The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-01-01
SPO II IS
MESSAGE TO !
NEPTUNE ALL. READY
Japanese Team Leaves For nilo
On Wednesday0th
Ready To Follow

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Seven men representing the Homo.
lulu Japanese Runners Association will
leave for Hiio in the Mhuna Kea We'd
nesday morning tocompete, in the thir.
ty-one-mile marathon race from the
Volcano Of Kilauea to Hilo.
The men who will 60 on wednes,
day as runners are X. Zenimura, T..
Sakui, NJ. Uyemura, T. Shirai, M.
Kano and A. Matsumoto. Several
local Japanese will accompany the
team, but Il Is unlikely that Manager
George Murakami will be able to go
along
Eight Mills School runners arrived
in Hilo yesterday morning and will
have a week ahead Of them TO prepare
fof the relay race. The Japanese will
have a few days in which TO do so as
the race does not come on until Mon
day, January Z.
Headed by Joe stickney, the Pan
Pacific Club will have team In the
race also, and there may be a number
Of army teams entered. Kamehameha
has fallen down and no team will rep
resent either the big school or it's
Looking for Big Crowd
HILO, December 27--Hilo is to have
a big delegation Of Honolulu athletes
and followers Of sporting events ar
rive on the Mauna Kea Just one week
from next Sunday. That a couple Of
hundred excursionists viii make the
trip to Hilo seems probably and such
bunch Of live wires should shake
things up bit, say those who know
most Of the crowd that will arrive.
The relay running race from the
Volcano to Hilo has been written Of
lin most of the papers of the main
land and lot Of publicity has been
given the event. II 10 certain that IL
war conditions did not exist and so
many hundreds Of young athletes were
not busy in a more important work
than that Of running races, there would
be some teams Of runners from the
mainland taking part in the race on
Monday, January I. However, with at
least six teams Of six men each tax
ing part In the great event there should
be excitement enough. 4a .ttN.
Hilo' Foot Team G%.l
Hilo will have q fine No. j team Of
six men, each Of whom is able to carve
out his five mile section I'M good time.
The actual distance TO be covered by
each runner is just q trihe over five
miles and that good, fast pace win be
maintained over each section, seems as
sured, barring accidents. The Hilo
men have already covered the full dis
lance in relays and they, while not
giving out their actual time, drop hints
to the effect that they are quite salts
fled with the showing of their team
as O whole and declare that the other
teams will have to hustle in order to
get anywhere near the time that was
made by the local boys. .%.'@,ztS5.
Madame Pele Is message to Neptune
will be handed from man to man every
FIVE miles along the mountain road,
and these viii be transmitted from
hand to hand right from the Volcano
House to Mooheau Park, where the fin
ish Of the great race win be recorded.
Sabin Wrote Message
The message which will be sent by.
the Lady Of the Crater to old Father
Neptune has been composed by Will
Sabin, of Honolulu, and advance dope
on IL goes to show that the well known
newspaperman and poet has turned out
something worthy Of his pen. q
1t Is estimated that the race will
end about half past one 'eloek on the
afternoon of Monday, January Z, and
that the hindmost runner should be
pounding out the last lap or two at
MOoheau Park around about that time.
The race will be very different to
long, gruelling marathon, where each
man has to cover the full twenty-six
miles or so. In the relay race that is
to be run on January 7, the runners
will only cover about Aye miles each
and this should result in the thirty -one
miles being thrown behind in record
| time. ... d. +,
Ball Game, etc. --r,.r., 3 p. a%
| All arrangements have been made to
have the runners, as they complete
their sections, brought on to Hilo in
automobiles. Thus, when the race ends
at Mooheau Park, all the athletes
should be on hand TO see the finish.
While the crowd waits for the runners
| to put in an appearance there will be
some baseball players practising and
these balltOssers will be none else than
the county dads and the tax assessor =
Office staff. The teams are TO play their
much advertised game as soon as the
relay race is over. The cause is q good
! one as all the money taken through
the sale of tickets and donations will
be given to the American Red Cross
Society. at.-.. sE
Judging from underground rnmors
that have come in from certain listen.
iP in posts, both teams are going to
put over some novel stunts before, dur.
ing and after the game, SO all Hilo
Il il aWnagfad m Ia m. hand 30 aaa tha