davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-08-27
AMERICA NOT
IN DAVIS CUP,

America is going to default in its
challenge for the Davis international
lawn tennis cup this year. The COM
mittee from the United States Nation
al Lawn Tennis Association, which
has been searching for players to
meet the English team, the winners
to go to Australia, has been unable to
get a team of first-class players to
take the trip. M. E. Mclaughlin
would like to go, but business will pre-
vent, and the same is true Of William
J. Clothier, Raymond D. Little, Karl
H. Behr, and others, while William A.
Larned, mindful of his sufferings
from rheumatism in the trip last year,
is not willing to make the journey
again. R. D. Wrehn, president of the
association, has already cabled to
London and Sydney that there is lit
tie prospect of sending team.
There might be preliminary match
at least, provided the English. team,
which beat France in the first pre-
liminary tie, would come to America
to play, as has been the case in the
last two challenges, bat England nat
urally thinks that it is time the Amer
lean team played in England, and the
wishes of the British Association seem
to be well justified England has de-
cided to send team to Australia in
any event, and has suggested that if
the Americans do not want to go to
England, they might go to Australia
and play the preliminary tie there.
The indispositiOn of the American
players to do this, however, will, in
all probability, prevent participation
this year. The same troubles may
not arise next year, for England is
sending so strong a team to meet Aus
tralasia that the cup may be taken
back to that side of the world, in
which case it will not be so difficult
to find competitors:
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-08-27
Or. FRED irwin
HILO TENNIS
FAVORITE
Picked to Win the Champion
ship Tournament Now in
ProgreSS-Dick Young Can't
Do Himself Justice

Especial Star-BuIIetin Correspondence
HILO, August 26.-The annual ten
mis- tournament Of the Hilo Tennis
Club is arousing the greatest inter
est here and last Saturday afternoon
. record crowd turned out to witness
the games. Some interesting tennis
has been played and some very good
matches are still TO be played.
One Of the most disappointing feat
ures OF the Tournament was the fail
ure Of Dick Young, OF Honolulu, tc
make good. Young was thought tc
Lave a very good chance in the
singles but when he went up against
Alyah A. Scott he was SICK man
and could not play a game. He
thought that he would have to de.
fault II be did not put in an appear.
anoe and got up from a sick bed to
play. The consequence was that
when he got on the courts 1t was ali
be could do to stand up, let alone
play tennis. -. E..e.. ,
At the present time 1t looks as
though DIR. Fred Irwin. George Will
Tong and Alyah A. Scott have the
best chance in the singles. Mrs.
Wears looks as though she would pull
off the ladies' singles and Mrs. Pat
ten and Scott are fayorites for the
mixed doubles. In the mems doubles
Scott and Irwin @still hold the posi-.
ton Of fayorites.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-08-27

MLOUGHLIN. fact that his great
est ambition along the lines of sport
was to win the national title, and il
is matter of sincere qualification to
Honolulu tennis enthusiasts that he
has succeeded in doing SO this year.
Not only has Mclaughlin swept
down all opposition in the national
singles, but he mas cleaned up in sew
eraI other big tournaments, and, part
nered with I ON Bundy of Los linge-
les, has won the national doubles as
well. Truly marvellous record, and
zone that reflects credit on the, tennis
standards of the entire Pacific Coast,
for it will be remembered that in the
doubles played at Santa Cruz two
months ago, when Mclaughlin and
Bundy won the Pacific Coast title
and the right to play in the sectional
elimination matches ataC Chicago, they
mad to play five of the. hardest sets
sters Johnson and Fotrell in the f.
mails. That they did SO, was one OF
the fortunate occurrences Of the year,
for the latter pair, with no experience
in the big Eastern tournaments, would
have stood little chance of defeating
Little and Touchard in the challenge
round.
Larned Retired.
Evidently w. A. Larned did not play
in the Newport tournament. Gable re-
ports of the games have been very
meager, but if the former champion
had been put out in one of the earlier
rounds, his name would surely have
found it's way onto the wires. When
he was in Honolulu last winter Larned
told the writer that it was doubtful
whether he would play during the
coming season. His rheumatism had
bothered him considerably in Austria
liza, and he was feeling far from fit.
Then came the change in the rules,
which decreed that the title-holder
must play right through the tourna!
ment, and Larned probably saw the
writing on the wall. He stepped down
and out with !colors flying, and with
a record which may never be dupli-
Gated. unless Mclaughlin himself can
win another national event nineteen
years after his present success, and
hold the title nine times in between.
With the national singles and dou-
bles titles, the Longwood cup, the New
York State championship, and few
other titles tackled on, Mclaughlin
will come back to California after
the most successful tennis campaign
ever made by player in the
"enemy's" country.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-08-27

