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BY BILLY EVANS.

Who will pitch for the Athletics
next year Connie Mack's unexpect;
ed move in asking for waivers on his
three veteran pitchers, Bender, Plank
and Coombs, has caused much discus.
sion among fandom. These three pitch
ers always have been regarded as the
mainstay of his wonderful team.
Coombs, while of little use during the
last two seasons, was glutton for
work when right, for in 1910 and 1911
he scored a half-hundred victories for
the Mackmen.
While Mack's move appears rather
drastic on the face, it undoubtedly will
prove a rare bit of wisdom in the. end,
for the tall leader makes mighty few
unwise moves Undoubtedly the loss
of Plank and Bender will weaken the
M9ckmen to a certain extent, for
neither veteran is through as pitch
er. Coombs is, of course, an uncer-
tainty. He figures he will be able to
come back. He looked pretty good in
his two or three workouts late in the
1914 season, and seems to have a
chance to regain his old-time prestige,
but as Mack lost big money with a
worlds champion team, he can hardly
afford to take a chance. The Athlet-
les last year were a wee bit too strong
for the league A poor race was the
result, which naturally resulted in a
big falling off in attendance in Phila-
delphia in particular.
Fans Stayed Away.
Shibe park fans got so they didn t
figure the opposition had much of a
chance when facing the Athletics,
hence stayed away and got the result
from a bulletin board or sport extra.
The cutting loose of the trio Of vet
eran pitchers probably will mean a
saving of $4,000 to the owners of the
Philadelphia club. 1t may also slow
up the Athletics enough to equalize
the playing strength of the teams,
make an interesting race and stir up
enthusiasm among the fans, who, for
years, have come to regard the Athlet-
les as almost certain winners. Since
1910 Mack's team has been almost a
prohibitiYe favorite for the pennant,
and only once, in 1912, did the team
fail.
Where Mack will miss Bender and
Plank most, should The two pitchers
be disposed of to some other club,
will be in the role of pinch pitchers
For several years Mack has nursed
the veterans 10 the very best advan-
tage. He has started his younger
pitchers more frequently than the vet
Grams. but has always had the older
heads in reserve, ready to rush them
into the breach the moment one of
the youngsters showed signs of waver-
ing. In this way Mack has developed
his youngsters, and saved many a
game that would have been lost had
he not had a Bender or a Plank to
go to the rescue, and work out of some
critical hole into which kid" twirl-
er had pitched himself. Mack always
uses snap judgment on his pitchers.
He works on the theory that it is
better to derrick pitcher too soon
rather than remove him after the dam
age has been done.
Should he lose Bender and Plank.
Mack would undoubtedly miss the vet
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-12-28
IST.INFANTRY FOOTBALL Team
BALKS ATPLAYING AGAINSTTWO
OFFICERS OF End FOOT AND QUITS

fCCted the Standing Of their team In
the sPrN &C" l"agme as no other team
could even t.e thsa eleven from Scho-
field. As the matter stands now the
LIST may have forfeited all standing I'm
the league hv refusing 10 play a reg.
ulaTly SchrdEled came In that event
the teams Of tho % infantry and Com
pany | q the Engineers will stand
tied for first place in games won and
lost. Lieut. Lyman stated that there
was absolutely no rule governing the
personnel Of the e'eYenS representing
organizations ether than that the play
ers mast be bona fide members of the
regiment or other command That
being true both the protested players
of the I'd were clearly eligible as mem.
bers OF the team The matter VIII
probably come up for final adjustment
before a board composed OF athletic
representatives OF all organizations
playing in the league.
Following the withdrawal OF the
eleven from Schofield, the two teams
of the I'd went through a light prae-
tise game that proved embarrassing
and the stands If spectators were
soon emptied. In justice to both man.
agements it should be stated that no
Unseemly wrangling over the cancel
lattGn Of the game took place. Lieut..
Lyman gave the opposing team his
lineup and Capt. knight refused to
play with Lieut.. Jones in the same
and sent his players off 10 change
from football togs to uniforms, the LIST
Infantry players leaving Shafter in a
their home post.
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SAN FRANCISCO CHINESE
OPPOSE THE $50, 600, 900
LOAN BEING NEGOTIATED
IBy Latest MALL

