Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-07
ISSCOWELLS
AND LANCER TO
ENTER EVENTS
Two Stars win Compete in
Sutro Baths Races Friday
Against Many Stars

SAN FRANCISCO Miss Frances
Cowelis, San Francisco's star girl
swimmer. win be back here for the
Pacific coast championship meet on
March 10 at the Sutro Baths. A ca.
BILE was received from Miss Cowells
yesterday stating that she would
reach here in time to defend her title
in the fifty-yard dash.
Miss Cowells in her cable stated
that she was not enjoying the best
of health, and that this prevented her
from winning. Miss Cowells was de-
feated Ia Honolulu by Miss Pernica
Lane in "a 3-5 seconds. Miss Cowells
American record is 80 1,5 seconds.
made in the r. A. A. meet here last
year. The San Francisco maid was
expected to break this mark in the
warm Honolulu waters, and local
swimming followers are ready to &C.
cept the excuse that she was not in
the best Of health
Dorothy Becker Entered.
The flfty.yard dash for girls in the
championship meet promises to be
one Of the real features. The conn
mittee already has received the en-
tries of some of the fastest girl swim
mers in the state. Miss Wallie Main
OF Sparks is one of the new entrants.
Irene Jeilek of Lowell High school
also has decided to race. Dorothy
Burns of Los Angeles, southern Calf
fornia champion girl swimmer. will
be here surely Miss Dorothy Becker
and Miss Ethel Daily are two San
Francisco girls who will compete
Southern California is to be well
represented in the meet San Diego
already has entered several crack
tank athletes, and entries from Los
Angeles and other southern cities
are coming in daily. Charlie Rey-
croft is the latest entrant from the
south. Reycroft VIII represent Los
Angeles in the 200-yard breast-stroke
event, and he has several excellent
records at this style of swimming.
The local swimmers are all at the
height Of their training for the meet
and plenty Of keen competition Is
promised for the stars that southern
California sends here. A number of
local interclub meets recently have
served to give the bay region rnermen
good chances for training and they
will be ready within short while,
hanger, C1nha and Ross.
The University of California swim
mers are confident of victory. Ludy.
LANCER, captain Of the Blue and Gold
team and holder of several worlds
records, VIII be back for the meet.
LANCER competed in the Mid Pacific
Carnival in Honolulu last Tuesday
and It is now a matter of swimming
history how he took nearly five sec
onds off HIS own American outdoor
record for $50 yards. Ludy has made
arrangements for training on the
Sonoma on the return journey George
Lindsay, star Blue and Gold sprint
swimmer, has been acting as captain
Of the university splashers in Lang.
er's absence and he has seen that
the college swimmers have had plenty
Of training.
The Olympic Club swimmers are
another bunch that are sure that the
coast title VIII go to them. Sidney
Cavill. Winged o instructor has been
holding daily workouts for some
time and he says his charges viii be
in the best possible shape when the
evening Of March 10 rolls around.
George Cunha and Norman Ross,
Olympic Club short distance stars,
have. been making some fast time in
training in the club tank A few
days ago Cunha went fifty yards in
"a seconds and Ross tore off the 100
in 81 seconds. II the Winged o speed
burners do this well in the meet, the
Post street club will have big lead
when the short races are over.