Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-02-10

Mtque Fisher called at the b =
! | n ONCE yesterday to say good
bye, and, incidentally. to give short
account OF his impressions of the won
derful trip which will finish in San
Francisco next week. ....
Mique said the idea Of the Oriental
trip originated in Honolulu during
1907. When the visit of the baseball
to Japan was first mentioned, every
body said the trip was impossible.
Jess Woods and Fisher thought diff
ferently, however, and II was decided
to send Woods ahead to make arrange
ments and fix rates. How the ad-
vance agent succeeded is an old story
now. To quote Fisher: Every city
we visited In the Orient went almost
crazy about the team. IL made us
glad to think we were Americans. We
had, In planning our uniforms, taken
care to have the good old Flag put
pretty well all over the suit. II any
one In the various cities we visited
didn't like us, and began throwing
bricks-well, they could not help hit
ting the flag, and then there would
be something doing sure. -.
I'VE followed Woods schedule
closely. and there was not an engage
nent we did not keep to the dot. In
Canton. although only fifteen Amer
leans reside there, a baseball nine ex-
lists. and we played them. too. These
people dubbed together and paid all
our expenses to and from Hongkong.
The Canton Americans treated us
royalty, and We were sorry to leave
them. a
Shanghai also treated US well; We
were dined and wined during our
whole stay in that city.
'In Kobe the people simply cling
to us when leaving. and we nearly
missed the steamer. In Toxic and
Yokohama we played fourteen games,
and met some strong clubs there.
Baseball In japan is the national
game--even the little children on
the streets are always playing the
game. 1r,
FOR one game In Toxic we loaned
battery to the Japs. The, pitcher
walked three men In succession. and
the japanese thought II was inten-
tional. II looked as II a riot would
eventuate for a while. The rooters
were calling us all sorts Of names
fortunately. we did not understand
why the crowd was yelling-so we
pulled our pitcher out OF the box.
Manila surprised US all, as We ex-
pected to find lot OF savages. In
stead. we met some Of the finest peo-
pie In the world. The Manila boys
were betting all sorts OF money that
their team would beat us.
"Hongkong has only few Ameri-
can residents, but they gave us a fine
time. ,-..sH g
over In Manila we were all iAvit-
ed out In the country a little way to
spend New Years Day. Our hosts
were bunch OF bachelors who lived
together In bungalow and called
themselves The Exiles.'
THE trip out to the bungalow was
made In automobiles provided by the
'Exiles.' Brick Devereaux and were
In the tonneau OF the front machine,
while one OF the Exiles sat next ia
the chauffeur. 90.
After about half an hours run
we had had our New Years eve din
ner In Manila and all felt good-we
came to where two roads met. Our
chauffeur turned to the right al
though the driver of another auto
stopped aud argued that the road was
not safe ON account OF bolomen.
Forget It,, replied our man. tn,
bolomen all get drunk on New Years
eve; they Won't trouble US tonight
we will chance It anyhow
when he started up that darl
road. Red Dog and | felt real scared
hut didn't like to question the driver
Brick enquired II there was any dan
ger, and was told that sometimes thu
bolomen did hold up, In fact cut'up
tourists. Brick at once produced hi
gun, and I'll admit that ] did thu
same. The Exile protested that thu
guns were a menace to the men oil
the front seat and confiscated tn,
weapons.
II had a big wad Of money on M,
and did not feel comfortable abou
things In general. oh, said the Elk