Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-02-15


league had all signified their intention
of playing another season, Motley of
the Japanese Athletics stating that his
team could not come in if it was the
intention of the league officials to make
it an all-Japanese aggregation
This matter was disposed of by the
statement that the officials of the
league had no right to dictate what ma
tionality was to compose a team after
league.
The Bomb.
Marcalinos remarks about the Ma
rines opened a spirited discussion in
which Sergeant Davis, representing the
team, got hot under the collar at one
stage when the lemon was handed to
him.
The whole discussion came up
through somewhat of misunderstand-
ing caused by the representative of the
Marine team who was present at the
last meeting stating that the Marines
were going away during the season
and that they could not be bound by
the contract proposed by the Athletic
Park people.
Motley took the floor and stated that
it was not fair to the other clubs to
take a chance. That if the Marines
We're ordered away it would break M
the series and the money deposited
would have to be forfeited by the other
teams because the league could not
finish its series.
In reply to this, Davis said that IL
some of the Marines We're ordered home
there would be others sent here who
would be as good bah players as those
who had left, and the league would
suffer none in the change.
Improbable.
Marcallno came back to this with
the statement that last season the Ma
rines had put up $lG25 for the league
and the team had drawn down $3.50 as
Davis explained that this money re-
ceived was from men who went to the
canteen to purchase their tickets when
they had no money, and that the large
number of marines who had gone to
the games had paid their entrance fee
at the gate.
Says Will Quit.
II am not going to beg of you peo-
pie to let us enter the league said
want us all you have to do is to say
so, but it looks to me like a mean
trick after we have stayed with the
league and helped build it up when
there was every possibility of its being
a failure. That is not right"
Business" Was the Reply.
1T is not question of right" said
Marcallino, with me- 1t is a ques-
ton of business only. If it was mere
ly question of right there would be
no difficulty at all. The Marine team
Shouiu stay III tHe itdSut 10 HOt
think that the Marines were profit
able asset last year, that is ALL
Chinese in Favor.
Two members of the Chinese Athletic
Club present spoke in favor of the Ma
rines and said that they should be kept
in the league, while the Portuguese
contingent was on the fence for long
time, and that is the way it stood
while the arguments went on-Japan.
ese against, Chinese for, and Portu-
guese noncommittal though rather ia
vorng leaving the Marines out.
Marines Enter.
The argument was mostly between
Motley and Davis, but finally it was
decided that the Marines should be one
of the four teams in the league for the
season.
Other Matters.
The matter of the schedule will be
in the near future eighteen
games to be played during the season.
The next meeting of the league will
be held on the second Thursday in
March, when the matter of signing the
with the Athletic Park Com
pany Will come up, as well as some
minor matters of interest