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.-M essages
have been sent to President Woodrow
Wilson and to the banking firm of j..
P. Morgan & Co. by the Chinese Six
Companies and prominent Chinese
merchants, protesting against a loan
of $50, 100000 which an agent of Presi-
dent Yuan Shih-kai is said to be nego-
tiating. The protest to the President
asks him to prevent the loan, and the
banking firm is urged to have nothing
to do with the negotiations
1t is said by prominent Chinese
that Wong King Fong, personal
agent of the Chinese president, ar
rived here some weeks ago to arrange
loan of $50,0O0,00O from the New
York bankers. 1t is said that no one
here knew of the agents errand at
the time, and the real nature of his
mission has just TRANSFERRED.
The protest of the Six Companies,
formulated at a meeting held on
Wednesday night, is based on the
ground that the Chinese Congress did
not authorized the loan and that it is
a private affair of Yuan Shih-kai only
Prominent merchants, besides the Six
Companies, sent kilograms to New
York and Washington voicing pro-
tests, asking President Wilson to take
such steps as are possible to prevent
the loan being made and urging the
bankers not to make it.
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End Infantry
GIVES Chinese i ! V
GREAT BATTLE

After the stands at Athletic Park
had filled with spectators and then
nearly deserted, the Chinese Travel
ers won a featureless seven.inning
baseball game Saturday from the End
Infantry. The score was, Travellers
3, End Infantry l.
1t was not the regular End Infantry
team that faced the Sam Huppers,
but a makeshift organization recruit
ed over the, telephone by Lieut.. Ma
thews, in answer to hurry call for
help from the Athletic Park people.
Ten minutes after the message had
been received at Shafter. the players
were en- their way to the park. o.:
The schedule called for a contest
between the Travellers and the 25th
Infantry, but owing to crossed orders
the soldier team failed to make an
appearance and 1t was nearly an hour
after the scheduled starting time be-
fore the game was called. A one
handed catch by En- Sue OF the Trav-
elers in the closing inning on a fly
bali 'steen feet in the air was the
one lonesome feature of the contest.
Pitcher Dossett of the soldiers
twfrled good ball, allowing three hits
in the seven innings and striking out
five batsmen. Dossett, however, was
somewhat generous at times, walk
ing four men and hitting a fifth. 1t
spurts- generosftS -tffat.
allowed the Chinese to add another
victory to their long list of wins Dos
set also got one of the Infantrymen's
FIVE hits, but as 1t stood alone, the
results tailed the same. 4
Dossetts looseness became apparent
in the second inning. F. Robinson Of
the Travellers drew pass to the ini-
tial bag on four bad ones. w. Apau
also walked Robinson assisted by
stealing and when Pitcher Alvin Rob-
inson knocked double to the left
field fence, Robinson and Apau cross
ed the home plate for the first two
Chinese scores. In the fourth Al
bert Akana sent the sphere scurry-
ing past second for a clean two
base hit. Akana then stole to third.
Apan again was passed to first by
Dossett and Ping Kong followed in
the same manner, filing the bags.
Dossett sent in the third tally by
bringing in En- Sue on wild throw,
forcing in the run The soldiers lone.
some score was obtained in the sixth
frame. Roland doubled to the left
field fence and Hayes followed with
a two-bagger to the same place, scor-
ing Roland -&
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ATHLETICS HAVE PLENI:YOF:
49,. F|RSTCLASS PITCHERS LEFT

