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Ey Roscoe Fawcett
lin Portland Oreeonian.J

HONOIUI.U, HAWAII, Feb, %. -
Portland's Pacific Coast League ball
club arrived in Honolulu today on the
Niagara. They meet the g5th Infantry
team this afternoon.
On Sunday the Portland club Will
be pitted against the, Chinese team.
The mid-winter Honolulu festival is
on in full force.
Active training started this after
noon The boys were taken out to
the park and put through stiff work
outs. Playing catch, little hitting
practise and jogging around the field
were the main systems employed to
unrayef tangled muscles. Weather
conditions are perfect, and it is not
too warm ..-F..
Schatzlein to Pitch First .."
The probably lineup of the Beavers
for their first game here is: Schatz-
lein. pitcher: 0'Brien, catcher;
Stumpf, first base: Rodgers, second
base; Pinelli. third base; Hollocher,
shortstop; Wolfer, left field; Viii.
Hams, center field, and Willie, right
field. .~E~.
Baseball is not the only game which
the Hawaiians have fallen for. At
golf. too, Honolulu is no piker In
fact this city boasts an excellent coun-
try club. and three other sporty cours-
es that bring out good golf. Jack Nor
rill of Medford is here for the winter.
Jack Neville. ex-coast golf champion,
came over on his honeymoon few
weeks ago and he and Charley Maud,
another Californian, met defeat in a
local match recently. -. ....
The Schofield links. as well as the
barracks by that name, were named
after tie father of Col. Richard Scho-
field, formerly of Vancouver Barracks.
Col. Schofield married a Portland girl,
sister of Russell Smith. He has been
stationed in Washington, d. c., for
several years. but was transferred to
Honolulu to superintend some new
construction work. g.. =.
Polo. Popular Game II E..
Polo IS popular here and experts on
the mallet game say it is faster than
in California or in the Northwest Ac-
cording to some of the Honolulu
sportsnen three of the ponies owned
here have played in the internationals.
Jay Gould played in one Of the teams
last winter. r.
In swimming, of course. Honoldlu's
standing is patent. They have at
least ten men here who can do better
than one minute for the 100 dash.
Duke Kahanamoku, Ludy LANCER,
''Stubby" Kruger, George Cunha, John
Kelii and Clarence Lane can all swim
the furlong in 2:32 or better Norman
Ross, a Portland boy who has been
starring in California, is here.
Tennis has also taken strong hold
in the islands. .-=.. -.
Ayau Said to Ee Conner
Folks here are enthusiastic over the
young Chinese Hawaiian infielder,
Ayau, signed by Bill Leard of the Sc
attic club. They say he outplayed
Sammy Bohne in every department
during the series with the AIl-Stars
last winter Harold JanYrin of the
Boston Red Sox pronounced him a
star, and thinks he will 60 UP to the
majors within a year.
The ball. diamond here that the
Beavers are using is in fairly good
shape, and the accommodations are as
good as you usually find in a spring
training camp. The local teams will
give the Beavers plenty of eompeti.
ton, which is exactly what Manager
McCredie wants. ~