The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-09-21

term, Wlinam III. hawnns, the father
Of the HONOLULU swimming game, was
elected yesterday president Of the Ha-
waiian Association of the American
Amateur Athletic Union.
with Rawlins were elected the other
officers who have served previously,
with the exception Of Lorrin Andrews,
secretary treasurer, who declined to
hold office any longer, owing to his
professional duties demanding his re-.
tirement, in Mr.. Andrews place Joseph
stickney being elected.
The war clouds which had been how,
ering over the heads Of the old officers
were dissipated yesterday after a con
ference held by the factions and the
dove of peace futtered triumphantly
in the realms Of the. local A. A. U or.
ganization. II was just as well that
this was so, for the Tumors that had
been sedulonsly nurtured the past few
weeks proved nnfounded when looked
into by those who made IL their bust
ness 70 run them down,
Triple Meetings
There were three meetings held yes,
terday, one after the other, and all the
business on hand was transacted with.
out hitch or fuss. First. the old off.
GERS met with the old board of COVER,
nors and presented the accounts and
reports Of their stewardship for the
past year Next, the association mem
bership met and more accounts and re.
ports were presented, followed by the
IA - - L., a
Of governors. Lastly, the board Of gov
ernors met and elected the officers Of
the Hawaiian Association for the com.
ing year, 4-F aHjh
William T. Rawlins presided at all
the meetings. At the meeting Of the
association the following representa-
'tises, the name Of the organization
represented following, were present.
Representative Present rs /
Harold Castle, Hui Naiu; John F.
Soper, Myrtle; Lawrence cunha, Hea.
lani; Earle g. Bartlett. Kamehameha !;
Ben Clark and A. l.. Castle, Palama !;
Flank +. AIidkif and 7. M. Watt. Out
rigger; Mrs. Foullard Leo, Mrs. w H.
Hogs Jr, and Miss Frances Lawrence,
Woman's Auxiliary; Joseph stickney
and Lorrin Andrews, Trail and Noun.
tain Club: Glen 4. Jackson, Y. NJ, @,
A.; Joseph Stickney, Mckinley Track
Team; W, T. Rawlins, Oliver p. Soares
and Harold Godfrey, Honolulu Anna.
teur Athletic Club. In addition to
these there were several others present,
men who are generally interestd in
athletics. t&ts
President Rawlins stated the pur-
pose Of the meeting and ordered roll.
call, reading of the minutes Of the
previous meeting, the annual report of
the ecretary-treasurer, offered by Lor-
rim Andrews, which was accepted and
placed on file, and the report Of the
games committee, which was read. As
this was only partial report, owing
to several details Of the trip Of the
mainland swimmers here for the last
meet being incomplete until their de-
parture in the Matsonia, the report,
! presented by John f. Soper was &C
eepted, the final report to be present
| ed at the next meeting, which will be
held on September 2s, at four o'clock
in the afternoon. ,pgNG,
Tho selection of the membership OF
| the board of governors followed each
4 UNIV VI tuN supooCiatiph 10 hSP
] rcsentatiye on the board. . ~
Al Castle Makes Suggestion
Senator Castle suggested that the
chairman Of the registration commit
tee do more TO assist the man holding
a registration card than had been done
heretofore. He thought il would be
well before any meet came on to pub
lish the list Of the holders, showing
when the registration cards expired
1t was but technical thing, he
thought, and while he could not say
that there had been any violation OF
the rules, he believed that there had
been an oversight in this regard. just
/ such little things as these, he said
gave rise to dissatisfaction. The repu
tation the association had gained fol
itself, from what he could learn, wa,
that the officials were over technical
This was the feeling Of outside per
sons and they counted for something
he asserted. A little more thought
and consideration for the public and
those holding registration cards would
60 a long way to help matters out
There has been rumors that because
1 Of such lack of foresight, Mr.. Castle