The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-02
GOOD PERFORMANCES AND
POOR ONES MARK FIRST
A. A. j. HELD IN HAWAII

The first field and track meet held
under A. A. U, auspices was pulled off
on Saturday afternoon at Alexander
Field in the presence of about 500
spectators.
The weather was as fine as could be
desired, and considering the fact that
several of the officials were new hands
at the game, the affair went through
with eclat
There were a good many ladies pres
ent, but as no one thought of provid-
ing seats for them, they either had to
stand or sit down on the damp ground.
The meeting was devoid of sensa-
tional incident, and though Rice ran a
nice hundred, the performances, with
one or two exceptions, were way be-
low standard.
This may be accounted for by the
fact that this is not the season for
track work. The A. A. U. will hold it's
next meeting on Washington's Birth
day, probably, and then there should
be a smashing of pretty nearly every
existing island record,
All island records existing prior to
Saturdays meet are wiped out, and
good or bad, the performances record
on Saturday will go to the A. A. U.
headquarters and VIII appear in due
course in the annual handbook pub
lished by that body.
A feature of the meet was the good
all round work done by F. NJ. Freisell,
an old University of Oregon man and
q star football player, as we'll as
champion all round athlete. He played
on the famous University of Nevada
team in the year when they defeated
Stanford.
Friesell went into the meet on Sat
urday practically unframed, but not
withstanding this, took firsts in the
broad jump and low hurdles, and sec
onds in the high jump and weight
events. His hurdling was a treat to
witness. He promises to be in the
best of shape for the next meeting,
and if so will doubtless give Hawaii
some records to be proud of.
Rice ran away with the hundred in
10 1-5 seconds, though the more expert
timers caught him nearer 10 3-5. 1t
was good performance, however, for
the course looked to be bit upgrade
for the first fifty yards.
If Gerhardt of the Olympic Club
comes here this month he will prove
a good trial horse for Rice, as he is a
sure 10 2-5 man, and through him
reliable line may be obtained on just
how good the local runner is.
In the high jump Hans Fassoth, the
Kauai man, went over the bar at 5
feet So inches. He should do cou-
pie of inches better with proper coach
ing and would be a good man to go up
against Bressi of the Olympic Club in
this event.
H. p. O'Sullivan won the shot put,
defeating Frank Kanae, who, however,
managed to win the hammer throw
with a sling of 1O1 feet inches. This
was a good performance for a man
who has done absolutely no training
for the past five years and makes one
wonder what kind of an athlete Kanae
would have been had he always taken
proper care of himself.
The county band was present and
added greatly to the enjoyment of the
afternoon.
100 Yards.
w. S. Rice went away at the flash
and won easily by two yards and a
half G.. Manoha being second a foot
in front of ]. B. Fernandez of Kauai.
Time. 10 1-5 seconds.
Mile Run.
Coming past the finish mark the
second time, the order was J. Cora,
Bert Mott and S. Benjamin. Cora was
running strongly with Mott at his
heels, The third time round saw Mott
couple of feet ahead of Cora, with
Benjamin still lying third. Mott and
Cora ran neck and neck into the
! straight and then Mott sprinted and
| Cora died away to nothing and looked
like stopping. Mott Stacked up a bit
and Cora set himself going again and
by a tremendous effort just managed
to get up and shars the honors of a
dead heat. The dead heat will be run
off on the 2Sth inst. at Alexander Field
in order to decide the disposition Of
the medals offered for the event. The
| time was SPA 3-5.