COAST HAOLE WINS SURF EVENT 440-yard and 400-meter freestyle: . Tom Zahn of Santa Monica, one of three Californians in the event, set a new 1500-meter freestyle: Ford Konno. record for the six-mile Diamond Head : , Hawaii. surfboard paddling race when he de- Breast stroke: Dick Fadgen, Provi- throned George Downing of the Waikiki dence, Rhode Island. Surf Club Sunday, Dec. 26th. Butterfly: Dick Fadgen. The former Santa Monica lifeguard Individual medley: , De-j won the WSC-sponsored event in 51 min. troit. 59.6 sec. to break the mark of 53 min. Springboard: David Browning, Pen- 16.3 sec. set in 1953 by Downing who had sacola, Florida, Naval Air Station. won the race the past five years. Platform diving: J. Harrison, Los An- Zahn, who thrilled Hawaii's aquatic geles. fans by paddling from Molokai to Wai- Longdistance individual: Frank Bnin- kiki beach during the 1953 Aloha Week nell, Philadelphia. program, won by nearly 300 yards. Long distance team: Huntington, He said after the race that he trained West Virginia, Y.M.C.A. (J. Holtrey, G. systematically for the event and that with Holtrey, B. Shriner). his victory he had accomplished what he 400-yard relay: , Ha- had come to Hawaii for two years ago. waii; Hendrick Gidenose, New Haven, Downing took second place, with Tom Connecticut; Clark Scholes, Michigan Volk, Santa Monica lifeguard who came State; John Glover, New York. here especially for this event, placing third. Another California entry, Tom 880-yard relay: Ford Konno, Hawaii; lj Moore, fourth and Rabbit Kekai of Hui William Woolsey, Hawaii; Wayne Nalu, winner of the first Diamond Head Moore, New Haven, Connecticut; David race, took fifth place. Armstrong, New Haven. In the stock board class held at the Medley relay: Yoshi Oyakawa, Hawaii; i same time with the racing boards, Hui Dick Fadgen, Providence, Rhode Island; 1 Nalu's Richard Kauo triumphed in 64 L. Baarcke (no address) ; Dick Cleve- min. Stan wood Formes of Outrigger Ca- land, Hawaii. noe Club was second and Dutchy Kino of Waikiki Surf was third. Kenneth Car- valho of Hui Nalu took fourth place. HAWAIIAN AQUATIC HALL OF FAME Carvalho won the coconut tree climb If a citizen of Hawaii acquires a in 16.7 sec. to dethrone Kekai, who miniature sub which has been displayed finished third. Kauo took second place. in New York and explores the ocean t Bill Danford of Outrigger was the win- bottom around Paradise, he might be ner in the boys under 12 surfboard pad- nominated for the Hawaiian Aquatic dling race. Kala Kukei was second and Hall of Fame. This Mini-Sub has a trans- Mike Theaker third. parent plastic dome on top, has two In the malihini race the winner was seats and is propelled in the manner of A1 Nelson. a bicycle by pedals. It costs only $4,850. From Honolulu Advertiser Makes six knots under water. From it HAWAII SWIMMERS LEAD one could see the eerie, beautiful phan- tasmagoria under Hawaiian Seas. ALL-STAR SQUAD Chicago has its American Merchants' M iami Beach, Ma.— I he Amateur Hall of Fame. New Brunswick, N.J., Athletic Union announced this All where the first football game was played, American men's swimming team at their has its American Football Hall of Fame. annual convention: Grand-daddy of them all is the Baseball 50-yard freestyle: Dick Cleveland, Ha- Hall of Fame. Hawaii still looks in vain waii. for its Aquatic Hall of Fame. 100-yard freestyle: Dick Cleveland. Allen Corson (caught ten-ton whale- 220-yard and 200-meter freestyle: Ford shark) ; Florence Chadwick (swimmer Konno, Hawaii. who visited Waikiki not long ago), and

