Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-27
M'CREDIE WILL
ADVISE SPOKANE
TO sign LOCALS
What Portland Scribe Has to
Say About Honolulu After
Training Series
BY ROSCOE FAWcETT
in Portland Oreqonian

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Mar 10
Especial Portland Pacific Coast
League baseball squad, with Mana
ger Walter Mc'2redie. Judge and Mrs.
w. w. McCredie, ard three Portland
newspaper men, r. A. Cronin, Lou
Kennedy and Roscoe Fawcett. left
here at 10 o'clock this morning aboard
the Great Northern for San Fran
cisco. -...' .........
McCredie is not taking any of the
local Oriental or Polynesian ball tai
ent with him to the mainland, but he
may send back for either Kan Yen, the
Chinese catcher, or Moriyama, the
shifty japanese second baseman, or
perhaps for both of them. ~.s.-.
Il cann,ol afford to experiment when
the league race is under way" re-
marked Mac this morning. But
like these two boys and / believe they
would be stars in the Northwestern
League As soon as we reach Stock
ton I'm going to tell Nick Williams
and advise him to cable back after
them. Kan Yen is the best batter in
the islands, and Moriyama hits %
points better than Ayau, / am told.
Meriyama has a good eye and is on
the bases continually. In one game
against US he was officially at bat
only once. although second in the bat
ting order. ...-.g~..4s. j.
Departure is RearetfuI
Il was with considerable regret that
the Portland athletes boarded the pa
latial Great Northern this morning.
Although spring training is somewhat
of a grind for. players, the program
there has been sufficiently diversified
and the side trips sufficiently new
and attractive to make the three
weeks sojourn one Of keenest
pleasure.
The boys have seen nearly every
thing on the island worth seeing, and
that is an education in itself. Unfor-
tunately, the volcano. kilauea, proved
too far remote On the island Of Hawaii
10 make practical a visit to this re-
her glad rags on now, too. The red
hot lava is 900 or 900 feet higher in
the crater than for several months
past
Folk over Oh the mainland picture
in their minds eye a scene of terror
and pell-mell retreat whenever XII
lauea gees on rampage. But the OPP
posite is true. Kilauea's occasional
belehings are the signal for a grand
rush In that direction from all the
islands. The lava moves at only a
snail's pace and they say these ma
tiyes over here like nothing better
than to warm their toes over the fiery
goo as they walk backward in the path
OF the molten mass.
Amusement Comes Easily
On the whole it is easy 10 amuse
yourself in Honolulu. The business
stream moves drowsily between rs
banks. Everybody seems to want to
have a good time. Whenever a stran-
ger exhibits symptoms of being live
one there are just enough tourists
and fun-loying Honolulu people to
grab him UP and give him warm
welcome
4 At least, so we've been told.
Steamer days are big days. No cal
endar is Of any use in Honolulu unless
Il shows the dates of arrivals and de-
partures. Steamers to arrive are
printed in red letters just above the
date marks and steamers to depart are
printed in black letters below the date.
on the calendar The departure Of the
Great Northern invariably is a big
social feature AS we write these few
lines the docks about the giant steam.
ship are crowded with animated tour
lists and residents gathered to wave
their 'alohasS to departing friends or
to hang orange, hueo leis pronounced
laysD around their necks.
Mild Climate is HeaithfuI
The Portland Da.i cub has run into
more rain than it did at Sacramento
last spring and far more windy
weather. But the rains have been
warm rains and the winds balsam-
laden breezes that have borne no ball
player ils The boys appear to be in
the pink of condition There isn't a
sore arm in tne squad, whereas one
year ago Dennie Willie could hardly
feel himself and Gus Fisher and John
ny Lush found it difficult to put on
their coats. .,.F1: s...
If the Great Northern doesn't run
afoul OF some mishap the big boat
will deck at San Francisco March
20. After a few hours around the
bay the Beavers will be shooed on
ward to Stockton, where the stay-at'
home players will join the squad for
the final fortnight of preseason train
ing work -"