Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-03-20


that filtered up from Jesse Wizards
training camp, It must have been a
sad blow for that aspiring pugilist
and his retinue to break camp and
start for Havana. The routine drudg.
cry Of training seems to have been
conspicuous by its absence, judging
by the following description of the
camp, written for the Chicago Daily
News by Tex 0'Rourke, Wizards
sparring partner:
CAMP WILLARD, Knoblauch Ranch,
near Ell PasO, Tex, March 2.--A pro-
minent newspaper man recently asked
Manager Tom Jones how he kept his
boys from spending their spare time
around the city. The reply was: Il
don't keep them;aI only makes It as
pleasant out here as possible and let
them take their choice. t
s The fact that We have passed only.
two evenings in town during the sew.
eral weeks since camp opened, and
thar both these trips were at the re-.
quest &C Jones himself. speaks we'll
Tor the attractiyeness or Uncle Toms
Cabin
To begin with, Charles r. Knob
LAUGH has loaned US one OF the finest
homes In this section. The house is
roomy and comfortable and the view
out across the Rio Grande valley, with
the mountains for q background, is
beautiful The pure air and hard
work have given us all good appe-
ties. and the meals are so excellent
that we take no chances Of being out
OF hearing when the bell rings.
Every one is out Of bed at sunrise,
which fact, coupled W n the streru-
Gus routine, has a tendency to make
the bed seem very inviting about 8 80
ct night No regular fellow" will
start out II ne has to get home by
$50 Nest Of Us have moved our
beds on to the big screened yeranda,
where we can get the full benefit from
the healthfuI night afr. After scrap
ing the morning frost on our faces
and duckihs under q cold shower we
feel at for almost anything.
After the morning run there are
three hours to loaf around before
lunch Sometimes we get the guns
and 90 out to the sand hills for rab-
bits. There are plenty Of cottontails
and we have q chef who knows how
to fry them to turn. We have
some kind Of game for the table every
other day.
Our friends over in Mexico keep US
with venisOm and bear meat
Rnd the native hunters bring as quail
syery week. A few days ago we put
two dozen live quails in the coop to
latten, but they did not do well, and
after one or two died Jesse let them
but That night they came back to
r0ost and we now have flock Of tame
quail to add to our list Of amusements.
Sometimes we fill In the mornings
playing baseball or tennis. Three Of
our party have played professional
ball, one Is an ex-interco collegiate ten
Ills and basket ball champion, two
ire runners with records and one is
j crack shot and golf expert in fact,
III are athletes who have starred in
,ther lines before adopting the pugi.
istic profession.
5 III Jones wanted to enter a team to
compete in all round track events he
,ould count on the following scores,
providing, Of course, we each could
i've up to our registered perform
noes:
100 yards Jones. 10; willard,
10 As.
/ go yards willard, ~ Is; Jones.
20 2-5 Z
40 yards Jones. 40 rs; Savage, !,
81.
$50 yards Monaghan, 1859.
One mile Monaghan. 4:32.
Five miles Jones, 27:31 +
Ten miles Jones, 1:02:00 rs.
go yard hurdles 6 feetl Willard.
20 rs.
Broad jump HempeI 10 feet 8
inches; Savage. 10 feet ~ inches.
Hop. step and jump Savage, A
leet s inches.
High jump Hempel. feet inches.
Sixteen pound shot put-O, Rourke.
Il feet IL inches, Monaghan, "A feet
; inches.
Sixteen pound hammer throw
1,Rourke, 146 feet
One Of the favorite pastimes with