The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-26
ENTRIES OPEN
FOR MARATHON
Contestants VIII Have Till the
End of Next Week to
Make Entries.

Entries for the Marathon race to be
run on Sunday, April IS, at the League
Park viii open this morning at E. O..
Hall s sporting department, care of Mr..
Harvey. Each entrance must be accom-
panied by fee of one dollar which
will not be returnable.
Entries viii close at one O'Clock at
the same place one week from tomor-
row, Saturday, April 3. This viii leave
the management two weeks in which to
make arrangements and they must have
all of this as the most perfect arrange
ments, that the experience of Marathon
promoters in the east and on the coast
can supply, viii be made in this case.
The trustees have not yet met and
given their final decision, but it is un-
derstood that there viii be no difficulty
and those who are training may go
right ahead without any fear that they
will have TO take their entrance money
back.
The actual prizes that are to be Of
fered will not be mentioned positively
until some time next week But it is
certain that they will be very valuable.
The winner will take either very ex-
pensive cup or its equivalent in cash,
whichever he desires. The second and
third men viii have the same option
and the fourth. fifth, sixth and seventh
men win take prizes that viii rival in
value the first prizes given in the last
race.
The Craze Is Here.
The Marathon craze is surely here.
Nothing but Mary Thorne is heard of
around the streets and the good lady
is the subject of much comment. The
Knockers Club has been rather busy
but then they always get in their work
the best way they can. And oh, how
futile If is
Some of the good hammerwielders
have dubbed this event the CONNER
eial Marathon intimating that it is a
money making scheme. This is no more
money-making scheme than was the
hiring of the special train to Haleiwa.
There was Just one man who was sports
man enough to take a chance on losing
money by chartering the train and sell
ing tickets at the lowest rate ever
known here Luckily for him the
twice the number that was expected
bought tickets.
Dinner on Balance.
This being the case the balance was
in favor of the man who took the
chance: it was a small balance and he
has invited the members of the COM
mittee and the judges to dinner IN
order to get rid Of that balance.
There has been too much talk and
knocking going on altogether. 1t is
only fair that the facts should be
known Nj Scully took long chance
on the train. a chance that several men
of ten times his wealth had refused
to take, purely and simply to make the
race a success Without that train the
race could not have started, for that
was the only way to bring the eontes-
tants back from Haleiwa. The commit
tee and the Advertiser have been work
ing to give the people good, clean ath-
letie events Events that will appeal
to the people, that win get young fell
lows out in the open air and teach them
the JOY of getting fit; that will, in fact,
help to make the Hawaiian Islands TO
keep up their name of the great Pacific
home of Sport.
There is no money making scheme
connected with these events IN any way
The people are interested in Marathon
running al present. Soon they Will
turn TO baseball or some other sport
but in the meanwhile the press and
prominent sportsmen are promoting q
Marathon race. Those who do not want
to run do not have TO. But for good
ness sake let the tongues of the full
aesbed cohorts of knockers be stiiled
for about five minutes.
Jackson Posts Def.
Nigel Jackson has definitely an
nounced his intention TO defend his title
At the League grounds Not only this
hut he goes so far as to say that any
man who wants 20 run him over the
Haleiwa course either next Sunday OIL
the following sunday can De dcfouiuIo
dated with any wager he sees fit ana
Jackson will race him just in the ordi
nary course of training.
ANY runner who thinks he can beat
Mr.. jackson over the course TO Hale
iva and would like to race him OF
either of the dates mentioned, is re
quested to notify the sporting writer
of the Advertiser and place his wager
with this paper. The same will be coy
cred by Mr.. Jackson
Paddy Walsh Is one of the most en-
fhusiasfic Marathonites just now. ID
viii enter the race. and states that "a