The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-06-05
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WERE GREAT
Diamond Head Athletic Club
Does Itself Proud at
DriIlshed.

The Diamond Head Athletic Clubs
high jinks in the drillshed last night
were a great success. About three
hundred invited guests were present
and a lively time was enjoyed till near
midnight.
The drillshed was tastefully decorat-
ed with flags. On tl1e~foor were small
tables with four chairs to EACH The
guests made themselves at home at
these tables with cards, converse, to-
bacco and refreshments
Professor Peter Baron, the clubs
trainer, wearing a plug hat with a
cause he is a Frenchman, introduced
John Hughes, who opened the exer-
cises with a speech
Hughes is one of the best friends
that the club has and his remarks
were greeted with loud applause.
The speaker said that Honolulu had
many clubs. from the Pacific to the
Onion club. None, however, could COM
pare with the Diamond Head Athletic
Club. 1t had the greatest aggregation
of athletic talent of any organization
in the I -ritory. The club had done
well in the past and intended to carry
its winning streak into the future.
Some day the club would be sending
athletes to the Coast to compete and
it was even possible that Diamond
Head man might journey to Athens
or wherever the Olympian games were
being held and compete for the honor
of H wall.
Hughes spoke of the good feeling
which existed in the club and of the
versatility of the members. The motto
of the club was play the game" and
there were no politics in the club.
Mike Patton, who acted as master of
ceremonies, introduced the Diamond
Head quintet, who obliged with
pleasing selection.
Mike Patton followed with some of
his inimitable musical limitations
which brought down the house.
A boxing contest between two fea-
therweight members of the club fol-
lowed, and then the Diamond Head
quartet, composed of w. Kerr, E. Ka-
al, E. Fernandez and j. Thompson. OBJ
liged with a part song.
Wrestling between Sailor Roberts
and another husky lad from the Z. S.
S. Iroquois was next on the bill and
the mat artists wrestled three falls in
workmanlike fashion.
Eddie Dunno followed with a piano
solo and than Mike Patton told how
an Irishman beat his way into
heaven
A skating contest round the hall and
over various obstacles, participated in
by half dozen starters in costume.
created much amusement.
Ii Hung Chang No. 2, was announced
as the winner of the skating event.
In announcing this event Patton stat
ed that Rev. E. w. Thwing had prom
ised to be on hand to referee the box
ing contests, but finding himself UNI
able to be present, had sent along a
bouquet of his whiskers to be given
as first prize in the skating race. /
applause followed this an
The next number was a four-round
boxing contest between two light
weights of ability. The lads went at
it hammer and tongs and furnished a
rafting mill which finished toward the
end of the fourth round by the men
to break and Referee Baron
pulling them apart. This is so in |
censed one of the boxers that he kick |
ed the referee and the bout ended in |
a small-sized riot.
The Diamond Head quartet again |
obliged and then an intermission of
fifteen minutes was taken in order to |
allow the walters to pass between the
rows of chairs with the lemonade and
chewing gum.
The second half of the evening was |
passed with music, mirth, story and
song and everybody was sorry when
time arrived, for the affair
had been one of the pleasant evenings
ever spent by the members of the D. |
FL. A G.