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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-07-09
HALF Of
HILO SCHEDULE
BEGAN SUNDAY
HILo LEAGUE.
Second Series.l

Especial Correspondence Star-Bulletin.l
HILO, July 8.-The first ball games
of the second half of the schedule were
pulled off at the baseball park yester-
gregation trimming the ALL White nine
by runs to 2, and the Hilo team put
ting it over on the crack c. A. C. bunch
by to 2.
Except for an accident whereby
Hayes, who pitches for the Honnlulu
Hawaiis, had a spike driven into the
back of his hand, cutting the veins and
putting him out of commission for some
time to come, the first game was de-
void of incident. The Hawaii team was
too strong for the ALI Whites, and the
score showed it.
The second game, between the C. A
c. and the Hilo nines was a good one.
The Chinese were looked on as being
able to win all the way. as they came
out ahead on the first half of the Sc
ries and had defeated the Hilo. boys
more than once Coming to bat the
Chinese failed to score, however, and
then the Hilo boys got busy and slipped
run over.
Chinese Champs Lose.
In their second attempt the Chinese
managed to complete the circuit twice.
the first run being obtained and the
SECOND put well ON it's way by the
hashness of the Hilo pitcher. The bat
ter hunted ball right up to him and.
lazily picking it up, he went to send
it along to first, but suddenly changed
his mind and sent it in what he thought
was the direction of second. He mis-
judged. however, and the ball sped out
between first and second, while the
previous batter romped home and the
bunter made third in safety.
From then on until the eighth in
ming of the Chinese bunch was over.
the game was good fight, both teams
holding each. other down. In Hilo's
half of the eighth they slipped two
runs over on the Chinese and then held
them down for the ninth, thus winning
by one run.
The fans were tickIed to death at
the result. as it will make the series
much more interesting, and they are
also not satisfied with the way in which
the Chinese showed up against the Ho-
nolulu visitors on July 4.
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"MAITY'S' Tiff STORY READS
MORE LIKE FICTION Than FACT

/ for the team. but he was soon bought
by rival team in nearby town. re-
ceiving exactly one dollar game and
playing with the big grown-ups
Graduating from Keystone in '9S he
went TO Bucknell College While in
Scranton that summer a Y NJ C. A.
game in which he struck out fifteen
men did much to focus attention upon
him, and when he later went to Homes
vile, Pa, he was given twenty dollars
a month and his board to pitch for the
home team. Before the season ended
he was offered $50 a month to pitch
for the Taunton club in the New Eng
land League, but this club disbanded
and he returned to Housewife, which
place. "Matty'' says, became an import
ant mile post in his career It is here
that he discovered and practised the
"fade-away" which later became of
great value to him. and he also ceased
to hit cross handed
Breaks Into Football. .ts
In the fall of the year, returning to
Bucknell. he played fullback upon the
college football team. as member of
which he was then more widely known
than as baseball player. This was
due to his ability as a drop kicker In
fact, during a football game with the
University of Pennsylvania he scored
two field goals and his work brought
him to the attention of "Phenom' John
Smith, former manager of a New Eng
land League club. Smith signed him
up in the Virginia League with the
Norfolk club.
"Matty" went back to Bucknell when
the football game was ended, proud of
his score in collegiate football and
with contract to play baseball for
Norfolk at $50 per month His season
at this club was equally brilliant.
Twenty one games out of twenty three
were placed to his credit
Selects the Giants.
This was his last minor league rec
ord. "Phe0om" John Smith had the
opportunity to sell "Matty" to the New
York Nationals or to the Philadelphia
club and he gave "Matty" his choice.
"Matty' declared for the Giants, be-
cause he believed there was greater OPP
portunity, and he became big league
pitcher when he was just 10 years old.
The brilliant work he has done since
1900 is a matter of vivid recollection
to every fam
While "Matty" got a bad start in
1900, subsequent seasons brought his
average up to. remarkable point. Out
of 421 games which he has pitched in
National League fights, he scored 2S9
victories and 49, defeats. In twelve
years his average has been 68 per
cent, and when it iss recalled that his
first three years involved winning with
a team that was then a tailender, his
record becomes the more appreciated.
The Giant stars best season was in
1904 when he won 30 games and lost
but 8. In eleven postseason games
against the Athletics. Red Sox and
Yanks in the American League. the
Giant twirler permitted only II runs.
What is equally remarkable is that in
80 innings played in postseason games
only Is developed a tally, and in Sc
innings with "Matty" in the box not
player reached home;
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Tennis CRACKS
ARE HARD AT
WORK
College Cracks Back for Vaca-
ton Are Pounding Rubber
to Good Effect.

