Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-09-04

and beat Duke Kahanamoku in the so
yard swim And that time will be
about 20 minutes after the Arctic club
holds their annual skiing tournament
on Halemaumau. Duke won out in a
. blaze Of glory last night on the har
Dor, and incidentally equalled his own
record In the 50-yard e1vent.
Claire Galligan and Dorothy Burns
fought IL out in the feature race OF
the evening. and the two mermaids
were right. together at the. 220-yard
mark. Miss Galligan, who is consid'
cred to be the foremost sWimmerIo Of
the East, won the event, by inches.
Harold Kruger won tne backstroke
in record time, and had the officials
dropped the line in this race, the 'Ho-
nolulu boy might has set a new
worlds record. His time was only a
fraction slower than Hebner's rec
ord, and. had he not been reaching
for the line, might have created a new
record. It is unfortunate that such
p thing should have happened, but
: ruger is expected TO lower the
worlds record in his next race.
Norman boss nved up to expecta-
tions by winning, the 440-yard event.
Harold Kruger gave him a hard race
in the last lap, but Ross was swim
ming easy and might have made
much faster time Ross failed to do
anything in the 50-yard event.
The meet was attended by a large
crowd, and owing to the space given
the meet in the newspapers this year,
the stands were crowded The meet
was o little late in starting, but the
events were run off fairly we'll, al
though some changes should have
been made In the starting stands TO
p'iow for more entries in the novice
ents. =
The officials Of the A. "A. U. pulled
4 real boner when they announced
dat CLAIRE Galligan had set q new
Eorid,p RECORD. The. present worlds
rccovd is 2.53, held by Fanny Durack
of Australia, and Is recognized by the
federation Furthermore, the record
made by Miss Galligan last evening
was not an American record as Miss
Gailigan has two times under the
mark made last evening. She has
covered the furlong in 3.04 1-5 and
3.04 2-5. Miss Dorfner Is also cred
,fted with time under 3.05 10. and
the A. A. u. has officially recognized
Miss Dorfner's time at sos Is.
Miss Dorothy Burns made 3.O3 in
the harbor last February, and until
this mark Is thrown out by the A. A.
u, It will be taken as the best time
made by a girl swimmer in open
water. American records are recog.
nized for 20-yard tanks.
Duke Kahanamoku eoualled his
own worlds mark last evening In
the 50.yard swim when he beat out
Clarence Lane and John Kelii in the
first heat OF the half century. Duke
was right, and all doubts being circu.
lated that Duke has gone back VIII
perhaps be discontinued. Let us hope
that Duke goes back about. 20 miles
farther.
Honolulu swimming devotees ex-
pected to see some competition by
Ross, Jones and Siegel There was
none. Ross won his heat in slower
time. but the local trio were the lead
ers when the final event came, and
once more Duke ploughed through
the water IN wonderful time
Kealoha beat out Jones, the Chicago
boy. IN this heat, which shows that
there are at least three or four To-
cal swimmers who cannot be headed
IN the sprints. The showing made
by Duke insures him of an excellent
chance TO take the century event.
There may have been better races
scheduled than the 22o for girls. but
A.. god In
the greatest race. of the evening,
Claire Galligan, formerly OF New Ro-
chelle. New York, now <of Honolulu,
defeated Dorothy Burns in a great
race which was not decided until the
line was reached. Il was the best
girls. race ever held in Hawaii, and
the crowd was on edge as the two
swimmers started for the line In the
last 20 yards
Miss Galligan took the lead for the !
first 30 yards and set q fast pace for
the 100 yards, reaching the float first
with Frances Cowells and Dorothy |
Burns together. She continued the
lead until near the 200-yard line when |
abe had q comfortable lead, swim |
ming q stroke which reminded one or
Hal vollmer. Then the crowd began |
TO shout 90 o swimmer on the far |
side began to squirt. Watch Burns.
aThat's Dorothy" With her arms |
flashing the water like machine, the
Los Angeles girl came into the float
and then began race that will not
be forgotten in aquatics here Miss
Burns fairly flew through the water
and the crowd evidently realized that
the Los Angeles girl had won, but in
the last few strokes Miss Galligan
made one last squirt and crossed the
line first by inches. Miss Cowells i
MAS third.
Great credit is due to Josephine
who was a real sensation.
The Honolulu girl showed wonderful
Improvement over her last race and
made q great race in the last 40 yards.
The race between Miss Cowells and
Miss Hopkins was secondary to the
big fight, but the local girl was only
q short distance behind the San Fran