The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-02-06
CHARITY GAME
PLENTY OF FUN

Some of the funniest stunts ever
pulled Of on a local baseball diamond .
were seen yesterday afternoon at the
league grounds, Moimi, when the
benefit game arranged by the bar
tenders and the actors of the city took
place. Everybody seemed to enter
into the spirit of the afternoon, and
from the time the first of the actors
arrived up till the last had left the .
grounds there was always something
doing.
OF course, the ball game was play ,
ed, but it was played in such man
ner as to bring tears of laughter to +
the eyes of most of the spectators, |
so excruciatingly funny were the an
tics of both team. The actors start |
ed out to have a bully time. Early
in the game they indicated that they |
did not mind a few runs being piled !
up against them; they were of opin-
ion that the crowds filling the grand |
stand had to Le amused and, well,
they were going to amuse them ir-
respective of ball The bartenders
were out after runs and the way in
which they crossed the plate was a
treat to see, first one and then an
other racing home in great style, while
the actors were piling the errors up.
The game was finally won by the
! Tbespians, but not until the score
board showed thirty-one runs, eigh-
teen of which were credited to the
actors. But it was a fine game, and
everybody present thoroughly enjoy
ed it,
The quaint costumes of Meeker,
Hasson, McIvor, Ben Abdic, lie Marest
! Brothers, Stanley, Bentley, Grainer,
Jones, Pollard, Shook and Vierra
caught the fancy of the crowd and
the antics of this bunch of funmakers
AIDED by the hustling propensites of
the candy-girls, kept all present in a
good humor, except those who were
stung by the young ladies. But even
those who were bailed up and forced
to deliver took their punishment in
| good part and fell in with the spirl
of the hour. Misses Dolliver, Bald
win, Carranze, WATSON and Rogers
worked well during the afternoon and
collected quite a tidy sum. 1t is
anticipated that something in the
neighborhood of 1925 was realized by
yesterdays benefit and this amount
will be handed over to Mrs. Ornellas,
mother of the late Tony Ornellas, as
soon as accounts are squared up
Though the ball game was the main
event of the afternoon the field sports
came in very handy and several Of
the events were splendid. Notably
the fifty yards dash for soubrettes, in
which three young ladies, Miss Rog-
ers, Miss WATSON and Miss Carranza
started, assisted by Miss" Meeker.
Miss Rogers won easily from Miss
WATSON, showing a turn of speed
which puts her right away in the
sprinter's class.
The race for fat men brought down
the house. George Fern, Mark Hough-
failing, L, Twomey and c. Lambert
started, and they finished in the or
der given, but first Houghtailing and
then Lambert looked all over winners.
In the free-for-all dash Burke made
the pace a corker and won from Dick
Sullivan with lie Marest third and
King fourth. King ran in ordinary
clothes and was not out to win.
Altogether the meeting was huge
success, and the greatest praise is
due to the boys who successfully car
ried the sports through.
The teams for the baseball game
were:
"Corks"-Bower, Smith, Twomey,
Heine, Sullivan, Medeiros, Lin, Lem
or. Dunn, Cannon, Houghtailing.
Actors-Demorest, Carroll, Darling,
Meeker, Burke, Bentley, Greiner, Stan.
ley, McIyor Pollard Hasson