In preparation for what is sure 70
be the classieN tennis tournament
ever held in Hawaii. players Of cham
pionship and near-championship cal
iber are now turning out regularly
for practice. and the indications are
that when the championship events
start July %. we'll balanced field
will be on hand TO compete for pre-
mier honors.
Much interest attaches to the. play
of Honolulans who have been attend
ing school and college in the East.
and who have won fame on the
courts there. Several OF these re-
Gently returned cracks are getting
down to form. and IL looks as though
they would provide the star attrac-
lion OF the tournament. The play Of
the local regulars Is pretty wen
known. but the college contingent n
an unknown quantity, year Of hard
tournament having vastly improved
some of the games seen here last
summer.
In the doubles. the fastest pair that
has yet come forward as q team Is A.
L. Castle and Alan Lowrey. The lat
ter has played stellar tennis at Har-
ward during the last year. and Il VIII
take only a short time to bring him
hack to form "Billys Hoogs, an
Cambridge man. will probably play
with his brother, Cyril Hogs. They
form reliable combination. and one
that is hard to beat. A third Harvard
tennis crack. who, however. does not
claim Honolulu as his home, being
the guest of Alan Lowrey for the
summer. Is George Stevenson. He Is
especially good at the doubles game.
but as yet he has not teamed up with
anyone for the coming champions
ships. There Is possibility Of his
joining chances with Atherton Rich.
ards. The latter has been attending
Wesleyan University, and IN the re-
cent New England intercollegiate
mpionships was runner ND. being
PUT out in the finals BY Harris Of
me y 8. .,..,..:......... -. ..... :.
being done On the BeletanIt courts.
and some classy tennis can Be seen
there every afternoon
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new CHAMPION
SENSATION

When Miss Brown OF Southern
California won the ladies' national
tennis championship recently by de-
featiHg Miss Sears at Philadelphia
she occasioned no surprise In court
circles Her playing in the prelimina-
ries was sufficiently impressive to
make the experts sit up and take no
tice To her work one day IN the
spreIimsT last week the Philadelphia
Ame lean pays this compliment:
Many good tennis players. both
men and women, have come out OF
the West In the last few years and
have taught we rsasterners a few
things about the game. With Miss
May Sutton, Miss Hazel Hotehkiss
and Miss Florence Sutton winning
honors in the East, 1t might be sup
posed that in their absence the East
ern women might have had look In
again.
Judging from the play in the wom-
ems singles national championship at
the Philadelphia Cricket Club, st.
Martins, Of Miss May Brown Of Calf
f0rnia, there is probability that me
West will again capture the title.
THE California girl met Miss Eliza
beth Fox in the preliminary round
and defeated her in straight sets,
6-3, Go. Miss Berown's game Is
unlike that of the sisters Sutton and
Miss Hotchkiss in that she plays more
at the back of the court and places
the ball from side to side. Her service
is strong without being 'Pnenomena;,
and her fOrehand and tackhand
drives are far above those of the aver
age player"
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ENGLISH GOLF CLUBS
GIVE UP cADDIES

q LONDON, Eng, June 27.-The
q circular issued from the offices
(. of the National Health Insur-
q .ance Commission with reference
2 to the position of golf eaddies
p under the insurance act has
2 aroused indignation among golf
2. ers in all parts of the country.
. The circular calls the atten-
2 ton Of golf clubs to the fact
2 that under part l of the insur-
, ance act all golf caddies of the
, age of Is and upward, if engaged
? or paid through the club. must
. be insured, even though they
, are casually employed, and the
. club is to be deemed to be the
employer
. This means, that golf clubs
, will have to pay threepence
, week for every caddie employ
, ed. and that the caddie will have
, -fourpence a week deducted from
, his wages.
Already many golf clubs have
, decided to dispense with caddies
, altogether.
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YACHTSMEN Will
BE PRINCES
GUESTS
Old Time Luau Will Give Visit
ing Tars Some Experiences
to Tell About Later

