The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-03-27
KING BEATS
TSUKAM0TO

Doc mo- doubt u- tO the dulllll uI sol.
der James %. King TO- beat the Japa.
neso runner Tsukamoto. AT the end
Of the race King was more than two
thirds of a mile ahead, and the Japa-
ncso wanted to quit He was beaten
fairly and squarely, and there can be
no excuses Tsukamoto must now be
relegatcd to the second class Of rum
ners, for over the twenty-mile course
he could not hold a $50 gait Neither
did King, for that matter, but after
nine miles run at an average speed
Of G.34 10, King cut the tenth out
I'm $50 and then, as he was not push.
ed, he logged along to the finish, win
ming by four and half laps in 21S.44,
averaging CSC per mile.
Tsukamoto was first away, setting a
clip Of SAC for the first mile, which
was too fast for the other runners, eX-
cept King, who was at the Jap's
shoulder all the time after the first
couple Of laps. For nine miles King
kept just behind the Jap, letting him
set the pace, but from IL miles on
wards it was King who set the pace,
set it to so good a purpose that in
the second half Of the race he gained
twothirds of a mile-ran Tsukamoto
Off his feet.
The Jap ran confidently enough IN
the earlier stages of the race, and
seemed to have good winning
chance, though several times when he
tried to shake King off, he found that
the soldier was capable of meeting all
the demands made on him. Half 4
dozen times during the first half of
the race, the Jap tried fancy stunts
sprinting for a couple of hundred
yards or less, amid yells of encour
agement from the Japanese Fans, but
all to no purpose The faster the
Jap ran, the faster King ran, and like
a shadow the soldier followed the Jap
round the track.
After running three and a half
miles, the Jap made a fine effort TO
leave King, but no! King kept with
him; two and half miles later Tsuk-
amoto made a similar effort, with the
same result. Then as the ninth mile
was completed, King took a hand in
the pace-setting. He shot ahead Of
the Jap, but gave way almost imme-
diately as Tsukamoto accepted the
challenge. Three times in the first
half of the tenth mile this happened
but after completing 12 miles King
set out in earnest, and though the
Jap tried to hold the pace set, he had
to give up, shaking his head negative.
ly as King forged ahead yard after
yard. In that lap King gained twenty
pleted the tenth mile he was $50
yards to the good He ran the tenth
mile in 5.56, against ZIP for the ninth
At 10 1-2 miles, King Tapped the jar
1898 YARDS, and then ran just behind
him for two and a half miles. Again
he went ahead, and once more Tsull
amoto failed to hold him. King steal
lily increased his lead, getting his sec
ond lap on the Jap after running /
IL miles. For close on three Laps
the pair ran together before Kinl
went ahead again, and in the mex
seven laps he gained his third lap
This was after sixteen miles and on,
lap had been run Then for twent,
laps King remained in close attendance
n on the Jap, neither gaining nor losing
n content to hold his opponent.
5, When King HAD run 10 10 miles
g Tsukamoto being half a mile behind
S the latter faltered and then stopped
e looking absolutely done up. KIM
D quickened up, and though the JaI
started again at the earnest solicita
:, ton of Sam Hop, he hadn't the slight
est chance of holding King, let alon
t gaining on him With a lap to &c
It King shot out and finished with a re
d markable burst of speed over the las
n 25O yards, indicating how much n
l. still had in reserve. He Tapped tn
e Jap for the fourth time, and fnishe
, half lap ahead of him. The las
. mile was run in Gas.
- Frank Scharsch ran 8 2-9 miles, b,
ing l-2 laps behind King ard Tsul
II amoto when he gave up, owing to hi
3 ankle giving way. David Malo ran !
s. IA miles, but by that time he was
s ga miles in the rear.
or The times for each mile were Is