The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-03-17
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The final results Of the A. A. U. cham.
pionship meet will not be obtained until
next Saturday afternoon, when the
hammer throw and the javelin throw
will be pulled of. These two instru-
ibents were broken yesterday afternoon
and the scores were incomplete. As the
hnal score stood yesterday afternoon,
the Punahou Athletic Club was leading
with a score OF forty.four, the McKin-
ley track team was second with forty.
two, st. Louis third with thirty pointS
ana Kamehameha was last with score
Of ten.
The meet was successful almost be-
yond expectation, and at no time in the
afternoon was there any manifestation
Of tediousness.. From the l20-yard high
hurdles until the end Of the half.mnle
relay, the spectators watched the events
with great interest.
Out Of a list of fifteen events run
OF, five Island records for the A. A. q.
we're broken, one tied, and one new
record established. The records which
were smashed were the 440-yard run, the
220-yard hurdles, the pole vault, the
discus throw, and the shot-put. The.
record which was tied was the 120.yard
high hurdles. The time for the mile
walk, which is new event in the local
meets, win stand as record until it is
broken. .
Meiin Was Star. Is
Clifford Melin Of the Mckinley track
team starred in the meet by winning
the highest number Of points. This
man piled up thirteen individual points
Besides running in tho Mckinley relay
team, which finished second. He won
two first places and one second. m
The second highest number Of points
went to Thomas Hors Of st. Louis, who
won first place in the 22O low hurdles,
and took second in the ffty-yard dash,
and second in the broad jump, giving
him a total of eleven points. Ben amin
Mills Of the Kan track team and Elisha
Andrews Of the Mckinley team each
ran up a total Of ten points.
One Of the biggest surprises Of the
meet was the running of Mills, a mem.
her Of the Twenty fifth Infantry, at
Sehoheld Barracks. This man won the
440-yard dash and the l00-yard dash
Tor the kaTehameha team, and these
ten points were the only ones the Kan
team won in the whole meet. ":
The first event was the 120-yard high
hurdles. II was generally expected that
either Heinriebs Of the Mckinley track
team or Lyman Of the Punahou Ath.
ietic Club would he the first TO breast
the tape, but the Punahou rooters were
pleasantly surprised, for Harry Baldwin
took the lead at the start, and he beat
out McKinley's crack by several Yards.
John Watt of Punahou finished in third
place. 81. .3........ ''N
Carey Shows Speed. ..
The one mile run, which was the
SECOND track event, proved to be an.
other SURPRISE. II was expected that
Watt Of Punahou, Montgomery of st.
Louis or Comes of PtnahOu would take
hrst place in this event, but the first
man across the tape was Stanley Carey
OF the ~. Louis team. This is the man
who won the Cornell crosse ountry run
20 handily. w, II. Meinecke of Me.
fklnley, who holds the Island record, An
ished q good second, and Jack Lee. a
plucky young runner of Mckinley, fin.
ished IN third place. The time was not
as good as expected, as the winner
eauRht the watch at four minutes and
hityseven seconds. Psi
Inc Dole vault was good race be-.
tween Hans Fassoth Of the z. A. c. and
Elisha Andrews of Mckinley. Andrews
set the Island record last wear, but since
that time Fassoth beat his height in a
school meet, However, Andrews broke
both Island and A. A. u. records for
loral fields by a vault Of eleven feet
eight inches Fassoth came second. and
George Iindley and Gordon Brown, both
of Punahou, tied for third place.
Mills Is Fast.
BENJAMIN Mills, the sole point.wfnner
for the kamehameha track teamA car.
ried of first honors in the 440.yard dash.
and at the same time he broke the A.
A. " Island record by one,fifth of a
second. Brownie Rice of Mckinley fin.
lshed close second, and +. f. Midkiff
}of the p. A. q, came in third.
The high jump was another close fight
IN which Fassoth Of Punahou lost ont
by one inch to Bill Jansen of st. Louis
the present holder Of the Island record
George LindJey took third place with
jump one inch lower than his team.
mate Fassoth, c, :
Clifford Melin cleared up the field in
the fftv,yard dash The St. Louis men
were strongly backing Hore. but this
nan is rather slow on the starts, while
this y Melin's strong point. Harry
Baldwin OF Ppnahou came in third
place WIPE p. p, ~.
The broad Jump went to D. Takcuchi,