Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-08
TRIP
big BOOST FOR
ATHLETICS HERE
Honolulu Man Says Only Two
Regulars on Team; Ten Men
With Beavers Last Year


Honolulu citizens are going to real
ize when the Portland team has left
these shores something OF the value
of a league training trip. The news
papers from the Northwest are begin
ming to reach here, and all are filled
with stories of the games played in
Hawaii. ~ ..........ss-. ="
PerhaBs few realize il, but more
copy will be made out OF the trip of
the Beavers than any other event, ath-
letic or. otherwise, in the history OF
Hawaii No other event has brought
three newspaper men here on one
trip, and the fact that each day the
correspondents are sending long wire
less messages indicates that Honolulu
is going to be benefited.
Nobody Stop .=..-.
Yesterday a local businessman said
that he did not see why all this fuss
was made over the Portland team, as
there We're only two regulars on the
squad. Honolulu could not get the
space devoted to the climate training
camp, and other features in the Port
land newspapers for five times the.
amount expended in bringing the Port
land team here.
In the first place the businessman
erred when he said that there were
only two regulars on the team who
had ever played with Portland. As a
matter of fact Captain Bill Rodgers,
Fischer, O'Brien Stumpf Hollocher
Williams, Willie. Houck. Bigbee and
McCredie were with Portland last year,
and the other players have been gath
cred from the leagues throughout the
country. ....-' ~
Borton. Farmer. Siglin. Leake and
Fincher did not sign contracts in time
to make the trip to Honolulu, but Nc
Credie sent transportation to half a
dozen players who were on the Allan
tic coast. This is enough to answer
the statement that NcCreiie was try
ing to get down easy.
It's Boost .1>.s
Hundreds of cities throughout Cali
fornia, Texas, Georgia and other
states raise funds by, public subscrip-
ton to pay the expenses of league
team. and these cities as rule hardly
take in enough at the gate to pay for
the mark expenses, but they make a
big fight for the team each year. Ho-
nolulu fans will perhaps realize the
difference between training trip for
a league team and series of games
with a picked aggregation who come
here on pleasure jaunt.
Go to the Hawaii Promotion Com
mittee and ask them to total up the
number of columns written about Ho-
nolulu since the Beavers decided to
train here, and then compare 1t with
any other event in the history of Ha-
wall, and see what this trip means
from publicity standpoint.
A. l.. Castle has put up the money
for this trip, and should be backed by
every public spirited citizen. whether
he be a fan or not The Portland
club is gradually rounding to form,
and in the games from now on the
local teams will have to play top-notcf
ball to win out. Honolulu fans will
have an opportunity to show that they
appreciate the value of training trip
by attending the remaining games OF
the series.
There are two games scheduled on
Saturday and Sunday, and the two
leading teams in Hawaii will battle
with the Portland Hulas. Let it be
hoped that the stands are packed to
capacity on these dates.