The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-12-14
CLOSE LONG RACE
Feature OF meet
LANCER and Kruger Bring Crowd
To Feet At Y. N. Tank;
Events Well Contested

100 - ~ tNNhtu WIZ AVOug tni
one race which brought the audiene,
to Its feet last night at the Y. M. c
A., swimming meet was the soo.metei
event in which Ludy LANCER, unat,,ch
led; Harold Kruger and John Kelii, Yea
laui, competed.
LANCER won this race from Krugsi
by trifle Of over foot. II was 1
beautiful contest, especially betwaer
these two, from start to finish. Unit
almost the second last Of the forty
three laps LANCER and Kruger swan
a dead heat, kicking of on the turn,
with elock.like regularity. LANCER mad,
the distance in eleven minutes, forty
three and two.fifths seconds. This wal
said last night to beat the European
record Of lf;58 3-5 by fifteen seconds
Duke Kahanamoku out
The audience was fair one, Their,
being room for quite few more spec
tators. Among the prominent person,
present were Chief Justice and Mrs. "A
q. NJ Robertson, Delegate and Mrs. J.
X. Kalanianaole, General Wiser, U. s
A., and General johnson, N. g. II.
The disappointment Of the evening
came over the fact that Duke p. Ka
hanamoku did not swim, although
may be able to 90 into the events On
Friday evening. The public was ap
prised by The Advertiser yesterday
morning that Kahanamoku would prob
ably be out Of II last night. He re
manned away from the tank only ate,
his physician had strictly forbidden M
from going in. .F.
The following is a brief summary 0
the swimming events last night:
60-Yard Open-John Kelii, Healanj
first, time 81 rs; Albert Harris, Out
rigger, second, and Francis Bowers, Out
rigger, third. Kelii won easily by NOR,
than length.
100.Yard for Boys under fifteen-Al
bert Mineville, 0utrigger, first, time
loo 20; Edric Cook, 0utrigger, see
ond, and Walter Chung, unattached
third.
Kruger Wins Backstroke ,a
75-Yard Backstroke open-Harold
Kruger, Healani, first, time 40 AS; Al
bert Harris, 0utrigger, second, and
David Kahanamoku, third. Kruger wor
this event easily. ~,
ger, first. time 2:51 AS; A. Alexander
outrigger, second, and s. Waldron, Out
rigger, third. Chaplin won by two
thirds length Of the tank in the lead
Of the other two boys. *. Il
l00-Meter Open---John Kelii, Healani
first, time, l:07 20; d. Hitchcock, sec
'ond, and Albert Harris, third. Hitch
cock led for q time, but when Kelii
got ready the latter sprinted and won
easily. -. q. ~ -.
40-Yard, Boys under Twelve-B. Bur
band, Outrigger, first, time 81 3-5;
Lloyd Schmidt, second, and Howard
Benner, third. Easily Burband's race
200.Yard Breaststroke--John~ Kane
Healani, and Carroll, Engineers dis
qualified by the judges, who claimed
they used the" scissors" in swimming
Frank Richardson, who finished first
time 3:04 3-5, was also disqualified by
the judges, who claimed that he had
failed to touch the turning points with
both hands on several occasions. The
event was declared ono race" e..
Girls In Double Dead Heat g..
50-yard for ladies, open--Eleanor
Lyser, Women Auxiliary, and Marion
Dowsett, Outrigger, finished first in a
dead heat, time $500; Miss Josephine
Hopkins, Outrigger, and Edith Kenn,
Palama, second, also in dead heat. A.
3O0-yafd meter, open-Ludy LANCER,
unattached, first, time $3.50 3.5; Har
old Kruger, HeaIani, second and John
Kehi third. LANCER finished half q
length ahead of Kruger. 1t was a close
race between these two from start to
finish.
10O-yard ladies, novice-This event
was called of because the -four entries
Dowsett, Dorothy Smith and
Helen Martin of the Outrigger Canoe
Club, and Eleanor Lyser, Women 8 Aux,
Hilary, had all made places in previous
events. 81.
100.yard, open-Ah Kim zee, Hea,
lani, first, time SO As; d. Hitchcock,
Outrigger, second, and Albert Harris,
Outrigger, third.
Springboard diving Robert X.
Fuller first, Jack Hjorth second, and r.
@. Cooper third. The fourth entry was
Charles Dudoit, unattached, whom the
audience seemed to favor with their
plaudits. The three place men are all
Healani members. ~ = ... IT,.
Chocolate" Chung Wins Plaudits
50-yard, for boys under fifteen
Walter Chung, unattached, first, time
:2S as; A. +. Mineyille, Jr., Outrigger
second, and Edrick Cook, OutFigger,
third. Chocolate, ~ Chung made a
pretty race Of IL and was q well ap.
plauded victor. ll ~. ','r
800.meter, open--I4udy LANCER, un-
attached, first, time 1l:43 2.5; Harold
Kruger, Healani, second, and John Ke-
iii, Hoalani, third. - a.,44s ~
l60-ysrd ladies relay-Palama first,
time 1851 As; outrigger second. Pa
lama wimmers-Thelma Kepn, Edith
Renn, Elsie Aud and Agnes Aud. Out.
rigger--Madeline Chaplin, Helen Mar
tin, Marion Dowsett and Josephine
Hopkins. ..l, $780,.
The second and final card of the
present Y. NJ. G. A.. swimming meet
will be pulled of at the "Y" tank to.
morrow evening, beginning at eight
o clock. p
The officials at last nights swims
were;
The Oficials l..
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