Honolulu star-bulletin., 1916-03-08
G COMPANY WINS
GAME BIZ BAffEST
IN ElGHFH INNING

II
deserved to win bis game if pitcher
ever did. but. Il IS rather hard for one
man t0 beat nine. Tammany struck
out II OF Company G's hitters and In
spite Of that his team had the small
end OF the score And Tammany was
not the cA.y pitcher who had his bat
ting eye With him, for La Jeune Of
Company G, who;is one of the leagues
strong pitchers. came out of the game
with two sipSles aud sacrifice to
his iscTedit Stevens was on the mound
for Company G and pitched nice,
steady game, only allowing four hits.
He had the whole team behind him
and from comparison Of the work. Of
the two teams honor went where
honor was due Score:
CO. G....2 0 o o. 90 O. o -. 5 /
Co. d .....0 40 o o o 0 00-2 4
Batteries Company 9. Stevens and
Champion; Company D, Tammany and
Allen. 3 80
gins, the Holy Cross star, while Eby
OF Chicago finished close up, -
Throughout the years there have
been a number OF men who deserve
praise Tor their work in the distance
runs, and among them may be mem
toned BromiloW OF New York. Coyle
Of Washington, Mcclure of Oregon,
Osborne of Illinois, Frick of New
York, Myers Of Illinois, Scott OF Miss
issippi Aggies, who, by the way. was
the only great runner in the South
in recent years. and many others.
Western Men Make Good.
On the coast Edmundsen Of Idaho
was the greatest half-mile star, al
though Mcclure and Bonnett made
good marks In the half mile A West.
ern boy broke the worlds interschol-
astic record one day. i1pt on the same
day Ted Meredith lowered the mark.
to 1.55. Windnagle of Portland, now
at Cornell, made the distance In
i.5s rs ct the Oregon interscholastic
meet.
John Paul Jones was q great half
miller and was one o. the best but
his work will be taken up with the.
uiilers. Norman 1aber was another
who made 4 great record in the half
mile rtln.s Yale men Will not soon
forget Brown, who Startled the col.
leges by winning the half-mile run
from Cornell'e greatest star.
Midway Bows 70 Davenport
Ira Davenport followed LighthOdy as
the great middle distance runner Of
Chicago University, and Davenport
won everything for q number Of years,
He made exceptional time In the $50,
and was a consistent 1.36 runner.
Campbell Of the same school came
along later and took his record marks
away.
Athletic followers should see a
of good times ch&lked up this
year. With Ted Meredith, Roy Camp
bell, Dave Caldwell, Spieden Of Cor
nell Hayes Of Princeton, capper Of
Harvard, Cooley of Princeton, wilson
OF Stanford, Eby, Myers, Scott and
other stars In the field, the season
Of 1916 should see number Of great
races. In the big meets the runner
who cannot make better time itHan |
1.5s should not figure on wirning q
place. -
Distance running in Hawaii has
never been developed and The athletes
here have been used to making close
to 2.10 in the half.mile event, but the
records will be broken as they are in |
other. meets, and the writer predicts |
that the iiaIf-mile mark will be smash
ed this year with the right conditi ions
The a. a. u. meet is only few days
away and as the starter said, We
shall see whet We shah see.s
honolulu Man erother at Star.
IN Mondays article the writer told |
1f Fred C. Saportas of New York who /
was one of the star sprinters df the
Early days. Yesterday 9 brother of
he famous sprinter dFQpped intQ the
5ffice and told OF the days WHEN the
'tars made 10 flat for the century
lnder favorable conditions. the 1ocaIi
nan IS William r Saportas Of the 4th,l
He stated that his bfothef
made 100 yards in 10 flat at Staten
sland. which was not made in an A..
= u. meet.
,sSapoEtas knew all thexgreat runners
6 the day. among them being the L
;xeaf Lon MyerS, Fitzpatrick, George, i
,arter, Westing, Burke, Merritt and i
lthers. Saportas has taken deep
nScIcnt II tIdCh anu AlGtN WI NJ u-u
zas always in attendance at the
arAes around G6thainA IN August Of |
ist yeSf he staged one of the best i
Ice meets ever held there, and tie i
olo pony and regulation race events
royed to be q big success.
'uestIons Answered. az
In this series Of articles covering
le work Of the track and field men
ie writer has taken up the work Of ]
le stars and others who have made I
bod marks in the various events. Any
sessions regarding the athletes of the !
resent day or the stars Of the past
III be answered during this series.
his department win be- open to al Ii
aders who seek information onSthfs
Ibject The next article will take
the work of the distance men. s
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