The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-02-28
SEVENTY
ENTRIES ARE IN
Tremendous Enthusiasm Marks
Close of HaIeiwa Race
Entries.

OeSenty-nVe atnleteS are entered Tor
the big Haleiwa race Sixty-three of
them will go on foot and twelve of
them on wheel. The enthusiasm with
which the people of this town have
taken the matter up has been unprece-
dented. The idea of the race has put
the desire to get fit and show what can
be done into the breast of many an
otherwise Stacker.
The great beauty of it is that, while
many prominent and recognized ath- {
letes have entered, there are many who
are not connected with any athletic :
organization of any kind and they are /
the ones that these events are intended
for
Many complimentary remarks have !
been heard round town on the action /
of the committee in promoting this race
and the sportsmen who got together |
to make the affair a success are to be
congratulated. The local press is unan-
imous in boosting the race and making
public all the details and it bids fair
to be far and away the biggest thing of
The first entry to be made was that
of Chas. NJ Albrecht. and he was
closely followed by George Nelson, the
athletic marine from Camp Very Of
all those who may be said to have a
really good chance, the Dane must
surely take a place, for he takes great
care of himself and has recently been
/ training for two boxing matches,
which is as good a way to get fit for
/ a Marathon as any.
| Joe Nascimento is well known in
| Kakaako as an athlete and ball-player,
and he looks as trim and ready for a
long race as anybody. Maurice Lee
brescu is another marine. He is a
| slightly built fellow, but every ounce
of him is muscle or bone, and he APP
pears typical long distance man.
Herbert Cordeiro is another ball
player who may be expected to do
things. He comes from Eva, where he
has name for being a clever athlete,
and the whole population of that neigh
horhood will be out to watch him go
by and cheer him along the course.
E. NJ. Cheatham is surely one of the
runners that has to be reckoned with.
He made a splendid showing in all the
recent walking races. Three times he
has come in third, and each time was
close up to the winners. He is tai
and has long legs that will stand him
in good stead when it comes to long
distance. Walking or running, his
stride will take him over the ground
at fine gait, and this, combined with
undoubted pluck and staying power,
will make him very dangerous man.
| Sam Hop, of course, is in the race.
, This little Chinaman is thoroughly
, game from his toes up, and he has a
| wind box as big and as strong as d
Il safe When old Sam comes hiking
: down to the finish you may be sure
I that there won t be many of them in
front of him. Sam is representing the
: Mu Hook Society, and his fellow mem
r bers are arranging for an automobile
to follow him and give him encourage
/. ment and refreshment by the way
t Aliiolani College will have two rep
e resentatives in the race-A. *. Brod
S erick and G. A. Richard. Both these
$ lads are in the very pink of condition
I as they have been playing soccer dur
I ing the past season and are as hare
and fit as the average sehoolboy al
$ ways is. Richard is tall and has
/ | long stride, while Broderick is shorte
: and of stoeky build. They boil
u have great staying powers, and tn
I Kaimuki college will have no reason
} to be ashamed of its representatives.
Passing down the list of entries W
- note many well-known athletes an
:, all-players. The Freitas cousin:
Nigel Jackson, Timas, the twirlin
kid; Johnny Enos and Ralph Clark arr
10 perhaps, the most notable of thes,
q Every one of these contestants
. ready for a hard race and will max
70 things hum along the road to Haleiw;
< The most notable entry of all is tina
st of P. J. Walsh, the oldtime athlet
and long distance walker. He is fl
and away the oldest contestant, an
shows wonderful pluck and confdenc
in his own powers to enter the Ion
race. With all his age he has plent
of stamina left. and he will certaini
s' make some of the younger runners loo
foolish before the heights of Leilehr
It are reached.
at Henry Chillingworth, the Hig
- School athlete, will carry the hopes
% hundreds of well wishers There is
ne keener sportsman in this town tia
ne Henry. He goes in for all kinds
y games with vim and go that max
ng him very successful, and it would
N impossible to find lad with clean
'ly and keener sporting spirit. 1t will
let great surprise if he does not cor
ne, in well up with the leaders, and w
ne knows but the High School may ta
alf the cups
he En- Sue and Achieu are both eat'
IRE ed in the bicycle race. They both ri
1ai wheel a good deal, and are in go
practise for the hard climb to the t
of the divide at Leilehua Char
m. Gilliland is another regular rider a
va, is as we'll liked as he is known
town.
w. Sylvester Garida is trooper in
f.; 5th Cavalry and has long record
successful bicycle riding. He has b
f.; experience on both road and track, a
A. the boys at the camp feel very col
dent that he viii be able to carry
G. first prize.
EFT, The official list of entries is as
lows:
Chas. NJ. Albreeht, Geo. d. Nels