Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-10-05
big REGATTA
AND swimming
UNEXPLAINED
0utrigger Clubs Broad Scheme
for Event Which Opens at
Waikiki Next Month

What promises to be one of the lar
gest and most typically Hawaiian
sporting events Of the year has been
planned by the Outrigger Club for
chosen days between November and
December of this year. II will in
clude a club swimming meet at Wal
kiki, a canoe and surf board regatta,
and contests in surfing.
Five cups presented to. the Outrig'
ger Club at different times will be
competed for. They are: One pre-
sented by J. D. Garfield to the best
malihini surf board rider Of the club;
two presented by Frank Clark for the
best suffers in big canoes and the
best suffers in little canoes; one for
the best junior paddle canoe crew
presented by the club on July 4, 1911:
one presented by Frank Speaight OF
London to the club on June %, 1910
| to be won three times in a race in
canoes from the Moana to Brown s
pier; and two presented by Frank
Clark in 1910 for the best surf riders
in the club.
The Clark cup for the best man
surf rider of the club was won by S.
7. Short in 1910 since when it has
not been competed for. Miss Jose,
phine Pratt, one of Hawaii's greatest
surf riders, won the cup for women
in the same year.
The Regatta
This regatta is for the purpose Of
bringing out and developing our mem.
! bers so that they will become experts
in the line of sports for which the
club has been organized" says Dad
Center, captain of the Outrigger Club
The swimming meet is to develop ma,
terial for the big meet in February.
ITO raise funds to carry out this
regatta plan the club will give a dance
on October 81 when the moon in full
aud another on December 1, when a
chowder dinner will be given to vino
up the celebration. The proceeds OF
the entertainment will be added To
the $50 already raised to go toward
the, expenses Of the meet. ...
We have urged all members oil
the club to prepare for the coming
meet and regatta, for We feel that
the event will be a notable one. There
Is much material in the club and en-
thusiasm, also. To direct these along
the lines proposed will undoubtedly
&c much for our typically Hawaiian
sports says Capt. Center.
The opening event of the long regar
ia, will be sailing race for Hawaii
an canoes over a triangular course
on November a. There will be a surf
padding contest for men (boards
limited to nine feet; for boys
(boards limited to eight feet); for la
dies (boards limited to nine feeD
and for girls under Is boards limited
to eight feeD. Gold. silver, and
bronze medals will be awarded to the
winners of these events.
There will be a canoe race for
boys and for men for the Speaight
cup, and surf board riding contest fol-
men, for boys, for women, and fol
girls, for places on the CLARK CUBS
The Garfield cup will be competed fol-
in malihini surf riding contest.
Medals will be offered for a mali
hini surf board padding contest and
for a canoe surfing contest for men
and boys for places on the Clark CUPS
The canoes are to carry six men.
The events of the swimming meet
will be 50-yard. 100-yard, 220.yard
440-yard, 200-yard breast stroke, 100
yard back stroke. swims and a Ions
swim from Castles point to the div
ing stand, for the senior memLSrs OF
the club.
For the junior members of the clut
there will be 50-yard, 100.yard, 100
yard breast stroke. and 100-yard back
stroke swims.
For the ladies there will be 50-yard
l0o-yard. 220-yard, 100.yard breast
stroke, and 5o-yard back stroke swims
For girls under Is there will be 80
yard and 100-yard races.
For boys under IL there will be %
yard and 50-yard swims.
For women noyices there will be a
5O-yard race and for men novices 50
and 220-yard swims.