Doc" Washburn-peace be with his
soul-was a great Snowman and a
baseball fan of high degree. II Doc
ball club or circus as gift the good
old fellow would have been complete
ly puzzled which to choose. Ire Low.
ed both circuses and ball clubs to dis
traction, and he died happy when he
had heard about his pet club winning
the championship of the world.
Some few years ago Doc Wash
burns circus-he owned one at the
time-was playing the New England
towns and Doc decided that wild
west annex would go well with the
show. He began working wires and
in a few days an agent at Omaha mo-
titled him that band of the widest,
fiercest red men ever collected would
join him at New Haven. They were
terrors of the plains, the agent said; ;
scalpers and demons of the furious
kind and-so the letter read-yeri-
table nuts on baseball. Baseball"
wrote the agent, has invaded all the
reservations; the Indians all play the
game and you can make an added at
traction out of the braves by match.
ing them against the best teams wher-
ever you may be travelling
Doc Washburn was delighted. He
went straightway forth and secured a
game with one of the biggest clubs at
Boston, where the circus was next to
show, and his press agent got busy
billing the battle. The Indians arriv-
ed at New Haven on scheduled time
and were certainly gorgeous gang.
Blanketed and painted, their long hair
down their backs in ribboned braids,
scalping knives and tomahawks in
telts, rifles at their sides, they were
as devilish troop offered banditti as
ever chased a stage coach or ambush
ed lonesome cowboy.
me doc, highly pleased, tried them
out in war dances and Indian tomfool-
cry. They were highly proficient
the real thing all the way. Then, TAX
ing them over on vacant lot, he
tried them out in baseball practise.
With their braids flying and their
feathers dancing the various chased
the bounding leather, showing them
selves as clever as so many big
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-08-27
SCOUT
.GREATPERSONAGE

A man sat on the topmost tier of
the grand.stand at Columbia, South
Carolina. The upper rows of the struc-
ture being vacant. he perched there
in strange isolation, all unmindful of
the clamorous fans below him. At
times he drew a gilt-leafed memoran-
dunn book from his pocket, made some
notes, replaced it, and resumed his
steady scrutiny of the field. There
Atlanta and Columbia of the Southern
League were playing. The score was
close; il was lively baseball; yet the
man never became enthusiastic. Only
when. Atlanta's slender. blond-haired
outfielder staggered to bat. danced
lots, pulling down high-hit balIs, did
the man appeared interested. Then the
little notebook would appear again
and as quickly va2ish. Innings pass
ed, and when the 1.-THE young outfieid-
e. had stolen his fourth base a ~
CT satisfaction came into the mans
face. Later he left the grounds as
quietly as he had come.
That night message went over the
wires from Columbia to the headquar-
tiers Of the American League Baseball
Club in Detroit, Michigan. The mes
sage read: Transfer your option on
Pitcher Cicotte of Augusta 10 Out
fielder Cobb of the same club" And
Detroit did, for the sender of the mes
sage was the mysterious man of the
grand-stand-a major league scout
That is how Tyrus Raymond Cobb,
called the greatest player that the
game has ever seen." was discovered
Edward Lyell Fox, in Hlrper'S
Weekly.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-08-27
CHANGES
In G OLf
III
CODE =. 7
Penalty of Lost Hole for Lost
Ball i'm Match Play May Be
Modified to Loss of Stroke
and Distance

