Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-03-02


game II became very apparent to me
these people wore weI posted on the
game, from some Of the criticisms they
would make attut certain plays. and
they we're unalilesto see why errors
should be made, when: the playing field
to them looked go we'll groomed. hut
to the players wastanything but field
they were used 10 IS. sz
Home Teams Real Teams. -. -
Enthusiasm was at IT'S height in the
games played against the native team.
The AIlliahu. OF Hawaiian club, and
the AlI-chinese team, for it was in
these games that the people were en-
abled to form comparisons and see
how far advanced their local talent
had gone. The all-Hawaiian team IN
its game with; the Nationals was beat
en- to I I'm q very good game. while
the all. Chinese team. perhaps the best
In the island, and the team that toured
the Cnited States last year, was heat.
en- by the Americans 5 to 2. in d gaTns
full 1I sensational plays and fast held.
ing by both teams These players.
though very. small In size, are very
active. fast on the bases and have the
real inside or the game very we'll In
hand. 1t was a these games more
than at those Itayed by the majo,
leaguers that theteroWd was OF q more
varied mixture and the natives in then
native costumes were there, men. Wo-
men and childreh roofing hard Tor the
home boys.
Owing TO the oimatic conditions OK.
isting in Honolt|i II, where it is SUM-
mer and BasebaIl weather the year
AROUND, the ganse IS rapidly growing
and was given q big boom by the VS.
ting stars, for Il enabled the interest
ed people, such as the players and
those directly CONNECTED with the de-
velopment Of the sport there, to get q
line on the plays and methods used by
those highest ID che sport Honolulu
has many different small baseball
teams playing "a sort, Of round robin
among themselves, and among the
public and private schools there are
small leagues made up Of all nations
alities. II Is only natural that the
different army pests should have a
great deal Of has bali among their
different compani{s, and there is the
keenest OF riyaIfl among them which
Condition Stimulates great Interest
among all the soldier people. In Ho-
nolulu itself there are the two teams
i have mentioned above who clash
quite frequently; and then the smaller
clubs OF the schools. which Just about
covers the organizedi teams Of the
island.
Boys Keen Students 81 Game.
One Of the most striking incidents
OF my stay there, ana one which VIII
give an idea OF how Keen their inter-
est is in cur baseball, was brought
home to me when was asked to give
talk at the Working Boys club at
the Y. M. C. A. This being entirely
out Of my line, went down to tell
them of few peculiar incidents In
the game and give them an idea OF
some Of the most noted players, man
ayers and a general baseball talk.
Some 10 boys who worked IN the diff
ferent parts of the city came to the.
Y. M. C, A. every Monday evening for.
dinner and games afterward was
asked to talk during the dinner, and
just as soon as I began not Q single
boy ate mouthful. but simply sat all
attention for nearly an hour. their
dinners forgotten.
This did not make bit Of difference
to them as long as they could hear
something about baseball, how 1t was
played here, and about some of the.
players and managers. After finished
gave them all a chance to fire qtfes-
tions at me, and the questions I tried
to answer were upon every play, play
er, and phase of baseball, showing
that they knew every detail almost OF
our. great national game This crowd
of boys, ranging from IL to Is years
of age, was very cosmopolitan also.
but it made not the slightest differ
ence what his nationality. he had some
good puzzling question to ask, This
very incident showed me more than
any other one thing just how much Of
an impression baseball had made
among the many races of people in
the island.
Islanders Great Hosts.
May l say q few words here to give
an Iucd Vi TIE dppTccAdJipCe way III
which the people of Honolulu enter
tanned us during our all-to-short two
weeks there The day after our ar
rival the AID club. a business mems
organization, gave us a luncheon,
which we all attended. It was here
that each player was introduced to-
the business people of the island that
they might get q line on us before
we donned the toys. A royal welcome
1t was and one which made us feel
very much at home. Immediately
after the luncheon we were taken in
automobiles up to the Nuuanu Pail or
cliff. the natural divide in the noun
tain range dividing the island Of
Oahu. to get an idea Of the country
and view the truly wonderful scenic
beauty OF the island Coming back
from the Pail We stopped at the Oahu
Country club, where they gave us
membership cards covering our stay
on the island, and where later we
were entertained one evening.
A real Hawaiian luau. or native feast,
was rendered us near the end OF our
visit, immediately following an after