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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-07
LACK OF A
RACING ARENA
correspondence is

The following correspondence is
self.explanatory:
San Francisco, Feb. "a, 1919.
Promotion Committee, Honolulu.
Gentlemen: am contemplating
taking two and possibly three aero
planes for an extended trip through
the Orient. In addition to these,
there will also be three fast racing
autos, the same to be driven by we'll
known race drivers. ANY information
which you would be able to give me
regarding a stop-over at Honolulu,
such as suitable place where a
meet could be held, a conservative es-
innate of the possible attendance and
approximate expense of say fifteen
people while the meet is being held,
would be greatly appreciated by me-
If you would not be in a position TO
give this information, kindly hand
this communication to the party
whom in your opinion would be inter-
ested in such proposition. He in
turn can communicate with me at his
earliest convenience. Thanking you,
am sincerely yours,
J. NJ. GREIF.
Honolulu, March 6. 1912.
J. NJ. Greif, Esq, San Francisco.
Dear Sir-Your letter of February
"a has been referred to me by Mr.. II
p Wood of the Promotion Committee
| feel assured that the Honolulu
public would respond in a generous
manner to the class of entertainment
that you are handling, But the faer
Is there are no grounds or track ii
this city conveniently located wher'
such a meet could be held.
speak from experience, having
gone over the situation thoroughly
Thanking you, am, Respectfully
yours, VIM, DOUTHlTT.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-07

eight entries who played yesterday
were Mrs. ]. R. Southgate, Mrs. G. M.
Cooke Jr., Miss Howatt, Miss Helen
Achilles, Mrs. Russell Walbridge, Mrs.
Croft, Mrs. Honneburg and Mrs. e. w.
Sutton.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-07

Francisco he will try and get a race
with Jimmy Fitzgerald, the popular
little ped who made so many friends
during his stay in Hawaii.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-07

Age "a.
Height, it. 10 in.
Chest, (expande0 29K in.
Chest, (normaD 81 in.
Neck, 151a in.
Waist, 33 in.
Biceps, 11A in.
Forearm, liz in.
Calf, II in.
Thigh, 1912 in.
Wrist, 71S in
Gilmore is taking things easily to,
day. Roadwork and shadow boxing
have figured on his training program
but boxing has been cut out. Tomor.
row he intends to have a hard work
out with his sparring partners at the
marine camp. This seems a bit I'M
orthodox to those who regard the day
before a fight as tapering-off day, but
Gilmore says that he finds that ne
goes into the ring in better shape and
on the keenest edge if he boxes a
good bit on the day previous to his
engagement.
Gilmore is quite an admirer of
Trier, his sparring partner, and thinks
that the public will be both pleased
and surprised at his showing with
Willer of Fort Shafter on Saturday
night. These boys are boxing six
rounds on a winner-take-all basis and
it is safe to say that there will be no
lettering by the way when their bout
is called.
De Mello and Gilmore will weigh in
on Saturday afternoon at three o'clock
at Sulivan's resort on Hotel street.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-07

teen-mile race on the program and
this should have an open look in the
absence of Soldier King and Jimmy
Fitzgerald.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-07

The KakaaKo Club will hold a box
ing and wrestling carnival on March
IL in the clubhouse.
The program will be as follows:
Boxing-John Kapuk VS.. Sam
Moore, S. Gunchi VS.. John Kelii, Wal
ter Hoe VS.. Chunie, Frank Mendoza
VS.. Willie Kid.
Wrestling Daniel Bush VS.. Hatcha,
John Andrino VS.. Chunie, Sam Kaaki
VS.. William Wright, Daniel Money vs.
JOHN KIM
The boxing bouts viii be three
rounds of three minutes duration.
The exhibition will be under the
auspices of Hyman Raphael, the clubs
physical director.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-07

The postponed carnival of the Jap
anese Bicvcle Association will be held
It the Athletic Park on Saturday aft
ernoon.
(Additlonal sports on Page d
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-07

