The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-04-16
Honolulu Us. Union at League
Ball Grounds.
FIRST GAME OF SERIES
Players and POsitions-New Uni
forms-The Weak Team-CyCIing
on the 23d-Cricket Today.

The 1898 field sport season opens at
$3.50 this afternoon at the Makiki base
ball grounds. The first League game
will be played. The contestants will be
the Unions and Honolulus. The only
other team in the organization this
year is the Regiment nine Those who
have watched the practice and who
konw something of the men aver that
the Regiments and Honolulus are about
evenly matched, but maintain that it
| will be necessary to considerably
! strengthen the Union club before il
can rank with the other two. Manager
| Goudie said of the Unions yesterday
| that he had noted great improvement
in both individual and team work
during the last ten days and that he |
had high hopes for the organization. |
He expects, as the season progresses.
to develop and enlist more talent. Mr..
Goudie gives the assurance that his
team will not spoil the season, as many
have predicted. The Union players are
all hard working men, most of them
being in the employ of the Road Board.
Following is the lineup for the game
this afternoon:
Honolulu-Lemon, p; Dayton, C; Will
lis, lib; Koki, 2b AHA, 3b; Thompson,
IS; G. Holt, If; Kaanoi, CT; Pahau, ri.
Substitutes-Tom Prise and Togo Jack
son.
Union-M. K. Silva, p; Sebastian, c;
NJ. V. Souza, 1b; M. Comes, 2b; A. Dun
can, 3b; J. Akina, IS; NJ. S. SOuza, If;
J. Stone, CT; A. Rosa, rf Substitutes
Geo. Karratti, ]. Bental Joe Tavash
NJ. K. Silva is captain of the Union
team and Jas. Thompson of the Homo
lulus. Mahuka, a member of the Ho-
nolulu team, will not be able to play
for a couple of weeks yet
The Honolulu uniforms were receiv-
ed by the Zealandia and are blue and !
white. The Union clothes were made !
here and are blue and maroon. The
Regiment colors are black and white [
CYCLING. 7
The lessees of Cyclomere have de-
cided to open the track for racing on S
Saturday evening, the 23d, if light can n
be furnished from the Government Sta v
ion in the valley. Mr.. Buck, the super
Intendent, will make every effort to y
supply Manager Murray and his col
leagues and the riders and the public
with the current. Everything now de-
Dends on this one matter. All the pro-
.essiOnals are in trim and most of the "
amateurs are taking sharp interest Il
n the meet. Later there will be pro-
essiOnal and amateur talent from the
Coast. When the track is opened again n
)ne week from tonight, if the light D
an be had, the Honolulu patrons of Z,
me sport will see a kind of racing D
liffering materially from the brand
furnished heretofore on the course.
All scratch races will be paced by
andem. This insures going at good G.
speed from start to finish. The big
lumber on the card for the first night
S the three-cornered match between q
Damon, King and Henry Giles, the
eading amateurs. This will be a battle I,
Oyal, as the men are Of about the n
anne quality At one time Damon was
he recognized chief. Then Giles be- -
AN to train on and made some fine
II
form. In the other amateur
aces the crack men Of the match will
ave to contend with Ludloff, who has
very much since the last
acing.
CRICKET.
There will be a cricket match at
clock this afternoon on the Makiki
screation grounds. The teams will be
aptained by DR.. II. V. Murray and
Ir. r. a. Jordan, the president and
of the Honolulu Cricket
lub. The players are asked to be
rompt in turning out. DR.. Murray's
l. Prince David, Rev V. H. Kitcat,
r. Walters, DR. Campbell, DR.. We'd
ick, and Nessrs. Norton, Barrett, S.
Woods, Wright, Cation, Lishman,
arvey, Stanley and A. st. NJ. Mackin-
)nsh.
r. A. Jordan's XT. Prince Cupid
ev. F. Lane, DR.. Paget, Dr. Hum
lreys, and Messrs. Brasch, S,oggett, /