Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-22
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! games promise to be IN A much more
| extensive Scale even than was Il
| first ANTICIPATED They are to be hell
at the HOngkew park from Saturday.
May l.. TO NAV 30. and the arrange
! ments arr being flushed forward as
RAPIDLY rs ItS,. ME.
Even At this sage it is possible
| to form q good iGe& Of the manner
! in which tue VHrieus events will b."
| competed for. and everything points
to q most successful and profitable
meeting. The tracks are in course
of construction. end among tho nrin-
cfDal ones will be the Ouarter-mile
Cinder track. which is being built a.
Cordine to the most modern plan. 1t
will measure 10 feet from the inside
curve with a bank of 2 feet on the
outside. thus enabling the comDeti-
tors in the running and cycling events
/ to get all the speed of which they
are capable.
The baseball events will doubtless
be amongst the most ponulsr features
nf the program The American Base
hall Association is behind this branch
and a number of prominent PLAYERS
from different parts of the world are
expected ~ be present.
In addition to baseball team.
.Tapan is sending four of its hest lawn
tennis nlavers. including Kumagae.
the national chamnion. This will he
his 6rst visit to China. and although
he hos always nlaved on the hard
courts. II is evnactad that nlentv ~
rrantiso before the tennis events viii
enable him IN overcome anv little
handican which might arise through
the change from hard to grass courts.
Osaka is sending two long-distanee
running men. and also their hest attn
lates tn compete IN the Marathon and
the mile race Swimmers will come
from Nagasaki
From all over China.
A very pleasing feature of the
gathering is the immense interest
shown bv the Chinese youths. North
China will supply great many snrint-
ers and Jumpers. men at the weights.
and also a basketball team South
China is sending swimmers. volley"
ball team. cyclists and number or
runners. hut IT has -natsEat been de-
cided who will supply the football
teams. A general opinion prevails
that the best men are in Hongkong.
but the recent success Of the Nam
yang team in. winning the local city
championship puts them also in the
running. There will. therefore, be
test match between North China. the
hest that can be obtained in Shang-
hal. and South China, and the best
of these three teams will be chosen
to represent China in the open foot
ball games. 1t is the idea Of the
committee to get the best representa-.
tive team available.
DR.. Edward Kau of St Luke's hos
pital is captain Of the baseball team
which will play in the Far Eastern Sc
ries, but wifi withdraw in favor OF
the Honolulu team, which will repre-.
sent China in the open SERIES This
series will attract teams representa-.
tive of China, Japan, the Philippine
Islands, an aIl-Ameriean navy team
and a Shanghai team. From the Phil
ippines upwards Of rs competitors
viii attend the Shanghai meeting.
They are due to arrive on special
steamer, and the men will enter for
all the team games, as we'll as the
track and field sports and swimming.
Their baseball team has, we under
stand, been selected with great care,
and as they beat Japan so easily in
February they are confident of win
ming the championship of the East.
Baseball Girls.
One feature Of baseball that will
please the baseball public in Shang.
hal is the fact that two teams of
girls, about IA and Is years of age,
are coming from the Philippines and
will give exhibitions Of the indoor
baseball game The game is one that
is played in all the schools in the
Philippine Islands and the girls have
such unusual abilities that DR.. WI
Ting-fang. president of the Far East.
ern committee, when he was in Man.
lila asked the director Of education to
permit the girls to come to Shanghai
and demonstrate this healthy sport,
will serve as great lesson to the
young women of China.
In addition to the Filipino compet1-
tors. the Columbia Athletic Club. at.
tached to Bishop Brent's church, is
sending a team of five swimmers, the
backbone of which is w w. Harris,
man who has never yet been beaten
in the East They hope to have a
game with the local swimming club in
an Interpret match and later in the
week to take part in the open interna-
tional swimming events. With re-
gard to the venue Of the swimming
events, We understand that arrange
ments are being made to utilize the
large pond in Hongkew park In many
places the water is feet deep, and
with little dredging it is thought
the necessary space will be procured
Boy Scout Competitions.
Probably one of the most interest
ing days will be Wednesday, May 49,
On that day a big Boy Scout rally
will take place, when over $50 Chi
nese Boy Scouts will be present to
| take part in the program All the for
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