Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-08-19
MANAGER v. TIN c HONG ANSWERS
PROTEST Of PORTUGUESETEAM
League Directors VIII Decide
Merits OF Stayton's Ruling
in C.A.U.-P.A.C. Game

The Oahu League is all stirred VI
over a protest filed by the Portuguese
Athletic CLUB, against the awarding Of
last Sundays thinning game to the
Chinese. The p A. C.'s claim thai
they were entitled to an extra run In
the eighth inning, which would have
given them a margin of one at the
close OF the ninth, instead of tie.
Captain Bushnell of the Portuguese
has set forth his claim at length In
a letter to the league president. and
Manager w. Tin Chong, of the Chinese
replies to it through the columns oi
the Star-Bulletin The protest, Chong's
reply, and the statement of Umpire
Stayton, made this morning. are given
in full, this being the complete eyi
denee in the. case that the league will
have to wrestle with.
THE PROTEST. &
Honolulu, T. H., August 18th, 1914. RI
Emil C. Peters, Esq,
President, Oahu Baseball League,
Honolulu, T. H.
Dear Sir III
/ hereby protest the game of base.
ball played on the afternoon of Sunday,
August 18th, between the Chinese .Ath.
letic Union and the Portuguese .Atn,
letic Club, on the grounds that Section
3 of Rule ~ of the Official Code oil
Playing Rules was violated in said
game, and also that the ground rules
governing the number of bases allowed
runner when thrown ball hits the
grand stand were violated in said
game.
Section 8 of Rule y reads as fol-
lows:
In all cases where there are no
spectators on the playing field, and
where a thrown ball goes into stand
for spectators, or over or through any
fence surrounding the playing field, or
into the players bench whether the
ball rebounds into the field or not),
the runner or runners shall be entitled
to two bases. The umpire in awarding
such bases shall be governed by the
position of the runner or runners at
the time the throw is made.
The ground rules at Athletic Park,
where said game was played provide
that when a thrown ball strikes the
grand stand the runner orr runners
shall be entitled to all the bases they
can GET ON -snch thrown ball.
In the eighth inning OF said game. J.
Carroll, first man up. was walked to
first base: Joe Ornellas. second man
mp, hit safely to left field for one base
advancing Carroll to second base; P.
Neves, third man up, was walked, fill
ing the bases; T. Sloan, fourth man up,
was out on sacrifice fly to center
field, Carroll scoring after the catch,
Ornellas running for third base and
Neves running to second base. On the
throw from cerlter-feld being relayed
to catch Joe Ornellas running for third
base the BAH was overthrow, striking
the steps Of the grandstand. Joe Ornel-
las reaching the home plate and Neves
reaching third base.
Umpire Stayton then sent Joe Ornel-
las back to third base and p. Neves
back from third base to second base.
disailowing the run scored by Joe Or.
nellas. 20 -
Following this. De Rego, the fifth
man up, walked to first base, again
filing the bases; John 0rnellas, the
sixth man up, struck out; a.. Bushnell.
the seventh man up. hit safely to right
field, Joe ornellas scoring and De Rego
advancing to second base: La Mere,
the eighth man up. fiew out to center
field, making the third out.
claim that Umpire Stayton was in
error in sending Joe Ornellas. back
from the home plate to third base, and
in sending P. Neyes back from third to
second base when the ball was thrown
against the grandstand after Sloan's
sacrifice fy to center.feld; that in so
doing he violated the provisions of
Sec. 8 of Rule 70. and also the ground
rules governing such thrown ball; that
the sending back of said Joe Orhellas
and p. Neves and the disallowing OF
the run scored by Joe Ornellas made
the number of runs scored by each
team equal: that had said run been
allowed p. Neves would have remained
on third base and would have scored
on Bushnelfs hit instead of Joe Ornei-
las (who in fact had to score twice be-
fore the run was allowed; that the
game would have been won by the
Portuguese Athletic Club had said run
y. ~