WHEN IT COMES TO A SWIMMING RACE, Duke Kahanamoku is as hard to beat as his name is to pronounce, and then some. Experts say this world’s champion is the last word of perfection in sprint swimming.
(Evening Public Ledger, 8/24/1918, p. 20)
Evening Public Ledger and The Evening Telegraph, Volume IV, Number 294, Page 20. August 24, 1918.
Athletes of the United States are looking to Duke Kahanamoku, full-blooded Hawaiian, as the only man on the Olympic team from this country who has a chance to win a place in the swimming events.
Kahanamoku is one of the best swimmers ever developed in Hawaii. The warm waters there make it possible to spend the whole day in the surf without becoming chilled, and from childhood the Hawaiians swim more than they walk, that is the younger ones do.
Duke has been tried out repeatedly and his speed and endurance won him a place on Uncle Sam’s Olympic team.
(Day Book, 7/3/1912, p. 29)
The Day Book, Volume 1, Number 240, Page 29. July 3, 1912.
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