Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-05-05
CHIEF UMPIRE MAKES
DECIDED STAND FOR
SPEED ON THE FIELD
BY LAURENCE REDINGToN.
Hawaiis II, Artillery q.
Portuouese IS, Asahis 4.


exhibitions OF the national game In
fact the Artillery Hawai.e-and Portu-
ruese-Asahi contests were about The
worst played at Athletic Park for the
last four months, which is putting II
pretty strong, considering the surfeit
of off-season baseball that the fans
have been treated to.
However, IL there is little to.be said
about the games themselves, there is
considerable to be said about the way
they were run of, and the things that
happened when Captain Norris Stay
ton, chief umpire. insisted on the play
ers living up to the new motto of the
league: Make II Snappy."
Last week the league officials, man
ayers, captains and umpire got to-
gether and had love feast, at which
II was agreed that the games ought
TO be run OFF on time and on the jump.
Captain Stayton explained that he In.
tended TO keep things moving, and
that the players would be expected to
behave as though playing In real
league. Everybody agreed on this
point. The opener yesterday started
four minutes ahead of time. and al
though peculiarly rotten game, was
completed I'm l hour and 81 minutes.
The second game began about six min
utes after the first ended, which was
record time.
kedeiros 6enched.
Everything went along nicely for
four innings, and then. when the Por-
tuguese were taking the field, -Stayton
told Tony Medeiros to hustle in get
ting into the box. According to the
umpire, Medeiros had been tagging
right along. The former J. A. C. twirl
er answered the adncnition with q
look that was anything but compli-
mentary, and amhied onto the field, II
anything slower than before. Stayton
waved him to the bench. and OF course
the whole Portuguese team. from Man
ager Paresa down. let out an awful
roar. There was ave minutes OF agi-
tated protest, and then Bushnell went
into the box, Freitas taking the vacant
place at short
Now, although there is some ques-
ton as to the umpire's right to bench
a player for loafing, there is no ques-
tlon about his right under the rules
TO do so for talking back, and now,
a-days a look Is the same as spoken
protest, II the umpire cares to call It.
'rhe umpire has the right to declare
the game forfeited II one team delib-
erately delays 1t, but in this case
where only a single player was the Of
fender, he would not have been justi-
fed in taking such drastic action. II.
however, the umpire In this league is
expected TO make the pace, he must
have some way of backing. up his
command to hustle, and while 1t was
hard lines for the Portuguese to lose
their star pitcher. Stayten did per-
fectly right when he sent,Medeiros to
the bench, and he had the support OF
every fair-minded fan in the grounds.
II has come to a showdown as to
whether Oahu is to have a real ball
league, and give its patrons what they
pay good money for. or shiftless, 60
as-you-please combination of teams.
that waste the greater part of the aft
ernoon in wrangles and loafing. If
the fans want the real thing. the UNI
pire's word must be law. AS matter
of fact, Medeiros handled the situa-
ton better than any Of his teammates,
for he took his medicine without
murmur, and sat down on the jbench
like a good one. Medeiros is one of
! the best hammered and most gentle
.sanly players in the game here, anG
his action yesterday was probably due
to the fact that he did not realize that
a new system of hustling had gone
into effect. Bushnell noted a pro-
test, but after the lacing that the Por-
tuguese handed the Asahis, it's einch
thta he won't insist on replay.
Game Started Well.
The second game started out like
the real thing, and for four innings
there was some nice baseball, with the
score tied with two runs each. Then
the Asahis blew up, and there was
nothing to it until the final inning but
a tedius procession of blue-uniformed
Portuguese strolling across the rub
her. In the ninth the Japanese play
ers made belated rally, and put two
men over, but 1t was a mere flash in
the pan, due to Bushnells letting
down.
The Asahis started out like winners,
and scored two in the first. With one
gone Kurasaki singled and stole. c.
Moriyama famed. Yamashiro hit to
left. scoring Kurasaki, and Noda fol-
lowed with single. Yamashiro being
safe at the plate when La Mere fun
bled a hard throw.
The Portuguese were scoreless I'M
.,I a. 4hird Then Madeira drew a
pass. and Medeiros sacrificed him
down the line. Souza hit, scoring Ma
deira, was advanced when Bushnell
walked, and went to third on wild
pitch. ]. Ornellas hit, and Souza was
retired at the plate. A minute late
Pinch scored ON a wild pitch, followe