The Royal and Ancient Club Of st
Andrews, Scotland, the government
body in golf in Great Britain, gave the
rules committee permission in May to
submit certain suggested alterations
in the rules of the game, and the com.
mittee proposals were submitted two
weeks ago.
Perhaps the most important are
those concerning lost ball" and "ball
out of bounds. ~ Under the present rule
81, the penalty in match-play for a
lost tall is, the loss of hole. For this
It is proposed to substitute a penalty
OF stroke and distance. In regard to
"out of bounds" the current penalty
for which is loss of distance only, the
committee suggest that the punish
ment be increased to loss of stroke
and distance. If this cannot be agreed
t.. they recommend that the penalty
be left to local rule In a note the
committee intimate that it appears I'M
rossible to obtain agreement Of golf
ing opinion on the subject of a suit
able penalty for a ball which Is "out
of bounds" The conditions Under
which the penalty is incurred vary
greatly. They are of opinion that the
enalty shonld be stroke and distance,
unless modified by local rule.
Definition Of Hazard.
In the definition of a hazard the
committee proposed to delete rush
es." inasmuch as they are hard to de-
fine, and leave them to be legislated
for. like trees. hedges, fixed seats,
fences. gates. railways, and walls, by
local rule. They also suggest that a
club may make a local rule for grassy
kollows. and with that tend In view
the words unless excepted bv local
rule" are placed after the definition Of
a ditch IS a hazard.
The following new definition Is Jro-
posed: AN umpire decides questions
Of fact: a referee decides questions
of eolfiRg law"
The wording Of Rule 2 is improved
without altering the meaning of the
rule. The following addition to Rule
I is recommended "A player is en-
titled at any time during the play Ut a
Role to ascertain from his onnoRent
the number of strokes the latter has
Mayed: If the opponent gives WRONG
information as to the number OF
strokes he has PLAYED. he shall lose
the hole. unless he correct his mis-
take before the player has played an
other stroke"
It is suggested that Rule Is be alter
ed IN read as follows:
IF players ball when in motion be
interfered with in any way by an op-
pcnent or his caddie. the opponents
side shall lose a hole. If a players
ball when at rest be moved by mop
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-08-27

IL rs Ns--RE 6lIlaE
most interesting events on 4 long and
varied program Is the race for polo
ponies. gentleman riders up: The polo
contingent Is taking kee~ interest
IN this race. and there are half q
dozen entries assured yesterday u
was decided TO reduce the distance
free three-eighths to quarter. 80 a.
to give the ponies more even break.
Some of those enter4d have had prac-
tieally no training. and with lg5
pounds to pack. condition would count
for good deal over the three fuFI0ne
distance.
Ponies that have been entered TO
date are Sturnpy, Walter Dillingham;
Rosina, H. @. Dillingham;, Rosina. r.
w. Single: NAkbar. Arthur Rice;
Billy. Lieut. Andrews. There Is the
prospect OF several entries from Scho-
field Barracks as well, although the
polo players there haven't made any
nominations as yet. Probably al Of
the above entries win be ridden By
their owners. although Walter Dill
bingham and Bob Single viii be Civ
Ing away weight.
Arthur Jones Is drumming up inter.
est in q cowboy race. or. rather. sew
eral of them, which will be put on the
program. They Will. however. be.
more definitely arranged than was the
case in the Fourth of July race meet
ing. so that the confusion on the track
which attended them win be avoided.
Another interesting featufe will be
a race for cavalrymen. which Is being
worked up at Schofield
The program Is now so extended
that It has been decided to make q
whole day OF 1t, starting the meeting
at 10 a. m. and continuing until dark.
IL necessary.
The open running races promise 70
provide some close finishes or the
gallopers, speedy Dora D., winner Of
two races on NE Fourth, is In good
shape, and looks ready to repeat her
performance.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-08-27
ANS0N THINKS NATIONALS
LOOK GOOD FOR REMNANT

Adrian C. Arson, famed for years
as baseball player winning several
championships for the Chfnest Hati0n-
ais, says that either Boston or Wash
ington will win the American League
pennant.
""Griff played under me years age,
said Arson she is a born leader and
his handling Of the Washington team.
heretofore a contender for cellar
championships, has been remarkable.
'"The Washington team Is the sen
sation of the baseball world this yea-.
I consider Walter Johnson wonder
and he has an able assistant In Bob
Groom"
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-08-27

