Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-03-09
SPORTS
Hams Alumni To
HOLD MEETING FOR
Baseball Discussion

With Tie idea aud expectation Of
stirring up enthusiasm among the Ka-
mehameha Alumni which will help 10
make the Kamenameha baseball team
one of the strongest In he League dur
ing the present season. john Wise. the
manager of the KamH IN 1903, WHEN
they held the championship, has called
a meeting Of all the Alumni To take
place at 1880 tonigA, tie has request
ed the Evening Bulletin 10 publish the
following open letter in regard Ia the
Kams baseball team:
To the kamehameha Alumni.
Gentlemen: with the coming of
the baseball season In when | hope
that the kamehameha Baseball team
will exceed the record which II has
made In seasons past, | wish To say a
/ few words To the team ITSELF and also
I To the Kamehamoha Alumni who are
. interested In the welfare Of the team
/ representing them.
One of the most important features
which enters into the play Of u base
ball team is the support given tho play
crs by the spectators This IL more
needed on the prcsen, occasion than II
| has been In the past on account OF the
( fact the new teams which have entered
the League have drawn from the play %
ors of the Kamehamchas and the team
has been weakened IN this way. This
Is something which has never occurred
before and In spite oi this fact | hope
That with the assistance of everyone
who Is " has been connected with the
Kamehameha schools will turn out u
baseball team which will be- Il credit to
both the players and those whom IL
fepresents.
THE Kamehamcha tradition alwaNb
has been that no player should have
a place on the team unless he was, or
had been. member Of the Kamohamc-
ina schools. This has always been lived
up to In the past and can see no rea-
son that n change should be made at
this time. While It may be difficult to
obtain enough first class players who
will fulfill this requirement ! have no
hesitation In saying that | am con-
iident that II H. by NO means impOs-
sible. II will certainly take hard worl.
To accomplish what is desired and one
man rnn""t Il" chic alone but with the
cooperation OF all the Alumni there
should be little difficulty.
There has always been an unwrit-
Ten law, broken now for the first. ana
hope the only. limc that no Kane
hameha player should take part In any
contest against any team from his own
school. This law was brought about
by II feeling Of loyalty to the school
which Is rare and which | have never
seen In any other organization. II has
been the cause of the many teams OF
which We have all been so proud Ow.
ing to personal disputes and trivial diff
hculties which might have been set
tied To an amicable manner we are now
face to face with new conditions, and
40 once more bind the feeling of school
loyalty together with the bonds of vic,
tory Will BE- the result which | hope
TO obtain. This surely can be done II
all the members of the Alumni give
the team the support which II deserves
, To settle this question wish 10 call
the attention OF the Kamehameha
Alumni 10 the facts as they exist and
TO ask them to aid me in solving the
difficulties which lie in the way. For
this reason issue call for a meeting
81 all the members OF the Kamehamchd
Alumni and baseball team to be held
at the kamehameha Alumni hall this
Saturday evening at 1880.
THE object of this meeting will b,
that all may express their opinion ur
the questions which have come IN ant
10 elect the officers OF the ball team
Earnestly requesting that every mem
Der of the Alumni Association be pres
ent NJ the meeting tonight ! am
Yours truly,