[14] COAST HAOLE WINS SURF EVENT 440-yard and 400-meter freestyle: Ford Konno. Tom Zahn of Santa Monica, one of three Californians in the event, set a new 1500-meter freestyle: Ford Konno. record for the six-mile Diamond Head Backstroke: Yoshi Oyakawa, Hawaii. surfboard paddling race when he de- Breast stroke: Dick Fadgen, Provi- throned George Downing of the Waikiki dence, Rhode Island. Surf Club Sunday, Dec. 26th. Butterfly: Dick Fadgen. The former Santa Monica lifeguard Individual medley: Burwell Jones, De-j won the WSC-sponsored event in 51 min. troit. 59.6 sec. to break the mark of 53 min. Springboard: David Browning, Pen- 16.3 sec. set in 1953 by Downing who had sacola, Florida, Naval Air Station. won the race the past five years. Platform diving: J. Harrison, Los An- Zahn, who thrilled Hawaii's aquatic geles. fans by paddling from Molokai to Wai- Longdistance individual: Frank Bnin- kiki beach during the 1953 Aloha Week nell, Philadelphia. program, won by nearly 300 yards. Long distance team: Huntington, He said after the race that he trained West Virginia, Y.M.C.A. (J. Holtrey, G. systematically for the event and that with Holtrey, B. Shriner). his victory he had accomplished what he 400-yard relay: Dick Cleveland, Ha- had come to Hawaii for two years ago. waii; Hendrick Gidenose, New Haven, Downing took second place, with Tom Connecticut; Clark Scholes, Michigan Volk, Santa Monica lifeguard who came State; John Glover, New York. here especially for this event, placing third. Another California entry, Tom 880-yard relay: Ford Konno, Hawaii; lj Moore, fourth and Rabbit Kekai of Hui William Woolsey, Hawaii; Wayne Nalu, winner of the first Diamond Head Moore, New Haven, Connecticut; David race, took fifth place. Armstrong, New Haven. In the stock board class held at the Medley relay: Yoshi Oyakawa, Hawaii; i same time with the racing boards, Hui Dick Fadgen, Providence, Rhode Island; 1 Nalu's Richard Kauo triumphed in 64 L. Baarcke (no address) ; Dick Cleve- min. Stan wood Formes of Outrigger Ca- land, Hawaii. noe Club was second and Dutchy Kino of Waikiki Surf was third. Kenneth Car- valho of Hui Nalu took fourth place. HAWAIIAN AQUATIC HALL OF FAME Carvalho won the coconut tree climb If a citizen of Hawaii acquires a in 16.7 sec. to dethrone Kekai, who miniature sub which has been displayed finished third. Kauo took second place. in New York and explores the ocean t Bill Danford of Outrigger was the win- bottom around Paradise, he might be ner in the boys under 12 surfboard pad- nominated for the Hawaiian Aquatic dling race. Kala Kukei was second and Hall of Fame. This Mini-Sub has a trans- Mike Theaker third. parent plastic dome on top, has two In the malihini race the winner was seats and is propelled in the manner of A1 Nelson. a bicycle by pedals. It costs only $4,850. From Honolulu Advertiser Makes six knots under water. From it HAWAII SWIMMERS LEAD one could see the eerie, beautiful phan- tasmagoria under Hawaiian Seas. ALL-STAR SWIMMING SQUAD Chicago has its American Merchants' M iami Beach, Ma.— I he Amateur Hall of Fame. New Brunswick, N.J., Athletic Union announced this All where the first football game was played, American men's swimming team at their has its American Football Hall of Fame. annual convention: Grand-daddy of them all is the Baseball 50-yard freestyle: Dick Cleveland, Ha- Hall of Fame. Hawaii still looks in vain waii. for its Aquatic Hall of Fame. 100-yard freestyle: Dick Cleveland. Allen Corson (caught ten-ton whale- 220-yard and 200-meter freestyle: Ford shark) ; Florence Chadwick (swimmer Konno, Hawaii. who visited Waikiki not long ago), and

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