The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-10-20

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League pan, followers Of the game are
turning their thoughts to the coming
Of the big fellows and from the way
the fans are buzzing, the Venice Tigers
win be doubly welcome to the shores
Of fair Hawaii II has been many,
many years since real professional
team Of bali players came 20 Honolulu,
Il being back in 1908 when the All.
stars played here against the local
teams.
Since then, the Stanford University
team, the University Of California, and
several Japanese teams played here as
well as a team Of Filipinos. The Tigers
though are real dyed in the wool Glass
A.A. and better ball players and are
bound to show the fans brand OF
baseball well worth the price.
In a recent letter 70 the local promo.
ter Of the Venice series from Captain
lack Bliss Of the Tigers who Is recruit.
ing the team on the mainland. none but
the best will be in the party Of four.
teen players who are due here next
month. The contract between Bliss and
the local promoter calls for fourteen
players from the Venice team who took
part In the Coast League race during
the eeason Of 1914. Since then Bliss
has written asking permission TO bring
Johnny Lush Of Portland who pitched
4 n0-hit, no-iun game and then lost It
through an overthrow TO first base, Os-
ar Witt one Of High Jennings crack,
srjack inhelders; Oscar Stanage, one
Of the Detroit Tigers backstops, and
Death Valley Jim Scott Of the Chi
ago White Sox. Bliss also wrote that
there was possibility of Bueh wea-
yer, sensational shortsfop of the Chi
cago White Sox joining the party.
All arrangements have been made for
this team 10 leave San Francisco No
yembef 10, via the Sierra and they will
play their FIRST game in Hawaii Novem-
Der 10, against the Twenty.fifth Infan-
try team at Sehoheld Barracks. No
venbef ~, the Tigers play Punahou at
Athletic Park and November %. they
play the All,Chinese at the same place.
Besides the players and umpire,
Owner Eddie r. Maier Of the Tigers.
several Of his friends and wives OF
several of the players will be along,
making party Of thirty,hve people.
Mccarthy Feature
Acting as one Of the arbitrators Of
the games Venice plays in will be John
" Mccarthy known 10 all baseball fans
as Jack Mccarthy, who ranks as the
best umpire on the Coast today and
who has had his experience of several
years in the major Leagues, in fact. II
is simply a love for California that
keeps him there now. Several local
ora I'll
Mccarthy among them being Heinie
Raphael, and Heinie thinks Mccarthy
a great umpire. Heinie is alsd great
admirer Of Oscar Witt, in fact, the two
played ball around San Francisco in
their kid days and IL il Raphael's opin.
ion that Witt viii he a great big card
here. Not alone does he say this be-
cause he IL warm personal friend of
Wits but because Heinie knows what
all the fans of Detroit know, that Witt
Is q slashing, peppery ball player. II
he was not all of this, he surely could
not hold o job with Jennings year after
year. Stanage is another friend Of
Raphael and while II has been some
years since Oscar Stanage PLAYED on
the Coast, his work with the Detroit
team shows he can handle the benders
of the big fellows in great style, else
he like Witt would not be on the pay
roll Scott Is hero OF a couple Of
World s series and was about the best
pitcher on Comiskey s payroll last sea
son,
Notes Of the Game r
Rumors have il that ball park will
be added TO the proposed recreation
grounds that are TO be built ON the top
of Punchbowl and that several of the
teams in the neighborhood will form
league and eater to the Sunday crowds
who would naturally visit the crater if
proper facilities were had for reaching
It and II there was something else to
amuse them.
** n,
Sammy Hop and his travelling ball
players are expected home on the Sierra
this morning and if they come, viii,
Of course, begin to get busy arranging
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