The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-06-24
SANTA CLARAS
ARE THE PIONEERS
COLLEGIANS AMONG FIRST TO
INTRODUCE AMERICAS GFEAT-
EST PASTIME TO CALIFORNIA.

Much has been said of late as to
baseball. in and out of the studies TAX
en- up at the different universities, as
to whether or not it was profitable to
the student to interest himself in the
game among his course of studies.
Some of our most learned professors
claim that sports of all kinds, and
above all, that of baseball, are distrac-
ton from the path of learning of the
American youth, but we have yet to
be shown wherein this judgment has
any foundation.
A little recreation for the body as
well as the mind is the argument OF
| the wise old men of former genera
lions, and from the manner in which
craftsmanship Is handled and instilled
| in the heads of the students of Santa
| Clara College, one can hardly find
room for argument at all
A private institution of learning, this
college has turned out many brilliant
men in all walks of life, some of them
today holding positions of public hon
or where ability alone paves the way,
and so in its sporting side of life, it
| has put more men in the field than any
institution of like size and prominence
in the United States. For the last two
years Santa Clara has fathered base
ball so to speak, on the Pacific Coast,
as will be seen from the following clip
ping from one of the late Coast files:
1T is well said by baseball critics
that Santa Clara College is unrivaled
among collegiate opponents of amateur
baseball and has repeatedly demon
strated her superiority over classy pro-
fessional teams of both the Coast and
State Leagues.
I'm 1906 after vanishing all corners
in rapid succession with apparent ease
they were matched with ST. Mary's
College who had up to that time been
indicated. Santa Clara took the Sc
ries and college championship with the
facility of seasoned professionals. In
the final game they shut their oppo-
nents out by score of s to 0. In 1907
owing to a dispute in regard to the
professionalism of some of the St
Mary's players, these two colleges did
not meet. As in previous years Santa
Clara swept all before them until now.
the present season of 1908, the Mission
College (as it is called possesses a
well balanced team composed of cham
pionship timber and individuals who
have already won their spurs in the
intercollegiate championship for two
successive seasons. Both universities,
Stanford and California have been
conquered by the Santa Clara BOYS.
Recently they surprised their most
ardent admirers by defeating the fam
Gus San Jose professional team com
posed of such sterling players as
Stricklett, star National league twirl-
er; Hal Chase, greatest first baseman
in the world and former Santa Clara
College star now with the New York
Americans; Wolter, leading sticker or
Dig league and eX-Santa Clara star;
Arrelanes, Coast league team crack:
DevereauX, well known in Honolulu.
and other baseball celebrities. The
game went eleven innings and was re-
plete with fiashy playing throughout.
One sporting writer said: Never saw
a better game of baseball. Some of
those youngsters will be wearing big
league uniforms before long
The collegians' record on the dia-
mond dates back almost to the birth
OF baseball in California, as Santa
CARA College is the oldest institution
OF learning in the West"
This is the class of bail we are TO
see here in Honolulu next month when
the men from the Far East gather on
our shores to take back with them if
possible, the honors these California
boys hold so high. Honolulu entbu-
siasts should feel proud to think that
such an undertaking meets with the
success assured them it will be. and no
doubt, many yearly competitions of
this kind will hereafter be 1.-THE keynote
OF baseball IN the Hawaiian Islands.