Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-08-09


= conclude the program for the in =
y door championships. There viii =
y be II events in all. The feature =
r = events of the evening will be the "
- = 100 and 500-yard championships =
= and the 100-yard race for girls. =
Two new records were made and
number of excellent events were
staged in the first indoor A. A. U
q championships ever held in Honolulu
at the Y. NJ. c. A. last evening be-
fore a crowd which was estimated at
more than 500.
The first A. A. U. championships
drew the largest crowd in the his
tory Of indoor swimming here, and
every available space was taken. The
little fly who found q place At the last
big meet, was forced to retire In IA
yor OF the multitude as the crowd
was seated on ladders, fire escapes
parallel bars and coffee .urns. One
young man was perched on an I'm.
provised chair made out Of brooms.
He evidently had q sweeping view OF
the entire affair.
Everybody and HE Brother
As Norman Ross used to say, every.
body and his brother was present at
the meet. The first families Of the
city from the point of abundance In
shekels were there. The first tamil
les Of the city as you drive In from
the country were also present. There
were social climbers and fire escape
climbers, and all enjoyed the exciting
program.
Clarence Lane Of Palama and Har'
old Kruger Of the .Healanis carried
off the honors for the evening. Lane
flashed through the water ahead OF
John Keln In the 50-yard dash In %
2.5 seconds, establishing 4 new Har
waiian tank record. His time was one
second slower than the American rec
ord held by Duke Kahapamoku.
aStubby" Kruger proved conclusi-
vely that he is the class OF the back
stroke swimmers in Hawaii He set
q new Hawaiian record for the 100
yard back stroke, and also made ex.
cellent time for $50 yards. Kruger
finished his 100 yards in LII, which
is y 2-5 seconds better than his old
record, and only 2 3-5 seconds slower
than the worlds record held by Harry
Hebner.
outrlsser First
The 0utrigger Club finished first
in all events with 81 points. Unnat'
tached swimmers we're second with 20,
points and Palama was third with 10
points. In the open events the un-
attached swimmers scored II points,
with Palama and Healani tied for sec
ond with IL each.
In the l00-yard, novice event, which
was the first OF the evening, Cassidy
showed q big improvement in his work
by winning the event in 81 seconds.
He was followed closely by Hitch
cock, who beat out Harvey by q small,
margin. The race was close until the
third lap when Cassidy drew away
from the other swimmers.
Clarence Lane lived up to form by
winning the half century swim. He
flashed through the water and took
the first turn In the lead from Kelii,
aud was never headed after this. One
OF the big surprises OF the race was
the work OF Lorrfn Thurston. This
swimmer has greatly improved, and
his work N the tufns was excellent.
He shows great possibilities Of becorn.
ing ono OF Hawaii's leading swimmers,
if nc continues his WORK. He beat
out an FIR zee, and gave Kelu a
great rsce throughout the Dash.
shI1e Wins cns
4 Slige Mataaguma showed ms speed |
IN the 2:0-.ard race for boys. md
woa from Chapi,. in the fast til:c |
uf Isl, which 10 excellent tinc Tor |
the f1rlonG event Chaplin showed |
plenty OF speed in this race, at tho
little japanese boy proved to he a |
star at this distance. Cook also made |
q good showing in this event Nitric |
Konowaloff and Sabotin, Matsusuma's |
two rivals, did not appear in tie
event last evening.
the plunge for distance. The Puma.
hou athlete touched the end OF tho |
tank In exactly 81 seconds. His best
record for the distance is so seconds.
Chaplin and Carter finished second |
and third in this event. Bob Fuller |
and Sam Kahalawei had a little con-
test of their own. Fuller struck the |
bottom twice, so naturally wins from
the Mckinley booster.
Cup 20 Gen. johnson
{ Following the plunge for distance,
Glenn Jackson in his very best voice
addressed the spectators, announcing
that o young man had recently com.
pleted 25.yard swim in two days. In.
asmnch as Gen Sam Johnson had do
nated three cups for the 25-mile swim,
he refused to compete for one Of his
own trophies, and as a result a spe.
sial Gun was presented to him for his
work. Gen. Johnson was
Owen q big hand following the &C.
septance.
eerd Hiorth Wins
The 50-yard event for girls proved
Ia be one of the real events Of the
evening. Gerd Hiorth, the Punahou
swimming star, who flashed across
he aquatic horizon last year in
aeyice meet, won the event in the re-
Variable time OF 80 1-5 seconds. Con-
the length Of time she has
been swimming this time was espe-
tally fast. 49,, .. +
Miss Hiorth made the first turni