Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-03-10

T Breaking one island record and
equalling two others on the interschol-
tastic list, the Kamehameha and Pun
ahou athletes went. at il with hammer
and tongs on Alexander Field last Sat
urday afternoon in their annual track
and field meet, which resulted in the
members of the former aggregation
romping away with the honors- with
a total of "a points. leading their op-
ponents by II.
/ Adding greatly to the success of the
meet, perfect weather conditions pre-
vailed throughout the afternoon, and
although it iaoked for a while near
! the end as if it were going to rain,
/ it was evident that at the last
moment Jupe Pluvius became inter
ested, and decided not to start any
5 thing. While there was but a scat
i tering of townfolk in attendance, the
/ Kamehameha cadets and the Punahou
, boosters were out in full force to
cheer their champions on to victory.
| Little groups of the Kamehameha
men gathered on the grassy slopes
! running down to the track and gave
/ vent to their enthusiasm by Justify
roofing for their individual stars.
! When a Punahou man made good
showing, Dean Undertake rounded
! up his little band of noise makers
and ground out a few old Blue and
Gold yelis. The crowd was orderly
, and did not at any time interfere with
the handling of the various events.
Altogether there was no time sched-
ule to govern the meet, all the events
were run in rapid succession.
Edge on Cornell Cup
As a result of the dual meet last
Saturday afternoon, it is now evident
which of the two teams has the bet
ter chance of winning the Cornell
Cup meet, scheduled to take place
next Saturday afternoon on Alexander
Field. The dope which was given out
by the local track fans prior to the
dual meet, to the effect that the Ka..
mehamehas would win, has proved to
be the real thing, and it looks now as
though the Cornell cup were easily
within the grasp of that aggregation.
However Punahou put up plucky
fight, and with good hard training
during the coming contest, the ath-
letes should stand as good a show of
winning as any other team on the
field.
The first event of the afternoon
was called promptly at ten minutes
before three o'clock, the 5O-yard men
stepping up to the tape in response
to the call of the announcer. Five
men entered this race, three from
Kamehameha and two from Punahou.
At the crack of the piston Manoha,
the speedy sprinter of Kamehameha,
jumped into. the lead with Kalanihuia,
also of Kamehameha, close on his
heels. These two entrants nearly
tied for first place, but at the last
moment Manoha forged to the front,
winning the event in five and two
fifths seconds, according to the
timers, tieing both the island and the
American A. A. U. record for this
distance. William Paris, of Punahou,
was a close third.
Fassoth Breaks Record
The big surprise of the afternoon
came at the finish of the pole vault
when Hans Fassoth, the lanky ath-
lete of Punahou, ordered the bar to
be set at eleven feet, four and one
quarter inches. There was a gasp OF
surprise from the crowd which sur
rounded the sand pit, for this heigth
was even greater than that covered
by Elisha Andrews when he won the
event at the A. A. U. meet a week
ago Taking firm grasp on the pole,
FaSsoth ran at the bar-and baked.
The hopes of the Punahou men fell
like the mercury of an Alaskan Their
mometer But Hans was game. Meas /
uring the length on his pole, he got
still further back, sprinted the dis
lance and scared up into the air,
clearing the bar with good two
inches to spare Then there was a
shout, for he had not only broken the
interscholastic record, but had smash
ed that of the local A. A. US as
we'll. Hipa, of Kamehameha, came a
good second by clearing the bar at
eleven feet, one-fourth inches, while
Hitchcock, of Punahou, was third with
ten feet to his credit. .
Another interscholastic record was
equaied during the meet when Opunui,
VI otCi wv
hundred and twenty yards Of low
hurdles in twenty-seven and two
fifths seconds, leading Coney, of
Punahou, by but a few feet. Wal
aleale, of Kamehameha, was a good
third in this event
Perhaps the most grilling race of
the afternoon was the one-mile run,
which was won by John Watt, of
Punahou, in four minutes, fifty-nine
and three-fifths seconds, one and
seconds slower than the
record At the crack of
the pistol in the hand of Starter Fred
B. Lau, Watt jumped in to the lead
and was soon several yards ahead of
Jones and declared her individual
chamDion and winner of the meet IT .