The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-07-27
HONOLULUS ARE
FOUND NOT GUILTY
HAND TO THE LEAGUE
THE REPORT OF THE INVESTI-
CATION OF CHARGES OF GRAFT.

CATION OF CHARGES OF GRAFT.
The Honolulu Baseball League met
yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock and
received the report of the tEustees i'm
regard to the charges made against
the H, A. C.'s to the effect that the
game had been thrown.
Present were: c. ]. Falk, George
Desha, Jimmy Williams, Pat Gleason,
U. Lemon, F. S. Steere, F. Richardson,
Bob King.
The report was as follows:
Upon receiving the communication
from the baseball league requesting the
trustees to investigate the charges
made in connection with said baseball
game, the trustees made such private
investigation as they could and held a
public hearing at which all interested
were invited to attend, present evidence
and examine any person making state
ments before the trustees.
The trustees desire to say prelimlna-
rily that they have met with a marked
indisposition on the part of those who
might throw light upon the subject
matter to give evidence thereon. In
number of cases statements We're made
in confidence the speakers being I'M
willing to give public evidence in the
matter.
The facts and circumstances connect
ed with the game in question as pre-
sented to the trustees, partially through
evidence at the public hearing and par
TALLY through reliable, confidential
statements made to the trustees are
as follows:
On the morning of July 18th, there
were rumors in the city that the game
was to be thrown in favor of the Ka-
mehamehas.
| A well known citizen stated to c. j.
Falk, the manager of the H A. C's
early in the morning that he had beer.
offered $50 even on the Kamehamehas
against the H. A. C's, on that days
game AS the II. A. C's had been play
| ing much stronger game than the
! Kamehamehas the informant consider
! ed this evidence of crooked work Mr.
Falk considered the inference well taxi
en- and Immediately saw Pat Gleason
and Jimmy Williams, the captain and
a leading memeber of the H. A. c. team,
and laid the matter before them. In
view of the general rumors and this
specific information, they all felt that
they had good reason to believe that
some crooked work might be under
contemplation by some member of the
team. Falk accordingly drew up a let
ter which Williams and Gleason APP
proved warning the team against
throwing the game. This letter was
addressed to Mr.. Falk as manager of
the team. Mr.. Gleason said that he did
not know that it was to be signed by
one of the trustees. He supposed it
was to be signed by some one else, that
ANY old name" was to be signed there
to- to use his own words. He states
that the intention was to bluff any
member of the team into behaving
himself, if he was considering doing
otherwise.
AS a matter of fact Mr.. Falk re-
quested Trustee Whitney to sign the
letter and upon his declining to do so
requehted Mr.. Isenberg to do so. The
latter was impressed with the earnest
ness shown by Mr. Falk in the matter
and signed the letter, which was later
read by Mr.. Falk to the H. A. c. team
just before the game on the afternoon
of July 14th
Nothing unusual occurred in the
game until the sixth inning when the
H A. c. pitcher, Barney JOY, walked
four men in succession thus forcing
one run home and leaving three men
on bases At this point one of the MEM
bers of the H. A. c. team refused to
go on if Barney JOY was to continue
pitching. Upon consultation between
Gleason and Williams, Joy was ordered
to the bench and Williams pitched the
balance of the game, which resulted in
the winning of the game by the Ka-
mehamehas.
In view of what they knew and OF
joys manner of pitching and the re-
suits thereof, Trustees Isenberg and
Dowsett who were at the game, were
impressed that Joy had not done his
best and was phrposely throwing the
game. The same opinion was expressed
by number of other spectators.
General rumor was to the effect thai
a large amount of money had been bel
A. C's.
The trustees have been able, to gel
evidence of only six of these bets in
volving $74 bet on the Kamehamehas
at odds of eight to ten in favor of the
Kamehamehas
AS betting is contrary to the crimina
statute against gambling, it is not sur.
prising that evidence of more bets was
not obtained although the trustees are
of opinion that there We're other bets
of the same character.
From the foregoing it will be seer
that the evidence produced before the
trustees tending to sustain the charges
is at best circumstantial and inferen'
tial which analyses down to two
points, viz:
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