time of :26.4, with Harold Kruger second. Ruth Stacker lived

up to her local reputation by swimming the fifty yards free-

style in :31.0, breaking the world's record for women.<13>

In the same month James E. Sullivan barred all women

from amateur athletics under the jurisdiction of the A. A. U.

He ordered the cancellation of Miss Stacker's A. A. U. regis-

tration card, and gave orders not to issue any more cards to

women. The local branch of the A. A. U. complied and said

that henceforth women's entries in meets where men took part

would not be accepted.<14>

Shortly after the Hawaiian Championships a team from

the Hui Nalu, and George Cunha, representing the Healani

Yacht and Boat Club, embarked for San Francisco and Los

Angeles under the management of W. T. Rawlins to swim in the

Pacific Coast Championhips.<15> The sports writers there im-

mediately took advantage of the opportunity of witnessing the

mermen. In a lengthy description of Kahanamoku's stroke,

Owen R. Bird, sports writer for S Los Angeles newspaper wrote