Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-06-12

DR.. HanG OF the Y. NJ. G. A. deserves
the greatest credit for the excellent
show he put up yesterday at Kapiolani
Park. TIL sports meetings was huge
success from every standpoint. and the
thousands of spectators who crowded
out TO the Park had nothing but praise
for the clean. straight class Of men
who took part In the various competi
lions.
The sporting doctor was ubiquitous
and was untiring In his effort to make
things 20 with a hum. And besides the
hard work of arrangings things the
doctor always had worrying thought
to contend with. and that was the fact
that some Of the people would be killed
by the flying motor cycles. Something
should be done to rail or rope off the
straight" at the park track or else
somcday there will be terrible ac-
cidcnt there.
The crowd would not listen to rea.
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the children who thronged the track
were not run over. At times 1t seemed
inevitable that an accident should DC
cur and yell would go up as n 6O.
mile.an.hour machine would come
dashing down the track, Just AZ u
bunch of kids would wander on to the
course and start taking bites out %
an apple. Then there would b.
screams from all sides and waving 81
arms, but the youngsters would calm
ly MUNICH on, and escape death by
inches.
Then in the ordinary cycle race the
ridors had to simply ride head down
at the crowd, which In some way
would open mp and let the cyclist
through, but Immediately close again
itill the next rider appeared. Now and
again rider would put In an appear
anco whilst an argument re record
Marathon times was going on and
then there would be some fun.
Stlll, taking IL all together, every.
thing was o. X. and the only drawback
was the unfenccd track. The park
looked at It's best and thousands of
people were present. No matter in
which direction one looked there were
groups Of Picnic parties enjoying them.
selves under the trees and, at the same
time watching the different events
And the best part of the whole bust.
ness was that here straight, honest
racing was going on, and all the men
were showing what they could do with
only the kudOs to reward them after
! all.
The s-Orts started at | o'clock and
were not finished till after ). The
Marathon race was the first event and
nine men faced the starter. German
was "a hot favorite for the race and lie
Brcscu was considered the second
choice The touts were about correct
in their tips, as German won fine
race with the game little marine Just
! one mile behind him. The other start.
ers were Brodcrick, Maby, Cockburn,
Ewing, Honan, McCandless and Mott.
German took the lead as the pistol
went and his long stride at once be.
gan to tell. The men made one cir.
cult of the park track and then swung
out ON tho road for their long journey.
| The last seen of the runners was as
the tallend Of them disappeared around
tho corner of the park. At that time
German was leading by few yards
and the rest of the men were hunched.
| AS soon as the Marathan race was
well on its way the 1l.mile bicycle race
came up for discussion and six men
faced the starter. Beerman. Padaken
and Van HaiZen were the most fan,
clcd for the race and after couple OF
miles had been negotiated, It was seen
that, barring accidents, the winner
would come from their ranks.
However, when the riders had GOV
cred about FIVE miles, with Padeken
Beerman and Van Haizen locked to
gether, an unfortunate accident DC
Cured which robbed the race of mos
of its interest. The three riders hat
just flashed across the line when Pad
lckCn and Van UaiZen came into COLI