SUNDRY SPORTS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 309, 30 December 1914, Page 8

SUNDRY SPORTS.

Duke Paoa Kabanamoku, the world’s champion swimmer over 100 metres, arrived in Sydney from Hono. lulu by the R.M.S. \ entura last week. He was accompanied by Mr Francis Evans as manager, and Mr George Cunha, an American resident of Honoluul, who is also a splendid performer in the water. Kabanamoku, who is a native of Honolulu, is twenty-six years of age. He is a. splendid specimen of manhood, standing Oft. lin, and weighing 12st 81b. He is the undoubted sprint champion of the world. At the Olympic Games at Stockholm in 1912 he won the 100 metres championship in 61 3-ssec, establishing a world’s record that has never since been equalled. Australia’s best time for a similar distance is 64 4-ssec. Kabanamoku, though a sprinter, swims all distances up to 440 yards. In his stroke, his arm work is similar to that in Australia, states “Sydney Morning Herld,” hut his “kick” or “footwork” differs from ours. He has a special kick of his own, one that has won him renown, and has been called “the Kabanamoku kick.” The feet revolve like the blades of a steamer’s propeller, and the champion gets up wonderful speed. In fact lie has been called “the flash,” for he streaks through the water over the shorter distances at a tremendous pace.