Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-03-02
CATCHER HENRY BOOSTS BASEBALL
ASPLAYEDlN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
Tells of His Experiences Here and Predicts Great Future for
Game in the Terory-Has Many Compliments for Homo
lulu and the Reception Given to the Visiting Stars

john Henry, the Washington catch
er who was here with the Ail-Ameri
cans last December, took more than
the average interest in local baseball
conditions, end when he returned to
the mainland he was IN n position q
write and tell a lot about the game in
Hawaii -
. The following rictes on island base
bali appear In Boston Herald of re,
cent date:
BY JOHN HENRY.
Catcher Washington Base ball Club.
Since returning from the exhibition
tour of the All-American and the ALI
National league teams have been
asked many times by those interested
in baseball regarding the interest that
is taken In the game in the Hawaiian
Islands which we visited during the
trip. The games We played upon the
island were the first between major
league teams ever seen by the natives.
for, although there had previously
been two even more, pretentions exhi-
bition tours OF major league teams.
carrying the gospel Of baseball Tar be-
yond our own shores. neither had
played In Honolulu or elsewhere upon
the island. ~
In the tour OF 1883 under Spalding
and Arson, the teams stopped at Ho-
noiulu. but II was upon a Sunday and
tie government not then allowing
Sunday ball, the teams were unable
to exhibit. The White Sox and the
Giants. In their worlds tour of 1913
1914, did not include Honolulu upon
their schedule. hence it was that 1t
remained for our party to give the
residents of Honolulu their first taste
Of baseball as played ia the major
leagues.
The interest shown by the neople OF
Honolulu In baseball was Wrought
home to me very strongly by the man
ner In which they welcomed, received
and entertained the tourists. Homo
lulu IS very coslnopo not only ~
the makeup Of its population. but n
the interest that its people show ~
nearly all lines Of sport To me u
seemed that baseball had the top rung
Of the ladder.
-. 81. so...,,,,., s.,,,c,it,ee'
me ail.sfar teams Ss,f the ArI6ficarl
and National leagues inter- extend.
ed tour through. ~ w Lern part
- ~ IfnitalI = 'I1 "a The fHcific
S:,7,,.Ssts sci sail f0r our mid Pacific pos
ssseig1s =, Tsaeflav Nay. 21 1914.
|, nd sfser ! ing: tetifons rough trip,
s 4 81 times lastina seven DAYS. first came
4, siol,f. ~ Ianfj very early the follow.
INC Tuaedav nnfrninq December
ii r,as very welcome sight which
e.,,raatad ltha eyes az most az our party
1 1i,,s we wsre kiowiv drifting INTO the
berhor AZ Honolulu white waiting for
the government INSPECTION The fIrst
imrusnreesion az Honolulu Is beautiful
Win the bieh mountains Immediately
!, ~ fhe "a haclSeron,,d and Diamond Head,
: !. fortified crater On the end OF the
island of Oahu. looming up in front Of
ne and then WAIKIKI beach, where
,rf.hoard riding ii the feature, ex.
fsnaine nm sfn the main harbor and
doors r. the civ itself. AS soon as
c,,r insnection VAS completed a recep-
tio,, 20 eomn,ittea came on board with q
~ tive IIawaiian orchestra. which kept
ouy~snirits light while the committee
Covered rs. ne With LET'S or wreaths Of
movers A. the. dock we we're met by
aho,,t ii)0fl neople Of All descriptions
ma nafionaIities and the Hawaiian
hahd 81 s the custom with every IN
cominu and o,,fao;ng yessel ulayed
nc MANY nonnlar airs Of the islands.
0nr marty was then nshered to a line
81 waitine antomol,,les ana we were
narafesl through The narrow foreign
iooking streets Ia the Alexander
Yonng hotel headed Nv the band. I
Vos5ieae - saw everything was IN q
Stir over o,ir arrival and baseball was
ne tnnic unnarmost An eyeryune,s
mind and IN Thursday Dec 8. Homo
min WAS ~ 10 introdnced 10 its first
eame ~ major league baseball.
rro,.,a les aetinn.
IThe cosmnnolitan crowd on the
atraet and - : genera thing the
crowd attending the games. was Of &
mixed variety "a he sure. Some half
Iio1en dIfserent nationalities. includ.