Grams. Don't think for minute. how
ever, that other American league
teams will not see some high-class
twirling when they face the Athletics.
Joe Bush and Bob Shawkey already
have arrived. In these youngsters
Mack has a pair of pitchers who shape
Up well with any of the right-handers
in the Johnsonian organization. Bush
las been well named Bullet Joe" for
his speed is terrific. No pitcher in the
American league showed more swift, ,
IS Nick Altrock calls speed, than Bush
last year, and don't except the great
Walter Johnson. Shawkey is not far
behind when it comes to buzZing up
the fast one. Both have good curve,
a fair change of pace and are good
fielders.
In Weldon Wykoff, Mack has
youngster who firmly believe is des-
tined to become one of the greatest
pitchers in the game. Wykoff has eve
rything but control, and last year he
showed 500 per cent Improvement in
the one failing that has married his
progress. | never saw a pitcher with
c better curve. In this | am borne
out by what | have heard some of
the games greatest batters say about
Wykoff's hook" Chief Bender,
crack pitcher himself, surely ought to
know a great pitcher, and for Wykoff
he predicts a brilliant future.
A Promising Pitcher.
He's the most promising young
pitcher I ever saw" remarked Bender
enc day last summer, when some of
the players we're discussing Wykoff's
chances. He has a world of natural
ability, plenty of brains and best of all.
he doesn't imagine he knows all there
IS to know about pitching. You can
talk to him and he will listen. Just
rs soon as he gets control, so that
he won't have to slow up, when in a
pinch to get the ball over, then look
out for him"
In Rube Bressler, Mack looks to
have a second Eddie Plank. While not
much has been said about Bressler.
the yOungster is today one of the best
COuthpaws in the league. He reminds
enc very much of Plank in style, and
we'll he should. for Plank has spent
many hours instructing him in the art
of fooling the batsmen. Bressler is
big, strong fellow, able to stand lots
of work and apparently thrives on it.
IN Pennock Mack has another mighty
clever southpaw. If Pennock could
be made to take the pastime a little
more seriously, he would be a star
Late in the fall Mack tried out a big
highlander by the name of Jensen,
who looked pretty fair.
Instead Of being weak in the pitch
ing department, Mack has a wealth
of material, some Of which appears to
merely lack development The loss of
Bender and Plank would tend to sup
ply the very thing that some OF Mack's
youngsters have lacked - confidence
In former years just as soon as they
started to be hit a trifle, the first
thoughts that came to them was that
Fender or Plank would soon be doing
the pitching. The passing of these two
veterans will mean that the young
sters will have to go the route more
often, when things look bad. Putting
it up to them in the pinch will tend
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.ciaI star-Bdlfetfn Correspondence

Especial Star-Bnlietfn C6rrespondcnCe1
FORT SHAFTER. Dec 2H.-Much
10 the diSappOint OF several han,
dred spectators die LIST Infantry foot
ball eleven, after jOurneying "a shat
ter from SchOiield Barracks Yesterday
refused TO go on the 1ield against the
team OF tie ID lnfIntry. The grounds
given by the manager. Capt Knight,
as a reason Why hc would not allow
the visitors to play was that he had
written Lieut. Lyman that the LIST
would not consent to the playing on
the home team UI LieutS. Lyman and
Jones. Lieut.. Lyman stated that he
had received the letter in question buI
that he had not accepted the diCtum
as 10 what players would or should
constitute his team. When Capt
Knight was informed that Lieut. Jones
would start the game playing right
tackle he positively declined to allow
his team to play, adding that be would
not CO.'S i, t. Lieut.. Lyman appear
ing lat II q l.; Infantry then LETT
the PLAY ing fieid since the I'd lnfan-
try mar e.!.t"t declined to permit
the visitors to say whom should con
stitute their team.
lnasmuch as the 1st Infantry allow
ed Lieut. Besson. former football
star at West Poins. to play in the de-
Gliding game on last Sunday at Shat
ter the action Of the LIST in declining
to play with either one or both of the
OfT;corC Of tho Oil oOoipSt thaD, &c NOT
understood The visitors could not
have done worse than lose the game
and the outcome would not have af-
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TRAVELERSARE :
TRIMMED BY OLD
DIAMOND RIVALS
Stay-at-homes Land on Apau'S
Offerings; Hard Fitting Plus
Errors Account for Game

