Word: kanakanui
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...yard freestyle: Won by Irwin (Rutgers); second, Broadbent (Yale); third, Hill (Cornell); fourth, Kanakanui (Navy); fifth, Shook (Yale); sixth, Leonard (M.I.T.), Winning time...
Firsts by Hawaiian Bill Kanakanui in the two sprints also kept the cadets in the fight until the Varsity's Jerry Gorman and Forbes Norris swept the 440-yard freestyle. All eyes were upon Norris in this last event before the relay, as his second finish over Navy Millar in this event clinched the outcome of the battle. Hence the surprise triumph of the 400-yard freestyle relayers Norm Watkins, John Watkins, Walt Bullard, and Bill MacVicar turned a one-point edge into a 15-point rout...
...Hawaiian reunion as well as some last times will be provided in the sprints, as Crimson's Captain John Watkins and his brother Norm will be struggling to say Aloha in these quickies to sailors Charlie Dwight and Bill Kanakanui. Most appropriately the latter's name is the island equivalent of big medicine...
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