The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-12-19
A STATE
OF CHAOS
Conflicting Stories
Of Olympics'
Coming.
SOMEONE HAS
ACTED BADLY
A Meeting of the Athletes OF
the City is Called for
Tonight.
Especial to the Advertiser9

| SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 11.-No word
has been received from the Oahu Col
lege Football team as to the proposed
game on Christmas Day with the OIym-
pic Club eleven. Manager Muma of the
Olympic team is distressed over the
strange silence of the Hawaiians, and
the members of the eleven who had
keyed themselves up to a high pitch
are taking to f1zzes to support their
nerves. AS the Alameda, which leaves
on Saturday, is the only steamer the
Olympics can sail on to arrive in Hon
olulu for a Christmas game. the game
must be declared off, unless wireless
telegraphy can reach the disheartened
Olympics here.
FREDERICK O'BRIEN.
Following is the Associated Press dis
patch:
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 1O.-The Olym-
pic Club football team will leave this
city Saturday morning next on its jour
ney to Honolulu to play the Oahu College
team. This is one Of the biggest trips
ever undertaken By football team in
the country.
The members of the Olympic team meet
daily for practice and are in first-class
condition for the trip. Fifteen men will
be taken along. Among them will be
some of the best material on the Coast.
They will return to San Francisco Janu-
airy 9Th neXt.-EXaminer
The situation is one of chaos on the
10th, a San Francisco paper states that
the Olympic Club football team will sure
~ come; a day later the special CORE
spondent of the Advertiser writes that no
word has been received from Honolulu
and that therefore the project is prac-
ticarly off.
The matter was preached in November.
While Mr.. Charles G. Bailey, the physi-
cal director of Oahu College, was in San
Francisco, the manager of the Olympic
Club stated that he would like to bring
his team 10 Hawaii provided there was
a team to play against. Mr. nailey, soon
after his arrival here, wrote to Manager
Muma and asked him to furnish him
with an estimate of expenses incidental
TO a proposed visit of his men.
Muma stated in his reply that return
tickets for the trip would cost $3.50 for
fifteen men, which amount was all the
guarantee that he would require Later
on he wrote and reduced this sum To
$500
Hawaiian intercollegiate Football League
and he and John Wise were depUted to
collect subscriptions and arrange de
tails.
The work proceeded in a halr-hearted
manner however, and with about 5000 in
sight, was allowed to drop entirely
Meanwhile the Coast files contained
many references to the' matter. 1t was
definitely stated that the Olympics were
surely coming, and that the strongest
IL.
Il series of games down here. Manager /
Muma had very evidently received word /
from parties concerned, i'm Honolulu. that
there would be no difficulty in raising /
the necessary funds and telling him 10 20 /
right ahead with preparations for the (
trip.
The latest dispatch from San Fran /
cisco would indicate that the Olympic ,
club had not been notified that the |
scheme had been abandoned far as /
this end of ii is concerned. Diligent in |
quiry made yesterday afternoon failed !
TO reveal that the league had correspond /
ed with Manager Muma on the subject.
and it looks very much as if he had been
allowed TO 20 to the expense of keeping
his team in training when the promoters
of the enterprise here We're well aware
Of its abandonment as far as they We're
When the news arrived yesterday that
the Olympics were coming, the trustees
IF the Honolulu Athletic Club, agitated
by President Schermerhorn. arrived at
the conclusion that it was high time that
arrangements were being made for the
visitors reception. meeting of the ath-
eteS Of the city was accordingly called
for 100 this evening, at the headquarters
IF the Honolulu Athletic Club. The Idea
$ for those present to formulate plans
FOR the entertainment Of the Olympics
Turing their visit.
There is not much chance of the Olym-
pics getting q game II they do come. as
here is not n single local team in train
ne. Should they show up, however, they
will have made a record trip. and the
east that can be done is for the sport
ng population of Honolulu 70 extend to
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