The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-03-20
Bachelor Has Talk with Honolulu
Boy at Gnlfport and Is Civ
en- Interesting News.

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II somebody told you that the first
pair Of shoes he ever wore was size
eleven, you probably would lie looking
for the jokea
Yet that il the statement made by
John Brodic Williams, the Hawaiian
pitcher with the Tiger squad in Gulf
port, to e. A, Bachelor, sporting edi
tor OF the Detroit Free Press vii.
liams never had pair Of shoes ON his
feet unit he was past sixtced years
Of age and by walking barefoot con
stautly all bis boyhood had enllrgel
his pedal extremities SO much that he
needed cIevens to it. Not only arr
his Shoes szs eleven, but thsv are We y
vide into the bargain--regular police
fectsN 4es3
in Honolulu where Williams has liv'
ed ever snee be was Torn, there is ne
real necessity for shoes. The weather
is always warm and most Of the side.
walks are Of grass insteqd Of eoncret
or hagstoncs In this delightful eoun
try all the children, rich and poor, e,
barefoot constantly. Shoes are re ard
ed merely az a Burden much as Ameri4
can boys would consider gloves II ey
were worn all the year around.
Makes Hoofs Large.
Naturally IL docs not improve the size
or shape Of the feet to go shoelcss, and
all Hawliians have big hoofs. Posi-.
bly, this Is the reason why the islanders
can swim 50 we'll. They have regula
paddles, Just like ducks.
ThAra d. f.l
tie stunts performed in Honolulu, To-
If oil that Williams tells is true. II,
says that il is a ma ter Of record that
two fishermen whose boat capsizsd in
mid-ehannel swan twenty-six miles.
One of them got TO shore, while the
other became exhaus' ed and sank on
hundred feet from the each. The sur
vivor was given medal for his hero
ism in saving his own life.
Another story Williams tells is of
the eaptaiB.of small schooner which
was cut in two by steam vessel. This
Kanaka was eighty,two years old, but
when his vessel was wrecked he picked
UP piece Of floating plank and with
this Is support remained in the water
almost forty-hihS hours, finally being
washed ashore hisnY miles from the
scene OF the accident. Later be sued
the owners Of the steamer which cut
his vessel in two and collected heavy
damages. $50
Williams himself Is good swimme
and Is willing tonrace any man in the
American league He belongs TO the
same club ss tho famous, Duke Kaha.
namoku; holder Of many records. He
doesn't claim to- be so fast as Duke.
but says that there are several Young.
sters in Honolulu now who will take
that human fish 81 measure before many
month";.
Baseball Is Crude.
The Hawaiian doesn Z think a great
deal Of basel all in the Islands. He
says that the Chinese and Japanese ruD
everything, including the national
game, and that most OF them are 80
ptg-hepded that they will not learn to
play IL properly.
"If you try to point out their mis-.
takes to the Japs and Chinks,v says
Williams, they regard il as personal
and get sore. They are always either
riding the umpire or the newspaper
men why try to do them service ty
showing how they could improve. They
play fairly we'll but could do a lot
better II they would only listen to a
little advice. -E
market and there Is little chance for
an American unless he is an-employer
Chinese and Japanese laborers get nine
~ cents day in Hawaii, which ism Z
enough to keep an American alive" =