The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-08
KAHANAMOKU SETS J
SWIMMING RECORD
Covers 125 Yards in 1:12 rs
in Beating Gicbel at
Brighton Beach.
ny GEORGE II. UNDERWOOD.

shirtwaisted and bathing suited,
crowd that fairly made the Winter Pool
bulge out at the sides saw Duke Kahana-
moku: Harold Kruger arid Clarence
Lane. the three famous swimmers from
far of Honolulu, give exhibitions Of the
water prowess OF the Hawaiians at
Brighton Beach last night
They saw the bronzed Kahanamoku
crawl home ten yards ahead of Leo
Giebel the New York a. c. star, in n spe-
cial 125 yard match race in the corking
time of :12 As. Kruger, employing
the back stroke, easily distanced King
Troenesgaard OF the Brooklyn Federal
Rendezvous. who swan free style. in
their mixed match at 100 yards in
;oS as. Lane led Ted Reilly OF the
New York A. c. across the line in their
nifty yard duel In 20 is seconds
Announcer Chris Dalton. witt the cons
sent OF Justice Barlow s. Weeks and
Fred Ruben OF the A. A. u. clarioned to
the fans that the Dukes time was new
worlds record. The former figures were
! :l6 1-5. Neither the A. A. Y. nor the
International Swimming Federation
however recognizes the distance as
standard for record.
Two Superior Feats.
The nearest standard distance to 1875
yards is 100 yards. In bath with
four turns such as that In which Ka-
hanamoku performed last night, Charlie
Daniels swan 100 yards in l:10 in
1908. In five turn bath Perry Nc
Gillvray covered 100 yards in Los 2-5
Both of these performances were SUI.
perior to that turned In by Kahanamoku
last night The Duke, however. did
some grand swimming and convincingly
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 Kruegers
backstroke 100" in ! :os 3-5. The time
turned in by the Hawaiian was only
one fifth Of second behind the back
stroke record of :0s 2-5 made by Harry
Hebner in 1911 and tied by Russell
Dean of Yale in 1916. Kruger won by
one fourth length OF the tank despite
the fact his opponent. Troenesgaard,
used the crawl stroke.
Besides the Hawaiians another famous
visiting swimmer thrilled the fans. He
was Ludy LANCER OF the Los Angeles
A. c.. who Is Lieutenant in the United
States Army, and made the lon.y trip
from Carp Gordon, Atlanta, Ga, to
compete. Ludy drew Jack Curran, the
former New York A. c. crack, who Is at
the Federal Render, ons. in a special
match race at 200 yards The pair
swan together till the turn for home,
when Iudy cut loose and lost" his OPP
ponent. LANCER was timed in . rs 3-5.
Girl Divers interest.
One OF the most interesting events on
the programme was the diving compe-,
tition for girls. 1t was won by Miss
Helen Wainwright OF Brooklyn with the
good total OF II AS points. Miss Helen
Seiple OF Philadelphia was second and
Miss Eileen Riggin OF Brooklyn third
Miss Charlotte Boyle and Miss Claire
Galligan. two of Americas leading
women swimmers. met In an exhibition
race which resulted in dead heat. The
summaries:
SO Yard Girls Race-won by Eileen
Riggin. Brooklyn: Helen Wainwright.
Brooklyn. second; Helen Seiple, Phiiadei-
phia. third. Time, IS seconds
so Yard Match Race. Clarence Lane,
Honolulu. vs.. Ted Reilly New York 4. c.
Won by Lane Time, "a l-5 seconds.
100 Yard Match Race. Harold Kruger.
Troenesgurrd. Brooklyn Federal Rcn-
Kruger. Time, los IS.
200 Yard Match Race, Lieut. Ludy.
Ign Federal Rendezvous-won by LANCER
Time, 2;2S as 81.
100 Yard Match Race, Duke Kahana-
moltu. Honolulu, VS.. Leo Geibel. New York
i:12 -. Sew worlds record, ''
Fancy Diving. Giris-Won by Miss Helen
wanwriEht. brooklyn, II AS points; Miss,
Helen Seiple. Philadelphia. 81 points, sec
ond; Miss Eileen Risgin. Brooklyn. SO 2-5