The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1911-05-27
The Latest
In Sports
What the wrestIers, Boxers and Base
Ball Artists Are Doing.

Bill Lang got the decision over
Jack Lester, the American heavy
weight, in the sixth round of their
fight in Sydney recently the lat
ter being disqualified for going down
without being hit. Lester broke
away from a clinch in corner
and dropped to his knees in the
center of the ring, with the result
that the refereS Immediately de-
clared Lang the winner. Lester
rose, astonished, and wanted to con-
tinue, saying his arm was wrenched
in the clinch and he went down to
rest it. Twelve thousand people saw
the fight. Lang weighed 1872, Lester
1870. The betting was 5 to 2 on
Lang. Lang was disinclined to force
the fighting, and apparently had
prepared for long contest. Lester
made the pace and in his anxiety to
connect left many openings, which
Lang was not slow to take advant-
age of. Lester's work was charac-
terized by many wild swings to the
body and short rights to the head.
The American was far ahead in. the
first round, but Lang frightened up
afterward, the fighting then be-
coming more even. Lester's attack
was savage. Lang gave ground con-
finally. In the third Lester dropped
for the count of nine from right
to the jaw. Lang took four seconds
in the fifth, receiving left and a
right to the body. In the sixth round
Lester rushed Lang into corner
and landed tremendous swing on
Lang's elbow. Then he broke out Of
the clinch and fell down. Lester is
young coal miner from Gle Elum,
Wash, who, after outboxing every
one in the mining camp, was
matched to fight in some of the
larger cities Of Puget sound, and
made such showing that Tommy
Burns interested himself in:him and
and obtained match with Lang.
Lester is not much over 19 years
old, very strong, but with little ex-
perience.
The annual track meet between
Yale and Harvard was won by the
former 59l2 points to 44Iz. The
teams were close together until the
hammer throw, when the victory
was assured for Yale. The 22O yard
low hurdles finals were run twice,
as in the first attempt the pistol
failed to go off. 1t was agreed to run
the event over and Chisholm of Yale
won, with Cummings and Lewis of
Harvard second and third. In the
two mile run Harvard won all three
places, Wilmington of Honolulu win
ming the event while Yale took all
points in the pole vault, three men
tieing for third. In the jumpoff
Gardner cleared IL feet s inches, a
record for a dual meet, beating IL
feet 6 1-S inches made in 1910. No
other records were broken.
More than 10000 automobiles
were registered in the capitals of the
various states of the Union on May
1, according to a list compiled here.
New York leads,in the number oi
registrations with approximately
10000. Pennsylvania and Cali.
fornia come next with 40, 900 each
Other states having more thar
10, 900 are; Ohio. 80, 400; Illinois
30,0O0; Iowa, 24,20O; Massachu
sets, $4,000; Michigan, 18,O59i
New Jersey, 17,0OO; Missouri
Is, 600; Nebraska, Is, 200; Indiana
Is, 900 Wisconsin, 14,OOO; Kansas
, II, 300; Minnesota, IL, 900; Con
necticut, II 900.
Judge Hand, who was trying thu
suit for defamation of charactel
brought by John M. Ward, formel