Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-06-06

Eual competition of baseball clubs in
the Hawaiian Islands in good stand
ing.
That there may be some one in the
Hawaiian Islands VINO can act for the
Conors as guardian of this cup. II
gives us pleasure to appoint Mr. Geo.
y Smith of the firm OF Benson 4
smith of Honolulu, to act in this ca.
racity. We will consider him as the
guardian of this cup, and hope he will
Cblige all parties in interest by accept
ms the trust. IT, in his opinion, this
letter does not sufficiently cover the
ground. We would suggest that as he Is
ON the spot that he formulate such o
decd for the cup as would be approprl
ate for the donors to execute. naming
the conditions along the lines of this
letter, making Mr. Smith the guardian
or trustee. with power to appoint his
successor upon his death, or whenever
he shall remove from the Islands, send
it on to A. G. Spalding 4 Bros. Chica.
90, ILL.,, and it will be duly executed.
Local Conditions.
In the preparation of such a docu.
lnent local conditions should be care.
fully considered, not only for the
present, but the future, and the whole
thing made so plain that there will be
! no chance for a controversy over the
custodianship of this cup for many
years to come.
Kindly show this letter to Mr.. Smith
us his authority for acting in the mat.
ter as suggested above.
Wishing the baseball interests OF
the Hawaiian Islands every possible
success, and hoping this letter will
meet the views of all fair-minded
sportsmen, we are, yours very truly,
A. G. SPALDING & BOS..
(Signed) A. G. SPALDING.
President.
oWltn inc GUARDIAN.
In reply to a letter sent by the sec.
rotary of the Honolulu Athletic Club
to Geo. w. Smith regarding the guar
cianship of the cup, the following an,
swer was received:
Honolulu, II. l., May &c. 1902.
! MI. Charles J. Cooper, Honolulu.
Dear Sir:-In reply to yours of the
i4th inst, asking II | am willing to &c.
cept the guardianship of the "Spaldne
Baseball Cup" | beg to say that take
/ pleasure in accepting the trust as rec.
1 commended and set forth in the letter
I of Mr.. A. G. Spalding to Mr.. C. +.
Chillingworth, under date of February
-, 1902.
: ! would suggest that deed of trust
be drawn up by you and submitted to
/ Mr. Spalding for his approval and sig
nature. Yours very truly,
| GEO. w. SMITH.
In Soper'o Hands.
In accordance with the suggestions
embodied in this letter. yesterdays
meeting OF the league appointed j. f.
Soper a committee of one to confer
With Col. J. Walter Jones on the steps
helng taken by the league to procure
rhe cup now In the possession of the
First Regiment, and to prepare a deed
Of trust to be forwarded to Mr.. SDald.
Ing.
A Kindly Act.
On the following letter from the su.
perintendent of the leper settlement
being read by MIR. Thompson, tho
league voted unanimously to withdraw
$3.50 from each clubs deposit with the
league for the purpose OF purchasing
baseball material to be sent to Kalau-
papa by the steamer Eehua next Mon.
day;
Dear Thompson:-Don't forget what
spoke to you about re old baseball
material for the boys here. We have
three teams organized and practicing
every evening. have offered a cash
prize for the team winning out. We
are short mostly on gloves. Hope you
can help us out. With aloha nui, yours
sincerely, ]. D. M'VEIGH.
Kalaupapa, May 8, 1902.
Exit Fence Climbers.
1t was further voted to employ
specIal officer for the remainder of the
season to prevent people from climb
ing over the stone wall at Punahou in
order to see the games free of charge.
Blank books Of all sorts. ledgers. etc.