The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-12-06
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Manager Pat Gleason has come out
In the afternoon papers with defense
of his action in trying to obtain a
division of the gate receipts on the
basis of forty and sixty per cent, for
the proposed benefit game between the
Spalding team and the st. Louis club.
The letter, which is printed below, it
will be noticed, consists in the main
of a TRADE against Jess Woods. This
is rather peculiar under the circum-
stances. as in regard to the benefit
game it has been stated again and
again that Jess Woods would get
nothing out of it and that whatever
was made would go to the players.
In speaking of the matter last night,
Fisher said:
In regard to Gleason's attack
against Jess Woods, 1 should like to
have something to say. 1 believe that
Woods has acted on the square in
all things so far as our team is con-
cerned. He brought us down here
when no one else would take a chance
on the proposition, and then, because
he has made money, these knockers
get out after him. If there had been
bad weather;~. would Gleason have
made up what he lost? I rather think
not. man who would talk and act
as he has done, would lie back and
say. I told you So.
Neither / nor any of the boys who
came down have made a single cent
as yet. We agreed to play a series
of six games in return for our ex-
penses, and expected, when the series
- vNIa 1yNIa Of of
games, through which we could make
a little money to make up for what
we have spent here.
Nov, we have had a royal time
here. and we have been treated as
never was treated anywhere else. The
only trouble that we have had was
over this St Louis proposition. We
brought Barney Joy with us. His ex-
penses We're all paid, and in spite of
this he started the trouble with the
Saints by telling them to hold out
on us and make US give them big
split or refuse to play. Jess Woods
is out of the matter in every way,
except for the fact that we want him
to handle the games for us with the
same men whom he has had on the
gate and in the box office, as they
are used to the work. He was good
enough to agree to do this for moth
ing. He was not, and is not, to get a
cent from the receipts, which are to
go to the players.
THAT the Saint Louis team does
not back up Gleason has been shown
by the fact that all their best play +,
ers have agreed, and even volunteer
ed. to play in any games that we
wish and not ask for a cent. In re-
gard TO my getting advice on the /
matter from Woods, he had nothing /
to do with it.
THE advice that I got was from
some of your best citizens here who
take an interest in baseball. and they
We're emphatic in their advice to me
to let Gleason go and have nothing
to do with him. They assured me
that I would have the support of the /
public and. with N few Of the Saints
to strengthen the AlI-Hawaii team,
would face a much stronger aggre-
cation.
I followed this advice. which came
from men who know baseball and also
know your city I think that l did
right If it had not been for Joy there
would have been little trouble, and
several of our men have told him
what they thought about it. Hide
brand. Williams, Eastwood ana