The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-08-27
SPO r IS
KAHANAMOKU SETS
SWIMMING RECORD
New York Sun Tells Of Dukes
125-Yard Race Held y
August 8


NEW YORK, August S--A shirt
wasted and bathing suited crowd that
fairly made the Winter Pool bulge
out at the sides saw Duke Kahana.
moku, Harold Kruger and Clarence
Lane, the three famous swimmers from
far of Honolulu. give exhibitions Of
the water prowess Of. the Hawaiiahs
at Brighton Beach last night , ~ p
They saw the bronzed Kahaiamok o
"crawl" home ten yards ahoad Of Leo
GiCbCl, the New York A. c. star, In q
special I25 yard match race In the
cOrking time of l:l2 IS. , Kruger,
employing the back stroke, easily dis
tRnced King Troenesgaard of the
BROOKLYN Federal Rendezvous, who
swan free style, in their mixed match
Mt 100 yards in l:OS 35. Lane he'd
Tod Reilly of the New York A.. c.
across the line in their Rfty.yard duel
in q | 5 seconds.
announcer Chris Dalton, with the
consent Of Justice Barlow 6. Weeks
and Fred Ruben of the A. A. u,
clariOncd to the fans that the Duke =
time was n new worlds record. The
former figures were l:l6 10. Neither
the A. A. L. nor the international
swimming Federation, however, recog.
nizcs the distance as standard for q
record.
Two Superior Feats
The nearest standard distance to I%5
yards is l20 yards. In bath with
four turns, such as that in which IA.
hanamoku performed last night, Charlie
Daniels swan lI0 Yards in 1;l0 In
1908. In FIVE turn bath Perry Ne
Gillivray covered 100 yards In 1908 2.6,
Both of these performances we're su'
Pcrior to that turned in by Kaha nanio
ku last night. The Duke, however, did
some grand swimming and convincing
" showed he has lost little Of the speed
that returned him king Of the sprint
swimmers at the Olympic Games in
Stockholm in 1912. -;
The best performance was kruger 4
backstroke 100" in 1:O8 35. The
time turned in by the Hawaiian was
only one fifth Of second behind the
backstrOkc record Of LOS . 8 made bt
Harry Hcbncr in. Igli' and tied BY
Russell Dean of Yale in 1915. ,Kfu
ger won by one fourth length of the
tank despite the fact his opponent.
TrOenrsgaard, used the crawl stroke
Besides the Hawaiians anothet IA
nous visiting swimmer thrilled the
fans. He was Ludy LaDger of The
Los Angeles A. c., who Is q lfeutefa1t
in the United States Army and made
the long trip from Camp Gordon, At.
lanta, Georgia, to compete. L6dy drew
Jack Curran, the former New, Yofl
A. c. crack, who is at the Federal
Rendezvous, in special match race
at 200 yards. The pair swan together
till the turn for home, when Ludy
cut loose and "lost" his opponent
LANCER was timed in 2:28 80.
Girl Divers Interest
One Of the most interesting events
on the program was the diving eonipe.
tltion for girls. 1t was won by Miss
Helen Wainwright Of BROOKLYN with
the good total of II I,5r points. Miss
Helen Sciplc of Philadelphia was sec
ond aud Miss Eileen Riggin of Brook,
lym third
GaIligan, two of Americas leading
women swimmers met in an exhibition
race which resulted in dead heat
The summaries:
50 Yard Girls Race-Won by Eileen
Riggin, brooklyn; Helen Wainwright
Brooklyn. second; Helen Seiple, Phila
dclphia, third. Time, 35 seconds.
50 Yard Match Race, Clarence Lane
Honolulu. vs.. Ted Reilly, New YorL
\. C.--Non by Lane. Time, "a Ii
seconds.
100 Yard Match Race, Harold Kru
ger, Honolulu, to swim backstroke, VS.
k'ng TIo"ncsgaard. Brooklyn Fedora
RrndozN Gus, to swim free IyIe-WoI
by Kruger. Time, 1908 35.
200 Yard Match Race, Lieut. Lud,
! l.angcr, [. 5. A., vs.. John Curran
/ Brook yn Federal RendezvOus-Won b,
LANCER. Time, ":2S 30.
| l25 Yard Match Race, Duke Kahans
mOku, Honolulu, vs. Leo Geibel, New
York \. C.-Won by Kahanamoku
Time, l:l2 4 5. New worlds record
! Fancy Diving, Girls-Won by Mis-
Helen Wainwright, Brooklyn, II A.
points; Miss Helen Sciple, Philadelphia
u points, second; Miss Eileen Riggin
| BROOKLYN, SO 2.5 DOints third