The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-04-13
[From sunday Adverllser.l

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Perfect weather overhead, Z fas,
track underneath, and the athletes ID
r9lendid condition, were the elements
which made the Y. NJ. @. A. track meet
TIE success II waa The meef, which
occurred AZ Alexander Field yesterday
afternoon, smashed two Island and A,
A. y. records and tied one more, while
others were threatened during the
course Of the ffteen events. k
CLIFFORD Melim started on with break
inf the Island record for the 220 which
stood AZ 20 BY making It in 20 As, Mills
ihcn tore down the field and tied the
100 yard dash in 10 l.S Then TO put
ne climax on the afternoon, Sid Nick
olson heaved the discus out l16 feet
liz inches thereby breaking the old
record which was his own, by feet
Brown y Hgh Man
Gordon Brown won high points Of
The afI1Inoon BY smashing a total Of
% IA He accomplished this BY win
ming seconds In the discus, high hurdles,
shot put, and broad jump, hrsts in the
high jump and pole vault, and he re-
eeived his IA points BY running on
the winning relay team. Melim took
second high point mao with n poinss
received By winning hrsts in the 81
yard dash, 220 dash, and 900 hurdles,
second IN the 100 yard dash, and 40
yard nun. Mills acquired IL points aud
won them with his hrsts In the 100 yard
dash and 40 yard run, second in the
90 yard dash and 220 yard dash, and
third IN the broad jump. i
The records made in the meet YES
tcrday seem the more remarkable when
Il Is considered that Il IL the first meet
this year where any Island or a. A. Y.
record has been beaten. Not only were
the 220 yard dash and discus throw
records broken and the 100 yard dash
tied but Gilbert Brown broke this
years walking race records by seconds
when he did Il in minutes SO sr5
The b. AZ o. team, managed by Gil
bert Brown won the meet. A grea.
deal Of credit Is also due o. p. Soares
and w. II. Meineeke for the manner
IA which they organized their teams
for the meet. IL Il . marked tendency,
AZ the end Of the scholastic track sea-
son TO let down in training but these
men enlisted the best track men Of the
meet yesterday resulted.
UIis ran TO Form
In the hundred ward Hasa, which
opened the meet, Mills seemed st bis
best and ran . splendid race, nosing
out q Meiim for the record. In the
high hurdles which followed, X. Bald
win was again seen In a track suit and
ne easily led the field winning in II
seconds 1at The mile run was largely
4 race between Stiekney and Meineeke
with Rasenian q few yards aehiJd. But
0liekney again showed sprint &C the
finish and took the time OF 5 minutes
of-5 seconds, f s. X
MeIim displpyed the best II his sprint
ing power IN his finals Of the SO yard
dash He won this from Mills in
2-5 tieing The record Of Rice which
stood for 30 long Sid Nicholson won
the shot put when he heaved 1t out 30
feet Z inches. In the % yard dash
MeIim again showed strong and had
The edge ON Mills while Midkif was
pushing both men closely. MeIim here
broke the record Of Hore which stands
a. % fat The half mile seemed about
the only slow race Of the afternoon and
8tiekney won Il easily in 2 minutes p
3-5 seconds.
The mile walk was probably the most
exciting OF the afternoon. IL brought
Gilbert Brown and w, H. Meinecke to
Rcther again and each was bound "a
win. Brown took the lead at the start
and he was never headed. Time and
nRain Meinecke made a noble effort d
mass him, but his opponent was able "a
Keep him from taking the lead. Finally
on the last stretch the two men were
stfidlhg II side by side. Both mef
were walking IN perfect form, bui
Brown seemed TO have the longer stride
Not until within ten yards Of the tape
did Brown head Meineehe more than q
foot, but he won nut Nv yard In the
very fast time OF s.35 3-5.
1lidlin u Third
Mills won the 440 In So seconds owe,
Nelim Midkih took an easy third
Tho last race Of the afternoon was tht
half mile relay and the usual excite
pcnt attached 10 this race. On Its re