The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-28

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tune that is nov the reward of the
successful player, might be excused
if he sought the resorts of pleasure
and idleness for the few off months.
There is a mental as well as a physi-
cal strain about the keenly fought CON
tests that wind up the season, and a
period Of physical rest would be iusti.
fled in the case of the star baseball
men.
But in this they set an example Of
ambition and industry which many Of
the young men on the bleachers
might do well to emulate. Hardly
enc of the men actively known in the
game but is in some business or pro-
fession to which he gives his time
and effort during the winter months.
Besides this there are in the ranks
artists, musicians poets, humorists.
natural actors, farmers. doctors. law
yers and scientists,
Won't Talk of Themselves.
Unfortunately it is difficult to get
them to talk about themselves
ana they do not like to talk about
each other. The baseball player hides
his good points quite as carefully as
the pugilist asserts his. He keeps off
the main street and out of the art gal
leried cafes and restaurants. He does
not go in for fur lined coats or seek
the fields where diamond boot heels
Impress the lowly.
He finds his pleasure in home life.
There IS no more domestic man in the
world than the ball player once he is
a husband. 1t cannot be said that
he is an enthusiastic marrying man,
for his wandering life is against it.
But once caught he hugs his chains
and keeps out of sentimental entangle-
ments.
And he has his admirers, although,
unlike the matinee man, he appears
as rule to a disadvantage in uni
form which adds nothing to his lines
or his general makeup. There is no
calcium light nor low quivering mu-
sic to assist him at his fine moments
His muscle is not displayed. Even
when he runs it is not with the grace
of the deer, but rather with a trot
that throws up the earth something
in the manner Of snow plough.
Among the men whose names are
familiar to the readers of baseball lit.
erature there is not one that could be
justly picked out and described as a
loud dresser. They patronize good
tailors, but there is a general leaning
to quiet effects and dull finishes.
The baseball man performs only
when on the field, where he is called
on for rare combination of physical
and mental alertness, dash, daring,
coming good judgment, intuition and
instant action.
He must be quick in deciding what
to do, yet on that moment success
may hinge. He must use his instincts
yet if they play him false too often
he loses prestige. II must be calm
in his judgment, but he cannot be
slow. He must take risks, yet con
slant gambling would be his ruin
Football is a schoolboys' rough and
tumble rush in comparison with base
ball when played at it's best.
, Dan Brouthers, one of the old time
players, is authority for the statement
that baseball in all its branches, its
players, it's managers, its public, the
rules governing the game and the
general standing of the players, has
advanced marvelously within the last
twenty years.
Yet the game has changed so slight
ly in its fundamental points that il
Kelly and Ward and Ewing were tC
come back to the diamond in theil
old form they would still be Cham
pions. The changes that have beer
made in the game itself have beer
only those that would make it quick
err
The game has grown in import
ance,' said Brouthers, ito vast ven
ture that interests the entire coun
try, men and women, too, of all class
es and ages. 1t is a welcome anC
healthful diversion from business ant
domestic life.
Large amounts of money are in
vested in it as a financial enterprise
and the risks as well as the losses
and the gains are great. The ables
men are sought for in the manage
ment of the teams high salaries arr
paid and the interest and enthusiasm
shown by the public in all cities ha
been retained by a constant care ant
improvement in the various sround
and conveniences for the onlookers
There have been tremendou
changes in the personnel of the play
ers and in the public interest eyinc
ed in their personal side. AS to tn