Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-11-05
ROYAL WELCOME :
lsHANN|ED FOR
Venice TIGERS
Representative Sportsmen OF
Honolulu viii Board Sierra
Off Port to Extend Aloha


According 20 the latest mail from
Los Angeles. the Venetian Tigers are
ready for their departure. for San
Francisco where they are to take the
steamer Sierra November 10, for Ho-
nclulu Captain Jack Bloss, who will
look after the interests OF the main
landers, has surrounded himself with
fast aggregation OF Coast League
and major league players and the To-
cal fans should have a baseball treat
during the series the Tigers are 10
play here.
In the meantime. Promoter Lowry
and his associate, Al Castle, are leay-
ing nothing undone 70 make the visit
Of the Tigers the greatest event ever
pulled of In the history OF baseball In
Hawaii. According 70 the plans of
the two men a party of friends of the
players. Fred c. Smith Of the Mystic
Shrine. Lorrin Andrews or Charles j.
Mccarthy OF the EIks, Laurence Red
ington, representing the press, Mr.
and Mrs. Lowry Sam Blair with his
moving picture outfit. newspapermen
and photographers are to board the
Sierra In the stream and bid the visi-
tors welcome 20 fair Hawaii
Upon arrival of the steamer at the
dock, members of the Eiks, Mystic
Shrine, local fans accompanied by
Captain Henri Berger and his Royal
Hawaiian Band. will again welcome
the visitors and escort them to the
Alexander Young Hotel
James K. jaeger Is also planning q
big welcome to the Tigers and with al
party OF friends will steam up the
hArbor in his beautiful yacht Kulu-
mau ii and greet the party. Genial
Jim" plans to decorate the HUFFMAN
from stem TO stern in the Tigers colors
and with the Kulumau Glee Club
aboard and q ton OF firecrackers to-
send forth a noisy greeting, will show
the Venetians a real Hawaiian well
come.
Monday, November is, will be spent
in sightseeing greeting old friends ana
getting acquainted. On the following
day the party win In all probability
motor around the island, although II
is planned TO have the playeps do
little warming up at Moiiiili Field
prior : n the game ~ Scholastic BAR
racks VIII the 2sth infantry. Noven-l
Der 10
While the Venice party IS to arrive
in Honolulu November 16, their first
game on the local park win not be
played until November 81, the Tigers
meeting the champion Punahou team
OF the Oahu league at Athletic Park
beginning at o'clock.
Manager Castle has not given out
his batting order Cor the game as yet
but can be counted on to start with
eBlondys Williams in the box with
one OF the mainland backstops be-
hind the bat. The rest Of the team
VIII no doubt be made up OF the same
men who won the pennant, except that
Lang Akana viii play ia the outfeld.
Following this game, the Tigers win
meet the w Tin Chong aggregation Of
l-Chinese Sunday. November y. The
Venice men will play against each
other with local talent In the lineup
Thanksgiving day. On Friday, No
vernber q. the Tigers will meet the
Coast Defense team. Saturday, No
rember 2s. they play the picked team
with Al Castle manager and Henry
Chillingworth captain. and Sunday,
November %, the Tigers close the
series with a game against the crack
18th Infantry team OF Schofiield Bar
racks.
In an these games Umpire Jack
Mccarthy, dean OF the Coast League
arbltrators, win handle the indicator
behind The bat. with local talent assist
ing on the bases. these men yet to be
named.