The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-12-13
BASEBALL
MEN AFTER
A FIELD

With six active clubs in the Baseball
League the opening out of the season
may be expected to show some new and
excellent material which will give the
people good opportunity to see just
how fast may be the ball game by
amateurs. The admission of the Elks'
Team for the purpose of making the
League of the same proportions as that
of last year, before the detection of the
Artillery outfit, completes the organize
tons which will play during the sea-
son. There is some talk of Withdrawals,
but these are not likely to occur if the
men who are looking after the destinies
of the clubs read the signs Alright
The next meeting of the League on
Tuesday evening promises to be an i'm
portant one. The question of the
grounds which are to be used during
the season is the all important one
now and the committee composed of
one member for each club, will get to
work actively to make arrangements
for the play. There are several grounds
under, consideration, though the only
places which are being seriously talked
of are Mckinley Park and the Boys
Brigade grounds. The former is most
fancied by the players, but the fact
that it is public park, which will pre-
vent the charging of admission, is the
most serious drawback of all. The
members of the committee believe they
may be able to enclose the grounds,
perhaps by high hedge which will
make it necessary for those who wish
to view the game, to enter the grand
stand to which admission may be
charged.
The plans for the park are most ex-
cellently drawn, the oval for the base
bail park being arranged so that the
smallest number of the players will
have the sun in their eyes, and the
stand facing the east, furnishing the
backstop. with dressing rooms for the
players and all the necessary toilet ar
rangements. There are few trees left
standing in the baseball park side, these
the far fields.
The stand has another great advan-
tage in that the end of it adjacent to
the tennis courts has a lanai from
which a view of the games on the three
courts may be obtained. With en-
frances at either end and two exits
there would be ease of entering and
leaving the stand and the entire ar
rangement commends itself to the low
ers of sport, The bicycle track and the
100-yard stretch for dashes come imme-
diately in front of the stand in case
there should be field sports and the
football field would be parallel to the
grandstand, and not very far away
from it either.
The advantage of the site OF the
Boys Brigade grounds is that it will
be entirely enclosed and the gate could
thus be carefully guarded. This field
could be put into shape also, while
there is fear that the Park would not
be ready for the season to open, even if
the date set is in May instead of April.
The committee will endeavor to make
terms either with one of these or with
the owners of plot in Kalihi or Ma
kiki, so that they may have chance
to bring off the games of the coming
season under proper auspices.
President Chillingworth still insists
upon being permitted to withdraw
from the League. Several of the MEM
bers have seen him and have endeavor-
ed to argue with him but it is said that
he will not give IN. Before the meeting,
however it is understood that repre-
sensations will be made which may
sway him, so that he will agree to the
taking of the headship of the organiza-
ton. There are few names mentioned
in connection with the place if Chill
lingworth sticks to his determination,
that most favored being Senator D. P.
R. Isenberg.
The new Elks team is to be managed
by F. NJ Brooks and captained by A.
r. Cunha. The team shows up well on
paper and it is said will prove to be
fast one. Kaai is down for pitcher and
the battery will be quite worth while.
There are several others under consid-
GRAFTON and the list promises to be
good one before the season is opened.