The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-08-10
OUTR|GGER CLUB
MEMBERS EXPECT
MUCH IN sports
New and Keen Interest Has Been
Aroused, Especially Along
Line Of Athletics

The Outrigger club members are more
than pleased by the course taken by its
new officials. Already there is more in.
terest and club spirit being shown than
ever before, especially in the athletic
line.
Under the able leadership Of Captain
@. d, Center the boys Of the club have
got together and an able swimming
team has been formed which is expected
to occupy in a few years the position
which the Hui Nalus have held for so
long, that Of having the best swimming
team not only in the Islands but in
the world. Clair TAFT is doing his best
to help the swimmers in every way pos.
sible and any evening he may be seen
with score Of swimmers out at the div
ing stand giving instruction in starting,
turning and Improvement of form.
Sand Hampers Diving
In regards to fancy diving or diving
Of any kind the club Is now being hin
dered and has been for some time by
the fact that the sand has so drifted
in by the diving stand that diving il
impossible. Fifty feet further towards
Diamond Head from the diving stanS
there is ample water for diving pur
poses. There is sandy bottom and
the surf would not interfere with
stand. II is suggested that since the
club takes such an interest in water
sports, the present stand be moved the
required distance and the spring boards
be put back. This would both facilitate
the club divers in their practise and
would be immensely appreciated by the
general public. ne. IL
If the present stand could not be
moved, temporary stand Of some sort
could be installed which could be moved
about in case the sand shifted and made
II too shallow again. For the past FIVE
years, though, this spot has been the
same depth as il is now. A slight cur
rent runs past IL, caused by the surf
piling in and the water going out to
sea again but there is not enough to
cause any danger and at the same time
u seems to keep the, excess sand from
drifting in. ...l % ,...<t ~ r.
Another plan is for place to be
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ing stand and the hole thus made be
surrounded by wall of sand bags on the
bottom about two feet high. This might
keep the sand from coming back again.
Big Canoe Fleet . So. .-:..
At Waikiki at the present time there
is at the 0utrigger and the Moana Ho.
tel the largest collection of Hawaiian
Outrigger canoes now in existence. Tn,
Outrigger Club has fourteen canoes sew.
en- of them big surfing canoes with Q
capacity of from six to sixteen passen
gers, including one polished ix.paddlC
racing canoe, and seven smaller canoes.
In addition TO this. there are sever
private canoes owned by club members.
At the Moana Hotel Dude Miller has "
his care seven other canoes, which
brings the total TO twenty eight canoes.
In Kailua, Hawaii, there is the next
biggest fleet of canoes and this varies
from twelve to about twenty-five, and
the majority of these are smaller canoes.
At the present time il Is praetieall,
impossible to get really good surfing
canoe, for all of the old time canot
makers have passed on and the present
makers do not seem able TO get the
graceful and necessary lines for surfing
In few years more II is going to be
impossible to get Hawaiian Outrigger
canoe at all for the trees are dying of
very rapidly and even at the present
time it is hard to procure n good one.
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