The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-10-10
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INTERNATIONAL
TEN-MILE RACE
Runners Have Practically De
cided to Accept Offer of
Park People.

! After much talk and many argu-
ments, the local professional runners
have about decided to accept the gen.
erous offer of the Athletic Park and
to get together and run a ten-miie
race.
Several things have tended to help
matters to this happy consummation.
Tsukam0tO wants to run the full Mara
thon distance but he met with quite
a different idea from the local Japa-
nese fans, when this intention was pub
ished in the local japanese papers.
The sons of Nippon have not exactly
lost faith in their champion. They
think that the distance was too great
for him and all round town, where
japanese sports collect, the sentiment,
that Tsukamoto could win in ten
mile race, was rife.
This was the influence which caused
Tsukamoto and his managers to agree
to a shorter race. Jackson, although
he was lap behind at the finish of
the last ten-mile race, is certain that
he can beat them all at this distance.
AS for KaOo and c. K. Charlie, they
are both naturally willing to get in
the race Any one of the four has a
good chance to win, judging by their
showings Cordeiro has not been heard
from. Neither he nor a representative
has turned up at any of the many meet
ings and so it is to be presumed that
he does not care to enter.
Should this have been an oversight
on his part, it may be stated that, ac-
cording to the opinion of many, Cor
deiro has a perfect right in the race
He has made good showing in every
event in which he has competed here
and the way he ran the ten miles at
the Athletic Park, certainly shows that
he has a chance with all Of them.
Ten Miles Is Best.
A ten-mile race is much better in
every way than a marathon race. It
is not so wearing on the runners and
not nearly so tedious for the specta-
tors. The last marathon provided lit
tie excitement while the previous race
had some feature to arouse the spec
tators in every lap.
A fve-man race of an entirely in
ternational character should be very
interesting. Every one of the men
named can make good time over that
distance and nobody can say that they
will not all finish in a bunch, Just as
Kaoo and Tsukamoto did.
Jackson Should Improve.
1t seems probable that Jackson will
do better in another tenmile race. He
was not particularly fit on the last oc-
casion and beat his own time on that
day several times while training for
the marathon. In fact he actually beat
the winners time on one occasion,
with two minutes for a rundown at the
end of the first five miles. Had he
run right along he would have made
the ten miles in a trife less than one
hour and five minutes.
Charlie has to be reckoned with in
an event of this kind. He keeps up
a consistent pace all the way and, in
the last race, when the leaders slack
led their speed for a few laps, the lit
tie Chinese runner logged along so
steadily that he had passed them be-
fore they knew it.
Sore Feet Are Well.
Tsukamoto is practically recovered
| from the injuries to his feet. He is
in condition to start training at al
most any time now and he is very
| anxious TO get back to work and have
! one more chance.
| Kaoo states that he needs but little
| preparation and is quite confident that
he can win. With all the runners
ready to start training and the almost
arrived at decision to accept the offer
Of the park people, prospects seem
! bright for an international event in
| the near future.