The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-09-24
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS TO GET
. ON WORLDS ATHLETIC MAP
'A Clubs Represented at Meeting Favor Joining
A. A. U.--Committee Appointed to Secure
Signatures to Application.

I the application for membership for
teenth of November.
The eight organizations are the Ka-
mehaneha Schools, the Outrigger Club,
the Trail and Mountain Club, the Y.
NJ. {. A, the Grammar School League.
the Hawaiian Association Football,
the Honolulu Cricket Club and the
Honolulu Yacht Club. Will Lyle, who
represented the latter as well as the
Myrtle Boat Club, was vvery anxious
to have the Honolulu Yacht Club
come under the jurisdiction of the A.
A. L. They are all young fellows. -
he said, land L want to see them get
started right We have good material
among the youngsters and the club is
going to be. a big thing some time, but
II anyone of them get to taking mon
ey or cash prizes it will be all off with
yachting as far as clean sport is con-
cerned. | believe in amateur sports
Throughout We had the wheelmen or
ganized here at one time and any one
who was caught accepting coin for par
! ticipating in any event was barred
no matter how good he was at the
game and he couldn t get race with
| anybody.
''Take some of the ball PLAYERS.
now,' Lyle continued; "they won It
! play in a game unless they get five
| dollars Or a divy out of the winnings
| of some one who has wager on their
! enough out of it to make it worth
while, and this professionalism only
ruins the SPORT
! Healanis Follow Myrtles.
Speaking for the Myrtle Boat Club,
| Lyle said that the Myrtles were anx-
| ious to come into the A. A. e., but If
the Healanis wouldn t they would have
to stay out Bert Lightfoot said that
the Healanis would not stay out if the
Myrtles went in, so it looks like the
| Myrtles first and then the Healanis to
/ the committee.
| Kicker, the new coach at Punahou,
who represented Oahu College at the
meeting, said that he was very much
| in favor of the Oahu College Athletic
Association Joining. but that the asso-
/ citation would have to noid a meeting
first before any official action was taken,
| although he felt sure that the college
| would come in.
Professor Folsom, representing the
High School, was not in a position to
take official action. but he was salts
fed that if Oahu College and the Ka-
mehameha Schools were going in the
High School would. The College of Ha-
wall and st. Louis College were not
represented at the meeting, but Father
| Henry of the Saints. it was said, was
in favor of joining the amateur ranks,
and the College of Hawaii expected to
send delegate to yesterdays meeting
| to fall in line with the rest. However.
with the eight clubs already prepared
to sign the application for membership
| in the \. a. L. and the Healanis just
waiting for the Myrtles to fall into
| line, it is quite likely that the COM
mittee will get the ten signed up within
| a few DAYS. and then the others can
come in at their leisure.
Baseball Teams May Enter.
Winnie wanted to bring the Oahu Col
! leee alumni baseball team into the fold,
| but he was advised to interest some of
| the other teams to join at the same
time Corporal Woodruff was not au-
| thorized to pledge the Military Athletic
| Association one way or the other.
| Woodruff is an individual member of
i the A. A. u, and he said that an athlete
| could not compete IN any amateur event
! in the States unless he had his \. y. L.
| card.
Lorrin Andrews called attention to
| the fact that many athletic events had
| been won by Hawaiian youths who
have attended colleges in the States,
| but that as these Islands are not under
| the jurisdiction of the a. \. T., these
men have to take out their union cards
| from the colleges they attend and are
registered from there, depriving Ha-
| wall of the distinction of turning out
| this record breaking material. When
an athlete goes away from here he has
to start anew. lie may say he has
beaten the world S record putting the
shot in the Hawaiian Islands, but even
if he has there is no officially recog-
niZed account of it, declared Andrews,
and all his past achievements count for
nought. There are a number of Homo
lulu BOYS making good on college teams
in the States at the present time, and
others who invade the Intercollegiate
field this year, who have made records
here that entitle them to recognition.
Advantages of A. A. U.
STANLEY Livingston eXpatiated on the
regulate local sports, and also to put
Hawaii on the athletic map and come
into worldwide recognition. The an
nual dues prescribed by the A. n. I:
are seven dollars and half, to be paid
by each club. Two and half of this
amount goes as annual dues to the ma
tional organization, and the balance OF
five dollars from each club goes to the
local affiliated association This fund
goes toward providing prizes for local
athletic championships. explained law
inoston, and the events here will be
RIM under the direction and supervision
Of the Amateur Athletic Association OF
Hawaii. The individual records OF the
local athletes competing will be kept
in a systematic way, and they Will be
recognized the world over. Sports will
be regulated and raised to higher
nlane than they have ever been, and
with regularly organized body the
means can readily he provided to send
teams to, all the athletic meets in the
states.
Makes Hawaii Prominent.
futile. who represented the Outrigger