The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-10-10

by game has developed since the off
shoot grew. However, it is game.
The offshoot has ceased to be such.
That rugby is a good, stiff, hard, man
| ly game, no one who knows about it
can deny.
1.-THE students Of California have TAX
en- hold of the game that they are to
play against Stanford, with lots of
spirit and dash.
"I do not believe that the present eX-
pertinent in the American college form
of contest can survive. In my opinion
the whole country will, within five
years, be playing the rugby game
Pure rot The American people
have never decided against American
football and never will. Some long
| haired men and short-haired women,
and thin blooded folks whose nerves go
"nutty" under the excitement of
peanut whistle, have done a lot Of
yelling about football But in every
case they have done their kicking
about the wrong things, and failed ut
terly to comprehend the basic great
ness of the game and the reasons for
it's popularity. They have not tried to
help foot ball but have contented
themselves with an enraged unreal
sonable and suffering opposition with
out sense or sanity. The great ma
iority of the American people favor
American football. They have always
realized its shortcomings. But with
its faults it has never lost its hold on
the American heart because it is a
clean, manly, honest, red-blooded
sport. 1t will be a very long day be-
fore any lady-game becomes substitute
ed for American foot ball The Am
erican people are not wishy-washy.
They are not hysterical as a rule.
They are not yet ready to revert to
the ping-pong, pnktea mush and milk
diet in their sports or anything else.
The University of California should do
up President Wheeler in a perfumed
blanket and ship him to some seques-
tered spot where gentle breezes will
fan his heated brow, and where the
common-clay American who loves
noise and strife, will not throw him
into spasms of indignation by the dis
play of our everyday vulgarity.
BOWLING TO THE FRONT
| BOWLING
in Americas winter sports than ever
before, and it is well. The increasing
popularity of the game is a good thing
Bowling offers a form of recreation for
the average man who has no opportun-
ity during the day til,re for physical
exercise. 1t is a good, clean, whole
some sport, has never been profes-
slonalized and probably never Will be
The men who keep 1t going are the
clerks. the merchants, the business
men, employees and employers, mer
who do not follow sport either fol
money or to win championships, but
who take up the game because they
enjoy it and because they can find In
If the exercise they need and at the
same time all the enthusing elements
} of real sport and manly contest
MONEY IN BASE BALL.
During the past season the American
association clubs took in close to hall
million dollars and made profit OF
almost 100000. or an average profit e
. each club Of about $4,000 Some clubs
did not make this much money, o.
course, but some made more. Bas'
= ball in this part of the country IS
: good business, and is well supported
:, This is why it is so hard to induce
- base ball magnate to sell his team. l
=, is too good an investment, besides al
= the fun there is in it. The A, A. mag
= nate can lay back quietly in his den
y cuss his manager, draw his dividends
: citation president. 1t is a happy life
+ st. Paul Despatch.