of speed and reserve and
literally tore his way through the wa
ter to the finish line ending less than
yard ahead of Kelii. The lister gave
the winner q battle royal and it look.
ed as though Kelii might have been
the winner for moment. Duke and
Cunha who had been the faVOrites' in
this event were unable to stand the
terrific sprint, although they put up
wonderful race. This was the only
closely contested event on the program.
Dark Horse Cam
To say that Cam won the race was
surprise is putting it mildly. No
dark horse crossing the wire ina race
meet winner could haXe credited any
greater stir that when the 500 yard
champ stretched himself in the last
twenty yards and won the event.
After Cam performance iu the
first night of the carnival he was
given no serious consideration in this
event and for him to come up from
the rear and. take the furlough in
2:29 Is, only one-Gfth of a second less
than the record time was the biggest
psct of the carnival The New York.
r. swnm a pretty race, with long even
strokeS maintaining the same pace
throughout until the last twenty
yards when he exhibited speed little