The preliminary round in the wo-
mems golf tournament being played
under the auspices of the Oahu Coun-
try Club took place yesterday after
noon, sixteen players participating.
AS a result eight are now paired for
the second round which must be play
ed before next Wednesday.
o
The women's golf tournament at
present under way is for a trophy pre-
scented by Mrs. Water Dillingham;.
Mrs ]. B. Southgate, leaving Homo
lulu shortly for Europe, has offered a
trophy for a driving, approaching and
putting competition for ladies to be
held on the 10th instant, entries to
be made at the Country Club before
$3.50 on that date.
The challenge round of the Wall
tennis cup played on the Beretania
courts yesterday proved to be a stub
bornly contested affair. Castle, hold
err, lost the first two sets, SO, &c,
but took the third and fourth, the
scores being 81, ca. r. Sinclair
was Gates opponent and he played
a consistent and steady game through
out. Castle PLAYED owing fifteen. His
uphill game in the two sets won by
him was a revelation to the specta-
tors and he was the recipient of we'll
deserved congratulations at the close
of play,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-07

The A. A, u. games committee at a
meeting held yesterday in the offices
of Lorrin Andrews listened to pro
tests entered by the Healani Yacht &
Boat Club againtt the ruling of the
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-07
TIRES REPAIRED.
NOTICE.
LADIES, REApY.rowEAR.

A little each pay day, wear while
paying-Skirts, Waists, DresGes, Suits.
Capes, Cloaks and Coats. 1119 Fort
street, next to ]. Carlo.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-07


The fifth and deciding set in the
challenge round Of the Wall tennis cup
tournament, between Sinclair and Cas-
tie, will be played at four o'clock this
afternoon on the Beretania courts.
At Fort Shafter on Tuecday night
the following boxing results were re-
corded
Young Prince won a ten-round deci-
sion from Kid easel.
Willer boxed a six-round draw with
Littman.
Glidewell knocked out Cameron in
The ninth round.
Nine grammar schools will probably
take part in the annual field and track
meet of the Grammar School Athletic
Lefgue to be he'd at Alexander Field,
{ March 20. The schools are Mills, To-
lani, Central Grammar, Kaahumanu,
Normal, Kaiulani, Punahou Prepare
tory, ST. Louis and Kamehameha.
o.
A racing carnival is being planned
I by some of the runners of the Pacific
feet for a week from Sunday at the
Athletic Park. There will be a If
Soldier King left for the Coast by
he transport Logtn yesterday, He
has been running in the islands fol
some time past with a fair measure
Of success On his arrival in sar
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-07

The women's golf tournament at
present under way is for trophy pre-
scented by Mrs. Water Dillingham;.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-09
RIDERS
HURLED DURING
HOT Squirt

NEW YORK, Dec. "a nasty
" spill of four riders resulted
in injury to Marcel Bethel, of
the Franco Italian team, in the six
day bike race at Madison Square
Garden today. Berthel sustained a
sprained knee in the mix-up, and
his place was taken by Brocio. his
teammate. The accident occurred
when Gordon Walker, of the New
Zealand team. who had been set
ting the pace, fell during a squirt.
Berthel. Fogler and Lloyd Thomas
were just behind Walker and were
all thrown.
Berthel was able to resume rid
ing shortly before ! o'clock, and
when he joined the race he started
at once on squirt, setting the pace
for the rest.
The score at the thirteenth hour
was 297 miles, six laps for each
man. This was four miles ahead
of Collins and Drobach's record
made two years ago.
Inc nrSt accident occurred when
the wheel of Maurice Brocico, a
member of the Franco Italian team.
skidded and the rider was thrown
to the track. He was uninjured.
At o'clock the riders were three
miles and two laps ahead of the
record of 1876 miles and five laps
made by Hehir and Goullet in 1910
At o'clock. the ninth hour, the
fifteen teams We're still tied, hav-
ing covered 211 miles and laps.
This was exactly four miles ahead
of the old record of 207 miles and
laps, made by Mcfarland and
Clarke in 1910.
At 10 o'clock none of the teams
had been able to gain lap and all
were tied at 235 miles and laps.
This was six miles and four laps
better than the former record made
in 1910 by Wiley and Lawrence.
The teams in the race are:
Kramer and Moran, Clarke and
Hill. Grinda and Pye, Rutt and
FOgler, Root and Hehir. Ryan and
Thomas, Perichot and Egg, Suter
Brothers, Bedell and Mitten, Wal
thour and Cameron, Drobach and
Collins, Lawrence and Magin. Lof-
tus and Cannon. Brocico and Ber-
thel Walker and Wells.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-09
SO Prep League Lads
Compete Today in Run
Over Peachtree Course