That the Hawaii and Lurline will
race TO Hilo within the next few days
is practically a certainty. There Is
a lot of good-naturad rivalry between
Captain Lew Harris, skipper of the
victorious San Diego schooner, and
George Crozier, who will sail the local
yacht, and whether any other boats
enter or not, these two will try con.
illusions over the $50 mile beat. Cap
tain Harris has considerable real
money that says the Lurline can turn
the same trick she did four years ago,
and hackers for the local boat are not
lacking. Even money prevails, and
the race will be sailed purely on
merits, no handicaps being conceded.
Tonight Prince Cupid will be the
host at an old-time luau. given at his
Waikiki home. the visiting and local
yachtsmen being his guests AL
though the Hawaii and Lurline are
the only starters in the Hilo race
now, there are likely to be about
eight boats entered by IL o'clock to-
night
This evenings affair will be some
thing out of the ordinary for the WIS.,
itors, and all hands are keenly an
ticipating the good time that is sure
TO be the rule. Seventy invitations
were sent out. and 81 acceptancesi
have been Rceived. the only regrets
being from those who expected to be
absent from the city.
The magnificent cup put up by the
South Coast Yacht Club for the trans
pacific race viii be presented to the
skipper of the winning yacht. with
appropriate speeches and an appro-
pirate "wetting.
Yesterday the visiting tars were
taken on a seeing Oahu" trip around
the island Stops we're made at Pearl
Harbor, the Honolulu Plantation.
Haleiwa. and the Country Club. and
the day went with snap from start
TO finish.
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HILO PLANNING
new YEAR
SPORTS

Especial Correspondence. Bulletin.
HILO, July S.-Definite plans are al
ready under way for a weeks sport
ing celebration to be held In Hilo dur
ing New Years Although a long way
ahead, the promoters of the idea think
they should get busy right away in
order that everything may be. certain
when the time comes round.
During the week there viii be two
days horse racing. one days aviation,
return soccer match between Hilo and
Honolulu, baseball. a walking race and
in all probability a big cowboy tourna-
ment.. Two fight cards Will also be
pulled of. Ben de Mello meeting either
Kelsey or Bauersocks as one Of the
main events.
me iosa Is ECeh.fee enough am lse
ments going to keep the people here an
the time
Horsemen Get Together.
The horse owners throughout the
Territory have now come to an ami
cable arrangement whereby they win
not interfere with each others racing
programs, but will all pull together for
the betternent of the game.
Among the horses promised already
are: Louis Warren. 4; Dan Carey. 2;
w. Decoto, 1; Louis Won Tempsky, 2;
Angus McPhee, 2.
Big purses are also to be cut out In
the future, the average prizes given
amounting to $3.50 for each race For
the one feature race on each day a
prize will be given of about $3.50. It
is felt that although the $1,000 purse
may look good on a program. the en-
trance fee prevents many owners from
entering. as 10 per cent of this amount
is too much to pay unless he handles
a very good horse With smaller prizes
more horses will be entered and the
racing should be better.
The men behind the movement are
John o'Rourke, F. Brughelll and II. NJ.
Ayres.
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L0THROP WILMINGTON.
GRtDIRON STAR. HERE

LothrOp Wilmington, one Of the best
football players that Hawaii ever pro-
duced. returned on thesWiIhelmina this
morning. He is now attending the Har-
ward law school
Wilmington captained the Crimson
team of 1910. his senior year. and last
year was coach of the line. First at
guard, and then at tackle. he made
things hum in Eastern football. being
one of the best-knewn players I'm the
game Mr.. wilmington is the son OF
d. L. wilmington
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H. [. DoHERTY NOW
CRACK GOLF PLAYER

