The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-08-05
The Step-ladder
Route
BY Jack Denshanl.


Come on all you fans. Here is the
dope SO far as ! can find it.
The baseball players all think that
the Ladder route is the only one and
those I have talked to on the subject
agree with me. They agree with great
firmness and no chance for SUPPOSE
ton of ''Aye, aye, sir; you are right,
but oh, well"
Permit a few quotations.
Charlie Chillingworth.- =" Most GER
tainiy you are right. The youngsters
should be given a chance. The case
of Danny Arcia that you mentioned IN
the paper recently appealed to me. Also
there is that kid brother Of mine. You
and I are both prejudiced in his favor
but L guess we are not far wrong In
saving that he will make good if he
has a real chance in the outfeld and
with the bat.'
Jack Motley, manager OF the y. a.
CT read your article with great
interest and admit that you are r1gnt.
You saw that latent material must be
given chance to develop into whole
Cloth and | quite agree with you. We
have pitchers and felders, not to men
ton some catchers who could make
terrible hit on the mainland, II they
were given a chance. Let US give them
chance. Go to it and boost the step
ladder route. -
A Marine officer, who will not be
quoted by name" When l read that
article of yours in the Advertiser the
other morning. / rubbed my eyes and
said to myself, WHAT Has TINS
sporting writer come out from his deep
sleep at last9 Certainly you are right
and nobody appreciates it more than
the Marines, To use your own phrase,
we have some Halfwets that would
make good in any OF the eastern
leagues, if they had real chance. Inc
Marine corps will do its best to heip
you in the campaign you have
started y
Here are three authentic quotations
But they are merely three of many
Tin Chong, Apau, other Chillingworths
and everybody else agreed with the
proposition. The management of the
new Athletic Park, an organization that
is making live noise and doing good
for the game, offered to set its seal
| and signature on the proposed entente
| cordiale.
/ Messrs. Gear and Fred Harrison botn
spoke strongly on the subject yester
| dav afternoon. Said they in part
eve have put our grounds open to the
use of the big leaguers for practise and
| would be only too glad to have them
use the grounds at any time they
want to.
"Sundav baseball is our main attrac'
! ton and, even if the big league were
to play on Sundays, we would not fee
ANYTHING but pleased While we are
running an amusement enterprise, we
are wise enough to know that what Is
| good for the game is good for us, We
! should like to see the Oahu players ap
| pear at the big league grounds on sat
urday. If the big league ever intends
PLAYING on Sunday, we shall use oui
| best influence TO get the Oahu players
TO appear for them, if they are
| wanted. "
| You can't beat that line of talk. ii
| is the real talk. Baseball has got to
| 90. There are more ball bugs thar
| corpuscles in the veins of the average
| American, and how in Sam Hall Hell
lespont di Escondardo are you going
| 10 eradicate them! Do you want II
eradicate them? No; of course YOU
/ don t. You want 10 see the game
/ thrive. So wear that button that me
big league is going to get out witt
this legend: 'sMe for the Step-Laddei
Route"