The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-07-16
Demands 5th of July Game
on Decision of Umpire.
Order to Be Enforced in Grand
Sandstone Good Advice
to Umpire,

The difficulty in the baseball associ-
alton is still unsettled. Captain
Thompson insists upon remaining out
of the league and the association is as
determined the. resignation shall be
pigeon -hoIed. AS it is now, the re-
naming games will have to be played
by the Star and Regiment teams until
the season closes.
The whole affair hinges on the 9Th
of July game; if that is awarded to
the ST Louis team, then they will play
in the future games, otherwise they
will decline. Captain Thompson be-
lieves he is entitled to the game.
eve were not notified" he said yes
terday, "of the protest until the next
day. If we had been given the oppor-
tunity, we would have played our half
of the ninth inning, but we were not,
and we left the field, believing the
game was ours, and on the strength of
the umpire's decision, We claim it,
When they give us justice, we will re-
turn to the league"
When told that his withdrawal might
affect his standing in the league next
year, he remarked: 1--WE may not put
in a team next year. We do not care
anything about the money we forfeit
by withdrawing. We don't play for
that; we are out for fair ball"
I'd L. e -
in discussing the difficulty, said yester-
day morning:
There seems to be a disposition on
the part of the crowd in attendance at
the game to buIly-rag the Star team
and hold the men responsible for every
thing that causes complaint from the
ST. Louis boys. My interest is in the
association, and 1 can see faults in one
team as quickly as in another I do
not believe the Star boys are to blame.
The rule regarding a blocked ball is
plainly written and the umpire is sup
posed to understand it. His error in
sending back Hart and Babbitt after
they came in on the blocked ball was
manifestly a violation of that rule. If
Captain Thompson did not know it at
the time, he had time to read up the
rules. If the ST. Louis team insists
upon Withdrawing at this time, just In
the middle of the season, when they
are second on the list in percentage,
they are doing what should bring to
them the condemnation of every lover
of baseball.
81 have been told that a majority of
the players want to continue in the
league and finish out the season. This
would be the more manly thing to do.
AS to Captain Thompson, / very much
fear he has been misled. Every one
knows that great deal of money was
bet on the game, and the payment of
the wagers depends entirely upon the
disposition made of the protest. I be-
lieve that some of those who Captain
Thompson believes is taking such
friendly interest in him have an uI-
terror motive without his suspecting it.
To show that such influence cannot
have any effect upon him Captain
Thompson should go back into the
league
AS to the 'rooters' who attend the
games, I sincerely trust that, for COM
mon decency's sake they will desist.
The shouting, coarse language and pro-
family used in the grand stand during
the progress of the last two games has
been disgusting to ladies who attend.
Some of the men who go out there
seem to forget that their mothers
wives or sisters are ladies. and that
the language is offensive to other men
families who happen to be present
The men get too enthusiastic for the
comfort of ladies, and they should re-
strain themselves. [ understand that
Manager Chan Wilder has emDloved
the services of Captain Bowers to act
as special officer at the games and the
Marshal has issued him police COM
mission. When the boys enthuse too