Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-26

came 10 the tape ahead of Groves, his
| tCammate. SouZa stayed with the
d, field all the way. and showed lots OF
sprint at the finish, beating out Stan
! leg for the place.
| Yierra set the pace for the first 440,
! being followed by Judd of St. Louis.
! Chun Lee Puck was running well for
! the first 500 yards but slowed up after
that and did not figure in the race.
! Fieldgrove. Uweloa and Groves came
up strong in the second lap and Stan
ley started a sprint which carried him
to the front, but Uweloa had plenty in
reserve. and passed the Punahou run.
ner and Groves fought il out with
Souza for third place. The little Mills
runner did not tire and came strong
at the finish. Woolsey of Kameha-
meha did not enter the meet. Follow
ing the inteTscholastic events last year
the writer predicted that Uweloa
would show something in the distances
before long. He did not win a place
at that time. but his natural form was
such that he looked promising. The
prediction was carried out Saturday.
afternoon
Kan Ieonq Stars ....
Kan Ieong CT Mckinley surprised
the athletes of the other schools with
his performance in the high jump.
He scored first place with ease, and
was asked to go out after a record.
but refused. He won the event at 5
feet inches, and in this jump cleared
the bar by at least three inches. Peter.
son was second and de la Nux. third.
In the pole vault Peterson won out
by six inches when he defeated de la
nux and Harvey
Noble Kauhane covered himself
withS glory Saturday afternoon, The
Punahcu athlete made 81 feet 6 inch
es in the broad jump, which, would
win the majority of high school events
on the mainland. His jump did not
break the record. but there are very
few high school athletes in the United
States who can excel this mark. Dover
finished second in this event q
.Hore and Dover 49,. It'll
II is a coincidence that the stars of
1916 and 1917 should have been res
ponsible for the victory for their
teams. Last yer Tommy Hore of st.
Louis entered the sprints, hurdles and
broad Jump. Hore scoped Is points
for his team in the interscholastic
meet, and ran the last 220 yards OF
the relay and was gaining on You Bun
Hee when he struck the tape. #
There was an athlete from Mills in
the broad jump Saturday who ought 70
be heard from in the future He
didn't place in the event, but this boy
should be an athlete OF note in a few
years He has a wonderful pair OF
legs, and if he can ever lengthen his
stride should be modelled into a.!
Splinter. Harold Smith. Howard Drew.
Nat GartInell nor any other of the
famous sprint men has an advantage
on this runner i'm form. Coming down
to the takeoff he worked like a ma
chine. and ought to show something
in track events IL he can lengthen his
stride. His name is Soon Cheong,
and the soon part of it ought to help
out somewhat H..
Relay Exciting
In the relay event Kan took the
lead with st. Louis second and Puma
hou third Lum of ST. Louis, running
the third furlong. caught MCGUIRE and
handed You Bun Hee slight lead.
Lum ran great race. and showed
promise in this event Dover started
after the ST. Louis athlete and You
Bun Hee made a grand race to the
finish. At the 20-yard mark You Bun
Hee was leading, but Dover came
strong. and began to close up the gap.
Had the cord been five yards further
away Dover would have won out, but
his last squirt carried him across the
line even with You Bun Hee, who ran
a great race You Bun Hee looks like
a conner and should score number of
points for his school next year.