Fl. L. Doherty, the world ia
nous tennis player, who defeat
ed all Corners at the nets for
; many years until he retired from
, the game at the death of his
brother, has been heard from
again in another sport He Is
; now playing golf, and he al
, ready shows the same prof.
cheney with the club as he did
with the racquet. In recent
, tournament held on the Mid
; Surrey links for the possession
of the Golf Illustrated" golden
vase. Doherty finished fifth in a
; very classy field. The trophy
was won by Robert Haines OF
Acton. with Abe Mitchell. the
new amateur champion. fourth.
the latter beating Doherty by
one stroke. The erstwhile tennis
champion turned in better
medal score than Harold Hilton.
} Dick, Captain c. K Hutchinson,
; Lassen. Fred Herreshoff and
many other wellsknown players.
) HIS returns for the two rounds
were "A ana 7S
!, a N O. q Is g d q q q q q q
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HONOLULU HAS aDELlvERED

the goods" through Duke Kahanamoku
and has earned the right to consider
alton whenever swimming is the topic
of conversation. 1t is mere matter
of publicity to make this place the
swimming center of the world, and to
arrange championship meetings which,
after one or two had been held, would
be known throughout international ath-
letic circles as swimming classics Sec
ond only TO the Olympic games.
Such a meeting should be held be-
tween Olympiads. to create the maxi
mum interest 1t would be good plan
to hold the swimming championships
the same year as the transpacific yacht
race, and to schedule the swims within
a week or SO of the race finish. In
this way the attention of the whole
country would be focused on Hawaii
for several months out of every twenty
four. giving the place much desirable
publicity.
People are saying now that Duke
Kahanamoku is a bigger attraction
than the volcano. and from the miles
of newspaper mention he is getting.
this seems to be true statement. An
international swimming meet would
play up the Territory even more.
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JUST WHAT DID DUKE KAHA-
namoku and the other men who swan
in the heat of the 100-meter race at
Stockholm last Saturday. which Duke
won, do to get themselves .disquali-
fed? That is the question that sports
men here would very much like to
have answered
The latest press cable is to the eff
fleet that the heat was thrown out and
ordered re-swum, the committee de-
Gliding against protest of the Ger
man swimmers, who asked that every
man who took part in the disputed
heat be disqualified. The committee
took the stand, ard very properly too.
that in the interests of good sport,
and in order that the winner of the
race might be really the best SWIM
mer in competition, the heat only
would be thrown out, and tie men
given another chance.
Press dispatches fail to le, how
ever, what caused the orb al cancel
lation. 1t is intimated that through a
misunderstanding the swimmers fail
ed to conform to the conditions of the
contest, but just what they did or did
not do, is not stated 1t is all very
vague and unsatisfactory, and until
fuller accounts arrive, very mysti-
fed crowd of sportsmen and Duke
boosters will have to put IN their
time in idle speculation.
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II1OW Christy Mathewson became 9
in big league pitcher is a story Of
athletic romance rapid and ro-
mantle enough to .heighten the
widest flight of imagination of those
youngsters who dream of fame as 9
ball tosser At an age when most am
bilious ball players are just learning
to swing a bat "Matty'' was playing
real ball with a team in one of the
minor leagues. And during that period
he was invariablye playing against men
who were older both in years and ex-
perience.
"Matty's" sopndest advice to an in
spirihg pitcher is that upon which his
own success was founded-control OF
the ball. He freely, admits that bis
early determination not to sacrifice
control to any other element of the
game has had an important bearing
upon his career How he practised
throwing stenesssl merely Cor arnuse-
inent In the town of Factoryville, Pa,
when he was 8 years old; how he
pitched bali all day long at a COM
panion who stood up against a barn
are incidents of his early training
WHICH he delights in relating. ;
He was mascot of the town team.
He chased all the wild fouls that no
one else was willing TO run after. He
practised pitching 'ins." 'outs" and
drops" Three years later when the
Factoryville pitcher failed to show UP
for a game he had his first opportunity
to play ball.
All Hard Work.
1t was not without a test, however.
The team was composed of big. brawny
men, who had enjoyed all the hero
worshipping that Factoryville could
give them. These players acted as
critics while that Mathewson kid"
pitched for two solid hours. After the
best batsmen of the town had been
stacked up against him, he succeeded
in tanning out the captain. He also
won the game for his team.
Next fall found "Matty' playing sec
ond base on the team of keystone
Academy, and the following year, at the
age of IA, he was captain One thing
worried him, however. He was cross
handed in hitting, even if he did have
good control of his curves, and he set
himself to work correcting his style.
When vacation time came around he
returned to Factoryville and pitched
9 9 9 9 o @ . o 8 o @ o o @ @
running, a schedule could be arranged
which would make the visitors stay in
Honolulu just long enough to be a
pleasant break in the long journey from
Sweden.
Now is the chance to- inaugurate an
event which could be made a regular
annual, or perhaps it would be better
as biennial, fixture. Once every two
years team of fast water men from
Australia and New Zealand could come
to Honolulu. and meet here the best
swimmers that the Islands can produce.
and also fast men. from the Coast.
Middle West and Eastern States.
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Northwestern League.

