Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-01-20

" neTS, and C0FneH graduates here
are anxious to foster the spot
They have therefore offered q cup 1of
the annual interscholastic cross cOHr-
t. event, in which four schools viii
enter teams this year, and have addCE
considerable interest to the race
though the naming of ne wcOndition@
to govern The contest.
heretofore the cross country race,
hat been such in name only, the run
ners plodding along the roads, and
giving fields and furTow wide berth.
There has been no real cross country
work, with natural obstacles to sur
mount, such as bringing out the true
class Of the competitors, and this has
Eeen a source of regret to those who
appreciate the niceties of the sport.
Last year the Punahou-Kam race was
from the Waikiki inn to the High
School, about the most uninteresting
course that could have been selected,
With the going over hard and uneven
roads, far from easy on the men.
This year there is to be a decided
innovation, for the course is to be laid
cut by the cup donors, and the runners
themselves are to be kept in ignor-
ance of the route until the last min
ute. Shortly before the start the cap
tain of each team is to receive a map
of the course, with full directions, and
IL is up to him to pilot his mates over
il. Just what are the ideas of the col
lege grads IN regard to the race mas
lot be definitely stated, but it is un-
derstood that they favor cross coun-
try event in the broader sense of the
wcrd, and that the going will not be
entirely confined to the highways this
year. Ii this is so, and 4 good stir
4-mile course is laid out over obsIa-
cles, the event will be in every way
an improvement on the former ones. 1t
swil be a better test of speed, skill
ard Representatives., and will be more
entertaining for both competitors and
spectators. Z. ,s5,.ss.,ig, - ..,
-Four schools will g.Probably enter
teams this year, which will make a
much larger field than formerly and
will add considerably 10 khe interest,
Kan and r,unahou we're the only con-
tenders last season, but High School
and Mills Institute have got into the
game, and will send representatives.
Last spring rAamehameha and Puma
hou hooked up twice, the former win
ming both events, with j. Jones cross
= ing the line. first 10th times. The
first run, from Waikiki Inn to Thomas
Square, was extremely close, the
Kams winning by the narrowest mar
gin, but the second run, ten days
later, over a more varied course in
the neighborhood of the Kan school,
was an easier victory for that team.
So
Ed Hedemann has started the
fashion In motor boats with a speedy
craft in which he burned UP the wa
tiers of the hafbor yesterday morning.
The boat has a 40 h. p! engine only,
but is SO designed that it noses sky
ward in approved style, and makes
everything else in the harbor look as
if it were backing. The Boat is chris
tened Dot ii. she is classy little
craft.
The loca! branch of the A. A. U, is
doing the right thing in perfecting
plans for the annual track and field
championship and the spring swim
ming meet we'll ahead of time. 1t is
planned to hold both, these events on
February % or, il this date clashes
with other carnival attractions, a
week later. The club representatives
made a good selection at the meeting
last Saturday, when they named the
committee which is to get up the pro
gram and complete arrangements. A.
T. Longley, G. H. futile, J. F. SOper,
w. l.. Johnson and Lorrin Andrews
are all experienced men, and capable
of getting up the best kind Of a card.