With weather conditions ideal, with a
better balanced field than usual and with
interest In the affair at 81 degrees Fahren-
heit, the runners of the Atlanta Prep
league will get away this afternoon in
their annual road run. The start will be
made at $3.50 from the Brookwood bridge
and the course will extend a mile and a
half out the road and return.
AS every school will have from six to
twenty starters 1t is probable that the
field will number more than so.
Gilbert Cheves won this race last year
with George Manning in the runner up
position.
The schools which will be represented
are: Georgia Military academy, Boys
High school, Marist college. Donald Fra
ser school, Peacock school and Tech High
school.
W. s. Farnsworth will be referee, ]. w.
Heisman will be starter. and Dick Jemi-
son, Julian Murphy and Percy H. Whit
ing will act as umpires.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-09
JENNINGS FOR YANKS:
DONOVAN FOR TIGERS

WASHINGTON, Dec. "a sensational
deal will be pulled off at the American
league meeting in Chicago this week
which will send Hughey Jennings to the
New York club and Bring Bill Donovan
back from Providence to manage the
Tigers. Owner Navin, of the Detroit
club, so the story goes, has consented to
let Jennings take charge of the New York
club, where he would prove great draw
ing card and Incidentally stand a chance
of improving conditions. Just how much
foundation there is for this story is hard
OF say, though those who pretend to know
whereof they speak insist that the an
nouncement of the deal will be made dur
ing the coming meeting.
That such a move would meet with
favor of all the other clubs in the league
goes without saying. Jennings at the
head OF the Highlanders would make a
wonderful difference in the team, and
with the chances of playing on the Polo
grounds every club in the league would
be benefited. for 1t would be the first time
since the American league has been rep
resented in New York that visiting clubs
could figure on getting somewhere near
the money that the National league clubs
get there.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-09
Bv W. W. Naughton.

CAN FRANCISCO CAL. Dec 9.
If Ad Wolgast is wise he will
regard recent events in as phil
osophical spirit as possible. There
will surely come time-and that
before very long, possibly-when
there will be a public demand for
another Ritchie- Wolgast match,
Not that Richie received any more
than his due when Griffin proclaim
ed him worlds champion. but be-
cause there is plenty of room for
doubt as to how the Thanksgiving
day affair would have terminated if
Wolgast had not fouled his oppo-
nent.
According 10 dispatches from Los
Angeles, Wolgast and his manager
are making the welldn ring with
complaints that they were robbed.
They are simply showing them
selves to be bad losers. They were
not robbed. and they know it. If
they keep up this kind Of thing
they are liable to excite disgust in
fair- minded Sportsmen who, at
present. are willing to support VOL
CASTS claim for a return match.
A WIDELY KNOWN ring follower
- who saw the Ritchie Wolgast
bout. and who docs nor think that
NolsJ~ts offending against the
rules ~ fair play was sufficient
Justification FOR transfer of the
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-09
Games started and finished by pitcher

In response to the demand for a rating
of pitchers other than that based on
games won and lost, the secretary of
the National league during the past sea-
son had incorporated in all official
scores an additional record showing the
actual number of runs for which each
pitcher was responsible-that is, runs
earned off the pitching solely In com
putting such record, the pitcher was
charged with runs that resulted from
base hits, sacrifice hits, bases on balls,
hit batsmen, wild pitches and balks.
Runs scored as the result of fielding
errors, stolen bases and passed balls
were exempted, and no runs were charged
TO pitcher after chances had been offered
the fielders to retire the side.
For sake of comparison, the pitchers be-
low are numbered according to new rat
ing the second figure being the standing in
the won and lost table. While it seems
impossible to devise a set of records
that will show the relative value of
pitchers on winning and losing clubs, vet
SAME PITCHERS AS A5oVE-ARRA
EARNED RUNS sc
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-09
CANADIAN RACE HORSE
RIDES ABOUT IN CRATE

