Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-11-29

II must have been curious sight
for strangers In our midst to see boys,
born and bred In these semi.trOpical
islands. defeating men born In cold
Saturday last.
The Military track meet at the
League grounds simply once more
proved that our boys can hold their
own with any athletes, either here or
on the mainland.
Hawaii has sent lads to the main
land schools. colleges and universities
and In all cases have they made good
In athletics as well as study.
And now, on our own soil, our boys
have once more shown what they can
do In the different branches of ath.
letics.
In the Military Association sports
meeting the National Guard OF Hawaii
representatives simply won nearly ev.
orything in sight
With the exception of the tug-of.war
In which they did not compete, and
the throwing the hammer event, In
| which McCandless, who had already
competed IN a dozen events, ran sec
ond. the Guards took all first prizes.
In McCandless, Rice, En- Sue. Carey.
Williams and O'Sullivan, Hawaii has
q bunch Of athletes We may well be
pround Of. Add Antoine Kaoo to the
team and we have a team that would
make most cities OF ten times our
size look to its laurels.
The track meet was a perfect sue.
cess In every way, and the manage.
ment could not have been better. Notn.
ing but the cleanest kind OF sport was
to be seen and although there was
humping affair In the quarter mile
run. 1t was purely accidental, and due
to the circular track being so small
There was large attendance OF
military people and a fair smattering
of civilians. The greatest interest
was taken In the events and at times
the excitement ran high. The Ha.
| waiian band played some excellent
selections during the afternoon, and
the music was much appreciated.
The opening event was the 50-yards
dash, and It was run In three heats.
Mcdonald won the first heat from
Treuer; time 5 AS secs. The second
heat went to Rice, who won easily
from Breen; time 9 seconds. The
third heat was won on sufferance by
McGorkin, with En- Sue. pulling up.
second.
| The final was fine race between
Rice, En- Sue and Mcdonald, and they
finished In that order; time 80 sec.
onds.
| Rice has the makings Of a worlds
champion II taken In hand by some.
one, and shown thing or two about
getting the best out OF himself.
In the high jump, McCandlcss did
excellent work and won the event by
clearing 8 feet "a inches. His near.
est competitor. Foley, got over feet
inches. Keeshaw and Conner tied
for third place.
The tug.of-war resulted In an easy
WIN for the Marines whom quick time,
defeated the Twentieth Infantry and
the Fifth Cavalry.
| Then the half-mile came up for dis.
oussion, and dozen runners faced the
starter. Nelson, the well known Mar.
Inc boxer and footballer. dashed of
when the pistol went, but had run
himself blind at the 500 yards post.
Carey. who had been running well
within himself, then took the lead
and going along alone, won In a trot
with Peterson and SOrenson second
and third; time Minis IS IA secs.
Tile 100-yards dash brought out a
dandy field, and 1t, like the 50-yards
AFFAIR, was run in three heats
The first heat went to Rice. who
won by Ave yards from Chiffon In the
slow time Of II seconds The second
heat which was run In the same time
was won by En- Sue with Mccall. who
ran gamely, second.
Mcdonald beat Spicer In the third
Eeat by five yards; time 10 "a secs.
The final was a grand race and six
men toed TIE scratch. Rice had the
inside running, and En- Sue was on
| The extremea botside.os 10
At the crack of the pistol the six