New-York tribune., 1918-06-30
Honolulu S Trio
Smashed Three
Marks in Week

Duke Kahanamoku, Clarence Lane
and Harold Kruger, the worlds swim
ming champions from Honolulu, now
on tour in this country, continue to
break records at every opportunity,
and each placed another international
standard to his credit last week.
Kahanamoku lowered the 150-yard
free style figures, Lane those for 80
yards and Kruger the time for rs yards
with back stroke. All three gradually
are rounding into top form and every
thing indicates that marks for the
classic distances will fall to their lot
when they attain full speed and meet
American rivals who can force the
pace for them.
Meanwhile their schedule is taking
definite shape, and dates virtually set
tied upon are the following: Duluth,
July 4; Chicago, 7-15; Detroit, 20;
Cleveland, "a; Boston, August /, and
New York, 7-21.
Chicago Competition Keen
The South Sea islanders visit to
Chicago is awaited with especial in
terest, for they will face there some
of the f1eetest home mermen, includ-
ing Perry McGillivray, Arthur Raithel,
Bud Wallen and other title and record
holders, so that splendid competition
and iconoclastic performances are
looked for.
The Hawaiians' first appearance
around New York will be made in the
new 75x44foot winter pool at Brigh-
ton Beach.
The 22Oyard swimming record set
last week by Miss Frances Cowells, of
San Francisco, when she covered the
distance in 2 minutes 50 seconds at
Del Monte, CAL, is better than indi-
Gated by comparison Of the actual
figures with Miss Olga Dorfner's for
mer national indoor standard Of 2
was made in a 60-foot bath, while the
Del Monte pool measures thirty-seven
yards, so that if the advantage gained
at the turns is taken into considera-
tion Miss Cowells's performance is
found to be the faster by more than
four seconds.
Four freshmen. from the Northern
High School, of Detroit-McLennan,
Dougherty, Dyer and Grinnell-swam
400 yards in 1oo-yard allotments a
few days ago and completed the dis
tance in 5 minutes and II As seconds,
hanging up an interscholastic relay
standard for first year students. Now
the senior team of the same school
Nixon, Lathrop, Johnson and Gill
breath--is preparing to attack the
national scholastic records at both
200 and 400 yards and they undoubt-
edly will create new figures, for they
have shown ability in practice to do
so.
Miss Olga Dorfner and Miss Cert
rude Artelt, Of the Philadelphia G. A..
respective indoor and outdoor national
100-yard swimming champions, will
leave Saturday for California, where
they. are booked for races with the
leading mermaids of the Pacific Coast.
A new 1oox1OO-foot municipal pool
has Just been opened to the public in
East Cleveland, Ohio, and it will be
used frequently far water sports.
The first outdoor swimming cham
plonships of Southern California will
be decided this week at water carni
val in Venice, near Los Angeles.
The Canoe Club Of Dayton, Ohio, will
hold a set Of aquatic events for mer-
maids on Thursday and results are
awaited with interest, for among the
entIanss naYtan v is W Miss Esther Hall, Of the
ing, unusually good work in training
and is looked upon as coming cham.
pion.
Edward Bartel, Of Cleveland, re-
Gently credited with national 44o.
yard back stroke record, now is sta.
toned at Camp Mills and dropped
into the New York A. c. last week
Tor q swim. He said he would com
pete In local meets this summer II the
opportunity presented.
Thursday. brings up for decision
the women's annual Marathon sw;r,
across the Golden Gate, granted this his
year Pacific A. A. u. championships
rank, and new record for the classic
course course virtually is assured if condi-