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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-10-04
ALAMEDA TEAM
BEATEN THRICE
Sailors Play, Better Cricket
Than Ever, but Are Not
Up to Locals.

The sailors from the Alameda could
not make their determination stick
yesterday afternoon, and they went
down to defeat before the local eleven
by a score of % to 90. Although
beaten, they played much better
cricket than they have done so far. and
the game was well worth watching. be-
ing of a far more intelligent order
than the former games.
The Alameda s housekeeping was
particularly good. The locals scored
not single bye, although there were
some pretty swift ones that went down
by the wickets.
The afternoon threatened to be
shOwery, but the sky cleared before
the first wicket was down and it was
ideal cricket weather for the rest of
the afternoon. The sailors went in
first, with Cation and Grant opposed
to them, and the deadly effect Of both
the bOwlers' twisters was soon shown.
Thurlow and Jones went in first, but
neither of them stayed very long. The
former batted out and the latter s
before they fell alternately to the
prowess of the bOwlers. As each Ala
media man went in, it was hoped that
he would be the one to make a stand,
but they all failed to do anything ex-
traordinary, and the side was out in
short order for Al runs and 10 byes.
When the local team went in it was
soon seen that they were in fine bat
ting form, and both Brown and Ander-
son carried away their bats after pass
ing the twenty-five mark.
When the last wicket was down the
Honolulu players had scored "a runs,
with an extra wide making total of
95. Bob Anderson s batting was very
good to see; he played well up to the
ball, and he and Cation made a fine
running combination. They took what
looked like long chances sometimes,
but they were always safe, and the
way they made every hit count was
very fine.
There was a good deal of talk about
Rugby football during the game, round
the pavilion, and the Alameda boys
state that they can put out team
If this be the case, it is very proba-
BILE that there will be Rugby match
between the Alamedas and a local
team before many more trips are made.
The official score was as follows:
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-10-04
KIDLETS TO PLAY
DOUBLE HEADER

The Riddles will have a double head
er today at Atkinson Park. The Giants
will play the young Ocean Views and
the Bulletins will try conclusions with
the young Portuguese.
Since the great game at the bali
park when the Giants defeated the Bull
letins there has been much enthusiasm
aroused amongst the local youngsters
and regular league with a proper
schedule is to be formed.
Manager Gumbs Of the Giants to
whom credit is due for the organization
of this great team has the matter very
much at heart and will organize tbs
new league just as soon as the lads
can be got together.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-10-04
IN
GREAT BRITAIN

What do you know about this? 1t
IS a clipping from an English paper.
The great national game must he
spreading in the tight little island.
Well, it is easy to understand how
people would take to fast. snappy
game like baseball and turn aside from
cricket after once seeing a game on
the diamond:
''The final round of the British
Baseball Cup competition was played
at Leyton on Saturday, when Totem
ham Hotspur beat the home team,
after an interesting match, by 6 runs
TO So
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-10-04

'Cyclone" Johnny Thompson has
been matched to box "Kid" Herman
at Racine Wis, on the night Of October
u, the weight being 1873 pounds one
hour before entering the ring. The
fact that Joe Cans on his way through
Chicago stated that in his opinion
Thompson was one man who would be-
able to give Battling Nelson a tough
fight if they ever met, has aroused the
fans of that vicinity. Thompson is
now out with a challenge to Packy Me-
Farland, Freddie Welsh or Battling
Nelson to fight, winner take all.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-10-04
Alameda
Honolulu @. G.

