The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-08-14
MEETING OF THE
BASEBALL LEAGUE

At the regular weekly meeting of tbs
Baseball League held yesterday after
noon at Elks' hall Secretary Andrews
presided, and the following team rep
resentatives were also on hand: Wise
and Lemon of Kamehameha, Murphy
and Cunha of the Elks, Gleason and
Thompson of the II. A. c. team, and
Carter of Punahou.
There was some discussion about
the ACCESSIBILITY of having the teams in
the League practice on the baseball
grounds on certain days during the
week. The teams would not be able
to use the grounds on Friday as Trey
aIe rolled ami watered on that day,
but there are four other days which
could be used. Secretary Andrews said
that he had seen one of the Trustees.
and he had stated that he didn't think
that there would be any objection to
the use of the grounds.
1t was finally voted that the teams
be allowed to practice on the grounds,
each team having one day of the
week. As there are five teams and
four days for practice, it was further
decided that the team not playing on
Saturday, would not use the grounds
on the week that they did not appear
A protest entered earlier in the week
by Captain Cunha of the Elk team,
concerning last Saturdays game. was
read by Secretary Andrews to whom.
the communication was addressed. The
protest was as follows.
ION behalf of the Elks' Baseball team
do hereby respectfully protest the
game played last Saturday, August s,
between the Honolulu Athletic Club
and the Elks' Club, and ask that the
game be played again at some future
day to be decided by the League. My
ground for protest is that Umpire
Lemon erred in ruling that Knight of
the Elks' Team was out at the plate
for the reason that Moore of the Elk's
team interfered with catcher Leslie of
the Honolulu team.
Il contend that Knight was safe at
the plate and that the ruling of Umpire
Lemon was not discretionary but lille
gal"
As such matters are left to the Trus-
tees to settle, the protest will be turn
ed over to that body by Secretary An
drews. who will also request on behalf
of the teams concerned that the mat
ter be heard and settled if possible be-
fore the game tomorrow.
The meeting then adjourned.
Several of the crew on the trans
port Celtic when she arrived from Ma
Mia. yesterday asked anxiously if there
was any baseball team in Honolulu,
When informed that there were five
they seemed anxious to try conclu-
sions with some OF them on the did
mond, for they evidently have a team
IF their own.
The report published several days a.
go to the effect that Perine told Cum
ha on the field that 1t would be no
use to continue Saturdays game as
some of the decisions were against the |
Elks' team, IS denounced by Cunha |
and also manager Murphy as being |
'alse. Captain Cunha said that moth |
ne OF the sort happened and that there |
was no reason why any rumOr of that |
Kind should have started.
In connection with some of the hap |
oenings on the baseball field on Sat |
friday last and on previous Saturdays |
llso. il might be well to note what the |
New York sun says about similar hap |
Denings which have occurred in the |
games in the East. kicking is not on
V offensive 10 the class of patrons |
whose presence is desirable, but it |
hurts the team that INDUCES in it. |
The powers that be must decide that |
he diamond is for base ball. not for |
crawling, then adopt measures ade-
luate 10 cope with the evil, then en-
,orce the measures. They could tegin |
0y putting q stop to the practice OF |
players of opposing sides guying or
kidding one another in the field. or
addressing one another at all while /
he game is in progress, a practice that /
,ften engenders i'll feeling"
There are several players on local |
cams who are adopts at this sort OF 1
thing. and it 10 utterly at variance |
With the spirit Of spsru1~nship,