The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-10-12
STARS VISIT 70 MAUI
HONOLULU CHAMPIONS FETCH
HOME 4 SCALP.
Large Scores But an Interesting Game
The Visitors Splendidly Enter
tained-The Trip and the Playing.

The Kinau, bearing the champion |
Star Base Ball club and number of
passengers for various ports, left Ho-
nolulu shortly after 10 O'Clock Friday
morning last. The sea was rough.
Emil Berger grew white in the gills"
at Diamond Head, and the captain.
pitcher. catcher and other members of
the base ball club had cause very soon
to smypathize with him. Mr.. Nc
Stocker, who had sailed rough seas
oft before, gracefully admitted Nep-
tunes victory over him. Duke Nc
Nichol repeated the Star warwhoop
until his voice grew cracked and weak.
Then he got his back up'-and his
head down over the rail.
But all this was soon over. "Jock"
Carter left his bunk and appeared on
deck as bright as a new dollar. Lionel
Hart and Harry Wilder started a catch
game of ball on deck. On sudden
the ball bounced off under the rail,
and in jiffy was down in the country
Jules Verne tells about. "Jock" Car
ter. as manager of the club, APP
preached Mr.. Wight, manager of the
steamer line. and requested that the
boat stop long enough to get the ball.
Mr.. Wight replied that the Claudine
would stop and pick it up Sunday
morning. This was satisfactory and
Clock" borrowed twelve oranges from
the cook with which to finish the
game.
The table at lunch was fairly well
filled, though several preferred their
"gruef' on deck. The fare was eX-
cellent, combining the very best af-
forded by the market. All commented
upon the fine quality of the coffee.
which was of Hawaiian growth An
argument on the merits and denerits
of various coffees was imprudentiy
started by San Francisco grocer. He
was taken up by the man from Olaa,
and. from indications at that time. the
argument is probably going on yet.
Another passenger who has forty
acres in Kona rose to point of order.
but made little headway. He looked
determined. however, and probably
got in his say after leaving Maui.
At Lahaina the Stars went ashore
and brought off Carlin of Wailuku,
the man who, under ordinary circum-
stances. can talk more in fifteen min
utes than any other Mauite in whole
day. He was half owner of the XII
nau. had a leasehold on the Pacific
ocean, was manager or something else
of the Wailuku team and would bet q
dollar that the Stars were not in it
Carlin proved an all round good fel
low. He knew Jack McVeigh at first
sight. 1t seems that he and Jack were
t in little Chinese scrape at Kahulu
in cholera times.
f On the wharf at Maalea bay tn,
Stars were met by Judge Carter. man
, ager, and George Cummins, captain
of the Wailuku base ball club, VIM
, Goodness and a number of others
were welcomed and informed wher,
5 they We're to go. They were divided
around, two or three at various homes
All were with friends. The ride of 81!
miles to Wailuku was made in yer,
short time, all reaching there abou
1880. After late supper some of tn
boys saw the town, visiting the othe
gangs"
. Saturday morning Jack McVeigl
a was around before daylight wakin!
1 up everybody, trying to get a part.
. for lao valley. At last he mustered
= hack load and went out. Other Stars
. with members of the Wailuku and La
\ haina teams, saw the mills, the depo
: and other places of interest At
S o'clock dozen or more players an
: visitors went to Kahului, where the
had lunch at noon. The Star club lei
: Wailuku on the 1880 train and arrive
in Kahului in time for the game at =
STARS VS.. MAUI.
Fully 1000 people were out TO Sc
the ball game, which took place on th
open field between the landing an
/ Spreckel's park. The carriage cor
tingent was very large, crowding tn
= space outside the foul line from hc
y hind first base, around back of tn
Y plate and up to third. \ solid wall q
: pedestrians lined the half acre wher
$ the grand stand should have been. A
n there was no back fence, it was agree
= between the two team captains tina
I runners should take but one base o
passed balls
The audience was made up of peopl
from far and near Wailuku Kahl