The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-02-26
HEALAN| SWIMMERS
WIN A. A. j. meet
Mid-Pacific Carnival Aquatics
Come To Successful
Close

Two unfortunate incidents prevented
the Mid.Pacifc Carnival swimming
meet which came to an end last night
at the Y. M. c. A. tank, from being
an unqualified success.
The first, which was q minor one
compared to the second was the boot.
ing at this or that club by young men
big break came with the hundred yard
backstroke when Joe Stiekney, one Of
the judges, disqualified Lane on some
technicality-failure to touch one end
of the tank with both hands. This
brought a vehement protest from Har.
vey Chiffon, the Palama trainer; hot
words were used and n scrap averted
by the prompt action of Ludy LANCER.
The whole affair was an unfortunate
one and left bad taste on what would
otherwise have been smoothly run
off meet. -',.H..
At a quarter-past eight the first race,
the two-twenty open was shot across
the boards and everything went along
without a hitch until the Lane episode.
The meet was far more exciting than
the Washington Day one and fast time
was made in 4 number of events.
Between luIls the Waialee Band rem.
dered music finishing its performance
with "The Star Spangled Banner"
Kaehu Is Dark Horse
One of the real dark horses Of the
two-day meet was young Hawaiian
in Uncle Sammie Is Maya. V. Ka'
ehu. If ever there was a conner it Is
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away in the ffty.yard service race un'
der the fast time of twenty five and
two fifth seconds, beating Pingry.
There was what one might call an
international race run of when the
swimmers for the ffty-yard special
were announced All Kin zee, a Chi
nese lad, taking first place with Lukela
Kaupiko, a native son, second; d
Hitchcock, third, and Ken Matsuguma
a Japanese.
The hundred. yard open went to Laht
by fairly safe margin, made SO by
the fact that Kelii, who finished sec
ond, had already entered in the two
twenty event. Harris finished a poor
third in this event.
A feature of the evening was the
| novelty race which created much mer
riment. There were four men entered
Kahaleanu of Palama led the field
by a lap with l.. Kim Wal second
| Duke and KaupikO were disqualified
/ the former because of biting" (just
what Lorrin Andrews said) Kaupiko !
ear or apple, but no one knows.
This race saw apples thrown into
the pool and the contestants pick then
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the length of the tank and then return
ed the length of the pool. In the early
/ stages Duke and Kim Wal had gene
raj mixup.
Edith Beats Sister Kenn
In the last lap of the hundred yar(
swim for girls Edith Kenn forget
! ahead and beat sister Thelma to the
finish and Josephine Hopkins who cam
in third. The swimmers confined too
much time in watching each other
, otherwise there could be nc. fault found
The fifty yards, boys under fifteen
was a pretty race, the contestants be
| ing we'll matched, Hartwell DOane, Wal
ter Chung and Lee Chong finishing IL
the order named, The sixty-yard swim
for ladies', backstToke, was q hOtly
contested one between Edith Kenn and
Blanche Fernandes, the former winning
by stroke. Rebecca Haaheo came
third. In the hundred yard backstroke
Kruger was at his best and won handi
". Lane finished second but was dis
qualified, Harris being awarded second
place and Granrose, third.
A fitting climax was brought to the
meet in the club relay of five men, each
one going sixty yards. Duke won the
race for the Hui Nalus in the final lap
when he cut down a lead of two yards
that Kelii of the Healanis had and won
by some three yards. Lane finished
third right back of Kehi.
Last Nights Results
22O-Yard Open-Harold Kruger, (H).
Time: $3.50 rs; John Kelii (H)j d.
Hitchcock, (O)
6O.Yard Swim (Girls Under 49,,
Edith Kenn, P), first. Time: 80 80;
Julia Kehia, P); Margaret MacCabe
did not finish.