Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-11-25
Thousands Of Spectators
Watch Professionals
Play Ball
GREATEST SPORTING EVENT IN LOCAL HISTORY

Say, friend, II you will Just have
Colored postals made up of that pa
radc which took place on the base
ball grounds Saturday, showing the
wonderful sight of the two teams pa
rading over the field with the Ha-
waiian band leading and also includ-
ing the mass of spectators in the
background you will have one of the
grandest promotion cards that one |
could wish for" Manager "Mique'
Fisher, the King of Baseball, made |
this talk, and he has about hit the
nail on the head. Never before in
the history of this country-and you
can turn the dope-bOoks inside out
will you find an account of anything
like It. Mr.. Local Fan will tell you
how they opened the league season of
1855 and how the whole town turned
out, and all that. Put the opening
of the Authorizations team series
down as the grandest event that ever
happened in sporting event here
and you will make no mistake.
Saturday morning broke with a.
clear sky after several days of miscr-
able weather. The heavens smiled
and the hearts of the baseball fans
beat with joy. why not? lie was
to see the greatest ball team ever got
ten together on the Pacific Coast go
up against the prides of Hawaii in Il
game of ball that promised to be the
greatest ever played in the Paradise
of the Pacific. And It was, as you
will see when you reach the vivid ac-
count of 1t.
Although the game was booked for
p. M, the Rapid Transit cars be-
gan to crowd as early as l o'clock
and the anxious found their way to
the grounds ut an early hour. so as
to get an advantageous point of
view. Steamers arrived carrying
anxious fans from the other Islands
and they all rushed for their card
boards. As the hour drew near the
cars became more and more crowded
until they at last assumed the appear
ance of q mass of moving humanity
without feet.
The poor clerk and cOunter-j jumper
who had to work on that afternoon
called his boss unpleasant names and
almost decided to strike as he saw
his friend mount a street-car that
was moving in the direction of the
baseball grounds.
| Talk about your street parades!
Why Ringland Brothers big circus
parade never had look-in with that
baseball parade that went over the
route from the Hotel Baths to the
corner of Fort and King. Hundreds
of spectators lined the streets to
watch the gaily-clad ball-players
march to their special car behind
lifeline" Berger's band. Managers
Wood and Fisher rode In an auto be-
hind the parade and both wore a
broad smile as they saw the manner
in which the people appreciated the
same.
Jump, If you will, from the parade
down the street to the grand display
at the grounds. A National League
Opening was never more appreciated
than that little march across the
green baseball field away down here
in Hawaii. "Mique" said 1t was the
Grandest thing he ever saw. Many
wonder how he witnessed II, for h6
was right alongside Cap Berger al
the head of the march. Each team
took their respective bench and the
band marched down under the tree
in the lower end of the grounds.
The Coast team We're the first Il
take the grounds for practice, and al
they sprinted to their positions the!
showed their class as to players ant
uniforms, and, say, when they begal
to juggle that ball the wise ones Ger
tainly sat up and piped some. Neve
before had they seen such work. Fiel
ding, throwing and one-hand catche
come as easy to these fellows q
swimming does to duck on Wal
kiki pond. Their work drew fort
much applause. The Hawaii tear
o then took a turn and also shove
A well.
Fisher, Britt and Joy introduced
|. Jess Woods, who acted as announC
err, introduced Mike Fisher to tn
crowded stand as The manager G
, the All-Star baseball team" Fisho
= responded with about as neat Il littl
talk as could be imagined. No
"Mique" is baseball manager an
no orator, but he certainly bate
1000 when he made that talk. NJ
Fisher said in part; Ladies' an
Gentlemen: i must say that We al
,. delighted to be with YOU, For 2lU
long miles we have travelled wit
= nothing but dancing waves for scel
y cry and can tell you that these Is
lands look SO good to US and we a