The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-08-19
TWO PLAYERS
SUSPENDED FROM
WINTER LEAGUE
The investigating Committee Last Night Put
/ Two AaIa Players Out Of the
Next Game.

I
The Winter League has now got int
action over the charges against tn;
AaIas selling last Sundays game with
the Honolulu Iron Works and last night
the committee, which is composed OF
President ]. Williams Secretary Chas
Falk. and Umpire AL Moore suspend
ed pitcher Anderson and also E. Ayau
Il from next Sundays game. In justice
to Ayau it must be said that he was
suspended on account of his loose and
peculiar playing last Sunday and that
no evidence has been found yet that
proved him guilty of selling the game.
The proceedings in some places as far
as the witnesses We're concerned were
q farce The fact has been borne home
on everybody acquainted with the
facts that the game was undoubtedly
sold Aala players have themselves
stated this But when they were call
denied their former statements. Furth-
er than that, persons who could give
strong evidence, either through fear or
a desire to keep out of the controversy
will not appear before the committee.
Dias who first called the meeting was
not present last night and Anderson
Uho is especially wanted has not ap-
Jared at any of the meetings and it
& understood will leave the islands on
"a vessel today for San Francisco. In
sptA of the gravity of the charges
AGAINST him he said he could not be
presant last night as he had to attend
d reception.
The committee could not get any di-
rect evidence or damaging admissions
from any of the players last night and
so could do nothing more at present
other than suspend two of the players
over Sunday.
It is to be hoped in the interests of
good clean sport that those persons
who have strong evidence to offer one
way or another will appear before the.
committee The latter are making ev-
! cry effort to sift the ugly affair to the
bottom and mean to do so. If the ac-
cused players are cleared of the
charges, they are entitled to have it
known as soon as possible. and if they
are guilty the Winter League cannot
fAct moment too soon in getting rid of
them for good and all.
The proceedings last night were as
follows:
THE MEETING IN DETAIL.
Luning, as Captain of the Honolulu
h Works, made the following state
Vent 2 begin with.
Il did not sell the game and / do
not know of any of the boys selling
the game He said that he knew |
nothing about the affair except what |
vas }mere hearsay. -
LII. Miranda was the first witness
for the Makikis and spoke as follows:
when I first heard of this affair
vas on the Thursday before the game
when Joe Peter Lui of the Young
|Aaias told me the Aalas were going to
sell the game and asked If / wanted
Ito make money. If so was to bet on
the Honolulu Iron Works as Luning,
EAvor A-derso,, opd KuI,ipo had given
money to Bushnell to bet on the game.
They were the very ones who were go
Ping to sell the game. I said I haven't
amy money now. On Saturday Bush
nell came to me and asked if I want
led to bet and said he wanted two to
one and would give me the Aalas.' In
answer to a question from De Ponte
|of the Makikis, Miranda said that he
notified Charlie Jones On Thursday be-
Tore the game that the game was to
|be sold.
Former Captain Roe of the H. I. Ws
Fefused to testify, saying that all the
new was from hearsay. t
Bento said Allen Caster of the En-
efprise Soda Works told him that :
Dverheard some of the players talk
hE and saw them putting up money, b
mo knew the game was to be sold. t
larsen Of the Aalas was the next
Illness: 'I played center-field," he
aM, land thought the game was sold.
was suspicious Of Anderson the way