The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-07-16
DID JOY SELL THE
GAME SATURDAY.
ALL OF THE FANS IN TOWN ARE
GAME WITH GREAT INTEREST.

Wherever the baseball fans gathered
today the sole topic of conversation
was the second game on last Saturday,
won by the Kams from the Honolulus
by a score of Il to o, and which was
said to have been sold by Barney JOY
to the Kams The amount for which
the game was sold seems TO vary in
size from $50 to $500. No one seems to
know anything definite about the sale
but all begin their stories with Il heard
some one say that" When cornered
each and every one seems to have to
back down or base their tales upon
hearsay.
The most striking appearance that the
game was sold lies in the amount Of
money wagered. That large sums were
placed on the Kams there is no doubt
Several people were seen on the
grounds betting money although it is
| expressly forbidden by the Trustees
of the grounds Various tales are
around town as to the large sums bet
and all of the big money went on the
/ Kams when everyone should know that
| the Hons should be the favortes, Aside
from this betting there is little to show
/ that the game was sold. If it was,
the large number of hackers of the
Kams would tend to show that it was
not sold to one party but to a group Of
fellows.
Friends of JOY all claim that the
game was not sold They say that
time and time again before, the pitcher
! of the Hons has walked three men and
| that when he walked four yesterday it
was no criterion that he was throwing
the game. Aside from that bit OF
poor pitching JOY played fairly well.
| When he was told to change his posi-
tion by Captain Gleason he asked to
/ be sent to the bench instead of to an
/ other position. If he had wanted, his
J friends say, to throw the game he
would have asked to go to second base
or some other important position.
Captain Gleason of the Honolulus
said this morning: Il do not know
what to think of the affair. l cannot
think that Joy sold the game He is
not built that way for before he has
been offered money and has always
told about It, l have often seen him
fill the bases up with men and when
he walked four 1 was surprised. 1
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accouit of my out-fielders who would
have quit if I had kept him in his
place. He asked to go to the bench
which would not have been the case if
he had been selling the game"
! The town is divided into two parties.
One of them support JOY and the other
condemn him. Many say he did sell
the game and many say that he did
not. This afternoon at 5 o'clock at
the Young Hotel a meeting of the Lea
que is called and then the affair will
be Investigated.
JOY may carry the case into court
and may prosecute the ones who start
ed the sander as he says. He states
that he could not pitch in his usual
form and hence they say that he threw
the game for a consideration.
The story of the II. A. C.'s selling out
is an old one and comes up nearly
every year Whenever they lose a game
the story is retold and If one happens
remark jokingly that the game for the
coming week is sold and the pitcher
happens to have an off day the report
is seemingly confirmed and told for the
truth.