Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-11-19

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Representatives of various organiza
,tions in Honolulu will meet this even
ing at the Pan-Pacific Club rooms al
IA .Iotel street to discuss plans fol
sending teams to the big Volcano run
which will be held on January 6. The
club rooms are located in the Army
and Navy Y. NJ. C. A. grounds.
This race promises to become uni
| que in the annals of athletics, and
much interest is being taken in the
event throughout the islands. Madame
Pele will send a message to Father
Neptune in the long run from the
Volcano to Hilo, and on January .
will see the birth of an event which
promises to be an international event
! in time.
Representatives Invited
The local committee is anxious to
have many representatives at the
meeting this evening. Athletic OF.
ficers from every regiment and post
on the island are requested to be pres
ent. The committee has plans out,
lined whereby the various organiza
tions may be able to send teams, and
every school in the city is expected to
send delegates.
Citizens of Hilo have offered a beau
tiful cup to the winning team, and
each member of the team will receive
handsome medal. In addition every
member of a team finishing in less
than three hours and As minutes viii;
be presented with handsome bar In
scribed.
Army Men May Enter
There are hundreds of athletes in
the various regiments on the island
who are interested in running, and II
viii be a distinct honor to win the
first Volcano run ever staged. Hilo
is working on the plan with energy
and Demosthemes Lycurgus, who is
now in Honolulu, says that the resi-.
dents of the Crescent City will do ev.
erything possible to make the stay
of the athleses pleasant one.
Mainland sport. lovers are perhaps
more interested in the event than
many of the followers of athletics IN
Hawaii. Without doubt mainland
teams will be represented in the big
run, and when the war is over, the
event will not only be one open to
Hawaiian athletes, but American ath
letes, and in time the various nations
OF the world may come to look upon
the event as one of international i'm.
portance.
Honolulu Must Win
Honolulu must win the first race.
Hilo has three teams in training for
the big event, and there should be at
least five teams from this city. Joe
Stickney has lined up strong team
which will represent the Pan-Pacifie
Union and in addition to this has been
giving much of his time to lining up
other teams. ..~
At the meeting this evening the rep.
resentatives will talk over the ways
and means of making the trip. Six
men will run in the big event, and
there isn't a regiment on the. island
that cannot produce half dozen good
runners. There isn't a school that
hasn't number of stars. . F.. 4
Great Honor to Win g.. -- Il.
A number of the athletic officers of
the army have taken an interest in
the big run, and one officer said the
other day that it would be great
honor if the regiment could win the
first big race. And it would. In years
to come they will tell how Certain
team captured the first race. With at
least ten teams entered the finish
ought to be exciting. And Honolulu
must be right up in the running when
the race is over.
Special trains will be run to Hilo on
that occasion and it is expected that
arrangements will be made to accom-
modate the Honolulu people who will
want to make the trip. Followers of
athletics will come from all parts of
Hawaii, and it is expected that HiloI
will be decorated with flags and pen
nants to welcome the visiting athletes.