The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-10-22
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BASEBALL TRUSTEES
CONSIDER APPLICATIONS

A meeting of the trustees OF the Ho
nolilu Baseball ground was heie
at the Office of President Paul Isenber,
yesterday and applications were consider
ed for the use of the grounds, made b,
the Male baseball club for two game:
between them and the Maui nine; b.
the Myrtle and Healani clubs for a game
to be played by them week from to-
day; and by the football league. for SIX
games. The first game is to be played
on Thanksgiving and the last on Janu-
airy end.
Applications were also had from the
school football league for games to be
played on dates not to conflict with the
games of the main football league, and
by the Association football league for
games to be played after the collegiate
football games are completed.
The trustees voted to permit the use
of the grounds to all of the clubs that
had applied
The question of percentages of rental
of the grounds to be charged by the
trustees was considered, number of
propositions being presented.
1t was finally resolved that the rental
should be on the basis of gross entrance
receipts, the trustees to retain rs per
rent, paying the clubs Is per cent and
the clubs to pay all of the operating ex-
penses and the trustees to keep the
grounds in order.
The following is the formal resolution
upon the subject adopted by the trus-
tees:
Resolved, That arrangement between
the baseball trustees and the clubs using
the baseball grounds be on the follow
ing basis, viz:
1. The club using the grounds to pay
all special ground expenses, such as
chalking lines, etc.
e. The club to pay all guard, ticket
taker and ticket seller and other similar
expenses.
5. The trustees to appoint and control
the ticket sellers and takers.
q. The tickets and cash, whether sold
or collected at the grounds or elsewhere,
to be under the control and custody of
the trustees and the agent appointed by
them at the grounds.
5. The payment for use of the
grounds to be IS per cent of the gross
receipts for each game played on the
ground. the same to be deducted by the
trustees from any funds coming into
their hands, the balance to be paid by
the trustees to the club.
g. The trustees TO pay the general
expenses of keeping the grounds IN or
der.
The total baseball receipts this year
were S7o364o, $3.50 being received
from advertising and the rest gate
money
The share going to the four teams
amounted to $2,o54.55, or about SSH for
each team.
Last year the receipts were about the
same, but the cost of the grand stands,
etc, was over $4,000 making the total
expenditures amount to $3.50 This
made it necessary for the trustees to
borrow $4,000
AS result OF this years season the
trustees were able to pay Bishop & Co.,
$4,000, and still have working balance
for current expenses.
AT this rate, taking into consideration
the receipts to come in from football
and baseball games to be played in the
near future, the debt should be entirely
wiped out and the Baseball League re-
ceive about two-thirds of the gate re-
ceipts.
The detailed report of the receipts and
expenditures
MEMO OF RECEIPTS AND ExPEN-
DITURES OF THE TRUSTEES OF
THE HONOLULU BASEBALL
LEAGUE FROM MARCH /, 1904,
TO OCT. 81. 1904.
Amount on deposit with Bishop
& Co. March 1, 1904. 81, 0o0.59
Gross receipts from March l,
1904. to Oct. q. 1904
Baseball .....-..S 6.94S-90
Advertising ..... $3.50
7,o36.40