The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1890-07-08

~. Guthrie the timekeepers bein,
Messrs. ]. A Spear and ]. Hubash.
The Athletic Sports.
The Committee on Sports wa,
h. NJ. Whitney, Jr., Chairman. W
H. Cornwell. W. H. Hogs, ]. A. Gil
man. j. g. Spencer and ]. H. Soper
and they arranged a programme o.
seven events, They were held on tn,
Mskh recreation grounds and wit
messed by very large number Of
people, the grand stand being
packed The various events were
well contested and gave satisfaction
Two members of the committee
Messrs. Hogs and Gilman. who
took charge of the sports, are to be
congratulated on the clear course
kept. no one outside of the Judges,
starter and members of the press be-
ing allowed anywhere near the con-
testsnts. This gave everyone a
chance to see. Messrs. j. A. Gilman
and +. B. Dat were the judges and
I. Wright starter.
The first event was the $50 yards
race; LIST prize $40, ID prize SIS.
There were six contestants: W. F.
ksse. Antoine Zoo, Geo. Rosa. w. h.
Davis, r. Duchalsky and J. Fierra.
ksae took the lead at starting. and
won easily by two yards. Rosa Sec
ond, Zoo third. No time taken.
Standing long jump-Six competi-
tors, who had each three tries. LIST
prize $40, R. Duchalsky, 9 #. 2 in. +:
ID prize S., T. P. Cummins. 9 it.
Running bases-Five competitors.
LIST prize $40. won by ". F. Kaae in
153 seconds. Antoine Keo and NJ.
Gomez tied for second prize, each
making the distance in 16s seconds.
In running off hoo beat Gomez and
took the S..
lOOyards race-Six starters: kaae,
hoo. Rosa, Duchalsky, Gomez and
Aloha. kase was penslized three
yards. A good start was made.
kaae soon took the lead and won
easily by three yards, Duchalsky
second, Gomez third.
Throwing hammer-1st prize SO,
Edward, 81 feet; ID SIS, Joel, 80 feet:
Sd the hammer, John Wise, 80 feet s
inches. There were twenty competl
tors
Sack race-75 yards, LIST prize $40,
n. Hipa; ID SIS, H. Vierra. Nine
started. This race caused much
amusement to the spectators.
Tug of war-Holi, Edward, Hipa,
Duchalsky, F. Ferriera, Felsh and
Davis won two pulls, beating G.
Fern, Wise, Koo, Grey, H. Wright,
]. Ferriera and Phi.
The Baseball Games.
The first game of baseball took
place at the Makih grounds at 1870
o'clock and was witnessed by large
number of people. 1t was played
between the following teams:
Pacific Hardware Co.-Davis p,
Dan c., Self LIST b., Lawelawe ID b.,
Winter Sd b., Chandler s. s., Torbert
and Mclaughlin T. f., Love C. f.,
George |. I.
q. S. S. Charleston-Chipman D.,
Biekel c., Snow LIST b., Bartlett I'd b.,
McPike Sd b., Mackey S. s.. Bowley
r. f., Churchill C. f., McCuith /. f.
The game was we'll contested, both
sides showing good ball. Only six
base hits were made, three by each
team and the number of errors were
the same-seven. Davis struck out
eight and Chapman six. The UNI
pires were Robt. Parker and E. S.
Browne. The score by innings was
as follows:
c. s :. Charleston > 1000 20
Pacific Hardware Co l 0 o l -
At $3.50 o'clock in the afternoon
the Honolulus and Stars did
battle. 1t was expected to be
a well contested game, but was
otherwise. The attendance was
the largest of the season, the grand
stand being crowded and the
grounds lined all around with spec
tators Unfortunately, soon after the
game commenced, a drizzling rain
fell and continued throughout the
game. 1t was uncomfortable to
spectators, many going home before
the game was half over. Wall was
put in the box for the Stars, but did
not pitch his game, his hands being
very sore. Chandler relieved him in
the fifth innings. The Stars got
bad beating, but then, who could
play ball in such weather? The
Honolulus made Is base hits, stole IL
bases and are credited with s errors.
The Stars record is, s base hits, s
stolen bases and Is errors. Dan and
W. Y. Lockwood were the umpires.
W. Lucas made a home run in the
second innings, and Coyne caught a
difficult fly in the sixth innings.
Dir. W. W. Bruner acted as scorer.
Following is the score by innings:
Stars.--.. 02O12 90 IS
Honolulu ~ s 3 8 20
Reception at the L. ;. Legation.