WINNIPEG. Dec. 9-Alberta,
2:03 "a, by SesrchHght, 2:0S 4, is the
smallest horse that ever beat 2:o5. He
stands twelve hands high, and tips the
scales at 6SS pounds Trainer George
Haag puts him in crate. as II he
werC "a sheep or a goat, and ships him
from town to town at a saving OF sew
erai dollars a trip. r. J. Mckenzie. the
Canadian millionaire horseman. for
merly owned Alberta. but gave the ami
mai 90 a relative I'm Winnipeg.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-09
Ads Waling Foolish; Richie Must Fight Him
Naughton Says Robbery" Cry VIII Disgust Fans

lightweight title, says In a COM
municaticn to the writer that
Ritchie is not entitled to pose as
theatrical attraction on the strength
of what he has done.
Says the writer: THE square
sports of San Francisco and of Cal
ifornia will demand that Richie
fight according to his declaration
prior to his engagement with VOL
CAST If he will not agree to meet
Wolgast in the course of a few
months. let him take on frankie
Burns. Jack Britton and Joe Riv-
ers. and demonstrate he is of
championship caliber before taking
money from the public on the
strength of an unwarranted deci-
sion"
When Willie reads the foregoing
he will begin to feel that the way
Of the champion, like the way of
the transgressor, is hard. At the
SeAAlt tAlllN N'hAN " 1911 W lNAAieAA II
that 1t is hardly fair to expect a
rising young lightweight to lick
the whole world and Wolgast twice
over before reaching out for some
of the easy money that bestrews
the pathway Of a topnotch glove
wielder.
So far as the desirability of an
other Wolgast- Ritchie bout is CON
cerncd. ! am quite In accord with
the writer Of the communication
and ! do not think the day Of reck
oniug should be too long DELAYED,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-09

the figures below show a slight improve
ment on old methods, in so far as lH9
give some index of the good "orN "
pitchers on losing teams. Rucket' Ia ,''
twenty eighth in the won and lost ''9 Z,
stands third when runs earned Oh '
pitching are considered, while sahee !.
rated ninth the new way and lWeHq.
fifth the old. Rixey, O'Toole, Froiap,
and others show higher rating undeI ' "a,
new figures Hendrix, who leads lHe u" :,
in games won and lost, is eighth a. :,
of the 10 runs scored against MIN "''
earned off his pitching. -.
The standing below is computed Oh r cs,
lowest number of runs per game ~,
total number of runs chargeabie 10 a.
pitcher on the whole season are "
vided by the number of innings iN"D5,
then multiplied by nine to arrive a. Gu,
pitchers average effectiveness pei "rs ,
inning game. The column showing a. ss
number of batsmen facing each ~
is new, as former record gave on' -,
total number of men at bat. me "'
record is as follows: ,r
NGED ACCORDING TO AVERAGE "
0RED OFF PITCHERS.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-09
Rucker Third Best National
League Pitcher, According to
Heydler's Way ofRankin}
By Tai

ERE two sets of National league pitching records
| who participated in fifteen games during the
Of 1912 Secretary John Heydlers system Of
ranking the boxmen follows the list arranged according
percentage of games and lost
Mr. Heyder's system will in time be adopted the Official
ranking it is so far ahead of the old of figuring gives
pitcher his just deserts whether he is with pennant
taender. For instance Rucker ranks twenty eighth by
the old method while he is third according Mr. eyderS
system And every baseball fan in the country knows that
place much right than twenty eighth for the Apha
ia boy.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-09
Franks Salary Plan Would
Rob Cracker Team of Bailey,
Alderman and Other Players

