The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-07-07


teams will be about the same as they
have been during the first series. The
first game on Saturday will start at
one-thirty sharp, and it is to lie hop
ed that all the local players will be on
hand on time, so that the games will
not be delayed.
Jess Woods, the well known baseball
magnate, who is the manager for the
All Reach American baseball team
that leaves shortly for the Orient was
a passenger yesterday in the Mongo-
liza for the Orient. Jess, in talking
about the team that will tour the East
in the fall, stated that the greatest col
lection of players ever seen together
will be on board when the China ar
rives in November.
There will be fifty people in the
party, fifteen of which will be ball
players who are the best that can be
gotten together from all parts of the
United States. Applications are COM
ing in from all parts of the States ask
ing for chance to go on the trip, and
it has been very hard work picking
out the best Among the players that
are known to Honolulu people are
Zeider who was here last year and
who is at present the shortstop for
San Francisco, but who has been sold
to the Chicago White SoX for $4,000.
Pat Donahue, who is the best catcher
that Boston has ever had; Bill Burns,
the southpaw of the Washington team
who has made good from the start
with his team, having shut out the
crack Detroit team in two games; Bill
Devereaux and George Hildebrand
"Other crack players that will be in
the team are Frank Chance, Hal Chase,
Cobb Delehanty, Bliss and others,
making up the strongest team ever
known in the history of baseball The
team will go directly to Yokohama
playing a series of games there, then
to Toxic, Kobe, Manila, Hongkong,
Shanghai and stopping off here one
steamer to play series Of games with
the best team that can be picked in
Honolulu, with Pat Donahue as catch
err for the local team.
81 am going on to the Orient to ar
range a schedule of games for the
team and will probably be back in
Frisco before the team leaves, al
though that is only tentative. The
team will leave San Francisco on the
China November and will be back
here sometime in February. The Ho-
nolulu people will De trearca TO the
best baseball they have ever seen, and
l hope that they will be present in
Large numbers, so as to swell the re-
ceipts of the league here, as the Reach
team will certainly furnish the right
kind of ball"
The regular weekly shoot of the Ha-
,waiian Gun Club will be held tomor-
row afternoon at the Kakaako traps.
Il
The first golf tournament for the
Tansan cup will probably be played on
Sunday at the Country Club.
r.
Anyone wishing to buy a good yacht
cheap will have chance today, as the
ISloop yacht Spray, formerly the prop,
erty of H. E. Picker, will be sold al
public auction.
The st. Louis Alumni will give theil
first minstrel show on Thursday nigh
at the Opera House, having as thei
guests the visiting baseball teams
Each team will have a box decorated
in the national colors of its country.
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A special meeting of the Kalaniana
ole Baseball League will be held to
night at seven-thirty at the home o
the secretary, A. X. Vierra All mem
bers are requested to be on hand with
out fail, as important business will b
taken up.