The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-07-06
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L he burden OF the victorious yell OF
the Mauians on the Fourth of July at
Kahului race track and at the Wailuku
baseball field, was the familiar old Ha-
waiian slogan, which in plain English
means, Maui Excels all" 1t resounded
and echoed over the Kahului sand plains
and down the slopes from Wailuku from
lusty Mauian threats and had dis
piriting effect on the Honolulu visitors.
1t was well used too, for Honolulu. al
though considerably the winner in the
horse races, fell down with a thud at
Wells Park, when the All Maui nine
defeated the redoubtable Purahou base
ball team by score of II to s.
Maui IS a good sporting island, for
almost everybody is interested in fast
horse-fesh and nearly every one is a
baseball fan. The Honolulu delegation
which went to Maui on the steamer Ii
kelike found plenty of sport, took in
considerable money and came away in
happy mood, generally speaking. OF
course, there were a few who couldn't
feel happy but what was their loss was
Maui's gain.
Maui's Fourth will be a long-remen-
bered one. Shortly after sunrise the
flag of the Likelike was seen dancing
and swaying outside of Kahului A big
crowd from Honolulu, numbering over
eighty people, including the Punahou
team, the Government band and crowd
out for good time, were taken from
the steamer onto a scoW and toWed to
Kahului's wharf by the tug Leslie Bald
win There the train was boarded and
Quarter way over it was discovered that
the conductor was not aboard and the
train went back for him, and the crowd
incidentally bought their tickets. At
and hacks conveyed the Honolulans to
the Wailuku hotels. Breakfast disposed
of the crowd again went back to Kahu
lui by hack and train route and fetched
band started up inspiriting airs the grand
stand was crowded, the paddocks lively
and by 10 o'clock the days races were
on.
The Honolulu drivers caught on well,
Jim Quinn driving Sambo and Cyclone
in winning races, drawing down two
purses amounting to $3.50. There were
some exciting races. especially when
Bruner and Geraldine S. finished a 3-8
mile dash under the wire, a dead heat,
according to generally accepted versions,
but Geraldine S. was declared the win
ner. Again in the ninth race, mile
dash, Bruner and Racine Murphy came
down the last stretch nostril to nostril,
clean dead heat The run-of gave the
race to Bruner.
The Kahului track was dusty and by
the time the program came to an end
everybody was covered with fine red
powder, good dirt in which sugar cane
thrives, but not especially adapted to
improve ones looks.
Then the crowd went in hacks, on
foot and by train TO Wailuku, where the
baseball game between the Punahous
and the All Mauis was IN progress. Ibis
was a rafting good game, one that Ho-
nolulu would be proud of If played here,
but the Maui boys had the best OF the
game. They played with singular free
dom from errors, did some splendid
batting, ran bases like hares, but show
ed their temper at a time when the visit
ors should have had just little courtesy
shown them Things came to such a
pass over very rank decision by which
a Maui runner was declared safe at
third, when to most spectators the man
was undoubtedly out, that the Punahous
quit the field. Later, however, they let
the matter go, giving Maui a point, and
PLAYED the game through The decision
of out was given by the field umpire
standing between first and second. In
stead of allowing the home-base I'M
pire to decide the point, the field-urlplre,
Gage by name, gave a very unsatlSfac-
tory decision which brought him no end |
of Kisses. The Maui players knocked
three Honolulu pitchers out OF the box.
However, all in all, it was fine game !
of ball. The Punahou rooters were pres F!
Monsarrat towering among |
then1-but the Maui people massed the |
grand stand and rent the welkin with /!
Maui no ka OF, driving out the visit
OTs-
The game finished the visiting players
we're taken to Schrader's and given a !
fine luau. The band went to Puunene
where a concert and dance were the en-
tertainment for the evening. The club |
house was beautifully decorated with |
electric festoons and bunting, and the I
hospitality of Hon. H. P. Baldwin and /
others was sincere and thoroughly ap- |
rrac;a+ed The elite of Mauf5 was pres
emf and it was with difficulty that the |
band was finally sent away. Mr.. Baldwin |
to keep it there until mid
night Mr. Baldwin presented the band |
boys with $50.
Judge A. n. Kepoikai had also sent
out invitations for a numerous company |
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