The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-03-25
ATHLETIC SPORTS.
Initial Meeting of Oahu College Asso-
ciation-KapioIani Park, March 23d,

1Ae initial meeting OF the recently
7 Organized Athletic Association Of Oahu
T College was held at KapioIani Park on
Saturday. Four full car loads OF people,
including a contingent Of the hameha-
meha School boys, LETT town specially
for the park at noon. Three omnibuses
took the faculty and boarding students
Of the college to the grounds. Numbers
OF spectators went out in later cars and a
good many private carriages increased
the crowd, there being probably alto
gether an audience OF between two and
three hundred. 1t was a very favorable
day although a trife warm, and old and
astic emulation of the lads, who made
an excellent record, particularly as a be-
ginning, in the long programme of events.
They well deserved the thanks OF all
present, in view of the fact that admis-
the boys paid ten dollars out of their
pockets for the use OF the race track, be-
sides no mean amount for incidental eX-
pGnses. If It was only Tor Turing so
many family parties from town for
pleasant days outing at the Park, the
Oahu College Athletic Association can
honestly claim a proud satisfaction in
being public benefactors.
The committee of management for the
sports consisted OF 4. Perry, h. Lyman
and w. Armstrong. Prof. Brigham, of
Harvard University Mr.. Brigham, his
son, and Mr.. II. NJ. Whitney, jr., kindly
acted as judges, and Mr.. w. +. Forbes
as scorer, while Principal Merritt had
general supervision. OF all the events
on the programme only the half-mile
run was omitted, owing to the man
ayers considering that the runners had
all had enough of that exercise. The
mile walk was carried out, but ruled no
race because the leaders had broken |
into a run. In this contest Mr.. a. D. !
Bissel, music professor, fell in a faint |
about $50 yards from the finish, but |
soon recovered sufficiently to take an !
active interest in all that followed. Mr.. |
I. @. Gribble afforded perhaps the most |
amusing incident of the day. When the !
key contest, which consists in kicking J
key upward against a post with the |
heels, began to wane Mr.. Gribble |
thought he would try his heel power at
having confidence of win
ming from what ne had learned in see
ing the tTamWay mules exert their ruling
At all events, he backed up
to the key with a cOmical air of mingled
and resignation, safely
slowed away his eyeglasses, deliberately
bent his tall frame for a herculean effort,
and then administered a kick of 100 foot
tons to the key The object rose about
eleven inches as Mr.. Gribble at the
same instant sat down on the ground to
await the decision of the Judges. His
nat when returned to him wore a shock
ng bad aspect, and, as he calmly rose
% his accustomed dignity, the some
what staid audience lost all theirs in
oars of laughter lasting a good minute.
Dur Jimmy, who is one OF the athletes
md made Il rather cOmical kick at the
leg himself, says he lay awake several
hours that night, laughing over the feat
above described Mr. Bissell had prom
sed a quarter as compensation to any
body who should fall on his face in this
contest, but refused to pay it to Mr.. @.
because he had not fallen on his face.
Below is list of the events and COM
1etitors, with the principal records made.
seconds; ii. Lyman, E +. Lyman.
2. Running long jump. G. Ostrom,
st, Is it. in. G. Conradt, Is it. 10 in.
3. a. Lyman, - #. in. G. Dole, 10
t. 3 in; f. Haley, 10 #; S. Widdi-
ield, y it. 10 in; S. Ando, u it. in.
weights-George Angus, II it; H.
2ycroft, 13 #. OF in.
3. Putting the shot ~ lb.) R.A
lyman, LIST, "a it. ? in; A. n. Sinclair,
9 it. in. Conradt, % it. in; Z. +.
lyman, p it. in; w. Armstrong, 26
t. in; w. Chamberlain, % it. in.
Inley, p it. l in; +. Eaton, % it. F.
p it. , in. Lightweights
George Angus, % it. in. w. Corn
veil, 20 it. 5 in; James Judd, Is it. in.
+. Three-legged race. Rycroft and
IOrnwell, LIST; Angus and Bcknell, I'd
Niddiheld and Dole, Sd; Ostrom and
V. Armstrong, 4th.
>. Running high jump. r. A. Ly-
nan, LIST: t it. 6 in; OstrOm, t #. 2 in. ;
Dole and Sinclair, it. in. Rycroft,
t.; Haley and Angus, it. Il in. Eaton
nd COrnwelI, it. in.
6. Throwing hammer 16 b. Sin
lair, LIST, Il fit. , in; r. A Lyman, 81
t. in; w. Chamberlain, 80 it. in. ;
eaton, p it. , in. F.; Haley, p it. 8 in.
7. Mile walk. II. Lyman, LIST, min.
40 sec. (; Widdiheld, ID; a. Perry, Sd.
NE other contestants who finished in
widely scattered order were F. Keku-
nano, F. Haley, J. keola, A. d. Bissell
heavyweights), and Il. Bingham, LIST,
Albert Judd, A. AthertOn and J Judd
BisselI was leading most
+ the way, but dropped to second place
nd then, at about 100 yards from the
nish, fell fainting to the ground.
s. Standing high jump. Sinclair, LIST,
it. II in; r. Lyman, it. 10 in. !;
Dole and Ostrom.
9. Kicking foot ball. Conradt, I48
t. in, beating @. Ross, A Perry, Sin
lair and kekumanO.
10. Throwing base ball. Bissell, 26O
+. in. beating r. A. Lyman, F. and
Y. Armstrong, J. Keola, Perry. Eaton
nd Conradt Lightweights-Ge George
Angus, 2l7.ft. 10 in, beating Atherton.
II. Quarter mile dash. w. Arm
trong, LIST, So sec. II. Lyman, ID; II.
chamberlain, 3D.; f. +. Lyman and
Haley. Lightweights-H. Rycrott, LIST !;
}icknell and Anterior.
y. Bicycle race, l mile. w. Corn
yell, LIST, Is min. % sec; Carl Maertens,
d; W. Whitney. Cornwell was lead
lg most OF the way round. In the last
ut, when some twenty or thirty yards
rom the finish and it seemed an even
hing, Maertens' hat fell over his eyes,
nd before he could recover himself the
wo machines fouled, throwing the
iiers. COrnweIl remOunted and pass
~ under the wire was given the race.
Is. One hundred yard dash. Sin
lair, 1st, II = sec, beating Dole, Con-
ldt, W. Chamberlain and A. Judd
II. Sack race. c. Conradt, LIST; F.
armstrong, fell soon after starting.