The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-11-27
JAP-B|G LEAGUE
SERIES BOOMING
Oahu League Official Tells What
He Thinks About the
Series.

The following enthusiastic forecast
of the J. A. Chg League games to be
held at the Athletic Park, presumably
a week from tomorrow and continuing
until the championship is won, was con-
tributed by an official of the Oahu
league who is very much bucked up
over the coming contest.
If the Japs win their game tomorrow
against the Beers, then they have the
championship of the series without a
doubt and the big duel will commence
the following Sunday.
Here is the contribution, which is
no exaggeration of the interest being
taken in the coming series:
At last one of the most important
issues in the Islands among local ball
players and baseball fans is to be set
tied in the immediate future. Time
and again, the question has arisen as
to what a team of the Oahu Baseball
League could do against, team from
the big league.
1.-THE question is one that is creating
good deal of interest and enthusiasm
around town. How many of the big
league players and fans have contend
ed that the Oahu league players have
not even look in should they ever
meet; and how many of the faithful
followers of the Oahu league have ar
gued that they can at least make
showing to their credit when that great
day would arrive2
The day is soon to arrive, the teams
have been selected and the throngs
that will visit the Honolulu Athletic
Park is to be divided in order that
throughout the games there will not
he dead moment. The Waikiki
bieachers are to be reserved for the
rooters of the Oahu league as thew are
50 many in number that the largest
bleachers will hardly accommodate
them, the Eva bleachers will be set
aside for the big league followers.
- believe these games will excite
the greatest curiosity of any games
played here, as the players who have
FADED away from the kingdom of base
ball, and who at one time were among
the best, are pricking up their ears and
listening to the street talk of the
oahu leaguers stealing away the laureIs
as champion players of the Islands
from the old Honolulu league which has
Tor the last twenty years or more held
this distinction.
This argument is going to bring out
an audience of bankers, merchants.
capitalists, lawyers and in fact men in
all walks of life who once played in
the big league and who are now awak-
ened at the sound of rivalry. The
arrangements made are for schedule
OF the best three out of five games.
winners to be declared champions of
the Hawaiian Islands A handsome sill
yer trophy is to be offered by a certain
firm in town for the team winning the
championship.
lowing to the strength of the Japa-
nese Athletic Club team in the Oahu
league. they have been selected as the
team that will defend the honor Of that
league, the other teams will undoubted-
" back their champion, and root for
old glory.
Gas for the big league the following
have been selected to do battle royal
for the championship honors: Catchers.
Louis Soares and J. Whine; pitchers,
John Williams. Robert Leslie and Bar
ney joy; first base, George Bruins; see
ond base. Jimmie Williams. captain;
shortstop, ". R. Freitas: third base,
Henry Chillingworth; left field, Ed.
Fernandez; center field. En- Sue; right
field. w Hampton.
The above lineup is about as good
as could be selected ant consists of
some Of the best players on the islands.
On the other hand we have the Japa-
nese batteries. the peculiar underhand
pitching Of Jack Flores, if he is avail
able, will surely deceive each and ev-
cry player of the big league,
THE following lineup viii compose