The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-08-14
Ludy Breaks Own Mark - Lane
Betters Hawaiian Indoor
Time For Hundred

The FIRST Hawaiian championship in
door swimming meet closed at the Y
NJ. @. A. last night in blaze Of glory
and shower Of rain.
Ludy LANCER set new American
indoor record for the 5O0.yard swim,
6:l3 10, breaking his own record of
6;l3 40, Inade at San Francisco in
| July, 1915. -a.-.s
Palma and Healani tied for first
place in the total number of points for
clubs with twenty eight each. The dis,
position of the club cup remained IN.
decided last night.
The Hui Nalu relay team, swimming
as unattached - won the club relay
in great finish, Palama being second,
but the points of the race were credit
ed to Palama, inasmurh as an unat.
tached team is not n club team. This
permitted Palama TO tie Healani.
A new Hawaiian record for the 100.
yard swim was set by Clarence Lane of
Palama, whose time was 80 -, break
ing the record of 80 rs, held by him.
self. @t.
Governor Presents Medals
Governor Pinkham presented the
medals to the winners before the swim,
ming of the club relay. The Governor
eomplimented the swimmers on having
caught the spirit Of the times in TAX
ing "to the water" The President
was about to force all TO 10 that, and
the Governor IS guests already had done
it. This raised laugh. .>.
The 220-yard service was n fz2le.
1t was declared no race because the
starters pistol was fred two laps too
soon, at the end Of the eighth instead
of at the end of the tenth, and all the
men stopped at the end Of the ninth.
Two finished the 900 yards. The race
probably will be swum over at the
September meet, il was said last night.
Last nights crowd was about as
large as that of the first evening
Wednesday, when between 700 and 800
persons saw the races. Heavy showers
fell, however, and there were many va
cant seats when the meet closed.
Ludy Swims Great Race
LANCER 3 performance in the 500
yard championship race was the out
standing feature. LudytA and Stubby
fought il out; Rowat of Healani did
not figure strongly. LANCER and Kru+
ger swan a close race for half the dis
lance. Stubby outswam Lpdy slightly
on the straightaway, but lost his ad
vantage on the turns. Toward the close
of the race Kruger's turning improved
much, and Ludy's deteriorated, but
LANCER called upon his marked staying
powers, and slowly drew away from
Kruger. ...'.S'''''','
Kruger did not begin to challenge
LANCER until the last two laps. Had
he challenged earlier LANCER doubtless
would have made better time than he
did. As it was Kruger gained enough
TO push Langer's stroke a little faster,
and LANCER won by fifteen feet with
Kruger gaining. John Kealoha was
scratched In this race. Three of five
timers caught the time at 6s13 Is; the
watch Of another was between Is and
2!5, and the fifth caught it at 2-5. The
time stands at 6:l3 is.
Kahanamoku Is a Whirlwind
The club relay, the last event of the
two -day program, was the most spec
tacular of all Palama' finished with
Lane, but Duke Kahanamollu, last for
Hui Nalu, showed his world s cham
piOnship speed, swimming at tire
mendous pace, which would have brok
en- the heart of any swimmer in the
world, and Hui Nalu, or the "unat
tached" team, finished with eight
yards or so to spare. Palama and the
Healanis were close together for n few
laps, but thereafter Healani dropped
back and left the race to Huf Nam
and Palama. The time was 3:l8 Is.
- The 1O0yard championship race was
marred by two false starts, for which
Capt. W. NJ. H. Britton was jeered by
some in the crowd. The captain was
entirely correct. Lane and Kelii should
learn that it ism t good form to beat
the gun, which they did both times.
ThurstOn showed his usual GOODNESS and
was in the water on the shot but not
before. -
When the men did get away it deVel-
oped into a pretty race. Kelii fouled
Lane, getting far out of his course,
but 1t made no difference. Lane won
by six feet ..... ..s.sE -