The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-07-12
PA|A HELD
BIG PICNIC
Kept July Fourth
With Various
Sports.

was duly and most successfully car
ried out. large numbers of people wit
Messing the different events.
At spreckels' Park, Kahului, though
a strong wind blackened the faces of
the spectators with dust and sand, the
well-contested races and the sweet
music of Berger's band delighted the
multitude Of people assembled in the
grandstand and vicinity.
The black racer Cyclone was the star
of the occasion, winning most easily
in the trotting and pacing events over
Sambo, Denny Healy, and Billy Lemps.
The polo pony race was not filed.
Piiholo won in the mule race with
Tomi-Tomi second and Haleakala
Ranch vaaueros easily took the cow
boy relay race Zone and one-half mile
dash, horses, saddles and brides to be
changed every half mile. Purse, $500.
In the afternoon at Wells Park,
Wailuku, a vast crowd of people
cheered themselves hoarse for the ALL
Maui nine who vanauished Punahou
at baseball by the score of IL to g. Here
again the Territorial musicians delight
ed Maui people with melody.
In the evening, in front Of the Pun
meme clubhouse, Bandmaster Berger
and his 30 assistants gave a fine con-
cert in the presence Of the third large
assemblage Of the day.
BY the courtesy of the Kahului R.
r. Co. free trains conveyed people
from Waikiki, Kahului Paia, Kihei,
etc, to and from the scene of the
musical festivity. Dancing was in
dulged in within the club rooms. The
band departed for Honolulu in the
steamer Likelike at 10 o'clock p. M,
Maui people.
PICNIC AT PAIA.
Despite light showers which came
and went during the day, between 600
and 800 people heartily enjoyed the
Fourth OF July picnic at Sunnyside,
Paia. The large gathering was cos
mopolitan one, the Anglo-Saxon, the
Hawaiian, the Portuguese, the Japa-
nese, the Porto Rican, all took much
pleasure in the outing concentrating
the Declaration of Independence of
1776.
The ball game on the polo grounds
in the morning between the Maui Agri-
cultural Co.'s and Hawaiian CONNER
cial & Sugar Co.'s mines was well con-
tested and therefore most interesting
The batteries Of both sides were ex-
cellent and about equal in efficiency
The Puunene men excelled in team
work and batting, showing the result
of practice. The Makawao men had
never played together before.
The players for the H. C. & S. Co.
were: Henderson, Sd b.. w. Tougher,
End b.; Vasconcellos, SIS; w. Horner,
c.; ]. King, p; w. Searle, c.f.; Nc
Gurro, H.; Chas. Daniels, r.f.; and
Westcott, LIST b.
For M. A. Co.: Joe Pa, p; Jas. Ka-
uka, c.; Halemano, S.; Robinson, list
b.; c. c. Krumbhaar (capt.), End b.;
Joe Taylor, Sd b.: d. c. Lindsay. L.;
w. o. Aiken, CT; and Geo. Wilbur,
RI
The game was especially exciting and
the crowd most enthusiastic in the
first half of the 9th inning, when Paia
and Hamakuapoko players nearly tied
their opponent The record by innings
was as follows:
NJ. A. Co.............3 0 1 0 o 8 o 0 5-12
H. C. & S. Co.......4 90 401 ia
w. Searby and Hugh Howell were the
umpires, and Ed. Peck the scorer of
the occasion.
After bountiful spread under the
trees of the Sunnyside residence. the
crowd wandered back to the polo
grounds to witness the fitting, for rings
contest, the winner of which to bear
away beautiful silver cup presented
by three members OF the polo club. H..
A. Baldwin, f. F. Baldwin and C. c..
Krumbhaar.
The rings were hung from the ends
of horizontal bars attached to the top
OF tall posts. There were three of these
frame-works in row so 1t was posi-
BILE for a rider to secure Q rings in
the three trials allowed. The first trial
had TO be run In seconds, the second
In eight. and the third In seven. The
lances used In this tournament We're
long poles, tapering. round. and
smooth. The competing horsemen We're
j. II, Thompson, w, Tougher III, A.
Baldwin, r. Il, Baldwin, G, g, Krumb-
haar John Fleming, T.. W, Schultz ],
~, \, Williams, Y, Nicholson, /. Won
Tempsky, Joe Taylor ana others, ],
u, Thompson and John Fleming tied
with a record VI four rings each They