The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-06-26

improve on a skin diamond. Jack
never boasts. His great saying is
can cope with any conditions laid
down for clean baseball, but con-
slider me entirely out of any game
where monetary or selfish ends are the
principal motives.
We shall now turn to the north
west section of the city. There you
will see one. large smile. Some say
it never wears off There! there! can
you see It? 1t is Paul Burns of the
l,Kalihi Athletic Club. He is manager
of his team and if you hear him josh,
on the field Just don't mind it. Paul
is harmless; laugh when he laughs and
you have won him as a friend. Paul
says: Believe me that the greatest
season of baseball known west of the
Rocky Mountains to be more fully re-
deemed on the day of that glorious
opening July is, at Athletic Park, is
when the Oahu Baseball League opens
its series for 1909. This fast diamond
will no doubt make my team a classy
bunch when the season is over"
Captain e. l.. Wood, of the Kaihi
team, who wifi don the cage behind the
bat is confident of not coming out last
on the list, and is making every effort
to gain a position at the top of the
ladder His team is constantly at
practice and few things are to be eX-
pected from them.
GO to it, Wood old boy; never ven
ture never win"
Umpire The word is familiar When
man fearlessly and impartially car
ries out the provisions of the laws of a
league. to the best of his judgment and
conscientiously renders his decisions
accordingly, then that man is an UNI
pire; but when a man errs on the one
side and lries to square up or balance
things by intentionally or giving a
wrong decision on the other, that man
| is no umpire. He is an actor. Two
wrongs never make a right is one Of
IMr. e. S. Cunha's favOrite sayings We
| have Fan ord warnorse among league
officers, who ranks as omcial umpire.
tie has been thoroughly bleached by
| the hot afternoon suns and has held
| the indicator with such satisfaction
| that it is needless to say that where
there is a good league there will be a
good umpire Consequently, Edwin X.
Fernandez, like the Constitution, fol-
lows the flag. Taking it all in all,
July 18th will certainly go down as a
memorable day in baseball history in
the Hawaiian Islands.
The officers of the Oahu Baseball
League are Senator f. w. Quinn,
president; A. Q. Marcallino, vice-presi-
dent; Archibald X. Akau, recording
secretary; L, d. Timmons, correspond
ing secretary; A. X. Vierra, treasurer
and manager; John X. Motley, auditor;
Nigel Jackson, scorer; Edwin Fernan-
dez, umpire
The schedule of the Oahu Baseball
League for the ensuing series of games
at the new Athletic park is as follows:
First Series.
July 1S-U. S. NJ. c. VS.. K. A. c.;
c. A. C. VS.. J. A. c.
July 25-U S. NJ. c. VS.. c. A. c.;
X. A. c. VS.. J. A. G.
August TX. A. {. VS.. c, A. c.;
U. S. NJ. C. VS.. A. c.
August Sd. A. C. VS.. c. A. c.; K.
A. C. VS.. q. S. NJ. C.
August 15-J. A. c. VS.. K. A. c.;
G. A. c. VS.. U. S. M. G.
August 22-J. A. c. VS., U. S. NJ. c.
c. A. C. VS.. X. A. c.
August 29-U. S. M. c. VS.. X. A. e.;
j. A. G. VS.. I. A. g.
September SC. A. C. VS.. U. S. NJ
c.; X. A. c. VS.. j. A. e.
September 12-K. A. C, VS. C. A. C
]. A. C. VS.. U. S. M. C.
Second Series
! September &c. A. c. VS.. ]. A. c..
u. S. M. C. VS.: K. A. G.
September 26-K A. c. VS.. ]. A. c.