Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-09-07
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" Il will do
fair. The article which appeared In
this mornings paper will do more to
hurt swimming than any one other
thing. Telephone calls nave been
coming in this morning denouncing
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 might
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 last evening.
Some OF them have loss, and lost In
the right manner, whils others have
proved to be cheap sports.
Ross knows that he hasn't q chance
in the world to beat Duke In the 100.
yard event. Anyone who knows any.
thing about swimming will agree to
this. What would be his object { I in
tentionally fouling swimmer, wien
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 were together last
evening, and Ross complimented Duke
on his victory. Following the meet
Duke and Ross went together 10 q
party. Does 1t look as II Duke or bis
friends would be together In good fell
lowship IL they had even a suspicion
that Ross had deliberately tried to
foul Duke?
So many Of the swimming fans were
so satisfied with Dukes performance
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 4. did
Honolulu, it doesn't speak very well
for Duke, IL one draws the Conclusion
that Duke had been foulstl Intentional
ly. Duke isn't likely TO 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 IL all
there Is to 1t. He. won his national
championship, and holds the worlds
record, and that is enough to satisfy
anybody. II would have done id0re
good to have used a little Of this
time and trouble to boost our local
swimmers. and incidentally ray a 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 fouIed
Duke. If Duke and Keiii will say 30
then We might be tempted to believe
it. 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 il 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 II is to be hoped
that such things are nailed, and
nailed down hard.