The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-03-22
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ISLAND RECORD
IS NOW BROKEN

Is MUW BRUktN
After lapse Of nearly ave years. the
Kamehameha Schools and oahu Coll
iege resumed inter-schoiastic relations
In track meet Tuesday afternoon at
the Boys Field. a large crowd OF
people witnessed the events, which
were excellent In every respect, the
Kams making 50 points and the oahus
30, In the 100 yard dash. the island
record was broken, and many OF the
other events were either tied or very
nearly broken. The track was In good
condition but the jumping pits were
muddy and one was filled with water.
There was no swimming race on the
program and some OF the boys were
surprised to see that preparations had
been made for such an event.
The only fault that could be found
with the contest was that there We're
too many events. Thirteen events
both track and field. take plenty Of
time. and large portion of the crowd
left before the finish OF the program.
The day was started by n l00-yard
dash in which c. Lyman and W. Coop
er battled for the oahus and f. Mac
kenzie for the Kams. The Kams won
and Mackenzie has the honor of lower
ing the island record. His time was
10 10 seconds.
The mile run was won by the oahus
II. Smith. their crack long distance run
ner. doing the mile in five and four
fifths minutes.
j. Bal of the Kamehamehas won the
pole vault. His distance was Q feet
inch. Randolph Hitchcock was
plucky little contestant. The youngest
man on the field, he very nearly won
the event and the way he stuck to 1t
was credit to him.
The first and second places in the
hammer throw were won by II. Kaa-
pana and l.. Kaapana, respectively. the
former winning five points for the Kams
by throwing the weight 104 feet,
inches.
In the fifty yard dash, Lyman and
Desha of the Oahus, and Hull and
Mackenzie of the Kams, We're lined up
to test their speed. With the excep-
ton of Mackenzie, all made three false
starts which disqualified them for the
event. According to the rules. Mac
kenzie had to run against himself,
which he proceeded to do in a very
leisurely fashion. taking Sh seconds to
cover the distance.
Punahou. through James Peterson.
won the 440 yard dash Peterson's time
was 5S seconds.
The twelve pound shot was put 81
feet inches by L. Campbell of the
Kams.
Oahus seem to shine in fong distance
running. All of the longer distance
races were won by them yesterday.
The 22O- yard dash was won by Lyman,
who took "a 3-5 seconds. to cover the
ground.
j. Josiah and ID. Mahukona, both
Kan boys, tied for first place in the
high jump. Five feet three inches was
their height.
The prettiest race was the 12O-yard
hurdle race which the Kams, through
Lota, won, his time being Is 2-5 sec
onds.
The SS0-yard run was Won by X. s.
Smith of the Oahus. Time, ZIG 1-5.
The broad jump was won by Desha
of the Punahous. Distance, eighteen
feet, ten and half inches.
The half mile relay, the last on the
was won by the Oahus. one
minute and forty-one seconds was the
time.
The ground near the poles. during
the pole vault event was very soft ana
the pole sunk into the mud, while the
men were in midair
The following We're the officials OF
the events:
Starter--E. b. Turner.
Referee-W. II. Babbitt
Scorers-David Kamaiopili and Her
1ert Kinsley.
Clerk of Course-Sam Johnson.
Announcer-J. Anderson.
Track Judges-Mr. Brissel, Major Van
yliet, Paul Super.
Field Judges--John Ewing, III. Nj.
Ayres, Rae Soares.
Timekeepers-Ed Fernandez, IL.
NJ Ayres, Sam Chillingworth.
The meet was run under the rules or
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