The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-12-18
Sport CARNIVAL
FOR THE FLEET

carniy al OF Sports, the IKE OF
which has never been witnessed In
Honolulu befo re, was arranged for the
sailors of the fleet at three meetings
held yesterday.
In the morning 1t ten o'clock meet
ing was held at he naval station,
which was attended by representatives
from each ship and lso by the local
sports committees. - general pro-
gram consisting of two t@sebali games
for Sunday, December 20.h, two loot
ball games Christmas day. and he
gatta Day Saturday, Decei nper zoth'
was decided upon.
At two o'clock the navy men 'eld an
other meeting on board the Cine annatl
at which the program for the rel Satta
was arranged.
Lieutenant Wood reported the tT-
rangements at the meeting of the loo; VI
general committee which was held last
evening at the Hawaiian Hotel.
At this meeting the complete pro-
gram for the three days sports was
arranged.
The two baseball games next Sunday
will be between picked teams from the
fleet and picked teams from among the
best players in the league. Captain
White of the Males is now signing
men for both games. One game will
be called at 1870 o'clock and the second
game at $3.50 o'clock. The games will
be played at the baseball grounds.
The football games are scheduled
for Christmas day. Teams are now
being picked to play against elevens
from the Kentucky and Oregon. Jesse
Woods is getting together the teams
which will represent Hawaii.
Lieutenant Wood of the Raleigh sta
ted at the meeting that the men Of the
fleet were anxious to please the public
in every way possible, and that If
Honolulu wanted tug of war one
man from each vessel would be sent
to pull against the same number of
Hawaiians or any other team from the
city. If this contest can be arranged
it will take place in the intermission
Christmas day The Kentucky Ore
gon and Wisconsin bands will play at
the park on both occasions.
THE REGATTA.
The regatta will be confined to the
crews of the fleet. 1t will not only be
Interesting but exciting, The barge
crews of the Kentucky and Wiscon-
sin both claim superiority and the
barge race will be the hardest fought
of any of the races arranged.
The program as arranged is as fol-
lows:
12-oafed cutters Two miles. one
turn-Kentucky, Wisconsin, Oregon.
1O-oar cutter crew. Two miles, one
turn--New Orleans, Cincinnati, Ken
lucky, oregon, Albany, Raleigh.
10-oar cuttcr-Apprentices. Two
miles, one turn-New Orleans, Cincin-
natl, Kentucky, Wisconsin, Oregon,
Albany, Raleigh.
10-oar cutter-Marines. One mile
New Orleans, Kentucky, Raleigh.
Double banked whaleboats. Two
miles, one turn-New Orleans, Albany,
Cincinnati. Kentucky, Wisconsin.
Gig-single banked. Two miles, one
turn--Cincinnau, Kentucky, Wiscon-
sin. Oregon, Raleigh. Albany.
Dinghy. One mile-New Orleans,
Cincinnati, kentucky, Wisconsin, Or
egon, Albany. Raleigh.
Barge. Two miles, one turn--Ken-
lucky. Wisconsin.
The officials who will be placed in
charge of the sports as representing
the fleet will be Chaplin, Vogelgesang,
Kearney, Blamer and Wood. They will
be judges OF boats, umpires, referees,
etc. The townspeople are also to have
officials to act with the navy men.
For the boat races cash prizes will
be given for first and second places.
The money will be raised among the
business men. The enlisted men from
the fleet will be admitted to all games
free. The usual charge of twenty-five
20 will he 20 9th