ponent or his caddie, the opponents
side shall lose the hole, except as pro-
Yided for In Rules (2), is, % (3l, 81,
ID, 80, (2D, and SO.
The committee intimates that lin
terfered with" will cover the case OF
players ball being struck by an OPP
ponent's ball through the green be-
fore the former has come to rest.
s Paragraph 1 of Rule % (2) Is re-
drafted go as to avert misunderstand-
ings which have been numerous In the
past. It now reads:
"In order to save delay, IL player.
after making a stroke, be doubtful
whether his ball is out of bounds or
not, he may at once play another hall,
az provided for in paragraph III Of
this rule, but if it be discovered that
the first ball is not out of bounds. 1t
shall continue in play without penal
ty." ~
In Rule %, giving permission to re-
move steps or planks placed In a haz-
ard by the green committee for access
to or egress for such hazard, clause
Is added giving permission to remove
in Rule IL. In regard to disputes
(Rule 35), the committee proposes
that "if the players have agreed to
an umpire or referee they must abide
by his decision" This presumably
preeludes a reversal Of such decision
by the rules committee.
Special Rules For Match Play.
In the special rules for match-play
competitions, the committee suggests
that the punishment for waving anv
ntnalty incurred my an opponent shall
he loss of hole instead of disqualified
ton. They consider that the latter IS
too severe. j.
In Rule of the rules for three-ball
matches it is proposed that player
desiring a ball to be lifted must, en-
less it be played, have it lifted before
arv other ball is in motion.
~ The rules for DOGGY play founded on
the rules for stroke competition are
offered for acceptance by the Royal
and Ancient Club, who will consider
all the suggestions mentioned above
at their business meeting next Sep
TENDER.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-08-27

, neT's leg, and, avoiding the bone, feel
the two fingers meet, with the great
runners sinews protruding high and
far away from the bone.
Particular notice was taken of what
kohlemainen's trainers did with eilim
directly after he finished his hard
races, and right here let it be told
that the little Finn ran five killing
races in as many hot days, varying in
distance from 5000 meters to- 10000
meters, and in the last he was as
fresh as in the first. After KohIe-
mainen had defeated Bouin by / loot
in their record 10,000-meter match, |
saw him in the dressing rooms. After
being stripped, Kohlemainen was laid
on a rubbing table and gone over
with olive oil from head to foot 1nis
operation took about 20 minutes. rhen
he was rubbed dry and pu- into a
suit of underwear that looked just
like linen mesh. While clad thusly
the little Finn was massaged violently
about the abdomen-so hard, in tact,
that his face clearly showed that the
sensation was anything but pleasant.
The rubhers put all their strength into
forcing the runners stomach" first
down and then up. After the opera
ton was over, kohlemainen hoped
up and looked fit to go out for an
other hard grind on the track.
George Bonhag, the American cham
pion, was much interested in the man.
ner in which Kohlemainen was train
ed and rubbed. George wanted to try
one of those, steam baths the worst
way, but kohlemafnen's trainer an
swered the request: I'VE would be
delightedi to accommodate you, my
dear Mr.. Bonhag, but l would strong
ly urge you to defer it until you are
through competing Even as used as
he is to these baths, Hannes, often
cries out in distress when we get at
his muscles" George said he guessed
he would wait.
May Ruin Health. a.: ... .-,
The question that is uppermost in
the minds of American athletic fol-
lowers who have looked over Kohle-
mainen is: What is going to become
of Kohlemainen when he stops run
ming? What condition will his legs
be in after he quits the einder path,
with his muscles pulled by main
strength away from their natural po-
sitions? The general answer is that
kahlsmafnen is stakiRgSa big chance;
of running his future health for the
sake of q few short seasons OF ath!
letfc fame. He is doing most un-
natural, thing, thing for which he
may have to pay dearly later in. his
life.
Kohlemainen's friends declare that
after this summer he will turn profes-
sional, and like all the rest of the Eu-
ropean distance men who have left
the amateur ranks in search of gold,
go to America. European runners,
like Ethe poor folk over here, have an
idea that because Americans who tour
Europe are free with their money, it
is the easiest thing in the world to-
become rich in "the States" If Koh-
lemainen but knew the near-starving
condition of the professional runners
in America, he would remain an anna.
teur in name at least. Kohlemainen
spends all of his time in running. He
is crazy for the sport, and in order
to follow it to. the limit, he does not
engage in any business pursuit.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-08-27
Finnish Distance Runner Submits
10 Agonizing Training Methods
BY HOWARD VALENTINE.

