The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-21
HIGH SCHOOL FIRST, OAHU
SECOND, AND RAMS THIRD
Rice and McCandess Are the Stars of the
Triangular Track Meet on Alexander
Field Yesterday.


ran IN the order named
Officials-Clerk of the course, w. Fl.
Rabbit; announcer, John Andrews;
timers, H. NJ Ayres, Les. Petrie and
Captain Soule; finish Judges, A. L. Cas-
tie, Captain Fay and W. Williamson;
field judges, j. A. Rath, Mr. Rawlins,
and Clifton Tracy, judges of the course,
f. Beckett. F. Atherton and Mr.. Mabie;
referee, Paul Super; starter, DR.. Hand;
scorer, Jack Dengham.
Too Much Wind.
Except for trife too much wind that
swept across the field the weather was
ideal for the big triangular interscholas-
tic field and track meet that was held
on Alexander field yesterday afternoon.
Long before the time set for the first
race the embankment mauka of the field
was crowded with partisans of the diff
ferent teams, the. gay dresses of the
women and the hundreds of waving
school flags combining to make very
lively and charming scene.
At one side of the field three tents
had been erected and in these the Wis
iting teams changed their clothes and
prepared for the contests they were to
take part IN. In the High School tent
two expert Japanese masseurs were
buslly engaged giving each runner a
preparatory rub, while all the young
athletes were preparing for the work
before them, trying out new sprints,
taking friendly advice from coaches or
merely wandering around and feeling a
little bit nervous.
Mr.. Babbitt was bound that the meet
should start on time and, promptly at
two o'clock, Announcer Anderson gave
the last call for the hundred yard heats.
In the third heat Desha was left out
of the finals after running what looked
like hard race He was up against
Rice so it is certain that he could not
well have been loafng as some of the
spectators seemed to think
Before the finals of the hundred
were run, the mi4e was called, and this
proved to be an exciting race and
made in good time considering the hard
wind that was blowing across the
field. Norton got away at the start
and he set the pace, which was pretty
hot. He was followed by tombstone,
who kept well up until half mile
had been covered, when he dropped
back and gave way to Mackenzie, who
challenged Norton, but could not pass
him. The Kan rooters laughed and
said to wait till the home stretch was
reached and then see Mackenzie sprint,
| but Abe was too far ahead and finish
ed strong a good twenty yards ahead.
McCand1ess' Great Jump.
Meanwhile the high jump was going
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| ment round the bran pit. The jumpers
| dropped one by one until ,only McCand-
| less and Kahlbaum were left in. The
| bar stood at 5 feet 1-2 inches and
Kalhbaum had missed his third try.
Then McCandless came up for his last
| effort. He took a slightly longer run
and, with a superb leap, scared over
| the bar, clearing it by several inches.
| This win was almost synchronous
with Rice $ victory in the finals of
| the hundred yards, so that the High
School had fifteen points to their credit
and it looked as though they were go
ing to have walkover. This state of
affairs lasted until after the meet was
| halfway over, when the Rams and Pu
nahous began to creep up. But the
| school was never really in danger, and
Andrews winning the pole vault just
before the relay made victory certain
Mackenzie Breaks Record.
Mackenzie ran a great race in the
finals of the hurdles. He was well be
yond the others at the finish anG
actually broke the record by the better
part of a second. Sing Chong ran :
lgreat race in the quarter mile, but ht
was disqualified for jumping in ahead
of another man before he had passed
the six-foot limit. This was bitter
disappointment to the Oahu Collegt
rooters, but it turned out not to make
any difference in the result.
Rice ran magnificent race in the
220-vard dash. Desha got off first anC
led the field till the last hundred yards
| when Rice and Mackenzie drew up OF
him and the latter just managed t.
| throw himself over the tape in SECOND
place. 1t was a close and exciting fin
/ iSh and the HIGH Snhnolites gave a fin,