Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1919-08-03 | Page 35 | Sport Snapshots

I I SPORT SNAPSHOTS SHOTS S I BY BY JACK KEENE Another Hawaiian swimmer has hils just stepped the spotlight o of the aquatic world worM He lie is Warren I whose appearance in a water carnival at Honolulu stamps him as a amerman merman of unusual ability In the thc recent Interscholastic championships cham cham- in tho the sixty foot pool of ot tho the I Honolulu Y M. M L C. C A A. the thc youngster who is only 16 years oJ old sprang Unexpectedly unexpectedly un Un- expectedly Into tho the fore tore Ho amazed the thc crowd by romping awa away with und and n yard titles in the remarkable times of ot O 7 1 3 and 1 and 33 2 33 4 5 4 then placing a close second in the fancy faney I diving dl championships and swimming championships an and l then swimming a ai i yard forty exhibition with the back backI backstroke backstroke stroke in 02 all at one meet I A few days as a's later at a water carnival in iii Honolulu harbor he hc made his Imis debut in A A. A. A U. U competition an and l not only onh I I won ivon a straightaway yard yar sprint J for or no lc novices s in O i. i but ere co covered cred the I same distance with t the back stroke In 1 11 or within 2 4 3 seconds of or the worlds world's open water record and swam the last century of or a yard GOO relay II race In the sensational time of or 0 35 G 5 3 G The latter mark Is yet et thores theres there thore s ems erns little doubt of ot Its authenticity for tor the tIme lad gained about three yards ars on tn n Lorrin Thurston who did hl around 0 7 more than tItan once last year car while a stu student ent at nt Yale university For a novice no and particularly a n bo boy I o of 16 IC to display such wonderful ability I and arid versatility is if decidedly a novelty I and tore tere Is hardly a doubt that the I new ne star will or very soon land among the I was totally unknown even e evento evento to Hawaiian followers of or swimming until a few OW months ago Then HaTT Harry Chillon the thc sterling coach of tho the I Hui nl l club happened to see sec him thrashing around In the surf realized his great pos and induced him to join the thc clubs club's racing squad and train Soon after reports of oC his c exceptional cep Jonah speed began to be heard but no noone noone noone one paid much attention to them for Cor his youth and anti inexperience made malle people skeptical of the practice performances I credited to him But the site youngster has now convinced all nil h hands ns and it Is time the belief In iii the Islands that lint he lie Is destined destined des des- tined to become the fastest swimmer time the world as yet as-yet yet ret seen V is a hit bit under average o height stocky stock and po powerfully built b 1 Ho swims the time six beat crawl stroke and ard affects the lie Irl Identical style of or the thc famous Kahanamoku who ilmo has undoubtedly un un- un I served cred him as us model He lie Is unusually strong aid and en and Chilton feels feel confident that he will prove pro as good oo a 3 distance swimmer as asa asa asa a sprinter S Hug Jennings is beginning to feel hopeful and says that his Detroit Detroit Detroit De De- De- De troit Tigers may wind up the season In whirlwind style Jennings has ha J built up a great ball ban cl dub club b. b no mistake mis ml take and Detroit fans tans who once clamored for his release from the tho management are aro worshipping at Is feet reet The Tigers are powerful at thoI tho the I I bat and aro are wen well balanced in defensive I strength tho Their success this year ear Is partially due to the splendid catching of ot and the time Improved pitching of or Dauss Ehmke Boland olan and Dutch Leonard If It these can hold their own for the rest of the campaign Jennings may enjoy a laugh laug-h at al the tho expense ex ex- pen pense o of the tIme White Sox Yankees an and Drowns Browns But Dut the thc TIge have two more eastern castern trips to make so that lint Jennings sensibly to I claim the pennant