The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-04-27
Two Swimming
Meets To Be
Run off Here
AIl-Hawaii Team win Be Sent To
States For Big 1918
Contests

weeks, righted itself at meeting Of
the A'.A.s y. yesterday afternoon. Two
meets win be held here this summer,
but no team win be sent to the States
until next spring.
Sometime In June the Island cham.
pionship meet win be held. Receipts
IN excess Of expenses will 20 toward
paying expenses Of mainland swimmers
who viii come to the Islands for the
September l00-yard open-water aud
5O-yard women's races. Receipts Of the
september meet, in excess Of expenses,
will go toward paying the way Of the
Island team that viii 90 the States
Tor the different national championship
aces next year .p.s
Three Days In September
The date OF the June meet remains
to be decided. Were II not for the
Kamehameha Day racing meet the
swimming meet would be held June a..
The September meet win center upon
Labor Day, but Il win be a three-day
meet, for IL developed yesterday that
either the 44O-yard swim Or the $50
yard swim Is Honolulu's for the, ask
ing. Los Angeles Is wiling 10 sur.
render its claim TO Honolulu. Thus the
September meet win have the 10O.yard
national championship, open.water; the
J0-yard women y national champion
ship, and either the 440.yard orr the
S80-ynrd national championship. This
is quite enough for three days, fea.
ture race being given for each day.
( Those who attended the meeting
we're w. r. Rawlins, president Of the
A. A. u; Lorrin Andrews, John +.
S0per, A. T. Longley, Glenn Il. Jack
son and Ben Clarke.
Reasons For Postponement
The reasons for the postponing Of
he visit to the States Of the Honolulu
cam from this year to 1918 were these:
I was considered better that the men
.hould 60 TO the States when NATIONAL
championships were being held I'M the
lprinX rather than when no champion.
ships were being held, and the attitude
Of the national "A. A.. U. as TO the team
going under YIN. O. A. auspices, ex-
planned In The Advertiser Yesterday,
WAS block. It was reckoned that the
team would get more credit for itl
work and reflect more credit upon Ha.
wall by competing in the national
Championships. rF'' 4
Mr.. Jackson, who Ii physical directol
If the y. M. @. A., said that the Y.
IN CO. was willing 10 step aside II
the A. u; wished 70 hold q meet IN
June, but he was intent upon seeing
an All-Hawaii tenn go to the main
land.
Pledge support To Team
The A. A. o., through Mr.. Rawlins
Mr.. Andrews aud Mr.. 6oper; the Myr.
lie Club, through Mr.. Soper; the Hui
Nalu, through Mr.. Rawlins; the Hea'
lani Club, through Mr.. Lopgley; The
TX. M. G.. A., through Mr.. jackson, and
Palama, through Mr.. Clarke, pledged
themselves 10 get behind the sending
Of team TO the States next year fol
the different annual national races
md il is assured that a team will b
Ient. Besides the Island men now reg
istered here, II Is expected that Ludy
anger soon will be registered with the
Hawaii A. A. u, and he probably
would be available--for the team wonlt
60 as from the A. A. u.
There was a strong sentiment thai
the national meet should be held her'
n September as scheduled, AZ lens
o that Honolulu should not be giyeI
black eye. Mr. Soper reported thai
ne had interviewed Bob ChiIlingwortl
! ls to the Myrtle Club, and that the re
! ply had been that, although Myrtle wa
!. not in engaged in swimming, nevefthe
) ess the club thought IL we'll that ,
ocal meet should be held, but that tn,
;lub would back up the A. A. y. Law
rence Cunha Of Healani had given th'
anne reply.
Dad Center Of the Outrigger Club
Mr.. Soper reported, had said that BIZ
men wanted both the national and loea
meets. Mr.. jackson of the ". NJ @
A. said that both should be held Il
possible provided that expenses of thu
mainland swimmers need not be paid
He suggested that the receipts in ex
cess of expenses be apportioned prs
rata as to mileage among those thai
come, but this suggestion did not meet
with approval; and when them come
they will receive their full expenses al
usual. For the Hui Nalu Mr.. Rawlinl
'aid that the club favored holding
both meets. ,ss,,,
Naval slips May Be Used
Mr.. Longley reported that he hat
communicated with Capt. q. r. Ciarl
at Pearl Harbor and that the eaptaiI
had said, in regard TO the use Of Thu
navy slips for the meet, that, although
September was long way ahead
there was nothing now to indicate tha'
they would not be availabie4 and thai
no regulations in force now prohibited
their use. 81, k 40l
II Mr.. Rawlins said that Misses Olgl
Dorfner and Glare Galligan should b
brought FROM, New York for the won
TENS 50tyafd national ssFint iMiss Dor
othy Burns would be one to compete
against them and against Island WON
en-. She was altogether willing tore
turn to Honolulu, he said Ted Cam
should be brought, also, and Hebner
whose races with Stpbby Kruger In th'
baekstroke would be about as import
ant as anything that could be ar
ranged. Perry McGillivray, here las
February, has entered business on hi
own account, having taken an automp
bile agency in Chicago. Mr.. Rawlin
said, and II is doubtful whether n
can come in September. 2