The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-06-30
H|LO WANTSTO
BOOST Swimming
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Second City Paper Says Rowing
and Yachting Develop Ma
tionaI Material

That some fine swimmers will be
discovered in Hilo in the future is the
opinion of those people who keep tab
on sporting events and athletic stunts,
says "Va'f Stevenson in last week 5
Hawaii Herald of HiIo. Swimmers
are always developed where there is a
boat or yacht club and the men who 20
in for rowing or sailing soon become
expert swimmers. II is in the blood of
those who are fond of boating to get
busy in the water after they get out
Of their boats and that fact soon makes
them proficient in the water.
! swimming is, perhaps, the best ex.
eIcise in the world and, when prac-
tised in salt water, the most health
full, as the chemicals in the water act
rs a tonic on the skin and make the
swimmer feel as If he could jump out
Of his hide with the sheer joy Of Hv-
ing.
The art of swimming is easily en-
ough learned and it should be a mat.
ter of reproach in q seaside or river
side town to find any boy or girl who
cannot swim. The swimmer has it all
over the n0n-swimmer for fun, and
1.-THE lad who can dive into the clear
water and head out through the swell
ling tide in the direction of the wide
ocean, has a feeling in his heart which
| the lad who can only paddle and who
is afraid to try and learn to swim can
never realize.
| Hilo, with the many swimming plac-
es-from river to the open roadstead
! should produce some Of the best
swimmers in the world. And, as com.
petition grows through the establish.
ment of rowing clubs-on the harbor
fringe, there will surely be discovered
lads who will carry the name of Ha.
waii mel TO the ends of the world. .'
Horse Racing Great H
| Who can read of the horse racing
in Honolulu and not feel that the
citizens of Hilo are losing much in the
way of sport and joyf We all have
some kind of a hobby, of course, and
some of us try to enjoy our leisure
hours in the best manner, but there
are many dreary days when there is
absolutely nothing to do but swap stor,
les and Kick against the sbreakwater I
locatio ion, or any old thing, and wish
that there was a horse race meet in
sight. There should be no reason why
a race meet should not be held in Hilc
from time to time and let's hope il
comes to pass.
Baseball vs.. Cricket
| Here we have the Santa Clara base
ball team from the mainland in Homo
lulu playing a series of snappy base.
bah that is pleasing the fans Of the
capital city and yet Hilo has nothing
in the way of the most exciting game
in the world to offer the tired business
manor anyone other old kind Of q
man either.
Baseball is the game Of games and
there are more exciting incidents crowd
ed into nine innings than there ever
could be into six days of cricket. In
v" ONO" saw a cricket game in
Fiji that lasted three months. There
sc LnU hundred men on each side
and they all had about three elves
each as they individually and collee
lively refused to obey the mandate 81
the umpire when ordered to retire as
being "out." EMPIRES cut no ice with
that bunch and we know that to be O
fact for we were the umpire for two
weeks and then had to quit because
there was talk of passing us one on
The "coco,' the latter word ming
bean" or head. Even after that long
stretch Of cricket as played in FIJI and
which was exciting enough for any
thing a trip to HOnoplu and a peep al
Mique Fishers All Star aggregation go
ing up against Honolulu 5 best nine
proved to be far more exciting in every
way. Yes, there is far more excite
ment in a nine inning game of baseball
than in a nine month cricket game ID
FIJI. And yet we fans in Hilo have tt
do without a glimpse of the sport whil'
the Oahu, Maui and Kauai people have
the time of their lives on Saturday,
and Sundays. MS too bad, and some
thing should 10 done to boost for al
enclosed ground to which admission
money could be charged. That wOulc
solve the problem and give baseball I
boost that j. badly needed in Hilo.
4 Too bad that the trans. pacific zach
race has bcrn allowed to die off alto
gttheT When one thinks of the days
not so may years ago, when all Oahl
was stirred up over he big sailing race
it makes one feel sad to think that
like many another thing in these is
lands it An' all just fash in the pan