Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-07-14
BY LAURENCE REDINGTON
stanford .. 81. Louis ~. -. ... ..

Stamford won its first game from
the ST Louis Alumni team yesterday.
when Captain Stayt0n. umpire an
chief, declared the contest forfeited
e. the cOllegians, because the st,
Louis crowd refused to take the fielG
curing the third inning. After dis
graceful exhibition OF r8wdyiSm on
the part of the Saints. the game was
continued where il broke off, JOY re-
turning 10 the box. out later being III.
placed by Bushnell. The final score
resulting from the entire afternoon Of
alleged baseball was II to 10 in favor
of St Louis. but this can not be
ClasSed as even an exhibition game.
as the players went right along with
the forfeited contest, running up a
hybrid score which means nothing.
All the trouble started in the third
inning, when the score stood l 10 o
in favor Of the home team. With
men on second and third and one out,
Terry hit sharply To short. and Bush
nelTs peg to the plate was wide. going
through TO, the grandstand. Accord
ing to the ground rules oyerthrows tC
first, third and home go for one extra
base. and Stayton ruled that both
Stanford runners had scored, conced-
ing that the man on second would
have reached third safely in any
event, and that the extra base was the
plate. Rarney Joy let out an awful
roar at this ruling, and finally Stayton
waved him to the bench, Joy, still
protesting, was on his way. when his
team mates, led by the captain Albert
Akana. got into the argument. and
refused to play at all if Joy was ban
ished. Stayton waited five minutes,
after ordering the players back to
their places. and then declared the
game forfeited to Stanford. to 0.
Make Kick Stick. -. ~. -. II.
II was here that the ST., Louis team
took the game in it's own hands, and
rode roughshod over the Moiliili man
agement. The correct thing to do, so
as not to disappoint the record crowd
that filled stands and bleachers, and
Uverflowed INTO right field. was to
start all over again. and call the sec
end game an exhibition. In that case
Joy could have gone in again. and
Stayton would have been perfectly
willing to umpire. This the st. Louis
players wouldn't hear Of They were
going to have things just as they want
ed them, or quit the game. 1t was
probably bluff, for had the Saints
logged IL to the extent Of quitting,
they would have had hard time ex-
planning their action for a long time
TO come Also, there are some fair
minded sportsmen in the lineup, who
wouldn't have stood for such unsports-
manlike action. But the Moiliili man
agement gave in without a whimper,
and refused to back up the ruling of
their umpire, or stand for their rights
and the rights of the public. The
sight OF the crowded stands was too
much for their nerves, and they al
lowed Joy, Akana & Co. to dictate
terms. . =..~- H..
The Stanford PLAYERS were willing
TO do anything so long as the game
went on, and when the Saints insisted
on reversing Stayton's ruling. sending
the runner who had scored on the
wild throw back to third, they went
back to the field without protesting.
Ringland continued to umpire, hand
ling the game alone. and doing il very
indifferently ~ that. :, =.
Umpire BUYS Ticket. ~ H.. NJ.
Stayton, thoroughly Disguised, went
TO the box office and bought an ad-
mission ticket, which he handed TO
the doorkeeper. He then changed has
clothes and went home. Stayton is a
topnotch umpire, whose honesty and
ability are unqueS toned. and yet he
is getting very raw deal. When the
promoters Of the Stanford series re-
fused to stand back Of him, there was
nCfhing for him to do but step down
and out. However, his withdrawal
from the game in no way affects his
original ruling Letting on ball games
is a bad thing for the sport, but the
tact remains that there was consider
able money up on yesterdays contest.
and the Stanford hackers draw this
down. The final score counts for
nothing. Stayton having every right
as chief umpire TO declare the game
forfeited, when the st. Louis team
fused to continue. :.~.~ "
a eva est
When play was finally resumed TIE
Stanfordites began TO hit b. Joy. and
it looked as though they would bat
cut a victory in any event Two hits
came in the third before the remain
ing two men could be retired and this
of course brought the disputed run
across and also another A walk. a
couple of sacrifices, rank error by
Joy. and Argabrites double to left, &C
counted for three more in the fourth
and Stanford seemed 10 have the
game on toast.
In the fifth the Saints fell on Manle
and batted~ him TO the bench. Five
lifts two of them doubles, Melted si'
runs before Gragg could be sent onto
the firing line TO stem the tide. The
local men had their swatting clothes
on. and eight hits in the sixth and
seventh were good for a total of Sly
runs. Stanford scored two in the fifth
and Two in the seventh.