The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-07-31
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The prospective visit of the Sacra-
the chief topic of conversation among
the local fans yesterday. Opinion
seems to be much divided as to the ad-
visibility of paying heavily for the
privilege of witnessing ball played by
a Coast combination. Some enthusiasts
think that the visit of a Mainland nine
would give the game a much-needed
stimulus here. Others prophesy that
the local lads would be so badly done
up by their opponents that interest In
the sport would be killed. The major
mentos, provided an enclosed ground
can be obtained and a portion at least
of the cash guarantee recovered in
gate money.
One of the oldest ball-players in town
asked to express his opinion on the
matter yesterday said:
Five or six years ago an All Cali
fornia nine came here and played a Sc
ries of games. They were not a first
class team but had a practical walk
over in their game here 1t cost be-
tween sixteen and seventeen hundred
dollars to bring them over. The only
way to get the Sacramentos to visit
US would be by private subscription,
and 1 doubt if there is sufficient inter
est in the game here to raise the neces-
sary amount. If we could hold our
own with the visitors 1T would I'M
doubtedly boom the sport. l am afraid.
however, that the visitors would have
it all their own way, and, as there is
no chance to get any gate money here,
would be the only ones to beneht by
their visit. The town would be out OF
pocket and baseball in Honolulu would
take a long time to recover from the
rude shock of defeat"
A L. c. Atkinson said: II think it
would be foolish to put up any guaran-
tee money. If the town wants to
spend money on sport why not send
our own athletes abroad and give them
the pleasure of a trip. To put UP any
large amount of money. wouldn't bring
a proportionate return, anyhow. The
sending of a baseball, football or row.
ing representation to the Mainland
would, on the other hand, stimulate To-
cal sport wonderfully. Good bah 10
rare in Honolulu. There is altogether
too much Individual work and lack Of
combination for the local players to-
stand any kind of a show against a
good nine.
A. R. Cunha expressed his views as
follows:
''Of course it would be a good thing
to have the Sacramentos visit us, from
the point Of view of sport. The main
trouble is the lack of an enclosed
ground or any kind of a ground for the
matter Of that. I doubt if a visiting
team would consent to play on our
bum grounds. If we had a fenced
ground 1t would be no trouble to collect
5000 in gate money for series OF
games, and the expenses of the Sacra-
mento could be paid out of our gate
receipts. l think picked local nine
would give the visitors a hard rub.
There are lot of good players here.
Kaa1, for instance, is fine pitcher, |
and possesses the greatest speed have
ever seen; with good coaching he
would make a crackerjack."
The great question seems to be, who |
would constitute Honolulu's strongest
nine? Opinions as to this vary great |
1y. While four or five men would GER
tainly be chosen, there is a host or
players qualified to fill the remaining |
positions. The only way to arrive at
any definite conclusion in this matter
is by election.
For this purpose the above coupon is |
printed. Fill out the blank according |
to your own individual opinion, and
forward it to the sporting editor Of the |
Advertiser The coupons received will
be carefully examined and a team Sc
lected according to popular vote. The
result will be published in Saturdays |
issue of the Advertiser.