Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-07-25
CHINESE ALL
THE RAGEIN
THEEAST NOW
Played Before Crowd of 5000
at Philadelphia Recently and
Got Fine Press Notices


Got Fine Press Notices
The Chinese ball team is the, real
thing in the East now. Heretofore
the Hawaii players have created a
mild amount of interest in localities
where they have played, but now, to
Judge by the newspapers, they are all
the rage in the big brush The New
York Evening World recently gave
the team a great write-dp, illustrated
by three-column layout of pictures,
showing Foster Robinson, "The Matty
of the Far East" and illustrating the
way in which he throws his curves
When the big city papers begin to
throw space at a ball team in that
lavish manner. 1t Is certainly some
punkins."
1t wouldn't be surprising IL one or
two of the locals Eere grabbed for
professional ball Last year Detroit
was after Vernon Ayau, and there
have been rum0rs altering back here
to the effect that Ayau, En- Sue, Kan
Yen and Foster Robinson were being
looked over.
The Philadelphia Press carries the
following story OF game in which the
Chinese beat fast local team. before
a crowd OF 5000 enthusiastic fans:
Nine yellow skin youths, small of
statute but strong in athletic ability,
showed some six thousand persons
how the great American game of base
ball is played by foreigners, when the
Chinese team. of the Hawaiian islands,
handed a 4 to 3 defeat to the strong
nine OF the Stetson A. A. at the latter
grounds, Fourth and Berks streets,
yesterday afternoon.
1t was the novelty of seeing group
of Celestia1s In an exhibition of the ma
tional pastime which brought the huge
crowd to the Stetson field and those
who did come to witness q one-sided
contest with the home team on the
long end of the boxscore were disap-
pointed, for when 1t came to baseball,
the kind which is played by the aver
age college nine, these Cinnamon
showed they are in class by them
selves.
Natives of Uncle Sans insular pos
sessions in the middle of the Pacific,
this Chinese team has picked up the
fine points Of the game in manner
that was a complete revelation 10 the
throng OF fans which overlooked the
grandstands and outfield. They are
all students of the College of Hawaii,
where the great college game Of foot
ball as played by Penn. Yale and Har-
ward every fall, has gained nearly as
much popularity as baseball.
There are only fourteen men on the
squad which has been touring this
country since last May leaxingia rep
utation beyond them sat every town
ana city swhere they played OF nothing
but the best ~ College and seni-pr0fes-
sionai teams hxve felt Ehessting ofide.
feat al their hands and yesterdays VIC
tory was the seventy third win out of
the eigfity-hine contests played in tlEis
country. - sfiiei 81
Sheu aInside Stuff 8iaa e;n
Not only did the Cinnamon perform
on the diamond as any ordinary team
would have done but at several differei
emit stages I'm the game, displayed a
knowledge of tins1de stuff" Which
startled inany,l Of the, baseball 'eriticst
wllDlwere present In the ninth inning
when .Etefsnn had men on second and
third with none OUT and only one run
needed to tie the score, Manager Sam
Hop, himself "a student of the College
of Hawaii, butiias bench leadersO the
highest type Immediately saw a
chance to outguess the home team, and
pulling Luck zee lout of che box. he
sent Foster in at ffrstn base while
Apau. the regular first sacker and also
a member Of the swirling staff was
sent on the mound. b{ sam
Many OF the fans dthought this was
done because fhel t'ChinkE elabman
was ina bad hoie-and-in danger Of fos-
ing the game at the last moment. but
this was not ai1e object aIMck Ace had
been An several Ind holes Hrevi0usly
but had aluayxl managed 10 crawl out
of them GwitNout much DAMAGE being
done, but Manager Hop saw an oppor-
tunity for putting check on the rally
of the Stetsons and, as be anticipated,
the move did the trick. ui'
As has been said there were men,on
second and third when Apau went into
: the box and as he did so. Manager Hop
turned TO a reporter of The Press, who
was seated beside him on the players
bench and said: Watch third base. =
Flavel, the former Penn catcher, VIII