S. Gait, Thurlow. ......... 6
r. j. Harwood, stumped. ....... z
W. Brown, retired ....... 26
r. Cation, Thurlow ...... 8
R. Anderson, retired ......... %
J. H. Fiddes, b Jerome. ...... 6
Melanphy, ThurlOw ........ 0
f. Grant, b Jerome. .......... 2
J. C. McGill, lbw ............... z
T. Lamb. Jerome. .............. J.
R. A. Jordan, not out. 4
Wldes OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
95
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whipping the mountain streams With such
success that lie frequently filled his creel
with the limit catch allowed by the game
laws.
Fishing was SO good that Secretary
Metcalf spent much OF his time at IT.
but he went dove shooting on Il number
OF occasions. The sport was excellent.
and those who followed it usually got
the limit bag Of twenty-five birds allowed
by law every day The deer season
opened July L.. The first day the Secre-
tary's son. Victor n Metcaf, brought
down fine buck. and during the re-
mainder of the season the guests at the
hotel never wanted for Venison.
Sometimes III the afternoon the tennis
courts saw mixed foursomes enjoying the
brisk exercise entailed by fast game
with the temperature over 100 degrees
After an exciting match often lasting
from $50 to 30 O'Clock every one took
a shower and sat down to a hearty meal
OF game. fish from the brooks, country
things the country produced in abundance.
When a home in Oakland, Cal. Secre-
t2ry Metcalf likes TO play golf. and he
was one of those who organized the Coun-
try Club therefore of the best of It's
kind in the country. He plays tennis now
only for exercise. and when in Washing
ton he gets So absorbed in his work that
he neglects exercise and recreation al
most entirely, apparently relying on his
splendid physique and his stored-up
energy to carry him through the hardest
and most protracted tasks.
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Secretary MetCaIf.

Victor Howard MetCalf, Secretary of
the Navy. is as fond of sport as when,
at Yale. lie led his boat crew to victory
but he now finds recreation in other
ways Fishing hunting and mountain
climbing formed his chief amusements
during his vacation last summer. and
his greatly improved physical condition
when he returned to his desk in the huge
State War and Navy building in Wash
jngton testified to the efficacy OF rough
ing il beneath the azure summer skies
Of California.
The place chosen for his annual out
ing was the SeCretary'S favoritc resort
Fouts Springs. in ColuSa county. 1t is Il
picturesque mountain region at an eleva-
ton of 100 feet. in natural amphi-
theater. on one side OF which rises Snow
mountain, 5000 feet high and carrying a
crest of snow far into the autumn, while
on the other side is St. John mountain
! 800 feet high. The hotel is not large
nor especially fashionable. 1t is thanked
by Gotta ges. one of which was occupied
by Secretary Metcalf and his family, who
like the other Cottagers took their meals
at the hotel in delightful informality
The region is famed for its trout fish
ing and there is also good shooting, deer
being plentiful and furnishing exciting
sport in that rocky. mountainous coun-
try during the open season. Secretary
Metcalf shaved off his muStache, clipped
his hair close. donned jeans and with his
light trout rod spent much of his time
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Attorney General Bonaparte.

Like the Secretary of Agriculture. At
torney General Charles j. Bonaparte cares
little for any pursuit entailing physical
exertion He is cultured gentleman who
does not at all resemble his famous name
sake. one-time Emperor of France. Ac-
cording to those close to him. his only
sport is tracking the willy octopus Of COM
MERGE to it's lair or setting snares for it in
it's favorite haunts. If he meets with less
success at this than his associates in the
Presidents cabinet who go out with rod,
gun and tennis racquet. 1t may be be-
cause he has a more cunning foe against
which to pit his skill
The pastoral life is Mr.. BonaparteS de-
light In fact he is as much of a farmer,
i'm a somewhat different way. as the dis
tinguished Secretary of Agriculture. and
he does what he can to deserve the beati-
tude which some one pronounced on the
man who makes two blades of grass
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Secretary SirauS.

Secretary Straus, who has had consid-
cradle experience in the service of his
country both at home and abroad, and
who is now at the head of the many
sided Department of Commerce and
Labor. is an ardent fisherman and an
enthusia site pedestrian. He found ample
onportunity to crafty both his fishing and
walking propensities during the past
summer.
In fact the vacation of Secretary
Strals covering Il period of two months.
was skillfully divided between business
and Measure. Believing that it is well,
if not actually necessary. for him to be
come familiar with the diverse interests
with which he has to deal III an executive
canacity, he spent the first month OF his
absence from Washington in company
with the chief of the lighthouse service
and Commander Mcdonald, making Il
somewhat minute inspection of the light
houses and other aids to navigation along
the New England coast. and especially
on the coasts OF Rhode Island, Massachu-
sets and Maine.
When at home the Secretary regularly
walks from his handsome Italian villa
some two miles to his office at the De-
partment OF Commerce and Labor, ana
last winter he missed one day. He does
this in contempt of the automobiles ana
comfortable carriages at his disposal, De-
cause he considers it excellent exercise.
superior even to golf because it is more
regular The Secretary, therefore, found
himself in very good training for his In
spectlon tour, although it was not en-
tiTely without its strenuous features. He
says:
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Secretary Wilson.

