The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-12-13
THE ALL STARS
ON C[AUDINE

HILO. December s.-It would be i'm
e possible to find a party of tourists who
> could be more pleased with any trip
: than the members Of the Coast base
ball team, who, under the chaperonage
of Mique Fisher, are now in this city
, and preparing to start for the Vol
cano. From first to last. everything
!. has gone smoothly and the praise thar
!. is -lavished on the Claudine and her
, officers is extravagant.
THE weather has been perfect. On
the way to this city from Honolulu
there has not been a detail which was
unpleasant, and the fact that there
was not a single passenger on the In
ter-Island steamer who suffered from
seasickness. shows the good treatment
which Captain Red Dog Devereaux re-
ceived from the clerk of the weather.
The food and service on the steamer
was of the best. Captain Clark, the
assistant superintendent of the Inter-
Island was on board and did his best
to make all. feel that they were 1t
home and owned the vessel.
One Of the funny incidents of the trip
occurred at Kahului. The passengers
were called on board about noon, but
the vessel did not sail for nearly an
hour and, in the meantime, Manager
Fisher decided that he would try his
hand at fishing. Upon request he was
furnished with heavy line and baited
hooks. He threw the line out at the
stern of the vessel and watched very
carefully for some little time. Not get
ting any bites for some time, he de-
serted his position to talk to some la
dies who were on board.
When it came time for the Claudine
to leave. Captain Bennett asked him
to haul in his line. saying that in the
turn which was to be made. 1t might
be fouled in the propeller. Fisher i'm
mediately started back to pull up his
line. Strange to say everyone on the
boat became suddenly interested. He
pulled in the slack and then it began
to come hard. 1--WE got him. he
shouted. Fildebrand, seeing what a
hard job it was, offered to help but
was roughly pushed away by the base
ball magnate who scorned assistance
/; AS the last part of the line came
toward the surface Fisher became
triumphant and chortled in glee. till
he saw large water bucket which he
had been pulling against strong cur
rent, appear on the surface. The
chorus of remarks which greeted him
at this time was little too strong and
he soon retired to the cabin and kept
out of sight till the incident had been\
forgotten in some new amusement.
When the Claudine left Honolulu
harbor there was hardly a swell and
this calm condition lasted through the
trip, the first stop, being very short
one, made at Lahaina. Early Saturday
morning Kahului was reached and the
majority of the party left the Claudine
on the first boat, not waiting for
breakfast. At this point Ernest Kaai
and his quintet club, who were bound
for Puunene to play at the wedding or
Miss Charlotte Baldwin, left the Clau-
dine. The evening before they played
and sang until late in the evening,
much to the delight of the boys from
the Coast, who applauded loudly, and
also showed their appreciation in a
more substantial way.
At Kahului the party separated,
though the majority made hurried
trip to Waikiki and then visited Pun
meme, where they went through the
sugar MILL. this being the first oppor-
tunity for inspection of a sugar mill
when grinding that they have had
since arriving in the Territory. They
were received with the utmost courtesy
and all their questions answered read
ily Others of the party made the trip
nm the beautiful lao Valley, and none
who were able to make this excursion
regretted 1t for a moment. The sun
was shining, but there were few
clouds in the sky, just enough to give
a magnificent effect of light ana
shadow in the broad expanse of cane
field which is spead to view, when
returning from the valley of beauty.
The Claudine left Kahului at one
O'Clock, with all well and happy.
The next stop made was at Nahiku
where little freight was landed. AT
Hama the vessel stopped for about an
hour and a half and most of the boys
went ashore. Greatly to their delight
they found a Japanese holiday in prog
ress and a pavilion in which theatri-
cal performance was going on attract
ed general attention. None Of the par
ty had ever witnessed performance
on the stage by Japanese actors and
all took great interest in the unusual
scene.
Hilo was reached early Sunday
morning. 1t was hardly daylight when
the cabin boy came to the staterooms
and awakened the passengers. With
a quick wash and few minutes TO
dress, all were on deck and waiting for
the gangplank to be lowered. Pres
ident W. S. Wise, of the Hslo Baseball
League, was on hand, and greeted
Mique Fisher as he stepped from the
Introductions to the va
rious Hilo representatives followed and
the way was shown to a large tallyho,
into which all the visitors from Homo
lulu climbed. They were quickly driv-
en- to the Demosthenes Hotel, where
rooms for the entire party had been
engaged in advance. Hot steaks, coffee
and mullins then occupied the atten-
ton of the athletes for some time, af-
ter which an adjournment was taken
to the Elks Hall, where a number OF
Hilo Elks greeted the visitors in genial
style.
During the morning many members
of the party visited Rainbow Falls and
in the afternoon all attention was paid