Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-01-16
M'KINLEY IS A
keen CONTENDER
IN FIELD MEET
Black and Gold Wearers Like
Iy to Give Punahou and Kan
Hardest Sort of Rub


Track is the big sport with the
Mckinley High School athletes az
preseH-, and all the running and
jumping talent in the school has been
haId at work preparing for what the
high school supporters say viii be q
banner lot OF meets for them. TAX.
ing all things into consideration. the
wearers Of the black and gold figure
that they have as good chance "a
win the Cornell meet and interscho-
lastic meet, which decides the 1914
champion. as any other school I'm the
league, and II they show the same
fighting spirit that was continually in
evidence during the past football sea-
son, they win give Kanehameha and
Punahou the hardest rub they have
felt for the last few years
Every afternoon good sized squat
Of veterans and hopes may be seen
kicking up the dust on the Boys Field
track, or trying ont the jumping nit
under the direction OF Coach Glenn
Jackson and often crosscountFy run
ners may be seen out on the roads
and by-ways wearing the HACK and
gold. The spirit Is running high
among the MeKinleyites, and all the
runners are beginning TO figure iIlkt
how much work viii be necessary for
the next meet.
Owing to the fact that he win be
unable to run this year, Max BoIle
has resigned his place as captain Of
the track team. ami Campbell Gro
xier has been elected to lead the High
school during the rest Of the season.
Crozier Is a distance runner. cross
country being his fa9orite run, and
he has taken special notice TO the
three-milers A squad Of long run
men has been rounded up. and when
the final team Is picked there will be
some keen competition among them
for places on the team OF eight. jan
uarY 80 will be the day Of the inter
class run, and the result will decide
who win cover the course against the
other schools.
Among those who win 30 the lions
share Of the work in the long run.
and the four. three and two mile re-
lays in the Cornell meet are Amos.
Brownie Rice. Lee. Melin, Wlcke
and Bush Amos won the cross-coun-
try race in 1913 and HIS teammates
are looking forward to another victory
on his part Brownie Rice and
Melin are probably the two strongest
allrround men on the high school list
last season. Both Of them show up
we'll IL everything, ffo1 ne Anndfed
yard dash 70 the mile run, and with
the adj or couple more good men
they should be able to form as fast
an fnterscholastic relay team as can
be gathered. The last three mentioned
are men who are rather new az run
ming, although neyertheless promis.
ing. Bush viii be strong man IN
the thfee-miIe pun, as win Wieke,
While Lees race Is the mile.
Much Is expected Of Wtcke IN the
pole vault, for il Is claimed that he
is past the 10-foot mark and Is we'll
on his waysto II Coach. jackson has
been giving him some helpful point.
ers and has had him training hard for
the past month. The KahaIewai
brothers will also be in good form
when the final time Is reached and
much is expected Of Sam In the long
runs. In hts first road run he was
not well and that partly accounts for
the fact that he did not come nearer
to the front.
Cheering and school spirit wiz be
In order when the schools come to-
gether and the High school has not
forgotten what this did Tor their
team In the recent football games.
Cheer King Macmillan Bolte viii
soon hold a few cheering fetes, and
the boys and girls Of the school VIII
have a chance to see how their
voices are working Coach jackson
has lost none OF his life, and when he
starts to do things with the McKin.
ley students something Is bound to
happen