The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-08-06
MALES SHOULD
PLAY The GAME

From the of talk heard yesterday
a baseball fan v. uld have figured out
that the ale am would not play at
the league grounds today, although the
nine had been scheduled to play against
athe Honolulus After reducing all ar
guments to a single sentence, it certainly
is up to Lieut. Harlee, u. S. Marine
Corps, if the Male team fails to satisfy
the public The Male team by the way
is composed OF members of the Marine
detachment at the Naval station
and from the Artillery at Camp McKin-
ley. and Lieut.. Harlee, attached to the
station, is also the business manager
for the Marines, who have signed for the
season as the Male team for the Male
Baseball club.
The trouble seems to be over the re-
ceipts had from the League by the Male
Baseball Club of which the Marines were
to receive so per cent. for their services.
According to Lieut. Harlee, who sent
mild threat yesterday to President
Isenberg of the League trustees, his
players will not appear on the diamond
today unless they get $o4 alleged to be
due them President Isenberg is report
ed to have said yesterday that if the
Males did not appear on the field today
they would forfeit all their claims to an
interest in the League grounds and lose
their percentage of TINS season receipts
Captain Crook diSagrees with Presi-
dent Isenberg on this point, as IN his
opinion, not to appear for one game
would not lose to the club its interest
in grounds which they have been instru-
mental for the two seasons IN earning.
On the other hand Mr. Crook gives
some inside information concerning the
Clubs dealings with Manager Harlee.
He claims that the manager is the one
who is making the objection, not the
players. The latter yesterday said they
were perfectly willing to play as usual.
The Male club. as you know, orig
inally had no team this year strong
enough to play league games. said Cap
tain Crook Lieut. Harlee contracted
with the club to play the marine baseball
team as Males for the season, he
I agreeing to take So per cent. of the re-
ceipts. There is forfeiture clause in
the agreement that if he does not live up
to it, he forfeits his right to the receipts.
| He did not contract with us to receive
the money by the month We are sup
posed to pay him at the end of the sea-
son, for there was this fear that the ma
rines might be ordered away at any time
and we would be left in the lurch and
| liable TO forfeiture of Our entire rights
to monetary and property consideration
| from the league
AT one time Lieut. Harlee came to us
and said that he needed money for the
team as they had many expenses. He
said in the presence of witnesses that
| he realized that we did not have to pay
him until the end of the season, but
asked as favor that we would comply
with his request We finally decided to
do SO and gave him SIo3. Up to the
present time the 50 per cent he should
receive is $I67, and there is S64 now
due the Marines. which, according to
agreement, should not be turned over
until the end of the season. We had
previously held netting of the board
of directors and notified Lieut.. Harlee
that we would divide the remainder at
the end of the season.
Now, WITHOUT notifying us, but by
going to President Isenberg, the man
ager announces that his team won't play
tomorrow if we don't pay over S64 l
received a notice about I O'Clock today
to the same effect
IF the worst comes TO the worst we
cam put in one of the Midwinter League
teams as a Male team. But our in
terest in baseball Is that of the public and
rather than that the public should fail
to get its moneys worth by seeing the
league season carried out unsuccessfully
[ would rather pay that S64."
At the opening of the season Lieut.
Harlee stated before the organizing meet
ing of the league that he wanted TO get
his marine team in, even if it did not
get any money. 1t was the sport they
were after, not money.
However, if the manger will not allow
his team TO play today the baseball pub
lie will be the sufferers.
CLUB WILL PLAY.
At a meeting of the Board of Directors
OF the Male Athletic Club, it was de-
cided to pay over the 500, although this
was recognized as contrary to the agree
ment with Lieut.. Harlee the club not
wishing TO have the public suffer by the