The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1907-01-29
SPORTS
INFANTRY MAY
ENTER LEAGUE

An important baseball deal between
the Males and the Tenth Infantry
was all but negotiated yesterday and
may yet be put through.
The Males, having satisfied them
selves that they cannot scare up a
league team this year, approached the
Infantry with a proposition to let the
soldiers do the playing under the In
fantry's name and receive half of the
profits, the Maile management to
finance the team and pay all expenses.
Major Van Vliet was tickled to death
with his liberal offer and went down
town to ratify the deal yesterday.
At the eleventh hour, however, the
Rapid Transit Athletic Club made an
offer for the Males franchise, amount
ing, It is said to $3.50. This of course
looks good to the destitute Males and
IL the Ding Dings make noise like
ready money, the Males mantle of
greatness will descend on their shoul-
ders with all the emoluments, privi-
leges and perauisites pertaining
thereto.
For this reason and this alone the
proposed deal with the Camp McKin-
ley aggregation of ball talent has been
declared Off, for the time being. at
least.
II the Rapid Transits should be I'M
able to make the necessary rifle, the
Infantry will enter the big league with
whoop.
The Infantry should be able to get
together a good nine There are six
or seven good players at the camp and
new men will be arriving at the post
all the time, some of whom are certain
to be baseball players. Major Van
Vliet has the call on the services of
Bruins and 10 On, of the late lamented
Males, and would be at liberty to pick
up a good man wherever he was able
to do so.
With the vast amount of time for
practise at the soldiers disposal, they
should develop nine which can win
games with something like fair regu-
larity.
Just what the Deshaless Punahous
are going to do for nine this season
is matter of much speculation. Sew
eral members of the club are strongly
I'M favor of selling the franchise.
( With the Rapid Transits in the
league, the Kamehamehas would suf-
fer severely from drafts on their team;
hemon, Hamauku, Plunkett, Jones and
Reuter-, all being in the trolley service.
The Kams have big alumnus to fall
back upon, however, and can obtain
more players at a pinch than any other
club in the league. They would not
suffer SO severely, therefore, by the
Rapid Transits inclusion in the league,
as would appear at first blush.
That the shake-up in. the league has
come at an opportune moment and was
needed, is the opinion Of nearly every
fan in Honolulu. Interest in the game
was on the wane and another season
of games played by last years teams
would have seen the league facing
financial loss.
AS 1t is at present, however, local
baseball is showing signs of experience
ing something of a boom and the sea-
son is being eagerly looked forward
to. 1t is up to the new teams in the
league to make good and there Is little
fear but that they will do so.
Pitcher Joy will probably receive
word by the S. S. Alameda whether
his services will be required by the
San Franciscos this season or other
wise.
The town could hardly console itself
were it to lose the genial and talented
Joy, but the bald fact remains that
the interests of baseball here would
be better served by the big pitcher go
ing to the Coast. The reason for this
is that it Is almost a moral certainty
that whichever club secures joys SER
vices as pitcher will win the pennant,
and moral certainties in baseball are
bad for gate receipts.