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Show I American Swimmers Shatter I World Records In Olympics Yanks Establish Eight New Water Marks in Two Days; Warren Kealoha Captures 100 Metres Back Stroke in Speedy Style; Ladies in Limelight I ANTWERP, Aug. 23 (By the Associated As-sociated Tress.) Several Olympic records rec-ords Were smashed today. Three Am-I Am-I ncans. Mrs Frances Schroth. San Francisco, Irene Guest of Philadelphia! and Ethclda Blelbtrey women's swimming swim-ming association, chalked up nev i--ords In winning their heats of the 100 i ictrea tier style Duke Kahannioku repented his record breaking performance perform-ance Of yesterday by covering 100 metres me-tres free stylo in 1:01 2-5. Pua Koal-eha, Koal-eha, Honolulu. tied the Olympic rec-ord rec-ord when winning his heat In the same event. This makes eight Olympic records broken by Americans In two .days one world record bettered and (wo Olympic Olym-pic records equaled. J. Howell, San Francisco, won his heat In the 400 metres breast stioke leday in six minutes 55 seconds. In the 100 metres free style KahanmokU and W W. H:irrls: Honolulu, were first .iid second respectively. George Vcr- j not. Canadian, failed to qualify. Norman Ross. Illinois A. was sec- oi. d to Kealeha in his heat In that event. In the 100 met rps free Style for women, wo-men, Mrs. Schroth won the first heat lin one minute IS seconds, Charlotte Boyle-, women's swimming Association, I finished second. Irene Quest von the second heat in 1 rulnute IS 4-5 seconds sec-onds Bthelds Blelbtrey won the third heat In 1 14 2-5. The pi v ions record rec-ord was 1:19 4-5 Kealoha. Honolulu, won the final honors In the 100 metres back stroke, with his team mate, R Kegerls, Los jAngcles. second, anl the Belgian, Blltl third The time was one minute 16 1-5 jsfconds The Olympic record was 1 minute 20 4-5 seconds, made bj 11 J Hebner, In 1 9 1 2 Perrj McGHIiv'ray, i Illinois A C, and Harold Kruger, 'Honolulu, finished respectively fourth and fifth Norman Ross. Illinois A. C, and F. K Kahele. U, S N , Qualified in their l.eats In the 1 500 metres free stylo SWlm, Ross winning his boat ami Kahele Ka-hele finishing second to H. a ore: pa I re of Australia |