The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-03-26
OFFICIAL POINT RECORD OF 1918 INTER.
SCHOLASTIC TRACK MEET

., spring strains of the "star spangled
Banner" the sight was an interesting
one. The vast concourse stood at at
tention, facing the band during the
pin wing of the National air.
II want The Advertiser to give John
Rollins every bit Of praise for the
showing of Punahou," said Frank E
Midkif. coach of the Buff and Blue
"He, more than I, has borne the brunt
OF the work during the past few try
ing weeks Of preparedness.
II think that Coach Midkif 10
worthy of the greatest praise for the
way he has rounded our Punahou ath
letes into championship FORM" said
Rollins. ~, -
Alphonse- CASTOR Attituds
This seems the keynote prevailing at
the Oahu College athletic camp. Train.
ers, coaches. athletes and all were ap.
parently all working ID, . cobnmOn end
that Of victory. Their success is their
reward. a. ,:a3FrSi IL d ~.
A lot of credit s66uid De ketsd out
to the Hilo High School athletes foi
their participation iA this inlest, the
first time an outside Island high
school team has partieipsted In an In
terscholastic meet here Manager Pres
colt Afoo and the other gallant ath,
letes who travelled two hundred miller
to Honolulu Just to show that they WERE
good fellows, are deserving Of al'
praise.
The showing the Hilo High made in
al % aPnnA and
it will be an, Incentive to the SAM
school for greater efforts next year II
will also be an incentive, eventually, in
having Maui and Kauai Join the merry
throng on track and field when the
next Interscholastic meet is held here
a year hence.
lilo Did Very Nicely
Hilo,: the second city Of the Terri
tory, should be proud of Its young ath
letes and should encourage them NOR,
and more. The time may come wher
Hilo NAV be able to send here q tear
that will make the best in Honolnl,
hustle to keep honors at home. Compe
tition never hurts, and the better tn
outside islands show in Oahu meets o,
this kind the better it will be for thu
sport HI GROUND.
There were. a number Of surpriseI
yesterday and Pogue furnished one II
the finals of the very first event on th'
program-the 100 yard DASH In thil
event there were three preliminary
heats, so great was the number Of On
tries. These heats resulted as follows
First heat-Fong (Hilo), first, tim
10 As; Ho (Mills), second; Okamurl
(Punahou) third.
Second heat-Kan Leong (Mills)
first, time 10 3-5; Tang (Hilo), second
No third place taken.
Third heat-Iu Bum Hee (St. Louis)
first, time 10 3-5, he loafing on tn
job with hardly anybody in sight, Pc
que (Punahou) second. No third plac
given.
Poguo Springs Surprise
When the final heat was run it wa
a pretty race. Pogue Of Punahou jus
barely won first place from In Bum
Hee of st. Louis, time, 10 rs, one
fifth of a second slower than the tim
made in previous meets by McKenEi
of Kamehamoha, Rice of McKinley
Manoha Of Kamehameha, and Lai Tin
, of Mckinley. In yesterday's race 1
Bum Hee was given second place; Ka
!, Leong Of Mills third, and Tang Of th
HiIo High fourth.
In the pole vault, the second nun
!, her on the program, Peterson Of Puni
hou won first place, he going over tn
crossed bar at eleven feet flat withpu
, trying for u record, although he he
] the opportunity. 1t was a hard an
9ruelling milling affair and, since Pete
son was down for future efforts in otht
events for Punahou he allowed i
Fassoth record, also Of Punahou, 9
u IL feet and Az inches to remain. Col
: man of KAmehameha won second plac,
height ten feet and eight inches. Ha
vey and Willis. also Of Punahou, fnisl
ed in third and fourth places, the ever
giving the Buff and Blue team eigh
points against Kamehameha three.
KAnuha Too Good in Mile
IA The mile race, with a large field, II
trials being needed. was a pretty on
with Kanuhs Of Kamehameha havin
pretty much his own sweet little wa,
He finished first easily in 4:55 3-5, th
record being still held by John Wat
of Punahou, 4:44 AS. Young Simonto
ran well, but was no match for Kan,
mn. hnd hhlsheu poor SecOnu' Dut u
three points added considerably
Punabou s total Forbes of Hilo can
in o fair third and Bowers Of PunahC
made fourth place in good shape.
Mills School rhonc brightly 10 II
next event, the broad jump, In While
the speedy end athletic Kan Ieor
landed in 6rst place with a distan'
Of 90 feet end ~ inches. Punahou
point record fattoned, however, for II
1Buhf and Blue captured the next thr'
places, which gave Punahou six poin