Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-27
BOWLERS ENJOY
EVENING At "
With big FEED
Pin Smashers' Banquet Proves
to Be Big Success; Sharp
shooters Star in Event

With a b0mbardment OF witty say
! ings and a commandment of other am
| rlunition the bowlers' banquet held
on Saturday evening at the Y. NJ. &
A. proved to be a big success. From
| the moment that Lieut.. George l.. van
Deusen. the postmaster, arose to start
| things going until all the ammunition
had been expended the pin-smashers
enjoyed the evening.
There were talks on nearly every
| subject and the list of bowlers as
published on the toast program mu b
reSembled. list OF a regiment. From
private to general the titles ran and
| many of the bowlers held to the point
by excellent sharpshooting with the
ammunition which was provided in
olives, walnuts, etc.
HonoIulus Score.
The bombarument was one Of the
features OF the evening and the men
in the trenches suffered somewhat
from the attack by the Honolulus'
siege guns. lnasmuch as coconuts
were barred, the attack Of the lighter
ammunition did not prove fatal and
\ luO ItOopLtoI SOI 20 "do' AO( OhSF
called upon.
Oliver P. Soares was the first man
to stand the gait in the speechmakin6
line and his reading from the Maple
Skid was handled in fine shape, get
ting five strikes and four spares. He
was followed by George Mills, who
told in his characteristic manner how
medals are captured. Charles Ather
ton then announced that Frank Ben
son had make a strike" but could
not spare" the time to frame" up
words announced that Mr.. Benson had
taken an active interest in Cupid
which caused Mendelssohn tune on
Saturday.
Talk in Chinese.
One Of the features Of the evening
was the speech in Chinese by J. T.
Young. His witty remarks, which
was the bright effect of the banquet,
was only understood by three people
present. but Lieut.. Van, DeuSen in
terpreted his remarks IN an able man
ner.
e, Talks by Omar Bearss and Andrew
Mosley, telling OF the, benefits OF
bowling and the WORK that is ex-
pected in the future we're loudly APP.
plauded. Mr.. Azavedo in a few re-
marks told of the work of the P. 3. c.
team during the year. This was fol-
lowed by talk by Capt Stayton, who
touched upon the excellent work that
has been done in the bowling world
by the local pin spillers. Charles
Atherton in a short talk stated that
his bowling average was not SO high.
but his interest in the promotion OF
the sport ranked near. the top.
POSTMASTER Scores.
Lieut.. Van Deusen proved to be an
excellent postmaster and his clever
repartee caused the evening to be
complete success. Clark of the Homo
lulu team stated that the big success
of the team was due to practise, cit
ing as an instance that the Cunhas
were excellent ice hockey players be
cause, like the Honolulu bowling
team, they had an opportunity of con-
tinued practise. Musical features
by Larimer, Ben Hosea. J. Kalama
and the Honolulu trio we're well re-
ceived by those present. r..
The following bowlers were seated
around the banquet table: Van Deu.
sen, Stayton, Bayless, Raseman, Nc
Taggart, Chamberlin, Smith, Reed,
Soares Mills. Scott, Clark, Gear, ely
.mer, Ham, Emmans, Tinker, Melim,
White, Anterior, Methyen, Comes,
Azevedo, Linn, Mosley, Henry Rod
riques, Bearss, Benny, Talleck.
Alderman, Canario, Dorrie, Kalama
Hosea I,arimer Van and Young