Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-08-27
TAME Is shadow. reputation is
~ a bubble. and fifteen years Is
a long time. but there may be

who pitched the Corsairs 10 two pen
nants before the bright lights got into
his eyes and blinded him.
Lee came up from nowhere with q
good right arm, steady nerve. q
strong body and an individual style
which set the baseball world nblaze. he
copied no pitcher that ever lived. and
every move he made was haIlmarked
with the peculiar individuality OF Solo
mon Lee.
Lee was sensation for two seasons.
and then bright lights got him. he
made the common mistake Of thinking
that youth. strength and nerve. force
are indestructibIe qualities. The sput.
ter OF the limelight was music 70 Solo
mon Lee. He loved to have men point
him out as be walked along the street.
The sports" battered him. and he
swallowed the battery with the drinks
which they were proud to buy for him.
solomon Lee was "a good feIIer."
which means that be was combIna-
tion OF bud fellow and fool. An
aathlete does not last very long after
ahe bright lights begin winking at him.
Solomon Lee began 10 fade during
his third season and snuffed out en-.
tirely during bis fourth. I'D TerriIl.
the veteran manager OF the corsairs
found that be could not trade Lee
The once great pitcher was an explod.
ed skyrocket-an empty shell. Nobody
wanted him at any price. He had
reputation as q demoraiizer. and no
manager wants that sort OF player
ON his pay roll
solomon heard the mutterinGs Of the
approaching storm and paid no atten.
ti0n TO them. One morning he picked
up bis favorite sporting page. and the
first paragraph which caught his eye
stung him until the red scrept into his
neck: ~
solly Lee IL all through as 4 big ieaRuer.
He viii 60 10 the minors next season II
seems pity 20 say Il. but he will never
be missed. He has been an evil influence
on the team and has reflected no credit
on the national game. His conduct has
been reproach 10 an decent bah play.
ers. his cissIpations have become scam
dal. and. as a result. solomon Lee, who.
might haxeccn1lsl1led-vaas stL greaf- pitcii..
er Cor years 70 come h al done when he
should be hesipnlns his career The msln-
Ds.ss 81 ne s sress oeh Mso mn me e ane
I,ee ada nothing "a the dignity ~ clesr
sport and leave nothing bur bad name
behind them vns1 they e.
That night it the hotel be re.
ceived no less than nfty letters, all
inclosing the same paragraph from
the morning paper Two or three Of
the writer's. frients OF the bright night
district. urged solomon to whip the
newspaper man. bot oil the rest were
on the other side Of the fence
One anonymous ran wrute;
You've been drunk and bum. and if
= hadn't been Tor you wed have had an
-. -. - -, 80 49,. .ney us
able 10 get Il on. 8
Another:
Read dis Won big attn. We're getting
On 10 you In this town.
solomon Lee was not strong on logic.
and when forty-nve men. sided with
the paragrapher be changed his mind
about revenging himself. He read the
article over and over again. and some
Of the sentences. burned themselves
into his memory deep enough to leave
4 scnr IS
~AIen ike solomon lee = leave
nothing but bad name behind when
they go" Nothing but bad name.
That was the phrase which hurt the
most. Never once had he looked the
situation fairly in the face. ana now,
at twenty-slk Just when hes should
have been on the crest or the wave of
be found himself In the
breakers with the rocks beyond.
Before he went away be had long
talk with Billy BIgeIow. Billy wAs
the clever shortstop Of the club. the
brains OF the corsalr inneId and the
only real friend Lee had on the team.
They say I'm all DONE" said Lee
bitterly. las a dirty lie. Billy. Don't
you believe Il I'm as good as I ever
was IN my Afe. but things haven't