The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-07-30
SPOR IS
FORTY THOUSAND
SEE DUKE SWIM
Clarence Lane Presses Kahana-
moku In 100-Yard Contest
Staged In Chicago t..

tS1lOAuOy July ID-6WlmmlhR WIN
a free and easy crawl stroke, Duke
Kahanmoku, Hawaiian swimmer, won
the 1OO-yard race. feature of the sec.
ond days program nf' the Chicago Ath.
letic Associations patriotic water car
nival, in the Lincoln Park lagoon, be.
fore a crowd larger than that Of Satur,
day, when 10000 persons were present.
Before the contest il was learned Per
ry McGillivray Of Great Lakes Naval
Training station would noh compete.
Officials Of the station asserted Perry
had not agreed 70 meet Kahanamoku
in the century, although the Hawaiian
conceded point by swimming McGil.
livray 220 yards, which is supposed to
be Perry's speciality. The event was
open, and any contestant could swim
or withdraw, as he chose.
Duke Goes After Records
Kahanamoku therefore attempted to
break bis own world record of :53
for 100 yards and continue to 100
meters in an effort to lower his world 8
mark Of 1:0l is.
The other starters were Clarence
Lane Of Hawaii, Walter Earle and Her.
bert Topp of the c. A. A. After the
HawaiiRns had gone through their
usual limbering up they were sent
away to perfect start. Duke imme-
diately forged to the front, but was
fouled by Topp when they had raced
twenty yards. The foul compelled
Duke to break his stroke, and before
he could get under way again Lane
and Earle had drawn up to even terms.
Kah"namoku Wins By Yard
Seeming the danger of defeat, Duke
bent to his task. BY use of long,
powerful strokes and strong kicks he
again went to the front, but was i'm
mediately challenged by his teammate,
Lane. In the meantime Topp and Earle
had been outdistanced by three yards.
AS Duke and Lane neared the An
ish KahanRmoku gained and went I'M
der the line winner by q scant yard.
He held this lead by the same margin
when he passed under the wire which
denoted the finish of the 100 meters.
The FIVE timers gave his intermediate
time for the 100 yards at $50 2-5, and
for the 1000 meters, 1:03 As. Neither
is a record.
Wallen Beats Kruger.
The other race of particular interest
to the large gathering was the 40
yard event, in which Buddy Wallen
of Great Lakes, who established new
worlds straighta way record of 5:25
for the distance Saturday, was pitted
against Harold Kruger of Hawaii.
The field of sevCn starters hit the
g., 81 q.
| finish platform with powerful crawl
strokes. Wallen and Kruger soon drew
/ away from the field. At the end of
the first 100 yards the pair was five
| yards in advance Of the other punched
| contestants.
! AS Wallen and Kruger passed the
, 220-yard mark Wallen led by three
yards, while Kruger had lead of ten
yards over Laubis of the Great Lakes
/ AS he ncared the finish the crowd
chePred Wallen and he bent to his task
in earnest. The bugler gave the chow
call as he did on Saturday to make
Buddy swim faster. Wallen swan
strong at the finish and touched the
platform fifteen yards in advance of
Kruger, who was an equal distance in
advance of Laubis. Wallen s time was
5.33 Is.
Hawaiians Try Other Stunts
This event finished the racing as far
as the Hawaiians we're concerned. Dur
ing the intervals between races Duke
showed he was some single skull artist
by beating Fred Metternick of the Lin
coin Park Boat Club in a 440.yard race
Duke also attempted canoe tiltiug, but
WAS upset by one of the Lincoln Park
Boat Club members, Kruger, Ilu" and
Duke wound up their work by giving
an exhibition of triple oar swimming
which proved interesting
All kinds of novelty events, such al
nightshirt relays, tub races, canoe tilt
ing, and tug of war contests, were
held, in addition to fancy diving ex
hibitiOns by men and women from the
high and low boards.
AS a climax to the great carniva
COxswain Jack Cripple of Great Lakes
who acted as announcer, reminded the
crowd it was Bastille day. He com
manded the gathering to give three
cheers for France, and they were giver
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