The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-15

Inc service puDlSneS the following
review of the sports of the year:
The year 1911 was boomer" for
sports of all kinds. Hawaii has long
been known as a country of out-ofdoor
sports, and this last year was no eX-
ception. Here we have a smattering
of Hawaiians, Japanese, Chinese,
Portuguese, negroes and the white
population all joining hands in one or
another form of sports. Show us a
country where from the LIST Of Janu-
airy till the 31st of December, each
year, sports of all kinds may be car
ried on, both on land and sea, without
the least discomfort to those engaged
in it,
True to Hawaii as well as on the
mainland, baseball holds the first
place amongst the islanders In Ha-
wall we have no "Class A" baseball
such as is seen on the mainland. All
our baseball players are young men
who work for a living. We have no
professionals" Yet when it comes
to this, our national game, ! would
rather see a game played in Hawaii
than between the great American
League teams. Just imagine what it
means to see opposed a Chinese team
and a Japanese, or a Portuguese and
Hawaiian team, or mix them up any
way that you like; we have them all
here. Taking team-playing as a whole,
| must say that it is a treat to see the
Chinese on bases. Big leaguers have
nothing on them. They axe quick,
keen for the game and clean lot OF
players. They lack the hitting ability,
however. The Japanese, although we
have no straight Japanese team, are
good players. They are quick on
bases, like the game immensely and
are good hitters, but their great fault
is kicking. They seem to kick at
the least provocation. The Portuguese
are average players, hard workers and
coming to the front rapidly. The Ha.
waiians are very keen for baseball,
usually are good hitters and fielders.
but they lack the great standby,
"headwOrk." AS a whole. baseball is
good in the islands, and any Sunday
or holiday afternoon may be spent
worse than seeing two games between
cosmopolitan teams. Rivalry runs
high and, best Of all, this branch OF
sport so far has been clean"
/ Football holds firm place amongst
the high schools and colleges. Some
fine exhibitions may be seen here
amongst the young men, but my PEI.
sonal opinion is thai this climate is
rather strenuous for this form of sport
| have all along advocated Rugby
and still feel that if more interest
were taken in this game it could de,
velop into a standby Soccer is
great, just coming to the front and
hope that it will be further advanced
Horse-racing. Well, to begin with,
guess we had better forget It, We have
had what might be called racing or
several occasions, but as a sport it Is
way below the standard The only
ones interested are the owners. The
general public has not been enthusi
, astic in this branch of sportdom.
Field Sports. Here again we hit thu
/ nail on the head. Hawaii is righ
there with the goods when it comes t,
, running, jumping, h ding, hammer
throwing, etc. We a we some fin,
fellows, from the Marathoners to tn,
= 100-yard sprinters. The climate agaiI
t is rather against making good tim,
= over the longer course, but we havt
= some crackeriack 1OO-yard men. Sew
: eral are 10-second men, and that TIM
( is mot so slow" Over the longe
2 sprint courses we have some goo,
? ones, but when you get up to the mil
events or over, do not look for time
This climate will not permit it,
= Aquatics. Hawaii takes a bac
S seat to none of the best when it come
/ to the water for sports. Rowing, whic
1 holds forth each Regatta Day, speak
e for itself Just compare the time
: made by the barges this year to tn
[ times of like events on the Coas
a We sure did make some time and tina
is no mistake | think we could max
some of the rowers on the Coast "g
= some should they care to come dow
t here and give us a chance. This ha
been a reviying year both for rowin