The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1921-04-15
Wailuku Will Hold
Sports of May Day
Kite Flying Contests and May
Pole Dancing Will Be Held
April 30; Rules are Already
Prepared.

Annual Maypole and kite flying on
tests will be held Saturday afternoon
April 80 at the Waikiki baseball park.
With the benefit of last years expert
ence, it is expected that this years
event will be even more successful
and better attended.
Tentative plans now being discuss
ed provide that the kite flying con
test shall be the first event on the
program. Various prizes will be offer
ed for distance, and for the largest and
the smallest kites. All boys who are
interested in kite flying are invited 10
enter the contests and should read
the rules given below. Those wishing
to enter must send in their names and
the name OF their school Cor their ad-
dress and the. name of the place
where they work if they do not go to
SCHOOL, to l.. c. Lewis, Alexander
House Settlement. Waikiki, on or be
fore April 81.
MaypoIe Dancing
After the kite flying will come the
main event of the day, the Maypole
dancing. Different schools and organi-
cations are to enter groups of dancers,
and a prize will be offered for the
group whose dancing is judged the
best. Such prize will be in addition
to the pennant which was won by the
Hard hitters'' last year and which
will be offered again this year. 1t is
rumored that entries are to be made
from st. Anthony's School, Puunene
SnInn1 XNailt1lrtt Drh1ia Sahnn1 and
two groups of girls, large and small,
from the Waikiki Gymnasium. Any
other school or organization wishing
TO enter should get in touch with
Chas. A. Puck at the Settlement Office
in Wailuku. Entries must be made
not later than April 21st.
Kite Contests Rules
For governing the kite flying con
tests the following rules have been
adopted:
/. A kite must be made and decor
ated by the boy entering the same.
2. Kites which have taken prizes
in previous contests are disqualified.
8. Any kite in order to compete in
any of the contests must be able to
fly with at least 25 feet of line. In
order to qualify a kite must have a
frame work OF at least two cross
sticks.
4. In distance contests about five
minutes (exact time depending on the
strength of the wind) will be allow
ed in letting the kites out. A kite in
order to compete in this contest must
be brought back without dropping to
the ground or breaking the string.
s.. In the fighting contests, con
testants will remain back of a given
line and at least six feet apart. Con
testants are not to pass in front OF
or behind any contestant. String
larger or stronger than Number 10
cotton thread is not to be used. The
boy whose kite cuts down the great
est number of kites wins the contest.
6. In the contest for the smallest
kite, any substance may be used to
fly the kite. In this contest the flying
thread must be held in the hands of
the contestant who shall not move
about to keep the kite in flight. Should
the judges not be able to determine
upon the smallest kite by comparison
of surface area, the kites will be
weighed without the Aging string.
Z. In the contest for the largest
kite, the rule is the same as for the
smallest (rUle No. g.