The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-11-12
OLYMPIC
PLAYERS
: MAY COME
Chance OF Stirring
Christmas Foot.
ball.
II THE present plans mature Ho-

/
the famous football team of the Olympic
Club, one of the strongest on the Pacific
Coast will play a match with an All Ho-
nolulu aggregation on Christmas Day.
1t came about thusly. While Mr..
Chas. G. Bailey, the physical director
of Oahu College. was in San Francisco,
f. J. Muma, the manager Of the Olym-
pic Club. spoke to him about the pros
poets of trip to the Islands for his
| football team. He asked him to bear
the thing in mind and to advise him as
to what the chances were for visit
of the Olympic players to the Paradise
OF the Pacific
Some time ago Mr. Bailey wrote to
Manager Muma and asked him to fur
nish him with an estimate of expenses
incidental to the proposed visit of his
men. BY the s. $. Alameda, the fol-
lowing answer was received:
San Francisco, Nov. /, 1901.
Chas. G. Bailey,
Oahu College,
Honolulu:
Dear Sir:-ln reply to your favor will
state that | will bring the Olympic team
to Honolulu on the terms you offer.
saw the Oceanic Steamship Company.
and they have made the rate of 500
round trip. We could not bring less than
| fifteen men, and must leave here Deem
| Der 18th, arriving in Honolulu on De-
ccmber 2lst, and return on December
3lst
l win bring the best men who have
! played football on the Pacific coast dur
ing the last two seasons. George Cad
waladcr of Yale will captain team, which
will include such men as w. w. Smith,
I ~ u.
| Walter Cannon. l.. a. korfoot, Harry
| Hudson, c, A. Prlngle. VIM. Plunkett,
and l.. G. Kaarsbcrg, i take II for grant
ed that you want me to bring star ag
| gregation. You, of course, have the priv
| ilege of strengthening your team In any
way you see fit
Mr.. Cockroft of the Oceanic Steamship
| Company, will write his representative
relative to the matter. and he will call
on you ut Honolulu to complete arrange
ments The boys are highly elated, as
YOU can probably imagine, over the pros
poets OF the game.
| We can play series of games II you
I so desire it.
Let me know by return mail what fur
thor plans you may have.
| Thanking YOU very much for the inter
est you have manifested, l am
Yours very sincerely,
! J. ). KUMA.
! From the above letter ii looks as II
| Mr.. Muma had no doubt whatever but
| that the trip would he undertaken and
was making arrangements accordingly.
ON being interviewed on the matter
by an Advertiser reporter yesterday
afternoon Mr.. Baiiey said:
Il should not think that there would
be any difficulty in obtaining the neces-
sary 81 800 by subscription. I have
spoken to Il number of college men in
Honolulu about the scheme and all are
most enthusips site over 1t. l believe that
every college man here would gladly
contribute to the fund. The visit Of
such a team would benefit sport down
here UNNECESSARILY.
The team as mentioned is brilliant
one bat would be at a disadvantage as
to climate. Then again the local team
would be made up of men who know the
game and can play 1t well and | think
that the visitors would not have things
all their own way. | suppose the team
would be an All Honolulu one recruited
! from the best men in the four league
clubs. Such should acquit itself most
creditably. The first half would prob
ably be in favor OF the visitors but then
condition should tell and with a good
kicker playing back We ought to even
things up somewhat in the second divi-
sion of the game. The more games
played, the better should it be for the
home team. l suppose that there
would be n game on Christmas Day
and another between that day and the
day Of departure.
II think that the most feasible way
OF raising the money is for each of the
four league clubs to undertake to defray
a quarter of the amount needed by sub
scriptions which they shall do their hes
to collect. Then gate money should
!. help considerably. The games ought L
. clear 5000 each in gate money at mod
, crate estimate Why on Saturday, whicl
I was wet day over $50 was taken il
r at the game at Punahou.
4 THE Olympic boys are nearly all jus
o out of college and are not looking I
5 make money cut OF the trip. The
!, want to see the Islands and the ques
u ton of money does not enter into thel
u calculations. While here many of Their
will doubtless be entertained and look
ed after by friends"
: The team mentioned by Mr.. Muma
> indeed an aggregation Of stars. 7
take some OF the more prominent mem
=. bers;
10 Locomotive" Smith. is one of III
10 best line plunging half backs on III
Coast.
10 Wolf womble president and cal
2 tain of this seasons University of Cal
II. fornia team. The best end ever on y
Id Coast, a sure tackle and a good grour
er gamer.
r Jimmy Hopper. played quarter bac
on the University OF CALIFORNIA; famol
H. 80 to team.
- Walter Cannon. played half on Cal
70 fornias 80 to team Also played Il
m back with the invincible 5lst Iowas G
ar S. W.
J. A. Clay c. A. Pringle. both st