The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-08-14
Girls Race Almost Dead Heat

GIFTS Hace Almost Dead Heat . {,
The first race was the 50-yard novice
II was won by r. G. Watt of Outrig'
ger, post with Harvey and
Won Holt, both of Outrigger, second
and third, II was nip-and.tuck race
throughout. Winsor was the other
starter, Hitchcock having been disqual-
flied. The time was :26 l-5. .. 4. .
The 50.yard race for girls less than
fifteen years old was the closest race
Of theE meet. Each lap almost was n
dead heat. Miss Eleanor Lyser was
the judges selection for first; Miss
Edith Kenn was second, Miss Thelma
Kenn third and Miss Elsie Aud
fourth. How close the race was may
be gathered from the belief of many
that Miss Thelma Kenn, awarded third,
was thought by many to have been
first. The only certainty about the
whole race was that Miss Elsie Aud
was n foot or so behind the other three.
With that exception the race was any
ones. All four girls were outrigger.
The time was :36 3-5.
Miss Irma TarletOn Of Outrigger
was proposed as a post entrant in this
race, but Miss Ruth Stacker of Palama
protested, on the grounds that she had
two girls, Misses Rose Rbbero and
Cecilia Winchester, ready to swim, and
that Miss Tarleton should not be pre-
ferred over them. The protest was
sustained. ".;.
The 2O0-yard breast stroke cham.
PiOnship was a good race and severe
trial for the swimmers. F. G. Rich
ardson of Outrigger and Pua Kealoha
of Palama ran neck and neck race,
after four or five laps, with George B.
BroOme of the Alert and Richard Car
ter Of Palama as close together four or
five yards behind. Richardson slow.
fly drew away from Kealoha at the
finish. Carter was disqualified for
touching with only one hand, but Kea-
lOha, who was second, was guilty of
the same infraction Of the breast
stroke rules. The time, 3:07 2.5 was
much slower than the Hawaiian rec.
ord, 1902 20 held by George Keawe.
mahi. NY. =.
The 50yard service was another nip,
ahd.tuck race with. Pingry, De Russy
r. Murphy, Dennis o 'Brien and +. b.
Dodge, Alert, finishing as named. The
time was :27 2.5. r..
Miss Hiorth Takes Hundred
Miss Gerd Hiorth, unattached, won
the women & l00.yard championship by
six feet from Miss Josephine Hopkins,
Outrigger, in leo Is. Miss Kathleen
Law quit at the end of the eighty
yards because of misunderstanding.
She was told that she had two more
laps to go, which she felt unable to
make with her shoulder in the cOndi
ton IL was, but she said that she
would have continued had she known
only one more lap was to be made. She
was running Miss Hopkins q cIose race
and might have finished sec6nE
Some excellent diving was done by
l.orrin Andrews Jr., LOrrin p. Thurs
ton, hoth OF 0utHgger; Reginald G..
Cooper, r, X. Fuller and Jack Hiorth
Of ilealani. ThurstOn was first with
l26 points, to the 1928 10 of Fuller.
220 Service a Fizzle
The 22O.yard service, as stated was
a fHzle, Captain BrittOn miscounted
the number Of laps and fired his pistol,
announcing the last lap, two laps too
soon. The judges shouted TO the swim,
mers, but all stopped, Murphy of the
Alert. touching first at the end of the
ninth lap. Walker stopped at the end
Of the tenth. Murphy and Pingry
finished the eleventh in that order, but
1t was declared u no race. .,... #s.,, "sf