Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-04-16
|ST. LOUIS COLLEGE YOUNGSTERS
CAPTURE GRAMMAR SCHOOL MEET
Meet Goes to School When Saints Take Shuttle Relay for
1000 Yards-Pogoe of Punahou Wins Most Points Lee
and Lea of ST. Louis and Young Yuen Mills Score Many
PontS-Committee Deserves Much Credit tor work Done

Youngsters from st. Louis College
captured the premier hOnors IN the
Grammar School track meet at Alex
ander field on Saturday, afternoon.
scoring a total of IS points against So
for PUnahOu and So for Mills.
|. The meet was one of the biggest
athletic features of the year. perhaps
not from the standpoint OF records. but
there were more athletes entered than
at any other event that has been
staged in recent years. More than 250
youngsters from the various schools
of the city were entered, and clearly
showed that there is an interest in
track athletics among the younger
boys.
Committee Deserves Credit
Glenn Jackson. w. +. HumpGries
and Brother Elmer we're on the games
committee and they did their work
wei. Jackson was everywhere on the
fled and handled the various events
in a manner that is an encouragement
for future meets of this kind, Handl-
ing $50 athletes who were competing
in events fer the first time is some
thing that is no child's play, and
Jackson is entitled to great credit for
the organization and running Of the
meet. ... ....- .. ..--A ... .......-
Despite the large number of entries
the heats were run off in excellent
manner, and the large crowd of young
sters gathered on the field took d
hearty interest in every event. The
boy scouts, under r. X. Thomas, POI
Iced the field in an excellent manner.
Boost For Amateurism ~. ...-.
The meet on Saturday shows the
development of amateur athletics in
the territory for the past few
years. When the interscholastie and
A. A. u. meets are staged in the fu,
ture there will surely be a number OF
athletes developed from the grammar
school meet. John Soper, w. T.. Raw
Inns, Lorrin Andrews and others con-
nected with the A. A. T., have given
their stamp of approval to this meet,
which should be hammer success next
season.: +.
+ st. Louis was leading in the meet
by two points when the shuttle relay
was called, and the winner would de-
eide the meet Punahou and st. Louis
ran even for the first 400 yards, but
after this the ST. Louis stars gained,
and came home ahead of the field,
Punahou finished behind Royal school
Pogue Stars - i
Pogue of Punahou, Lee and Leal of
st. Louis were the bright stars of the
meet. Pogue proved that he will be a
star in the future by taking first in
the shot put, broad jump and high
Jump He also finished second in the
I0B-yard dash AMI fourth in the 90
yard event, giving him total Of 10
points. ~. -s FRI
Lee of st. Louis was the star in the
sprints, taking first in the 80 and 100
yard dash. Leal was second in the
broad jump, second in the 50-yard
dash, third in the shot put and third in
the lU0-yard dash.
Mills Takes Furlong a.
Mills School conferred its efforts on
the 220-yard dash. and captured the
first three places in this event Young
Yuen finished the firlong In % 4-5
seconds, which Is especially good for
a grammar grade. The baseball re-
lay proved to he an exciting event, as
errors gave the athletes an opportu.
nifty to catch M on the hutter-fineered