James Wilson. Secretary of Agri-
culture. is no sport. When he wants
recreation he exchanges one kind of
work for another, and even when at
home in the bosom of his family he is not
went to indulge in cards or checkers or
chess any other of the games common
ly resorted to for recreation and amuSe-
ment. Instead, he takes a bOok-prefer-
ably one on hStory-and reads until bed
time. II is record that he once at
tended the theater with President and
Mrs Mckinley, but no one else, so far as
can be remembered by his son, ever sue
ceeded in getting him to surrender an
evening to the mimic stage.
Secretary Wilson spent his vacation. or
what answered for one. this year in the
great mira mountain states, but he whip
ped no streams for trout stalked no deer,
shot no birds. II can't fish, he says.
It's too slow. | haven't time If the
fish would come up and put themselves
on my hook ] might pull them out, but
could never spend all day sitting beside
a brook and hoping that ! would get a
bite. | don't shoot. nor yacht, nor golf,
hard work, and the exchange of one sort
for another. / thoroughly enjoyed my
vacation, nevertheless The air is grand
ont there in those mountain Sfates-and
the water. that's good, too. They are
going to produce the best men in the
country out there. That is what L am
interested in, the rising generation. Inc
children are strong and healthy and you
can high intelligence in their faces.
During my absence / visited the eX-
perimental stations in the mountain coun-
try where we have cooperation. Among
other things we are trying to develop d
better breed of horse in Colorado. The
climate is suitable for horse raising, but
they have not been selecting to types and
they have not been wintering the colts
properly. What is wanted there is a large
size of carriage horse, which will find a
ready market 1t is desirable also to find
the kind of sheep that will give the most
valua BILE wool, and the most of it, as we'll
the best mutton. To do this we must
find d breed that is suited to high eleVa-
tons. Then we are hunting the world over
for plants that grow where there Is
light rainfall, and with good success.
There is a large region out there where
we have had good results with dry farm
ing" and one of the most successful
crops in those semi-arid localities has
been durum wheat. Last year the durum
wheat crop amounted to 5O,o0OO0O bushels,
and had 1t not been for this wheat we
should have had none for export. The
Department of Agriculture is constantly
experimenting on crops for dry farming,
and l felt great interest in seeing with
my own eyes what is being accomplished
in the field -
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horsenan. a pedestrian, a tennis player,
a boxer, an exponent of Jill iitsu-in short.
a follower of every wholesome form of
exercise and manner of sport-the Presi-
dent has set an example that has been
contagious and that will bear good fruit
for many day To come.
The eight serious and one jocund gen.
tlemen who stand at all times ready, If
not anxious to lend their counsel to the
President regarding the plotting of the
ship OF state are not unlike him in re-
spect to their foudness for athletic rec
reation. During some ten months or
more in the year they sit at their desks
in Washington absorbed in weighty du-
ties. but when the corn Swells in its huSk,
when the trout in shaded hooks leaps
al the negligent fly. when the cicada
raspingly records the approach of the
dog days then the cabinet doffs frock
coats and silk hats and betakeS itself far
into the mountains and woods. or scat
tiers along the coast line, where sea gulls
race with the curling breakers and the
big fish give battle royal 10 the angler.
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month than perhaps i'll any year of my
life, and some evenings when / would
return from my inspections L would be
in condition fit to make me eligible for
a pension, the muscles of my legs We're
not accustomed to the effort necessary
in attaining those high attitudes by climb
ing up the steep and slender towers of
our lighthouses. Some of the lighthouses
I visited extend far out into the ocean.
from twenty to twenty-five miles from the
shore line, and it required pretty good
sea legs to go out in small boat to such
lighthouses as Mount Desert Rock and
Duck Island
secretary Straus has little to say re-
garding what he learned i'll his difficult
inspections, but he intimates that lie has
q better knowledge of conditions. He
says: II think good will come from these
Inspections as we saw where, here and
there improvements can be made in the
lights, where new equipments are re-
uuired and where other improvements can
be Installed Doubtless the Secretary is
reserving particulars for his annual re-
port
But it was not all work although the
inspections were calculated to bring re-
freshmen and IMMIGRATION to tired
nerves. The entire month of August was
spent in the Maine woods, in company
vita William Loeb, jr. secretary to the
President There, in little cabin of logs.
which Secretary Straus asserts cost him
the munfcent sum of $500. far from civ
ilization and close to the heart of nature,
where the deer came curiously up to in
veStigate the intruders and the brook
trout rose greedily to the fly, happy par
~ enjoyed to the full the unconventional
delights of a genuine outing. The camp
can be reached only after considerable
tramp through the woods. at that time in
the full glory of their richest foliage, so
that on arrival at the transformations but
hospitabe portals the newcomers were in
fit mood to appreciate the dainties spread
before them. dainties typical of the region
and the environment.
The camp possesses every convenience
that the simple life'' requires, and af-
forded ample accommodation not only
for Secretary Straus, Mrs. Straus and
their young son, but also for Secretary
Loeb and several other guests. The
most striking feature is the central
hall, with it's stone chimney, where
ON a wide open hearth spruce. pine and
maple logs blaZed cheerily and gave ou.
needed warmth, especially in the morn
ings and evenings. while in Washington
people were seeking the parks and house
tops to get refuge from the humid heat
II feel that the head of this department
ought to know something about fishing"
said Secretary Strauss almost naivey. "as
the bureau of fisheries is under his juris
diction. and in order to learn about fishes
you must love the sport of taking them
However. l did not need much education
in that line. fishing is about the only
sport l ever Indulge in. There are plenty
of deer in those woods. but l should have
TO be very hungry indeed before l would
be willing to kill one of those beautiful
animals whose large and trustful eyes
fascinate me. The deer seemed to know
this and so they came very near to the
camp. Several years ago one of the
guides presented me with young fawn,
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Secretary C0rteIv0u.

