The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-02-02
BASEBALL
IN APRIL
The Lea que Season
Opens on End
Saturday.
Customs House Team
Application Is
Tabled.
Senator lsenberg Again Elected
Senator lsenberg Again Elected
President and Lorsin An
drews, Secretary.

The baseball season for 1904 viii open
on Saturday, April 16, at the League
grounds, and a series of games. TWEEN
ty-four for each team, will be played,
which will keep the sport in view until
October This action was decided on
yesterday at Elks' hall at the first
League meeting held this year.
The meeting was attended by the fol-
lowing league representatives:
Punahous, d. o. Carter. Jr.. Mr..
Steere; H. A. C.'s, P. Gleason, j. Will
nams; Male Ilimas. Mr.. Wright and
Mr.. Louisson; Elks, F. E. Richardson;
Kanehamehas, John Wise and Mani
Lemon.
The election of officers resulted in the
unanimous reelection of Senator D. P.
r. Isenberg and Lorrin Andrews, as
president and secretary, respectively
The application of the Customs team
presented that since the filing of the
application, the team had decided not
to enter the League, the matter was
laid on the table.
The length of the baseball season, and
the time for the commencement of the
games brought out many suggestions
1t was first proposed to begin on the
second Saturday in April. This raised
a protest from Mr.. Steere, who said
that there was good reason to believe
that there would be rain then and the
first games might furnish poor sport
to their patrons. He favored a later
date.
F. E. Richardson favored April % as
a starting date. with twenty-four
games for each team to play during
the season.
Wise favored long schedule running
late into the year. The longer the sea-
son the better for the finances of the
trustees.
President Isenberg said he had just
visited the grounds and found the grass
growing well and long outside the dia-
mond, but he thought there should be
four weeks more of uninterrupted
growth. He said it was his intention
to NOW the grass down so that the
tufts would spread more evenly, and
then to roll it down hard and smooth
He suggested that the teams practice
elsewhere for about four weeks.
Williams of the H. A. C.'s and Wright
of the Males favored starting the sea-
son as soon as possible. They felt that
their teams would be in readiness any
time after March.
The question of rules came up and
the League may play under 1903 rules
unless this years rules can be procured
before the season opens. 1t was decid-
ed to send to Spalding at once to pro-
cure the 1904 rules.
The arrangement of the schedule of
games was left to a committee COM
posed of the captains of the teams, and
the choice of the two umpires was also
delegated to the same committee. The
committee will report on both matters
at a meeting to be held at Elks hall on
February Is at p. m.
The president, acting on request
from the trustees, asked the teams if
they were willing to play under the
agreement of last year as regards the
division of receipts. The arrangement
then was on the basis of seventy-five
and twenty-five per cent for the trus-
tees and teams respectively. This mat
ter will also be reported on at a later
date.
Secretary Andrews read from the
rules wherein each team is required,
two weeks before the first game is