The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-06-12
NORTON WINS THREE
MILE RUNNING RACE
Asahi Team Takes Three-Legged
Event and Pig Goes to
Benny Keahu.

Abe Norton Won the three emile race
at Athletic Park yesterday afternoon,
covering the distance in eighteen min
utes and f0rty-scven seconds. Out of
the twelve who were scheduled to start
in this event, only five went in. They
were Loo Yit. who took George Holt s
place, Holt not putting in an appear
ance; T. Ben jamin, from the Kameha-
meha Schools, second; Abe Norton of
the Mckinley High School, third; Wah
Kai Ho, fourth, and II. Godfrey, cap
tain of the nam athletic team, fifth.
Norton took the lead from the start,
with young Benjamin close behind him
and Godfrey trailing along in third
place The two Chinese dropped out in
the fourth lap, and the race continued
to the finish in the original order.
Norton. however, gained half a lap
over Benjamin at the finish and was
right on Godfrev's heels, with the lat
ter one lap behind when he crossed the
tape Norton was presented with a cup
as the first prize, while benjamin and
Godfrey each won a silver medal.
The second event of the amateur
sports was three-iegged race between
six teams of the Oahu Junior Baseball
League Ikeda and Koijama of the
Asahi team won this event; George
Holt who turned up later, and Sam
Hop, came in second. and Tin Yin and
John I.o were third. 1t was decided TO
make this race once around the track,
instead of a half-mile. and the winning
team covered the distance, about a sixth
Of a mile, in fifty-nine seconds. The
entries were Wan Kai and Lu Zip Of
the Muhocks: All Tin and !. Hoy of
the same baseball team; George Holt
and Sam Hop of the Palamas, third;
Tin Yin and John LO of the c. \. c.,
fourth, and Ikeda and koijama, fifth.
The winning team gained the lead from
the start and cut in from fifth place to
the inside of the track. Nah hal and
Lu Zip caught up, and both teams col
lided and fell down at the upper end
of the track, but recovered their feet
again The Wah kai-Lu Zip team came
in ahead in gallop, but several of the
men We're only tied together at the
knees or the ankles, and the race was
run over again.
Following this event a small pig was
brought out and lathered all over with
grease. All the small boys in the
nelghborhood lined up for the scrim-
mage and the animal was turned loose.
He was so small and so scared that he
couldn't run and the youngsters scored
touchdown at once. Two more tries
were decided upon for the best two
out-of three and Benny Keahu carried
off the prize.
Charles f. ChIllingwOrth, who acted
as Judge Of the events, awarded the
prizes and made a congratulations
speech to Sam Hop for getting up the
entertainment which had attracted a
large crowd, while the grandstand
shouted approval.
Following the races and pig stunt
the Asahis and Muhocks played an ex-
citing game of ball in which the Asahis
won To ,. All the runs were made
in the first inning by both the teams
A triple play was made in the last
inning by the Asahis. Akeo. of the
| Nuhocks. got to first on the pitcher :
error and Sing Tai bingled to left field
and got IA first sending Akeo to sec
ond. Clement Wong then hit liner
which was caught by the shortstop
who threw Ia second. and the second
| baseman hurled the ball to first in time
| to put the third man out.
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