The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-01-29
SIZE THEM UP
Special Object for Watch.
ing Wheelmen Tonight.
Martin and Manoa Matched Syl-
vester Wants Work Contest-Ter-
rlIl's Notions-Singing Tonight

There will be extraordinary interest
in the races at Cyclomere Park this
evening The program itself is one
of the best ever arranged. 1t will be
carried through with a rush. There
will be music by the Government band
and any number of box parties have
been gotten up.
The cause OF the excitement in cycl-
ing is not difficult to fathom. A num-
Der of match races are being arranged.
These will be the most notable con-
tests since foreign athletes introduced
modern games into the Islands. Then
wheeling, up-to-date, has been free
from any faint of jobbery or cheating.
1t is a clean sport and extremely po-
pular.
Watch Martin and Manoa tonight,
for the opportunity to see them in sin
gle combat will soon be offered.
Watch TerrilI and Jones, for they
are about the same as matched for
speed battle to a finish.
D. G. Sylvester, the present long
distance champion, has become weary
of his beatings at sprinting and
has thrown out a def for endurance
| work The matches of this class IN
prospect are Sylvester and Jones %
miles and Sylvester and Geo. Turner
| so miles. These tests will be in the
nature of innovations here. There has
never been but one long-distance wheel
event in the Islands. Sylvester won
that at Kapiolani park against visI-
! tor touring the world awheel and
claiming to be a champion.
Martin, Manoa Sylvester, Jones,
Terrill and Johnson will all start in
several of the numbers this evening.
| This may be the last chance to get a
| guage of the power of couple of them
before they meet in match. The sew
eral professional and amateur events
for tonight are made, by recent show
| ings of the boys more uncertain than
in the past. Henry Giles is after Da-
mon now Terrill will want to redeem
| himself for his poor riding of last
: week, when he was physically really
unfit to mount his wheel. Jeffy Hig-
gins, Cornwell and Eakin have some
scores to settle. Danny Whitman has
| been doing some very fast work the
last few days and it may be surmised
that he will not de idle while Jones,
| Terrill, Manoa and Martin are watch
ing each other.
| n1rrri1 To11 yn1 Of 1n two o1y nd MID N,rc
yesterday He says the track is good,
| but is heavy. He figures that plug
ger with enough speed to be racing
should best a sprinter. Terrill thinks
Manoa the ''plugger' and Martin the
! Splinter. Terrill adds that neither
Jones nor Whitman have been riding
in form here yet and that from what
he could learn at the Coast Jones was
in California faster man than Sharick
and that in fact, Sharick's only per-
| Torrance of any note there was the
state mile at Sacramento, that outside
! of this event dozen or more riders
of the Golden State could easily put
it on George Sharick. The latter took
the money here right along, though.
The match between Martin and Ma
noa will be pulled off, on Tuesday
next regardless of weather, unless
there is a rain blizzard 1t will be the
best two in three miles for a fat purse
and for side money and for a glory
| and whole lot of bets. Emil Berger
represented Manoa in the dealings yes
terday and Martin spoke for himself
This will be for blood and will fill the
| grandstand There will be a coupIe
of other events the same evening To-
night the men will have a final look
at each other in action before they
have go with the track to them
selves.
Miss Kanoho will sing couple OF
popular ballads at the track this even
ing.
There are rumors of a fat mems race
as an extra number, but the affair may
not be brought off yet.