Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-09-07
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Let's Be Good
Sports; Who Is
Out On Attack
Would Norman Ross Intention
ally Foul Duke? Who Said
So? Ask Duke and Kelii

| Lets be good sports" It will, do
swimming more good to play the game
fair. The article which appeared in
this Mornings paper will do more 70
hurt swimming than any one other
thing. Telephone calls nave peel
coming in this morning deilouncing
the manner in which the story Of the
supposed fouling'' was handled.
| It was neither here or there. Ross
might have ran into Duke or ne Right
have hit Kelii, but neither one OF
these swimmers will say that eny.
thing was done Intentionally. Thera
were many who bet that Duke. would
smash his own record List evening.
Some of them have -ios:, and lost in
the right manner, while others have
proved to be cheap sports.
Ross knows that he hasn't q chance
! in the world to beat Duke In the 49,
yard event. Anyone who knows any.
thing about swimming will agree to
this. What would be his object Il in
tentionally fouling a swimmer, wren
it would not gain anything for him.
Ross came out in signed article the
other evening in which he said that
Duke was the greatest swimmer Of
: them all.
Duke and Ross we're together last
evening. and Ross complimented Duke
on his victory. Following the meet
Duke and Ross went together TO q
party. Does 1t lock as IL Duke OF LIS
friends would be together IN good Eel.
Iowship II they had even a suspicion
that Ross had deliberately tried 10
foul Duke?
SO many Of the swimming fans wore
so satisfied with Dukes performances
on Wednesday evening that many Of
them wagered that he would Get q
new record. The real good srorts,
the fellows who can boost swimming
here, lost and lost right. Others who
have not the spirit Of sportsmanship
did not
One enthusiast who is not especial.
ly friendly with Ross called up this
morning and said that any inference
that Ross had not been fair didn't
hurt Ross half as much rs n did
Honolulu, it doesn't speak very wen
for Duke, If one draws the conclusion
that Duke had been fouIsh .ntentienal-
1y. Duke isn't likely 70 be travelling
around with any man who, isn't play.
ing the swimming game fair.
! Let's be good sports. Duke didn't
break the record. and that Is all
there Is to it. He won his national
championship. and holds the worlds
record, and that is enough to satisfy
anybody. It would have done IlOre
good to have used little Of this
time and trouble TO boost our local
swimmers. and incidentally ray q good
word for Claire Galligan. She got q
paragraph. and the article that will
do Honolulu more harm than good car.
ried half column.
Bring out the names of those who
said that Ross Intentionally fouled
Duke. If Duke and Kelii viii say 50
then we might be tempted to believe
1t. Ross has his enemies here, and
even some of them have de-
nounced the whole thing. We are go-
ing to send swimmers to the main.
land Let US show the San Francisco,
Chicago and New York people that
We can lose fair.
Constructive criticism is good at
times, but If anyone can show what
good it does to put visitor In a bad
light, after he has lost, and lost fair,
then there Is something wrong. For
the good of Honolulu 1t is to be hoped
that such things are nailed, and
nailed down hard.