The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-12-19
(From S. F. Bulletin.)

American were beaten at tennis by
the Australians Do we hold the cham
pionship in anything? Jenkins loses
to the Tireless Turk; Hayes is beaten
by the Dashing Dago; Attell succumbs
to Willy Welsh! What can we VIM
New York Morning Telegraph.
Say. what's the matter with this
bloomin' gazabo, anyway? Wasn't the
fire lit when he crawled out of his
cumfy little trundle bed this morning? |
Did his wife light into him for arriv-
ing at home in company with the
milkman? Did he hit into a double |
play when he asked the boss for the
loan of a ten-spot? Or did the Morn |
ing Telegraph, in spirit of josh and
jocularity, invite the inmates of the
Blind Institute and the Deaf and Dumb
Asylum to take charge of the higher
thought" page for day or so?
What can we VIM" Oh, foodge,
Rinaldo? Did you lose the pinochle
championship last night? However if
you really want to know, let's take a
Suppose we start off with that little
turn-verein lately oncluded-withoutI
the assistance of the navy, praises be
in the British Isles. 1t is all over
now and the least said the better;
but, speaking of championship, it does
seem that the Starry Banner made
pretty regular trips up the blawsted,
bloomin' fiagpole, and that every time
she completed the circuit we scored
something What do they call it, Ri
naldo? One of them was secured by a
stocky little Irish-American named
Hayes, we believe, who beat something
less than a thousand of the pride of
Europe over a 26-mile go-as-you-
please. We must admit that one of
the defeated runners, dazzled by the
inducements of the chewing-gum trust,
came over to America and beat our
Johnnie" in Madison Square Garden.
STILL Johnnie is a working man, you
know, and when his vacation was over
he had to get back to the store. Do
rando was out of job and didn't mind
it so much. But Hayes is still the
champion. There were about 200 other
events in the Olympic games, and or
course the other fellows got some OF
them. but-oh, we'll, let it drop!
There was something in the coy lit
tie New York editorial about tennis
too. Out here in California there lives
a little lady named Sutton-Miss May
lSutton of Pasadona-who was possibly
overlooked by the gay New Yorker.
Miss Sutton has a collection of tennis
trophies. taken as championships from
every part of the known world that
makes Tiffany's Christmas window look
like the Arizona desert. Then. too they
forgot that Wright, who is playing in
Australia actually beat the famous
Norman Brookes, but lost the cham
pionship because of Alexander's inabi-
lily to annex his quota of the games.
William Larned, the American cham
pionship. is still indicated.
When discussing the fighters it be-
comes merely sad and brutal badinage.
"Attell succumbs to Welsh" is the sad
wall from the Telegraph. Yes, Able,
weighing 122 pounds, fought Welsh,
weighing 1870, and after 20 furious
rounds lost the decision. He is still
featherweight champion of the world,
however Then, of course, there is
big Jim" Jeffries who spanked all
the heavyweight sauceboxes on the
planet; Stanley Ketchel, who eats a
160-pounder every morning for break
fast; Mr. Battling Nelson of Hege-
wisch, H.. champion lightweight jour
nalist and politician; Joe Cans, the
"Old King Cole" of the ring; Corbett.
Johnson, Sullivan Eyes, dear reader,