the long run salary limits don't
keep managers from paying what
they want, any more than laws
against stealing keep people from
stealing.
MOT changing the subject,
IN abruptly or anything, but pa
pers-of big league towns and lit
tle-are carrying a lot about Mike
Balenti and his chance of making
good in the big leagues.
Theo Breitenstein gave out an in
terview recently in which he de-
clared the man to be a wonder. and
Bill Smith, who had Balenti last
summer, reechoes the belief.
"They can talk all they want to
about Dee Walsh" says Bill Smith,
and what he'll do in the big
leagues, but this Mike Balenti will
play little round rings around him.
Walsh is a brilliant man, but he
has q lot of faults. Balenti has ev-
elything except base stealing abil-
ity. and he may be able to get that
We worked with him last spring
and taught him how to slide. But
somehow he couldn't keep the slide
after he once learned it. Sometimes
he could make it and sometimes he
would miss. But barring this
weakness. he is wonder--a good
hitter and a good fielder. l be-
lieve ne will stick"
II HE Providence club is sending
a lot of players Southwark.
This Detroit farm shipped Charley
Schmidt to Mobile. James Gillespie
and Charley Street to Chattanooga,
and the rumor has it that Jakey
Atz is to be canned and that he will
come back to the Southland.
The report from Providence is
that this Gillespie may make Chat
tanooga a very valuable man. He
played with the Rocky Mount team,
of the Eastern Carolina league, in
1909 and finished out the season
with the Grays. The next spring
he looked like a million dollars In
gold and was put on third regular
ly. Shortly after the season start
ed he was spiked and IL slowed
him down tremendously Tor the
time. While he was working with
a limp the relentless bleacherites
"a 1t 20
a curse. His goat departed and 1t
did not return even last spring. His
batting eve departed with the goat
and he became a poor performer.
Providence experts believe that Gil
lespie, with a good start and
change of environment, may make
corking good man.
THE publication OF the averages
Of the Cotton States league has
given the fans of the Southern
league a chance to note the marks
of lot OF Southern lesguers who
have passed down"
Old Carlos Smitl-who was near
ly an Albanian a couple of times,
but never quite made it--hit .S4S
and virtually led the league Mar
TIM and Sparks, both former Crack
er pitchers, hit 2s0 and .256. re-
spectively. Gene Demont. former
second baseman and by y-of-
being manager Of the locals. bat
ted only 281, but led the league
shortstops in fielding.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-09
HERMANN KEEN
To MAKE WAR
On MURPHY

NEW YORK, Dec. s.-A set Of
" nice, f1ve-ounce boxing
gloves may come in quite
handy before the National league
baseball magnates conclude their
annual meeting tomorrow evening,
unless Garry Hermann, owner of
the Cincinnati club, and Charles
Webb Murphy, president of the
Chicago Cubs, come to some AMIGA
BILE understanding about the Joe
Tinker deal.
Peace loving magnates of the old
league, who hoped for harmonious
meeting, were fearful today that
their hopes would not be realized,
following HerTmann's remarks to-
day at his quarters at the Waldorf
that Murphy had so far given him
a raw deal in the Tinker matter,
and unless Murphy shifted tactics
at once and kept his promise to
grant Tinker to Cincinnati, so
Hermann could make him man
ager for 1913, Something will hap
pen"
FogeI Scandal Again!
The something" is taken to
mean that Hermann will insist
that Murphy be put on the grill by
the league leaders for his connec-
tion with the Fogel scandal. which
resulted in the Punishment of the
latter as president of the Phillies.
The deposed leader of the St.
Louis Cardinals, Roger Bresnahan.
is making a claim for $4,000 for
money due him on his unfulflled
contract. The belief among base
ball men is that the directors will
legalize Bresnahan's claim, but the
league can not force Mrs. Britton to
pay.
Most of the magnateS arrived
here before noon today and many
informal conferences were held. at
which trades and sales were dis
cussed. Many deals will be put
through before the conclusion of
the meeting,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-09

THE Australian mail just to hand
brings some inside facts regard
ing the exclusion of Jack Johnson
from the land of the kangaroo. 1t
will be remembered that before the
champion" became involved in
trouble through the girl. Lucille
Cameron, Hugh Mcintosh sent an
agent to this country to deal with
Johnson. The negro fighter wanted
Mcintosh to place $4,000 in the
hands of a Chicago business man.
and Mcintosh refused to do this.
preferring to let the money remain
in Chicago bank. Moreover. Nc
lntosh cabled that Johnson would
have to place an equal amount in
the bank referred to as a guaran-
tee that he would fulfill his part of
the contract.
Johnson must have felt that the
clouds were gathering, for he told
McIntosh's agent he was willing to
waive the forfeit first demanded
from Mcintosh, and would depart
for Australia Immediately if Nc
Intosh would provide $1,000 travel
ing expenses. johnson also offered
his two motor cars as security that
he would repair to Australia and
fight the men selected by Mcintosh.
When this was cabled to Austria
liza, Mcintosh put on his consider
ing cap.
It's a funny thing" he said.
that Johnson. who claims 10 have
o whole lot of ready money. wants
10 put up automobiles as security.
II looks tishy"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-09
BOB SPADE LANDS JOB
AS BATTLE CREEK MOGUL

DETROIT. MICH. Dec. Bob
Spade former Macon. Atlanta, Cincin-
natl and St. Louis pitcher, has been APP
pointed manager of the Battle Creek
club, of the Southern Michigan asso-
citation.