George Bruce Cortelyou. as the Secretary
of the Treasury, is just as fond OF out
door sports as he ever was when young
man at school, but the duties accompany
ing the Treasury portfolio are so exact
ing that he finds little chance now for
sports or athletics so that walking is al
most the only open-air amusement, or.
rather. exercise. left him.
Even during the past summer. when he
was living at Halesite, on Long Island
Sound he transacted the business of his
without a break, occasionally
going to his Office in the customs house
in New York city to meet delegations or
to attend to business there.
Mr. Cortelyou considers Hampstead, l..
L. his home and he votes there. but in
the summers he likes to be at Haleste.
which is close to the spot. now marked
by commemorative boWlder, where
Nathan Hale was captured. For one
thing. there are fewer Interruptions 10
Washington.
When cares of Office bore less heavily
upon him, Mr.. Cortelyou took delight in
every healthy sport that boys and young
men generally enjoy He rode, swan.
hunted, fshed. sailed a boat skated,
played base ball and foot ball and en-
joyed all sorts of outdoor sports.
Being SO we'll known as an untiring
worker. many persons have lost sight of
the fact that the Secretary of the Treas
ury also is enthusiastic as a sportsman.
and they forget that he has been bear
hunting and turkey shooting with the
President and has an enviable record a.
a fisherman.
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Il climbed more stairs during that
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now that it is full grown and has the
liberty of the woods it frequently comes
back to pay me visit.
The beauty of fly fishing is that one
does not need to kill any more fish than
he requires for eating, as the little trout
hooks seldom hurt the fish. If one has "A
firm hand and is careful to keep the fish
in the water while removing the hook with
As little injury as possible, he can release
the trout and it will be none the worse
for having been caught. | think Mr.. Loeb
and I did not kill per cent of the trout
we caught. and we took n great many.
The sport was very excellent. Mr.. Loeb
Is not only a good fisherman, but he is
also thorough woodsman, trained in all
the arts of the craft. I might add that
this is no detriment to his excellent equip
ment as secretary TO the President"
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Secretary Root,

