The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-06-04
DEPENDS ON FANS IF
CALIFORNIA VISITS US
Followers of Baseball Must Support Oahu
League If They Expect Mainland Teams
To Play Here. What Swain Said

the Oahu League, and college teams,
and while they are willing the fans are
n bit shy of support and without sup
port no kind of baseball can thrive.
Chinese Would Help
II the w. Tin Chong All-Chinesc base
ball aggregation gets back to Honolulu
before Stanford leaves and should play
the Cardinals a few games it would
surely help the Oahu League. Local
! fans would be greatly interested in the
Far East champions, and would 10
doubt be far more liberal in their sup
port. sa. .
And, speaking of the All Chinese, n
Manila sporting editor, Frank Y. Swain
by name, is wishing they had never
played ball in Manila. Right of the
bat Swain began to hammer the boys
without having seen them play, and
filed his sporting paper with story
after story of how punk ball team
they were. Fact is, Swain dwelled long
on the ability of the All, Chinese to win
game from any of the Manila teams,
and advised his followers to put hook,
line and sinkeT down on the Manila
teams to trim the Honolulu boys.
Just how Swain is squaring himself
with his readers is not known, but
from the way the fans of Manila and
the other papers are riding him, Swain
no doubt wishes he had never taken up
his pen against the All.Chinese until he
had at least seen them in action. The
Chinese outbatted, outfielded, outran in
fact simply toyed with the Manila
teams and made Swain dope all
wrong. As Coleman's Weekly re-
marked: When you want to bet, always
bet opposite to what Swain says, and
you will always be a winner, and those
who took Coleman's tip are sporting
new Panamas and have plenty of coin
in their pockets. As for Swain S fol
lowers, they must be looking for him
with a gun.
What Swain Wrote
That the local fans MIGHT get a line
on how Swain "panned the All-Chi
nese his article is printed below:
BY THE SPECTATOR
Crank Y. Swain
Yesterday we promised the fans of
Manila our judgment on the chances of
the All Chinese team of Honolulu in the
coming big series with the stars of the
Philippines. The article did not get in
Several hundred readers have already
Cancelled their subscriptions on account
of the disappointment and we fear :hat
there are many more to come.
"But here goes for today:
"In the Spectator = judgment, the All
Chinese team will not win a game in
Manila.
"Takc that! We have said the fatal
words.
"We do not think the Chinese will
have a chance and our belief is based
upon the fact that the boys are weak
hitters. That is reason enough for us.
Opposed to hurlers like Ambrosio, Jaro,
Gutierrez Weidner Frechette, Clifford,
Kulp, Joss and Jameski, what are weak
hitters going to do! Weak hitters are
going to be out of luck.
EAST fielding, speed on the bags and
quick thinking are nothing If you can
not wallOp the pill That's our judg
ment. If the Chinese win a game, we
are going to be surprised.
owe think the standard of baseball
in the Philippines is as high, if not
higher, than it is in the Hawaiian Isl
ands. And for this reason, we think
that a weak hitter in Honolulu will be
weak hitter, or a miserable hitter in
Manila, And this in spite of the fact
that each year Honolulu receives visit
from fast Coast and major league
teams.
"They are off on Friday, and we
shall see what we shall see. We think
we have the right dope when we say
the Chinese will not win game.
How easily the All-Chinese took the
Manila teams into camp and then fol
lowed it up by winning all four games
played at Shanghai, China, is history
now. And we are wondering what The
Spectator is thinking!