Although H. B. Campbell won the
last ''Y" chess tournament, which
was completed week ago, he was de-
feated by Harry Newcomb in his first
match of the new tournament which
opened Saturday.
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OAHU EAGLES CHALLENGE.

The Oahu Eagles defeated the Be
retanias baseball team at Aala Park
last Sunday morning by a score of ID
to 5. The Oahu Eagles would like to
challenge any baseball nine composed
of players under seventeen years OF
age. The record of the Oahu Eagles
is: Played eleven games. won nine
and lost two Following is the team S
lineup, and score by innings of last
Sundays game:
J. Fernandez, catcher; Geo. Otto,
pitcher Capt.; Joe Dora, 1st base
tMgr); Edward 'Poepoe, End base;
Nunes, Bird base; Lono. shortstop; j.
Carvalho, left field (SeetyD; F. V,
Decoito, centerfeld; T. Carreira, right
field:
1854 81 8 g.
Oahu Eagles Il Il 0 0 2 0 4 4-13
Beretanias 80 81 20 90 0 o. )
Home run, oPepoe; three-base hit,
j. Carvalho; two-base hits, Joe Dora,
Lono, oPepoe. Decoito.
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go holes beginning 1896.

LONDON - John Ball. the veteran
player. won the amateur golf champion
ship of Great Britain at Westward He
recently. He defeated III. A. Mitchell OF
: the Canteloupe Club at the thirty
eighth hole i'm the final round.
1t was battle between the old and
the new golf schools. Mitchell who is
Sir Abe Bailey's chauffeur, was only
one year old when John Ball won his
first championship. "a years ago, Mr..
Ball has now won the British golf title
eight times and has captured the open
championship once. Mr.. Mitchell first
came into prominence three years ago
when he was defeated by Mr.. Ball in
the seminal round of the big tourney
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Seven have entered for the Y M. c.
A tennis tournament, which is to be-
gin Monday afternoon on the Associa-
ton courts at Hotel and Richards
streets.
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.
A special meeting of the Healani
Yacht and Boat Club has been called
for tomorrow evening at the club
headquarters to consider matters in
connection with the death of Paul de
BretteviIle, member of the organiza-
ton, who died as the result OF
the accident Sunday morning. All
club members are urged to attend.
:: g ::
At Cleveland recently Brownie
Carslake, the Australian. on a quarter
mile track and riding against six COM
petitors, made fifty miles on his mo-
torcycle in 1851 As, breaking the
worlds record of F.. Z. Whittier,
42:37, made at Salt Lake City last
year. Carslake distanced his nearest
competitor three miles,
Service Is Always Good at the
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lie PROPOSITION OF eRlNelNe

u TIE fhOPOSt ION Or BRINGING
the Australian swimming stars to Ho-
nolulu for a championship meeting.
preached by w. T. Rawlins and ]. n.
Phillips, is one OF the biggest schemes
for Hawaiian publicity that has ever
been suggested. Better still. it is a
feasible plan, which could be put
across" with a little concerted action
and some careful consideration of bus
iness principles
If the Australian swimming team in
tends TO return from Stockholm via the
ALFRED route, through Canada and by
n Canadian Australian liner, the mem
bers could stop off at Honolulu long
enough TO take part in swimming
meet here. and break the journey for a
week or so in way that would be
pleasant enough to act as a bait. A
few months ago it would have been
impossible for the Antipodean cham
pions TO drop off here without remain
ing a whole month between steamers,
but now that the Oceanic boats are
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