No longer can Sam Hops all-star
Chinese Travellers boast diamond SUI
pTemacy In Hawaii.
The veteran baseball tourists went
down 10 a humiia ting defeat the at
hands of w. Tin Chong's Chinese Ath
lectic Union players Sunday. Chinese
bali players proved the undoing OF
Chinese ball players.
The score: c. A. L. Z, Travellers l.
The contest was full Of features.
most worthy of which were the home
runs knocked by Lang Akana. VINO
wears a Portland Beaver uniform
next spring, and Third Baseman zap.
both of the locals. Sam Hop insists
Il was an accident, that it wouldn't
happen again, and at that the defeat
Of his ali.stars was an aftermath of
Christmas celebration.
However. those who saw the game
and who Witnessed the veteran TraV.
eler-pitcher, Apau, go down to defeat
and forced out Of the game in the
sixth inning, grfnned and chalked the
win up as q fair and welLearned vic.
tory for the Chonaers.
The game was a rafn-check game. a
continuance Of the November eighth
contest, which was called on account
OF rain, but despite the free-entry, the
stands were only partly filled. 1t was
hard work for the scorer for the er-
rors totalled five and the decisions
were close. Ii -.
In the initial frame Lai Tin Of the
Union hinged out a single and Lang
Akana followed with a home run into
right field. Again in the second, with
the bags empty, zap sent the sphere
shooting over the left field fence for
another tally. In the fourth G. A, u.
inning Apau Of the Travellers. walked
Yen Chin. who stole second. Kai Luke
singled and both we're advanced when
Apau baked.
Hong Lheong got on the bases when
balk was called on Apau. On a
short single Lang Akafa went to first
Yen Chin coming nome. Kualii douh,
led to left field and M0riyama's wild;
throw into the hleachers concluded
tlsk timing afser- -feWF--r.Rs-- been.
secured.
pitcher Luck Lee of the Union
saved the Travellers from being white
washed by passing En- Sue and then
alter the latter had stolen and had
started to romp home Luck Lee threw
the ball into the stands. Apau's loose
ness caused him to be yanked after
the fatal fifth inning in favor of Al
win Robinson. Two double plays
slso featured the baseball matinee.
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GIFT OF 5000 70 4Y.n

Probably the most appreciated gift
which the local Young Mems Chris
tian Association received Christmas
Day was check for $4,000. donated
for the purpose OF assisting in the
construction of the proposed swim
ming tank. The name OF the donor
is withheld from publication. A swim
ming tank is probably the only asso-
citation feature which the Y. M. C. A.
lacks. and during the past month and
a half special committee has been
working on plans for the tank, which
probably will be located in the court
in the rear of the building. 3
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MASS Meeting
OF ALLEY men
This EVENING
BOWLING SCHEDULE At THE "Y.H
Seven o'clock tonight - Bowlers'

BOWLING SCHEDULE AT THE "Y.H
Seven o'clock tonight - Bowlers'
meeting. -E~ - ...@ a.
Eight o'clock tonight-P. B. c. l. vs..
OIympics.
Tomorrow nighta-Alsrts vs. L. p. G.
December 30-Hawaiis vs. Xxx Club.
C. G. Clark, president. Of the Homo
lulu Bowling Association which man.
aged the Y. NJ. G. A. big League"
last season. has called meeting Of
all interested bowlers for o'clock to-
night to discuss plans for organizing
this years senior league. All mem
bers OF the Bowling Association are
invited to this evenings meeting to-
gether with bowlers in the present "Y'
league and any others who may be In
terested.
At O'Clock the Olympies and P. B.
c. /. teams of the intermediate leagues
will begin their match. The other
match remaining in the intermediate
section will be rolled Wednesday even:
ing with the Hawaiis and Xxx Club as
contenders.
Two matches remain in the senior
club league which ends January 5.
Tomorrow evening the A1erts and L.
P. c. bowl while On January the
Ancfents and Moderns try conclusions
On the alleys. The first series has
been won by the Alert Club. The sub
marine representatives are out Of II
for the second series. which lies be-
tween the Moderns and Triangles. A
championship series between the two
winners will take place early in Janu
airy.
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Y: ? 90: STAR BULLETIN SPORTS =: =: :::
INDOOR BASEBALL At
THE ARMORY TONIGHT.

