The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-08-02
ANOTHER DISPUTE
Star and ST. Louis Teams DiSa-
gree ON Saturday.
over THE POSTPONED GAME
st. Louis Team Wins by
Excellent Playing.
Babbitt's Illness Prevented Him
Working Well-Hart Brought
Into the Box.

The Star team may continue to feel
that whatever happens in the begin
ming of a game, the seventh inning is
sure to bring them luck. In Saturday S
practice before the game began, the
champions showed up in mighty form.
The ball was fielded well, and flies were
pulled down with the utmost ease, but
when they had the college boys with
them things went different, and for
six consecutive runs not a tally was
made.
The game was refreshing, inasmuch
as it was free from kicks and protests,
but the kicks came later. According to
the settlement of the disputed game of
July 5th, which was to be finished Sat
urday, the last half; that is, the st.
Louis half of the ninth inning was to
be played Off. Before the regular
game began, it was agreed between the
captains of the two teams and Umpire
Angus that in the event of the ST. Louis
not scoring the game would be decided
a draw, and would be played off at the
end of the season.
The ST. Louis team did not score.
Thompson, the first man to bat, struck
out; Gleason made safe on hit to Lish-
man, Holt struck out, Willis hit to Ma
huka and Gleason was put out on the
line, and Willis at first. The ST. Louis
boys were leaving the field, when Man
ager Carter, of the Stars, announced
that the game was not finished Cap
tain Thompson appealed to the umpire
as to the agreement made before the
game, and the latter sustained the col
lege boys. Then began the most dis
graceful wrangle ever seen on the
grounds They insisted upon playing
out the game, and Wilder repudiated
the agreement, but the ST. Louis boys
were firm. A repetition of the scene of
Saturday should put an end to ball
playing in Honolulu. If the players
are satisfied with Wilder as captain
they must be satisfied with whatever
agreements he makes, and when he
makes an agreement in the presence of
witnesses, he should stand by it, even
though his club is against him in the
matter.
The regular game was lost mainly
through the battery Babbitt was a
good thing for the st. Louis lads, and
Wilder, as usual in a losing game,
showed his petty feeling in the fourth
inning and did not care whether runs
were made or not. Wilder can play
ball when his team is winning, but
when the opposite is the case he shows
a petulant temper, which is, in itself,
sufficient cause for the spectators to
fling at him epithets which are not
pleasant and their politeness is open
to question. AS to Babbitt, he was
sick man, and should have been
taken out of the box in the second in
ming When Hart was substituted in
the latter part of the game, he held the
st. Louis boys down to nothing.
Following is a detail of the game,
the Stars being first to bat:
FIRST INNING.
Lishman hit short to Clarke, out at
first; Hart hit to Gleason, out at first;
Wilder hit to Thompson, Willis
dropped safe; Mahuka hit past sec
ond for one base. Wilder took second
on passed ball and each advanced. Pa
hau hit infield to Gleason, who threw
to first; Pahau out; no runs.
Thompson, flew to left for a base,
and Willis hit to centerfield for three,
bringing him home. An error of Hart's
let Willis home. Kiwi went out at first
on hit to second. Gleason hit to left,
and a wild throw to first gave him sec
ond. Clark hit to third and made first.
Lemons hit to center gave him first
and brought Gleason home. Hansman
struck out Holt out at first; runs.