Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-01-05
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SP0UTS BY THE
SPORTING EDITOR
BOOST! DON'T KNOCK!

just let every man cut out tne
above admonition and paste It In his |
hat-band. Then let him tie a piece
of string around the third finger Of
his left hand. to remind him to gaze
into the inner portion of his remov- |
able skypiece. Knocking never did
any good to anybody; the knocker
soon gets twisted misconception of
the general trend of things. and the
knoekee finally reaches that pnchar-
table stage where he wants to go|
out and hammer someone's block of.
IL there ever was an occasion
when the booster was needed much
ly, and the knocker had no place In
the economical arrangement of
things. such an occasion is here
right this minute. The man who can
not witness anything without trying
to pour tubful of aichtoo-oh on 1t,
the man who goes around with
face that tells you that he must have
been eating green persimmons, had
better pack up his belongings and
scoot away from these Islands before
he gets permanently soured on him
self.
Here are the men who have been
chosen to form baseball nine to lick
blazes out of Mike Fishers All-Amer
lean aggregation. Give them half
chance, and doubtless they'll accom-.
| plish the task. Sit around and say,
Bum! Rotten! You mokes couldn't
whip nine of Fill Islanders. You're
nothing but a lot of dubs!" and Il is
conceivable that the players may lose
heart and get badly beaten.
II Johnnie with the tackhammer"
is hanging around these diggings, 1t
is to be hoped that he will take his
misanthropic self to some other cline
for the time being.
Get out and root for that All-Ha-
waiian team; give the men the bene-
ft of your encouragement and sup
port. Show that you are interested
In their success, and, above all,
Now is the time when the man
with the exuberant spirits can get
busy and make himself useful. II
there is one thing that the ball-play.
ers who are getting ready for the
test Of strength with the All-Amer-
leans need. 1t is encouragement. And
they won't get much of 1t from the
fans who stand around on street cor
ners and make prophecies concerning
the whalloping which the Hawaiians
are going to get.
The way fans turned out yester-
day AFTERNOON to witness the first
practice Of Fernandez All-Hawafians
was something of which local sports
men have no cause to be proud.
There were exactly six spectators on
the bleachers. That means that Just
six people felt enough interested to
spend ten cents car-fare and two
hours time to boost along the cause
OF baseball here.
1t will be absolutely impossible for
the All-Hawaiians to accomplish any
thing II the general public does not
get in and boost. A man does not
feel much incentive to work for the
community when the community
won't accord him little encourage
ment.
Every afternoon from now on. will
see the players on the league grounds
lambasting the ball around, and lin
bering themselves up for the strug-
sic to come. 1t makes lot of differ
ence whether the men are practicing
before empty bleachers, or have an
Enthusiastic audience, ready to APP
plaud good plays and shout encorr-
agement. The man that has not
enough local pride to help the base
ball team that is going to uphold the
dignity of the Islands on the dia-
mond, especially when the total cost
per day is ten cents In money and
two hours in time, must have very
little OF the sportsman in him.
Some of the business men of this
city have agreed to let those OF their
employees who have been chosen for
the All-Hawaiian team of work at 4
CLOCK In the afternoon. This pub
lic-spirited courtesy is greatly appre-
ciated by those upon whose Shout
ders 1t is falling to get together a
team worthy Of Hawaii, and II other
employers can see their way clear to
doing likewise, their action will GER
tainly meet with he'approval OF pa
triotic sportsmen.