The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-01-02
YEARS ACTIVITIES IN HAWAII SPORT
WORLD COVER ALL ATHLETIC FIELDS
Mid-Pacific Island Athletes Leaders In Many
Branches OF Endeavor No Other Land
\-, Its Size Can Compare With

Hawaii is land of many sports, a
fact Mat can be attested by glance
through. the following calendar of the
principal events for the year 1916.
With each year sports are growing,
more champions are made, and greater
activity is shown in every department
ct athletics. +t .,a".'.
Among her children fair Hawaii can
name worlds swimming champions;
football players Of the best; polo play.
ers who have no peers on the mainland;
tennis players who can give the stars
q real tilt; baseball, basketball and
track teams of quality. ltIi
Golf, trapshooting, rowing, sailing,
motorcycle racing, horse racing, bicycle
racing, soccer, bowling, handball, fen.
cling and fishing are TO be found among
the sports, and each has a large and
skilled following, D.. ..U@...
= JANUARY 49,, 80.
Rufus Williams, Twenty.ffth In.
fautry, given decision over Joe
Fleishman, Fourth Cavalry, ten
rounds at Sehofeld. .. -, .l.s. .~'
2--Sergeant James Quinn, First In.
fantry, wins mile walk in l2;l4 and
mile run in $500 at Kapiolam Park
4 athletic meet. -.
Carnival committee composed of A..
. L. Castle, tennis; w. r. Rawlins
swimming; and Eddie Nell, base
ball begins work on sport progra m
for Mid-Pacifc Carnival. LorIin
Andrews is elected president of
Oahu baseball league. Harvester
T. wins free-for-all mile and half
at Maui race meeting, time 2:52
' 90. :
7-Robert w. Single IL elected presi.
dent of Athletic Park Association.
22-St.i Louis defeats Fort Shaf,er in
soccer, three to one. g..
23-Twenty-fifth Infantry loses ball
game, 10 Saints, three to four.
Company E, Twenty.ffth Infantry,
wins Held meet at sehofleld Bar
racks. ,'a
FEBRUARY
Olympic Club baseball team arrives
from Sam Francisco.
3--Lieutenant X. 8. Snow. wins Wieh-
man golf trophy insplaS at scho-
5--Honoluiu Z. NJ. G. A. basketball
team reparts for Coast. series, Chi
nese defeat olympics in first game,
five to two. .
ls-saints lose I'd olympics, three to
Ave. I. H. Z -.
l1-olympics defeat Hoaolulus two to
nothing. I~E ~.
l4-Miss Frances Cowles and Ludy
LANCER arrive, from Coast for swim.
ming meet. So ~ 'N '...
athletic contests begin
with tennis doubles for men.
l8--Grifin and Dawson defeat Wright
, and Lowrey in the finals Of the
men 3 doubles, Y |...'.,.
l9--Yale Alumni association holds first
interscholastic swimming meet in
3. Y. NJ. G. A. tank. " y
20--olympics defeat Punahou two to
one. .' 49,.
22--Duke Kahanamoku defeats Ludy
LANCER in the 440-yard swim,
breaking the outdoor record, swim
ming in 5:3l 3.5. Frances Cowles
wins 100.yard swim in l;lS Is.
Ludy LANCER won Ss0-yard swim,
in 1871 Is, breaking the American
record. Hui Nalu won the Carni-
val meet with thirty.six points.
25-Ward Dawson defeated William
Eklund in tennis finals in straight
sets. =.
g.. = }.. -, MARCH H.
l-St. Louis College wins the inter,
, scholastic basketball championship.
6--E. w. Baker lowers around-the-is.
land motorcycle record, riding the
distance in two hours, four min
utes and thirty.six seconds.
l1-Six new Hawaiian A. A. U. records
made at Alexander Field. w. II.
Dreier, 120-yard high hurdles,
l6 20 seconds. Clyde Gilbert, 100
2 yard dash, 10 seconds, b. Mills,
440yard dash, 90 3,5 seconds, Alex
Smith, Ss0-yard run, ESQ 2.5. G.,
Gilbert, 220.yard run, 22 3.5 sec
onds. T. Hore, 220.yard low hur
dies, "a seconds. Il. Ludhum, ham
mer throw, l26 feet, inches. II.
Ludhum, discus throw, IS feet, ]
inch H, X. Anahu; jayelin throw,
l41 feet. inches. Triple A, half!
mile relay, 1875 is. ..
ia. l.. Castle defeated Allan Low
rey in tennis finals of the Hawaii
an Associations championship
play.
3--Waseda University baseball team
r arrives from Japan. Y. = IT, '...
6-Duke Kahanamoku equals indoor
tank record for l00yard swim at
A. A, U. meet in Chicago, in time
of .54. ~...... tyP =; ,lt, :
s.. Honolulus defeat Waseda three 10
# two. @. X. Mills breaks alley, gee
ord at Y. NJ. @. A., rolling 2S9..@
l1-Hawaii granted 1DOyard open
championship swim by A. A, u.
ISL Willie Hoppe, worlds champion
billiardist, and Koii Yamada, Jap
anese champion, al rive. -
% Twrptv-fftb mfautry defects 81,
Louis eleven to -four, aud Waseda
defeats All-Japanese, seven to
D.. three, in opening game of Oahu
Senior Baseball League. ~.
"a Hoppe aud Yamada give first ex'
hibition match in the armory.
Hoppe winning. LIS
MAY ~;' r..
49, St. Louis defeats HaWaiis in If
teen inning game in opening of
n 4.