The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1907-11-26
PLAYERS
READY FOR
TODAY
From saturdays Advertiser.)

Mique Fishers team of All Stars is
on Hawaiian soil and the freedom of
the city has been extended to them
Headed by Barney Joy they marched
on the Alameda yesterday morning and
were greeted enthusiastically by several
hundreds of Honolulu s ball fans, male
and female, assembled at the Oceanic
dock to make sure that the boys whose
fame has been ringing in the sporting
columns of the newspapers and whose
| features have become familiar to all the
readers Of the Sunday supplements, had
really come. And they were there, Joy
and Devereaux and Eastwood and
Burns and all the rest of them, there
IN all their glory, fine looking lot of
athletes, apparently none the worse for
the sea trip.
Joy was the happiest man on the
ship as she came to dock, leaning over
the rail with his face wreathed in
smiles. Many were the greetings shout
ed at him and hearty were the greet
ings he tossed back as he picked out
all his old friends and team mates
among the hundreds of faces turned up
towards him
Barney had been on deck since one
o'clock in the morning, peering over
the beam to get the first sight of the
slopes of Oahu. He couldn't sleep and
he paced the deck anxiously during the
last few hours of the voyage, asking
everyone in sight, "Won't we ever
get there'" Once ashore, however, and
after big ealabash of poi, Barney was
his old happy self. He has changed
but little, a trifie more sophisticated,
perhaps, but the same Barney who
pitched the st. Louis nine to victory
and earned the favor of the bleaehers.
HERE TO PLAY BALL.
The All Stars are here to play bali. |
There will be no laying of on the part
of anyone. The boys, in their gorgeous
red, white and blue uniforms, were try
ing out on the diamond yesterday after
noon and their work, in spite of the
fact that the ground heaved a little
under their feet, was fast.
Watching them, with the look of a
proud father in his face, stood Mique
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Fisher, Jess Woods on his right and
dapper Jimmy Britt on his left. Britt
is with them team but not Of them,
here, as he explained, simply on a trip
OF pleasure and exploration, having
nothing else better to do than come
along. That he did come makes thel
visit of the All Stars all the more in
teresting to the sports of Honolulu,
some Of whom know the clever light
weight personally and all of whom
znow him well by reputation.
"Well, what do you think of my
'oys'" asked Fisher. CANT they the :
andy, thought Say, watch Bliss wing
EN- down. He's got the best arm in :
he world. Oh, boys, how do you like |.
he grounds? Amt this all right. eh?" :
Some of the boys stopped long enough b
o express their appreciation Of the e
iamond, then resumed their throwing +
round the bases.
81 want to tell you," resumed Fish
r, sweeping his arm 50 as to include
Is entire aggregation, "that there 3
ne finest lot Of ball players in the =
'untry, not busher among 'em and
IL give fifty to any one who can -
I'd busher IN the bunch. / had the
hole pick Of the country and 1 got
lly ball players, every one Of them, y
ID every one a gentleman 1 couldn t
lord to bring any hoodlums along and =
q bet / didn't. l got letter from :,
plain Dowdell saying that these boys -
: the finest lot Of young fellows that
ever Travelled with and that the last -
P Of the Alameda was the jolliest run r,
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1 Honolulu"
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people Of Honolulu had been look
forward to the coming Of his play
J, being DESTROYS Of seeing good ball,
would be disappointed if at any the
&c Of the game the visitors did not II
Itch themselves and play their best, BAL
matter how the score went. Tor
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lay DOWN. These boys lay DOWN. the
?, if thought they would do any gra'
g like that I would tear up their roll
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hundred to one If we can. You part
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