The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-06-21
81 . IL III .
HAWANANSSOON0N
THEIR WAY OEAST
Lots Of Chatter On Mermen and
< Mermaids Nov visiting Il
In Mainland WIZ ~

IN MAINLAND .F' ~
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The Hawaiian mermen and the Aus.
traliau mermRids now on the Pacific
Coast, from where they are to begin
very shortly their separate tours Of
the country, are attracting easily the
greatest attention in the athletic world
today.
The San Francisco Bulletin of June
printed q large foaEeolumn picture
showing Duke Kahanamoku as the
central figure, knitting "slip on " for
President Wilson. Fanny Dursek is
holding the yarn very ehumminRly,
the two being surrounded by Nina
wylie, Mary Duraek, ehaperone of the
girls party; Mrs. Mildred Pollak, the
greatest woman swimming authority in
San Francisco; Owen Merrick, man
ager of the male party; Claire TAFT,
the sailor boy musical attache Of the
Hawaiian troupe; Clarence Lane and
Harold ("Stubby - Kruger.
How Norris Beat Duke 3D.
An Associated Press report receiv,
ed in Honolulu and published by the
press here on its face show ing said
that Duke had finished second TO Frank
Norris, q seventeen.year-o Alameda
high school boy caused some surprise
among Dukes friends in Honolulu
Late Coast papers received here show
that Norris was given eight seconds
on Duke and at that beat the cham
piOn by only about half q foot.
Here Is bunch Of Coast notes on
the Hawaiians and Australians, called
from mainland papers for the busy
reader: ...
SAN FRANCISCO, June 6-The Ha
waiians will proceed from here to Port
land and on East. The Chicago Ath
letic Club 10 staging a three day open
air carnival, under the auspicesIof the
Red Cross, in which Hawaiian hoyE
will take part. -
Engaged7 Why, Not
Fanny Duraek properly belongs in
the aquatic department, but the Aus
tralian swimming champion also finds
place in this column In this in
stance, says the Examiner boxing e1-
pert in that paper of June 6. -
Miss Durack wishes a denial Of tie
report that she was engaged to jim,
my Clabby, the American boxer, who
made such a hit in Australia. She
says it's not so, never was and all
that sort Of thing, And she ought TO
know. g.
Clsbby, BY the way is now on bis
way to Egypt, having left Australia
just q week before Miss Duraek's de
patture. Jimmy did lot Of recruit
ing work for the Amaze forces, and
was finally rewarded by being given
overseas service. ~
SAN FRANCISCO, June Funny
Durack has q new ambition. Fanny
thought that she had SWIM everything
worth swimming, and hung up every;
record worth adding to her list, but
she never heard of swimming the Gold;
en- Gate. -
Fanny would like to have swum sgd
ney Heads, which she terms DIS the
Australian Gate" but there IRE
sharks there, unfortunately, and she
didn't care about risking the swim.
San FTancisco's Gate swim appeals stn
the mermaid, however, and abe plans
70 make record over the distance
sometime before returning to her home
in Australia. a~
victoria Wants Fanny
VICTORIA, British Columbia, June
l0---,Attempts are to be made to ar.
range an appearance in Victoria OF
Miss Fanny Durack, champion Aus
tralian swimmer, now in the United
States.
William Unmack, San Francisco, who
was to manage a tour to be made by
Miss Durack. today wired W. H Da.
vies of the Vancouver Island Athlstic
Association that the tour WAS can
celed as far az he was concerned. Mr..
Davies said he would attempt to make
arrangements direct with the swimmer.
Duke KahanHmoku, worlds cham
mon sprint swimmer; Clarence Lane
and Stubby Kruger appeared on the
Center Clubs program in the Fanny
DuTack exhibition on Saturday night
June 8. This was the first time the
undisputed world = champions, Duke
and Fanny, have been in the, water
together since 1919, when both swan
| at Stockholm.