Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-01-11
DISGUISED CROWD
RETURNS
FROM BAIL PARK

At about o'clock Saturday after
noon disgusted crowd of about
hundred left the baseball park out Ka-
moiliili way and took the cars for
town. They had gone out believing
that there was to be game of foot
ball between the II. a. c. and Puma
hou teams for the championship Of
last year. There had been deal of
beating about the bush on the propO-
sition, but at the eleventh hour the
II. A. C.'s refusing to hear of any
thing but play. the Punahous had
naught else 70 do but to come TO the
scratch. Captain Anderson hustled
about and secured all of his men so
that when 3: 80 o'clock came. he had
a full Aggregation on the field
when the first of the football en-
ihusiasts arrived on the scene, 1t was
found that absolutely no preparations
had been made for the game. The
Portuguese caretaker was at work
| lanling grass and not o line had been
run. The field was muddy and alto
gether the proposition was decidedly
d!scouraging. There were no gate
keepers present and so those who went
c,it got in free for once.
At $3.50 o'clock, the Punahou team
went out ON the field for little prca-
tee, the first team lining up against
the second. Some end plays were made
and then the collegians retired TO theii
fuene, giving place to the Honolulus
who. in spite of the fact that they had
received the first warning to appear
on the field in uniform, were In bad
shape. Some Of the most important
men were not present.
Captain Blaisdell did not go out up
on the field with his team but re-.
NAMED near the grand stand and
called Captain Anderson OF the Puma
hou team aside. He then and there
stated that II was not his wish to play.
The Punahous mentioned something
about the Il. A. C.'s putting up a great
blum and having 1t called. At all
events. Blaisdell stuck to the PROPOSE.
ton Of not playing. He had not been
in favor Of 1t from the beginning.
| Captain Anderson seemed 10 bt
agreeable to this but contended that
the matter would have to be talked
over very carefully as the league had
ALREADY decided that the game mus
be- played on that day and at that
time, The more Anderson was In
,clincd to coincide with the views o.
THE II. A. c. captain, the more the Pun
lshou boys egged him on to play. The,
were very confident indeed and havin,
all Of their men out, naturally wante,
to play. Indeed. ii Is firmly believe,
by many of those present on the fiel,
at the time the two teams appeare,
on the scene that had the game beef
played the cOllegians would have won
Finally the two captains walke
Inside with Jess Woods, coach Of tn
Fl. A. c. team, and when they wake,
back to the crowd, the decision ha
been reached that there would be n
game. The championship for the sea
son of 1903 would have TO go ny tn
Loard. There were protests on al
sides and Woods explained that tn
game could not be played II both cap
tains did decide to play for it was dis
tinctly stated In the rules that n
league game should be played unles
the grounds were properly marked. /
this instance there was not singl
line on the field.
Someone remarked that the tw
teams could go over to the Punaho
grounds and there fight II out bl
Woods answered that neither coul
this he done. since the league ha
agreed that all games should be playe
lat the baseball park. This settled tn
Iratter and the crowd began to file o,
lOf the gates.
JustRt this time Carlos A. Long, III
lofiicialNimpire, appeared on the seen
He went out on the field. blew h
whistle and gave the two teams a,
, Diinutes In which to do somethin
There was nothing doing, the captain
having already come to a decision s
: THAT 1t Is now up to the league to d.
eide on the finale OF the fasco.