Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-03-31
Chinese MEET
WITH SUCCESS
ON THEIR TRIP
En- Sue Gives Some Interesting
SideIights - Won Six and
Lost One to March 19--Score
SO Runs to Opponents "a

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Enfee Pung. of this city, has re-
ceiyed an interesting letter from his
brother, In Sue, the ''Ty Cobb of the
All-Cbinese baseball team As pub
lished In yesterdays Star-Bulletin,
the local Toys kave started OFF with
the splendid record of six won and
one lost, and IL they keep up that
gait. the 1914 trip promises to be even
more brilliant than the baseball pill
grimages of former years.
En- Sue, who writes from Tucson,
Ariz., under date of March II, says in
part as follows:
We are now about 5000 miles from
home; happy and well. We had some
pretty stiff travelling this week, sleep
Ing in the train every night. Next
week we will have some short jumps
Our first game we lost to Univer-
sity of California was pretty hard
luck, for we had them beat up to the
ninth inning. They we're at bat last,
and Apau started the fireworks by
dropping Ayau's throw to first A
base on balls, a hit, and an error by
Ayau let in two runs. The game was
started at 4:15. and didn't finish until
nearly s. when it was dark and cold.
Our second game we played at
bakersfield on nice warm day, just
like Honolulu weather. We played
the Bakersfield Cozy team, and beat
them s to / with Apau pitching. The
Chinese here are crazy about the ma
|tional game, too. although some OF
them know the game and some Of
them don't The same evening, March
az, we left at 1890 for Los Angeles,
another long ride. We, got there at
8 a. M. and the same afternoon play
ed and defeated Occidental College S
to f. Kekoa and Foster pitched. Here
the whole of Chinatown turned out
about 20O-to see the game. AS soon
as we reached our hotel in Los Ange-
les, the Chinese merchants invited us
to breakfast, and came for us in au-
fos, Keeping US for light lunch, and
taking us for trip around the city
and later to the ball grounds. You
know how the Chinese style is when
we win. Our party wanted us to go
to supper, so we fixed it. and had a
haole supper at 80, and at 1890 we
had genuine Chinese dinner, getting
through after midnight. 1t was the.
first time in America that so many
Cinnamon turned out for a baseball
game.
sEarly Sunday morning we took
the train, and arrived at Yuma, ARR
iona, at 4:l5 that same afternoon, aft
er a 300-nile trip across the desert.
1t took us only Z IL minutes to put
on our uniforms. and get into a bus
for the ball grounds, and at 4:30 the
game started. The sun went down
before we had played four innings,
and the umpire called the game with
the score to in our favor. Kekoa.
pitched. The same evening at IL we
left for Tucson, arriving here at TAO
q. m, March116. We beat the Univer-l
sity of Arizona 10 to /, with Apaui
pitching, and won again today, q to
s. with Alvin Robinson and Kekoa
pitching. There are about 500 Chinese.
in Tucson, and they all run grocery
stores. or chop suey joints, or res
taurants. They were very proud OF.
our playing, and our record, and gave
us another dinner. and even opened
CHamId8u0 70 CCtCuld lC Jul flNSOAy
over the haoles. The admission to-
ball games here is so cents.
I'VE leave tonight for Ell Paso, Tex
as.
Al postcard from Ell Paso tells of
the victory of the Chinese. over a local
team, IL to A.
I'VE got to Ell Paso about 1880 a.
mn saws En- Sue, and a. Chinese boy,
formerly of Honolulu, asked the team
to his restaurant for lunch. We start
ed the game at $3.50, and beat their
picked team IL to 4. In one inning
we made four home runs. myself first,
then Chinito, Ayau and Akana. Be-
fore the game they wanted references
to show what sort of a team we had.
We handed them references with
bats" 4