The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-09-06
Cycle Records Are
Falling by the
Wholesale.
ATHLETICS WANT
MORE CLUB ROOM
Yachtsmen Are Summoned to
Meet This Evening to Discuss
Regatta Day Plans.

The Honolulu Athletic Club are look
ing for roomier headquarters; the Arior
Hall, back of the Opera. House NAV
be utilized
Inc Winter League and Honolulu
Athletic Club will hold meetings this
evening at the headquarters of the
latter organization.
The efforts of the ball PLAYERS 70 So
cure the McCuliy tract for baseball
park, have come TO nothing. Promises
OF much money have been obtained
but the holders Of the land wont nego-
tiate unless there is 5000 In sight.
Harry Armitage has presented the
regatta committee with silver cup to
go with victory IN the senior six-oared
barge race The cup must be won
three times before any club can own IL.
All those intending 10 enter yachts
in the regatta September q, 1901. are
requested 10 meet at the Hawaiian
Hotel this evening friday at 7:3o
p. N. The object of the meeting is to
classify the yachts. fix courses for
yachts, arrange time allowances, etc,
for the benefit Of the regatta commit
tee.
George Dixon and Abe Attell, of san
Francisco, fought a ten-round draw
Crosby, of Louisville. and Joe Cans.
of Baltimore. fought twenty-rouno
draw for the eolered lightweight cham
pionship
Jimmy Handler. of Newark, knocked
out Pat CoTrigan, of San Francisco, in
the second round
George Gardner and Kid Carter
last Friday
Scott Leary won the 10o-yard SWIM
ming race from H A widemann al the
Olympic Club tank Leary won by six
inches after d hard struggle. The time
was 1.o31z, which breaks the American
record Of 1906. held 10y widemann. The
English record is 1:e1 Is.
The Canbridge-Oxford VS.. Harvard
Yale games will take place at New
York on September 18th. Nine events
have been scheduled
shortstop shngart, OF Chicago, has
been expelled from the American
League for assau1ting an umpire.
Phelps 3. Hoyt won the western ara
ateur golf championship.
MIR. IIolbern, in an attempt to swin
across the English Channel, narrowly
escaped drowning. He swan to within
six miles of Dover, and then collapsed
having been IN the water twelve hours
and forty-six minutes Holbern swan
sixteen miles through rough water He
will make another attempt
Peter McNally VIII attempt to swim
from Boston to New York. He expects
10 cover the distance in thirty days.
widernann and Leary were matched
to swim a seventy-ffve yard race IN
San Francisco last Sunday.
w. S. Fem, of Waterbury, rode five
miles in 1915. The worlds record for
the distance was 1892 %.
Lake WOE a two-nlile bicycle race at
xailsbarg. n =. The time was 400
fiat. which beats the worlds record by
L as seconds.
Archie MeEaehern, of Canada, beat
Champion, the French rider, in TWEEN
ty-fixe mile paced race, winning in
3s:1s, a Canadian record.
Kent and DAILY, of Boston, on d tan
dem. beat Fourier on q motor cyyle
In a five-nlfle race. The time, I:02, rs
q new record for the distance. Kent
also established another new mark, rid
ing a mile paced in LIS, without q
wind shield
John j. MeGraw, of the Baltimore
American League team, has retired
from the diamond
Bobby wathour, in motor-paced
race against Johnny Nelson, OF Chi
cage. smashed all previous indoor pac-
ed bicycie records from one TO hfteen
miles. inclusive. Time, 24:1s So.
Jimmy Michael and Major Taylor
have been matched TO meet in a series
of rnotor-paced races of five miles
each. best two out of three, 81 Madison
Square Garden.
In a race with Harry Elkes, VIII
Stfnson made new bicycle records from
six to fourteen miles, inclusiev In an
hour estinson rode SO miles 1.o4a yards
stinsors time for fourteen miles was
21:0s4-
liver Lawson, of Chicago, established
a worlds bicycling record Tor ten
miles. Time. 222::35 Pa,
Harry Gibson, Of Cincinnati, rode ten
miles. motor paced. on the Salt Lake
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