Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-04-12
More Than 200 viii Compete
In Grammar School Program
Track Meet on Saturday Afternoon at Alexander Field Brings
Out LARGE Entry Listen Schools Will Be Represented
Bulletin Will Give Ribbons to All Place Winners -
Events for Youngsters Promises to Be Community Affair

For the first time in some years
young athletes from the grammar
schools and preparatory schools of the
city will compete in a track meet
This event will be held at Alexander
Field on Saturday afternoon at 1:3e
under the auspices OF the Grammar
School League. No admission will be
charged. ... r.
More than 200 youngsters have en-
tered for the meet, and this number
is divided among the various schools
st. Louis, Kaiulani, Royal, Mills, Kali
hi-waena, Punahou, Kauluwela, Raa.
humanu, Liliuoka.ani and Central
Grammar Despite the late start there
is great interest in the meet and a
banner crowd is expected to be pres
ent. ...
The Promoters ........@. -.
Glenn jackson, physical director Of
the Y. NJ c. A., and w. A. HUMPHREYS,
In charge OF athletics at Palama, have
been deyoting much Of their time In
outlining plans for the meet and have
been ably assisted by representatives
of the various schools
In proposing such meet the Star
Bulletin merely followed out the pro-
gram Of boosting the youngsters. Our
athletics In the future will be depend
ent upon the youngsters OF today and
all lovers of athletics should do their
share In boosting for any program
which means for better and cleaner
athletes. Amateur athletics is gradu-
ally being placed on firm basis, and
1nIv a foxv IN ell ltnaa 10 unorto ara
barred from the A. A. u.
Star-5ulIetin Gives Ribbons
The Star-Bulletin has donated the
ribbons to the young athletes and all
place winnets will receive one Of these
ribbons with the place and event
stamped on Il. These ribbons will be
presented at the completion of each
event
At meeting OF the Y. NJ. c. A. last
evening the representatives of the
various schools discussed plans for the
control OF the meet. The field will
be policed by Boy Scouts and only
officials and those competing in the
event will be allowed on the field.
Community Affair
So much interest has been created
in the meet that the games on Satur-
day promise to be community az
fair. This is only the beginning and
next year should see a larger num-
Der Of entries for the field and cinder-
path events. The committee IN charge
of the meet has listed the names OF
the officials who VIII De asked to
handle the meet These names will
be selected from the best known au-
thorities In the world OF track ath.
letics.
The order OF events as planned last
evening is as follows: 50-yard trials,
100-yard trials, 50-yard finals, 22O-yard
finals. 100-yard finals, 1000-yard base
ball throw relay sack race relay, ten
man broad jump relay. 1OO0-yard ten
man relay. high jump. broad jump, IL.
pound shotput
Officials for Meet
The list OF officials which will be
invited 10 handle the meet are: Games
committee-Glenn jackson, Brother
Elmer. w. H. HUMPHREYS and Frank
Mtdkiff. Referee-W. H. HUMPHREYS.
Starter Ben Clark. Announcer
John Anderson. Timers-C. +.
Schmutzler. A. e. Larimer, Lawrence
Cunhs and Robert Homer. Clerk
Prof Andrews. Judges-W. r. Raw
Inns. John Soper, c. Z. Mayne, Donald
Iadd, r. G. Whftcomb. George Ray
mond. G. A. Pease. Paul Keppeler and
@, H. Tuttle.
GRAMMAR SCHOOL RECORDS
50-yard dash-5 as. Coney, PunahoEs
Bettencourt. st. Louis.
l0O-yard dash-le as, Frendo. St.
Louis. er
22O-yard dash-a5 Is. coney. Pun.
ahou.
liO-yard dash-5s 2-5. Blake. Central
Grammar.
sso-yard run-2.2i As. Girdler. Pun.
ahou.
Mile run-s.55. Pogue, Punahou.
Pole vaults IT. in, Frendo. ST
Louis.
Broad jump n. Il in, Frendo.
St Louis.
High jumps #. in, Mitchell.
Normal.
shOtpu,- 50 n In, lnman. Puma.
hou.
Entries for grammar school meet: !
ksiulsni-G George Wong, Ching In |
Kee. Tsutomii Tsukamoto, Solomon |
Kenn. Toraji. Sam Hifa, An Tong Hee,
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