One OF the most interesting figures
in the Olympic games this year was
Hannes Kohlemainen, the invinciblt
distance runner, who carried the col
ors of Finland to victory in the long
distance events in the Swedish Sta
dunn. Kohlemainen is without doubt
the greatest distance man the worlG
has seen since Allie Shrubb was al
his best and many assert without feal
OF contradiction that the little Finn
Is a faster man than Shrubb ever
was. Kohlemainen was almost un
heard Of until a summer ago, when
he went to England for the British
championships and stood the best OF
the Britons on their heads in the tour.
mile race. At that time the English
sporting writer's predicted well that
kohlemainen would sweep the boards
IN the distance events at Stockholm
The young Finlander is a made
runner, In fact. The methods That his
trainers use to keep his muscles sup
pie are, to say the least, unique. Koh.
lemainen, to begin with, lives IN a
t.
the training season, and the largest
part Of mis- training consists of steam
baths and violent massage. After the
Finnish champion takes his daily run
he Is brought into his training room
and laid out on awooden bench, which
Is built about five feet from the floor
kohlemainen lies on his back, with
his legs pointing upward from the
hips. About two feet under the bench
on which the runner lies is a large
piece of sheet metal about by q
feet. On this are about 200 small
stones, just thrown about carelessly.
Under the metal sheet a hot fire is
built. kohiemeinen stays on his bench
above the fire in the meantime, and
gets into furious perspiration.
When the small stones resting on
the metal sheet become quite hot
Kohlemainer's trainer pours small
quantities of water over them, caus-
ing steam to arise and soak through
the runners muscles. This is con-
tinued for a space of twenty minutes.
ThS Finnish champion is then
grabbed Off of his bench and given
ShC ohllCoI hiA1u Vi iudCDd60 ITSdJ-
ment from head to foot. ~
MuseIe-P Pulling Stunt. ~
Kohlemainen's trainer tells me that
every muscle in. the EinlandeFss legs
is pulled away from the bone so that
1t is held by the merest membrane.
AT times when this muscle-pulling
stunt is being done Kohlemainen
screams with pain, but he has never,
quit under the punishment. The idea
of pulling the leg muscles away from
the bone is to lessen the. resistance
when the muscles are in action rne
tissues that bind the ordinary muscle,
to the bones, in Kohlemainen's case,
are entirely free, and this, Of course,
makes the action of the muscles much
easier on the runner.
In support of this tale about the
great little Firms leg muscles th,.
kohlemainen's trainer let the writer
examine Hannes' thigh muscles the
thickest In the runners legs. They
were as soft as velvet, and one couli
grasp the sendons and pull them clear
of the bone without causing change
of expression on Kohlemainen's face.
Again, 1t was. easy to poke a finger
against each side Of the Finnish rIn-
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-08-27
KILLS TROUT WITH
DRIVEN GOLF BALL

= CHICOPEE FALLS Mass. y
y Here is a fish story that is
= sworn to, and better than that, "
y there is a fish to substantiate Z
the yarn.
! J. S. Hunt, Postmaster of Wor- =
\ cester, killed a teEinch trout <
= with a golf ball. The accident "
= happened while he was playing 4
= a match with H. A. Morse, and (
= driving for the seventh hole. I
= The ball veered and struck in a "
= famous trout stream that runs 4
: through the links. Hunt picked "
= up the fish when he went to re- (
= cover the ball. The fish will be (
: mounted.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-08-27
LABOR DAY RACES
WILL LAST
ALL DAY
Polo Pony Event Stirs Up In
terest, and Five Entries Have
Already been Made-Spec''al
Event for Cavalry Charqers

Judge Arthur Wilder and Arthur
Rice have been added 70 the sports
mems committee that Is making the
Labor Day race meeting At Kapiolani
Park an assured success r. w. Shin
gle is chairman OF the committee, and
a meeting OF the members win bo
held this afternoon at his office. It
3 o'clock.
What promises to be one Of the
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-08-27

The Hawaii Yacht Club is to hold
another meeting September 3, at
which the report of the committee on
nomination is to be considered. That
the committee run Chan Wilder to
earth, and get permission to put up
his name, is a suggestion that comes
from many of the best-known yachts
men in the Territory.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-08-27

"Bilr' Niemeier, a lesless pitcher.
won a victory for his team by the
score of S 20 in recent game at
Louisville KY. The feature Of the
game was the pitching of Niemeier.
who struck out fifteen batters and al
lowed but six hits.