Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-01-03
ONE MAN MEET
proves Farce
TOsPECTATORS
Program at KapioIani Park
Fails to Come Up to Ex-
pectationS Sunday

II Honolulu. Is to have any more
such faTces as was handed out to
track followers at KapioIani park on
Sunday afternoon, then the committee
In charge had better announce the al
fair By some other name. IL wasn't
track meet in any sense. and if visit
ors to Hawaii are To Judge our athlet-
les by the exhibition of yesterday
then the work of Duke, the Withing
tons, Gilman and the Travellers has
gone for naught.
A man in a track suit did all the
announcing, something hitherto I'M
heard Of, and this one man did the
Arranging of all affairs that were run
during the day. AS a track meet il
was joke pure and simple. In the
first place chairs we're sold at % cents.
and the crowd swarmed on the track.
and no arrangements We're made for
the handling Of the spectators.
Minus Spiked Shoes.
Spiked shoes were at premium, as
the many athletes wore everything
from Hole Proofs to gum boots. The
programs failed to appear and mas
much as the crowd who paid for their
chairs had line in front of them four
deep, the announcement was given by
a man in track suit, minus a mega
phone, and few in the crowd knew
who was the winner. After every
event about 290 spectators would
swarm at the finish line to talk 1t
over.
A visitor who had witnessed many
high school meets on the mainland
was among the many who tried to
follow the events. This is what he
said: You have been telling about
your athletics here, but | am forced
to say that / don't think much OF the
first exhibition in Hawaii. This man
is a man who knows track from Alpha
to Omega. He has watched Craig,
Reidpath, Taber, John Paul Jones,
Drew, Kelly, Murray and hundreds OF
others in meets, and he knows how
they should be handled. The example
of yesterday is going to hurt Hawaii
an athletics more than it will help.
Jackson Was Busy.
Let it be said to the credit of N.
e. Jackson that he worked hard all
day, but anyone who has ever handled
a track meet knows that one man can
not run it, nor can five. The COM
mittee in charge of arrangements fell
down in every respect Jackson work
ed hard, but a man in a track suit
has absolutely no business as an offl-
cial.
In any well conducted meet the spec
tators pay their money and they keep
off the track Yesterday the majority
didn't nay any money and swarmed in
front of those who paid and spoiled the
meet from a spectators standpoint.
Let it be hoped that the next meet
held in Honolulu will not be such a.
farce as that of yesterday, as an ex-
hfbition of that sort will do more to
hurt the game than any one thing.
Poor Time.
Regarding the time made in the dill
ferent events, they fell far below the
standard of q poor high school meet.
None of the speed burners entered and
a big strong man, Quinn, who put the
quietus on one of the aspiring ring
artists at Schofleld Saturday. was the
star of the day and his best showing
was made in the mile which he made
In $50, which is one minute slower
than fast time for high school
meet
Quinn is a big strong fellow VINO
doesn't know how strong he is, and
if he had the form would make good
miller, but this didn't stop him as he
ploughed through the field and finish
ed ahead of a bunch Of second raters
=: Az vo;Io and five mile Altogether
il was a funny program, and man
in mood for humor would have found
il laugh making, but for the good OF
the sport in Honolulu. let us hope that
II will not be duplicated.