The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-05-28
SPO Is II .
FRANCES COWELLS
.. MAKES FAST time
Swims 505yard Dash In 80 is
z and Goes Over 40 yard "''
Back Stroke In 302.5

STOCKTON, California, May 81
associated Prsssl-In the Pacific
Coast championships held here yester-
day Miss Frances Cowells in active
competition sprinted over the fifty
yard distance in 30 ls5 seconds. She
also swan the 40-yard back stroke in
80 2-5 seconds.
Here is some Coast swimming dope
of interest TO all fans Of aquatics:
SAN FRANCISCO, May '17--1n the
place of Mira Mary Chamberlain, who
was to manage and train Fanny Du.
rack, Kathleen Duraek left Sydney
yesterday with her sister swimmer and
Nina Wyhe, who swims second to the
hampton in meets In Australia.
The party will arrive here on June
) and make an entire tour Of the Uni
ted States, swimming in practically
every important city on the map.
On the day of June 10, San Fran
'isco will welcome practically every
irl swimmer Of any prominence in
competition with the famous champion
It a meet ht Neptune Beach. 4 IS
The arrival Of the swimmers viii
mean much to the swimming game
md stimulate new interest in women's
ctivities in watey sports.
There will be meeting of all girl
swimmers interested In the P. A. A.
Dffices in the Phelan building on Thurs
lay evening to discuss the matter Of
entertainment for the visitors while
they are in San Francisco.
Ruth Stacker 10 Teach
SANTA CRUZ, California, May IS
Miss Ruth Stacker. of Hawaii, who
spent few, days here with her rela-
lives, Mr.. and Mrs Kelly of Walnut
Avenue, has accepted a position as
swimming teacher at the summer school
ut the University of California for
this semester.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 11-Fanny
Durack leaves Sydney this afternoon
IN the Oceanic liner Ventura. This Is
he famous swimmer 8 first trip to the
Ear off America. Many times have tours
been arranged and just as many times
nave they fallen through, and 1t Is with
much excitement that Fanny boards the
liner today.
She leaves with every world swim
ming record from so yards to o mile,
md il is a question as to how many
she win carry back with her. Unques.
'ionably Miss Durack is the greatest
rnd most consistent woman swimmer
in the world, and while the American
| girls have come within ffths of seconds
If some of her records, they have not
vet been able to break them. Nor has
Miss Durack equalled her greatest
sprint records since making them, some
four or five years ago. Both the 30
and l00-yard records we're made IN
1913 and IA, and Miss Duraek has not
come within a second of these marks
| since then. Olga DOrfner and Dorothy
Burns both have come close to these
sprint times, and some great little
struggles are expected when the swim
mers meet.
win Also Tour East
A tour of the East is being arranged
| before the Australians make tracks for
home This news was received Official
| ly by william Unmack in a letter from
| o. G. Merrett, one of the most promi'
nent members of the Australian Swim
ming Council. Merritt stated that Fred
Ruben, secretary of the A. A. o.; W.
| DOYLE, president of the Metropolitan
| Assoc iatiOn of the A. A. T., and Otto
Whale, a recognized authority on swim.
ming in the East, c@stitute the com.
mittee in charge Of arrangements for
the Eastern trip.
Commencing with June Is there will
be swimming races enough for every
one and If this does not develop new
stars and wonders and if records won Y
fly sky high there will be something
seriously wrong. Every girl swimmer
IF note will have all the competition
and all the trips and travelling she IL
looking for. The Durack party will ar
rive June 5.