When Elihu Root. who as Secretary OF
State carries the peace OF the United
States in the hollow Of his bony hand. Is
not undergoing the heroic regime Of Mr..
Muldoon's training quarters he is likely
to be in some shady nook with a book
in his hand; for the Secretary is one OF
the original highbrows, with mentality
as subtle as his physique Is spirituelle.
1t is Of record that he once went hunting
with the President, but he got no game.
Secretary Root is a lawyer of keen at
tainments. who lives in comfort some
might call 1t luxury on a cabinet min
of a few millions. He is engaged I'm
finding ways for the United States to en-
gage in philanthropy on a large scale.
such as refunding indemnities to poor
countries like China, bringing about uni
versal arbitration, civilizing entire ma
tons like the Fflipinos and the Cubans,
cementing the bonds of brotherhood be-
tween the nations of the new world. and
teaching Latin America that this is the
best market in which to buy everything.
and finally although this Is by no means
the list of his hopes and activities). fur
thering the cause of the new 1nterna-
tional Institute of Agriculture, which is
going to be mighty big thing some day.
With these and a few hundred other
things on his mind the Secretary occa-
sionally finds time to take a whirl in an
automobile or d carriage, and he has
been known to walk down to his office
when the walking was good, but as
rule, when his system simply must have
recreation and his mind amusement other
than he can find in discourse on diplo-
macy as practiced by the Ayrians, he
goes away for a spell and hires Mr..
Muldoon to give it to him. After all,
that is probably the more scientific way.
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Secretary WriQht.

Secretary Wright Of the War Depart
ment has had no time to take q vacation
since he became a member Of the cabi-
net and he has been so occupied with
the serious task of getting acquainted
with his new duties and surroundings
that he has not found time to devote to
any recreations even if he has any pet
forms Of amusement. He gets some ex-
ercise by walking and riding and in gen.
eral Is an advocate. as soldier should
be, Of the outdoor life.
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grow where but one grew before" It is
on his fine Maryland farm. therefore that
the Attorney General finds the most con-
genial relaxation, amid his horses and
cows and pumpkin vines directing the
blowing of field or delving into the Ro-
man classics on the production Of honey
on Hymettus, or the culture of the fig of
Smyrna
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PooTrA1TER GENERAL MEYER

OF the least good
that T Ii e o d o r t
Roosevelt, as Presi-
dent of the United
States. has done his
Countrymen n a S
been to quicken by
precept and exam
PIE their love and
a y pre- C j a I j o II
of healthy, athletic
and manly sports.
AS a hunter. "a
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JAr11EJW1LJoN
.OECRETARY |
OF The AeR1cULTUREl

brought down bear In Russia. and. in
short. has enjoyed she most exciting
sport atield and atloat In many parts OF
he world. Besides all this. he Is farm
cr, and at his old home In Hamilton,
Macs. he has beautiful country place.
where he enjoys the simple life and car
lies on up-t date methods Of agriculture.
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suggestion to walk up a mountain seemed
to startle them. AS a matter OF fact. they
hardly undertake to cross street with
out calling a carriage. One man he
found, however. who was always ready
for him when it came to hard tramp.
and that was Gov. Freer.
1t may be supposed that when the Sec
rotary got back to Washington after his
far western trip he was worn out. so he
took his annual leave and retired to the
old home of the Garfield family on the
farm at Mentor, Ohio. The farm now
consists OF about 100 acres. and this gives
very good scope for the exercise OF the
owners agricultural tastes. He Is
genuine practical farmer, and some years
ago he had a stock farm in that neigh
borhood, where he made a success Of rails
ing superior draft horses until the en-
croachment Of suburban villas became too
pressing. During his two weeks on the
farm last summer Secretary Garfield in
terested himself in the management and
work on the place. and he also INDUCED
very freely In tennis. riding walking. I'm
trimming the trees on the estate. making
hay and in other occupations and pleas
ures of a farmers life. The place Is IN
many respects an ideal country place. but
general farming is pursued for profit as
we'll Measure.