!: Games Of the National Guard
: indoor baseball league will be
): resumed tins evening. when Com
!: pany F and the Hospital Corps
: meet on the armory diamond.
; The game will be called at N:4i.
: as usual
!: There is a lot Of interest in the :
league race. and the teams are
: just hitting their stride ami set
; Ting down to real business 1t
took a couple Of games for each
: company to get a line on its
: playing material, but better base
ball can be looked for from now :
on. No admission is charged and :
: everyone is welcome.
; q . q q q q q !: q q q Z, q Z. Z, =,
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An address en- ancient history was
delivered before several hundred local
Japanese in the Opera House Christ.
mas and Saturday nights by Prof.
ltcho Bito, q sexagenarian member of
japanese san,urai family, who ar.
rived in Honolulu from the Orient in
the Mongolia last week. The profess
sor intends to tour Oahu before contin.
ning his journey tc the mainland.
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Lee Magee, former St Louis Nation
al league player, will manage the
Brooklyn Federal league team next
season, according to an announcement
by r. B. Wards president of the club.
Magee, who had been signed as a
player, conferred 9th the club presi-
dent and his appointment as manager
was made soon after. Magee had a
successful record as an outfielder with
the St Louis club. He was in the
party that made the exhibition trip
around the world year ago Federal
league officials declined to tell what
had been discussed at the meeting Of
the executive committee.
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and will show Improvement on the dia-
mand.
While Jimmy Austin remains I'M
signed, Hickey believes that his first
lieutenant will be on the job when the
bell taps next spring He says he
would regret the loss of Austin, as he
regards him as a capable man, despite
the opinion of many critics and fans
to the contrary.
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Summary: Home runs, L. Akana,
Zap; twobase hits. Kualii. Markham,
ma: double plays, Ping to Moriyama
ma: double plays, Pinky to Moriyama
to w. ApaH. Lai Tin to Hong Cheong
to Hon Ri; balk, Apau; bases on
halls. off Apan I. off Robinson 8, off
Luck Lee 3: struck ont. by Apau 1,
by Robinson 3. by Luck Lee 4. Um.
pires. Stayton and Bruins. Scorer,
Fawcett.
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SAWED OFF ~
SHORT 3 .SS2MssI

| Tom AlcCarty of Boston will act as
a scout for the, Boston American
| league club next season. McCarty
was made a free agent by the Bos-
ten Braves fer which he performed
similar duty last season.
Peter Calac has been reelected cap
| tain of the Carlisle Indian School foot
ball team. He is a Mission Indian
! from California and has been playe1
three years on the team. fullback last
! season and in 1913, and tackle in 1912.
| Hamilton Hyatt, extra fielder and
pinch hitter of the Pittsburg National
/ league club for several seasons. has
been sold to the st. Louis National
| league club. The sale was for cash,
J the amount of which was not an
[ nounced.
Lieut.. Jones Ingram has been APP
! pointed head coach of the naval acau
envy football team for next season,
succeeding Lieut.. Douglas l.. Howard.
! Lieut.. Ingram was one of the acad-
emys star athletes during his mid
shipman days.
The Pittsburg National league
baseball club has Al players under
contract for the 1915 season. The
number is comprised of seven catch
ers, 10 pitchers, II outfielders and IL
infelders, and does not include the
veteran Hans Wagner.
In football they have the wing-shift.
In boxing there is a foot-shift, mad
famous by Bob FitZsimmons. A few
days ago Bob tried to teach his son
the scientific way of shifting his ped
al extremities, fell down and had to be
taken to hospital. Father Time is
getting in his deadly work.
British newspapers have not made
much progress in their attack on foot
ball from the viewpoint that it works
against recruiting for the war. The
matter has gone far enough for the
premier to make public announce
ment that he does not think the stu
alton warrants the suppression of foot
ball.
The death is announced of Frederick
Rough, the most famous English build
err of rowing shells He was Sc years
old. He had been in failing health
ever since his boathouse was burned!
~ suffragettes three years ago. The
shock of that occurrence completely /
uDnprVad him Mr. R0lIQh'S fqpt0ry at /
Oxford has turned out most Of the |
boats used by Oxford and Cambridge !,
in their races for a score of years.
Branch Hickey, manager of the st. |
Louis Browns, yells no" to the talk /
of Boston securing Catcher Agnew. |
"Agnew is one of the greatest catch |
ers in the game" says Hickey. Theirs |
is no catcher who throws better. In |
the last six weeks of the season hel
batted better than $50, because he |
was fit. | wish to state positively that |
the Boston Red Sox have no chance
to get Agnew, despite the fact thai !
rumors to that effect we're floating /
during the American league meeting.
The Boston club would probably like
to have Sam, but he will remain with /
the Browns" Hickey is not predicting !
any high berth for the Browns next
season, but is better pleased with the !,
outlook than he was year ago at
this time. He says he believes that :
not only Williams but Clarence Wal
ker, Derrill Pratt and DIR. John Lavan
will profit by their past experiences,
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Henry Wallace Phillips, author. was
sentenced to serve one year in prison
for impairing the morals of a 16-year-
old girl, Marjorie Cluxton of Brook
lyn, whom he posed as September
Morn" ,.-F
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to make them, and is sure to supply
the very thing every successful twirl-
er must have, abundance Of confidence
in his own ability. Connie Mack
doesn't often break into the error
column.
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Loc al and Foreign
Sp ort Field Covered