The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-09-07

Nitric going an the time to get the
! hohars
/ Young Girls Break Record
| Owing to the fact Mat the open hun
bred VAS scheduled 80 >eiose TO the 220
il was decided TO swim OF some of the
! other events between and the girls un.
/ der fifteen were called. IL was one
Of the prettiest races of the evening al.
| though some of the swimmers did con.
siderable zigzagging, one going far to
the left and under the pier. IL was fast
! for. these young girls and Il was pref.
tily fought out by the leaders. How
fast it was is shown by the fact that
the former Hawaiian record was broken
by two and three-Rfths seconds. Edith
H. Kenn was first, Eleanor Lyser, sec,
! ond and Elsie G. Aud, third 1t was
, a splendid race and when Palama took
first and third the joy of the Palama
girls was rnbounded.
The twenty-five yard swim for boys
under twelve followed and the young.
sters we're keen to the game aud show.
ed real promise. All Lum won, James
HakuOle was second and Isobe HAIKU.
kr, third.
Duke In Finest Form
Then came the hundred open and
there was much disappointment that
Norman Ross was not TO try ii out with
Duke again. John Kelii, Clarence Lane
and ID. Leslie Jones, of the Illinois Ath.
letic Club were the rivals of the cham
pion. TX Hl
| Before the start his many friends
gathered aroung Duke and joshed him
as the "has been - who was winner
and asked for a little more of that
same has been stuff" and they got
it. With the crack of the pistol they
went and il was evident they were 90.
ing very fast. The champion gradually
drew into the lead and held it. He
seemed to swerve a little toward the
finish but quickly Strengthened away
again. The race for second was close
with Lane the winner and Kelii third.
The mainlander was Outclassed by the
Hawaiian swimmers. When the time
was announced it told of the breaking
OF another record, Duke Kahanamoku
had Travelled the hundred a fifth of q
second faster than he or any other anna
tour had ever gone before. -.
And then the crowd went wild again.
They rose and cheered and waved and
elapped and stamped and jumped as
Duke was led down the Eva pier. He
was the old Duke, only he was now
better than in the old days. ...,..
American Record Broken Il
Again the ladies were called TO the
float and put in position for start.
IL was the hundred yard swim. From
the very start Miss Burns seemed TO
have the best of it but Miss GaIligan
and Miss Cowells .staid right up at the
front. They finished in the order
named.
The hundred yard breast stroke
brought disappointment and protests
were threatened, John Kua was dis
qualified and complaint was made on
the style of George Kane TO whom the
race was awarded. His win the friends
OF Tough BILL George Keaweamahi,
said they would protest. The former
premier at this form was given second
place and Pua KealOha, third.
Back Stroke Record Goes .:-.,.' /
Harold Kruger clipped four and four
hfths seconds from his own record in
the hundred back stroke and one fifth
from the world : record, His time was
|: 0S 10. ..s
Outrigger club swimmers had things
All lheT own way IN the relay race for
teams Of four each, each man TO 20
% hundred yards. Outrigger first team
won, the second team of the same club
took second huuorr and the service team
was third.
SUMMARY OF LAST NIGHTS
RACES
22O-yard, open-Duke P. Kahanamo-
ku (Hu Nalu), first time 2:25 2-5;
Norman Ross Olympic Club OF San
Francisco), second, and John Kelii
third. .sI..,
6o-yard, national Championship for
women, indoOr-Dorothy G.. Burns,
clos Angeles), first. time 30 As, break
ing her own Hawaiian record of 80 Is:
Frances L, CoweIls (Unattached), sec
ond and Claire E. Galligan New
York;, third. t.a
l00-yard, serVice-Carbis A. walker
(Fort De Russy), first, time l!O2 1-5.
Walker. swimming in the first heat,
made the distance in 1909. David