The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-09-09
LEAGUE DEFERS
TO TENN MILE RACE
Baseball Games Postponed So
as to Allow Fans to See
Tsukam0t0s

In Difference to the management of
the Athletic Park, which is bringing
off the great tenmile championship
race next Saturday afternoon, the big
league held meeting yesterday after
noon and decided to postpone their
baseball games.
The chief interest in this race cen
tiers round Tsukam0to, the japanese
runner from Hilo and Nigel jackson,
the Britisher who won the thirty-two-
mile race to Haleiwa and the Marathon
race at the League grounds, but was
defeated by Tsukamoto in the ten-mile
race at Hilo.
An excellent picture of the Jap ap-
pears on another page. Never was a
runner entered in a race in Honolulu
with so much backing as Tsukamoto.
The entire japanese colony is very
much stirred up over the event and
an unbelievable amount of money has
been raised to provide for his training
and other expenses and to wager on
his chance of winning the race.
Reports in the local japanese papers
state that Tsukamoto was presented
with $500 purse, on his arrival IN Ho-
nolulu, for training and other expenses
and that certain local japanese mer-
chant has no less a sum than $2ooo,
put up by local japanese enthusiasts to
wager on their countryman.
Japs Are Enthusiastic.
Never before have the local Japs
been so worked up over contest here.
They are perfectly sure that Tsuka-
motto can win and they are getting their
money together to back their CON
fdenee. 1t is not likely that much
wagering will be done on the race but
that is not the fault of the japanese.
They do not see how their man can
lose. They say that man who comes
from family of rickshaw men, VINO
has been used to trotting mile AFTER
mile with a heavy load tagging oenind
him. can easily outrun any haoie.
With eighteen men entered IN the
race and each one of them having
well-earned name as a local athlete,
the chances of the race are literary
IS to /. From Abe Norton, the first
on the list to Antoine kaoo, the last
name sent in, there is not name that
can be picked out whose owner mas
not royal chance to WIN the hfSe
prize.
The Probable Judges.
The iudges have not yet been select
ed by the management but their names
will he announced either in the after
noon papers or tomorrow morning. ID.
Nj. Avres will probably act as one or
the Judges or referee, Eddie Fernandez
has signifed his willingness to be one
of the officials and Stevenson OF the
Bulletin, and Jack Densham OF the Al
vertiser, have also stated that they
will help out in all they can do.
!, Nigel Jackson is still working hard
and, without any undue imelight effect,
he is allowing the public to see what
he can do. Yesterday at the Athletlc
Park he ran five miles in 3l.40 without
! exerting himself and states that ne
! can keep up faster time than that tor
/ the whole ten miles.
Jackson is not the only one VINO is
/ making good time in training. Little
! c. K. Charlie battered off seven miles
| the other day in excellent time. Tsuka'
| motto did six miles in very fast time
on the track yesterday morning, but
; his time was not given out. The GENIAL
| OflenIal WIN the stoP""oCh ANA"3oN -
say what his ticker recorded.
| Scoring All Fixed.
The scoring arrangements, the most
! important part of the whole race are
| being looked after in every detail
| Eighteen score boards are being made
| and there will be a man to each board
| All each scorer will have to do will
| be to watch his own man and make a
record of laps and miles every time he
! comes around. There is not the least
possible chance for a mistake and this
! department will certainly be run with
| out flaw.