The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-08-13
Portraits and Sketches of the
Winners.

The ADVERTISER contest TO deter
mine the best base ball player in
the Hawaiian League is over the
last count took place yesterday
afternoon at this Office, and for in
terest and excitement it has had no
parallel, and no other election ever
held in Honolulu can be compared
TO the contest just closed.
Promptly at 8 o'clock the small
tin box containing ballots was
opened and counted, after which a
large wooden box containing thou
sands Of the paper clips was re-
Iieved Of its contents, which were
piled into a large basket that had
a place on the center of the table
at which sat the judges and tally
men. Thanks to the impartial
manner in which the count pro-
crossed, there was not hitch of
any kind, and much praise is due
to Messrs. Henry Smith, Fl. e.
Cooper and J. G. Spencer, the
Judges Richard Mossmsn, George
Lucas, NJ. Keohokalole, T. P.
Cummins, Clarence Crabbe and
Masters Angus, King and Petrie,
the tallymen and Harry Won
Holt, who acted az referee.
The officials named worked like
Troians until 9 o'clock in the
evening, when the result was an
noEnced, not even leaving the
Office for their dinner and satisfied
themselves with light repast sent
in from a neighboring restaurant.
The attendance during the count
was immense. Every available
spot in the ADVERTISER Office was
occupied by friends of the leading
men, and all remained until the
final result was made known,
when Mahuka's friends adjourned
to the sidewalk and gave three
cheers for the popular first base
man of the Kamehamehas.
While the count was In progress
the telephone bells kept continu-
ally ringing, and inquiries came
from people all over town asking
for the result.
THE RESULT MADE KNOWN.
1t has been generally known for
some time about town that there
was to be dark horse, in the per-
son of Willie Lucas. His friends
were confident Of success and every
week kept piling up votes for their
favorite.
The Mahuka contingent heard
of the efforts made by the young
pitchers friends, and protected
themselves by holding out large
blocks of ballots that were not de-
posted, like Lucas, until the last
moment.
When the count commenced, the
small tin box yielded the first
baseman nearly 500 ballots. This
fact disconnected the Lucas forces,
but they still held out for their
man and claimed he would win.
When the large box was opened
and a batch Of votes numbering
about 1000 were read off for Ma
huka, it gave him lead that he
maintained until the finish. In
all, II ,533 ballots were cast during
the present week, and all were
counted yesterday, OF that num-
Der Mahuka received 1898; which
number, added to his previous
standing, gave him a grand total
of 1898, and a majority over Lucas
of 2l8S ballots.
HEARTS BOWED DOWN.
The friends of the defeated man
were full of sorrow last evening,
and with good cause, as they had
worked hard and honestly for their
favcrite and could not realize that
Willie Lucas was not to receive
first prize; they, however, accepted
their defeat philosophically.
On a second thought they real
lied that they had made serious
error by not keeping their man up
with the leaders since the begin.
ming of the contest, as no doubt
many ballot would have been de-
posted for him that otherwise was
put in for some other man, as his
very low standing gave voters an
impression that he had no chance
whatever for the first prize.
Of the total vote yesterday, the
young twirler received 1885 bal
lots, making his grand total 1850,
and giving him second prize.
George Angus received 996 bal
lots, and takes third prize with a
grand total of 2798.
Percy Lishman tailed 989 times
and receives fourth prize with a
total of 2e11.