The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-01-26

by a score of to o has won the Pacific
coast interschoastic championship and
on New Years day met the North Diyl- |
sion high school eleven Of Chicago Tire
work of The Seattle team has been com
mentcd upon by all the leading news |
papers of the continent. and Coach Frost
has every reason to feel gratiGed at the
showing made
The intercollegiate championship Of the ]
Northwest goes TO tire University Of Ore |
gon. although claimed by the Washington
Agricultural College. On a comparison
of scores, the Oregon boys win the hon
Ors.
In California, Rugby was tried for the
first time and while opinions are divided,
the majority seem to favor the English
game as compared to the American style.
Yale and Princeton both claim honors
in the East, while in the annual game
between the Army and Navy, played this
year at Philadelphia, the Middies took
the big end of the score
Association football, commonly referred
to as soccer" has made great strides
in the United States this winter. Prac-
tically all the Eastern colleges have their
soccer teams, and in the West the sports
are taking to the game with great gusto.
Tire Northwestern Association Football
League is enjoying the most successful
year in its history. 1t Is understood
that the University Of Washington viii
have soccer team next fall
The present year has seen the downfall
Of Arthur Duffy as the king Of all anna,
teur sprinters Duffy has been declared
a professional, and his record of o 3-5
seconds for the 100-yard dash has been
oblterated from the records Of tire A. A.
u. While Duffy has fallen, his mantle
falls upon Kelly, Of tho University Of
Oregon, who equaled the record of the
famous Georgetown star. The Oregon
; boy will race at the jamestown exposition
next year, and Fasteners will have their
first opportunity Of getting n line on the
fast Westerners. Parsons, speedy
California Splinter, has also come to the
front. and some good work can be ex-
, pocted from him next year.
+ While not made in America, the record
of William J. Steering, the Hamilton,
, Canada, long-distance runner must be
+ mentioned in the summary of the years
, sports. Sherring to the surprise Of al
most everybody won the famous Mara
|, thon race at Athens last summer, cover
ing the 26 miles in 2 81 :23 3-5 The
q American team at the Athens meet was
o most successful, and won the majority OF
events.
q Another long-distance runner who has
. gained reputation in the past year /,
- Thomas Longboat, a lanky Canadian In.
= dian lad whose wonderful work, without
. training, astonished his opponents. III
II is now receiving proper training, ant
more will be heard from him.
Japan has a university student whC
claims to have done some exceedingly
Il fast sprinting, but the record is not giver
< general acceptance in this country
u Ray @. Ewry has carried off the hon
. ors in all the standing jumps during tn
past year, while Martin Sheridan, tn
husky athlete from New York, must b
> given credit as the general all-rounC
y athlete, he having won more marks a
IL the big tOrnaments than any other. Hi
work at Athens was remarkable. Flana
= gan had done some fine work with tn
56-pound weight
- THE MAT.
At But one big event in wrestling Ia
III taken place in the West tlrls year. Fran
* Gotch failed to throw DR.. b. f. Roller
d. of Seattle in handicap match last SEP
Of tember, but while not rejecting on IN
IS, ability Of the Seattle man, the close FOL
or lowers of the game believe that Cote
moderated his opponent and was NJ
prepared as he should have been for ii
al contest
r Tire short-liyed career of Fred Bee
es as catch-as-catch-can champion Of Amel
he lea was a feature, but Frank Gotch d,
er monstrated his superiority in the recel
of match at Kansas City. Gotch when
er condition and out to win, has no equ
a in America today. As a wrestler he
- a wonder. George Hackensmidt st
on claims the championship Of the worl