Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-08-06
SWIMMERS Will
HOLDLIMELIGHT
FOR THIS WEEK
Sig Meet Al Y. NJ. C. A. on
Wednesday and Friday Will
Feature Athletics

Old Fat"er Nept.le viii have a
stranC'r hold on tie athletic aCtill-
rlss in Honolulu this week. and the
* sort feature VIII be- held en-
Wednesday and Friday EVENINGS at
iOca! athletes VII cOmlete IN the Uls
indoor meet
Many OF HaWai.'s foremost sN,m-
ming stars will be seen in Competl-
Ton, and with the announcement that
Norman Ross is coming here. the local
devOt"os Of aIuatica will ue inter
e5ted in the showing which will il"
made by I.udy LANCER. John keli and
Harold Kruger The two nights
meet promises to be the biggest thing
Of its kind in the history Of indoor
swimming here. and a record crowd
is expected.
Trials on Tuesday
Owing to the large number OF en-
tries. it will be necessary to STAGE
elimination contests tomorrow eve
ming. Interest is Ctrtain TO be
divided among the different races, as
Nr.'cr7 VIII enter. the service races.
ard tho hatt.o FstwceH tGe MorTa!4S,
"i.I a, attract much attention
This year there is more interest
than e'cr in tie girls races, and
the CHen events promise to bring out
snE,o 2oOI swimmers. InasnuCh as
Claire ':AlljIan is coming here. the
to!'n~rr9 OF the sport Will naturally
take a deep interest in the work Of
HawaU's feminine stars.
Msrmaics TO Swim
Gerd HiOrth, Josephine Hopkins and
Kathleen Law will be entered in the
open evont. with Edith kenn, one Of
the girls from Palana who is under
* years OF age. as an added starter.
Miss Hiorth has perhaps the best
form for the short distances, bat both
Miss Law and Miss Hopkins have
plenty Ct power, and the race should
be close throughout Edith kenn has
been improving wonderfully under TIE
coaching Of Ruth Stacker, and her
work will be watched with interest. |
She is especially fast on the turns. |
Spectators will hoye AZ opportunity |
to watch Miss Helen Martin, the -
vear-Old star, who has been diving at !
Idora park in California. She is a
Honolulu girl. and has made big !
hit in her exhibitions on the main |
land. Many believe that she will be !
the first at tie finish in the girls
race
Will Watch Ludy
Ludy LANCER should show plenty
Of speed in the various events, which
will be staged, and it is certain that /
he will point everything toward the
-ace with Norman Ross, the Big
Moose" Of the swimming game. Ian
ger has been training for this melt,
and should be at his best, especially
n a race with many turns.
There are enough special events to
keep the spectators amused, and all
n all Glenn Jackson. chairman Of the
committee. feels the two nights !
meet will he a complete success from
every angle. In a previous meet,
,verv seat was taken, and the specta-
ors were hanging on to the walls.
The Officials
Officials of the meet have been Sc
ected as follows:
Referee and cE!;ef judge, c. T.
Wayne; clerk OF course, Richard
Thitcomb starter, Lieut.. Vim. II.
3ritton; scorer, R. X. Thomas; an
YOUNGER. John Anderson; judges, A.
', Cristy, Dad Center, Harry Decker;
liners, Ben Clark. Lawrence Cunna,
apt. Louis D. Pepin. L. Fullard Leo;
judges OF diving. Clair TAFT, Ben s
lark. Lawrence Cunha {
Tickets are on sale at the Terri
orial Messenger service. Reserved t
eats arc 90 cents and general adj '
mission % cents. I