The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-04-07
PLA YERS LAY OFF AND
DIAMONDS ARE QUIET
FOUR WEEKS REST WILL DO PLAYERS AND FANS WORLD
OF GOOD - ALL CHINESE SATISFIED NOW
GOSSIP OF THE BATTLEFIELD, 49,

For the first time In many months,
barring when iterained, Athletic Park
was closed to the sphere ehasers yester-
day, and the real dyed.in-the.w fan,
who wants baseball every day in the
week and twice on Sunday, was at
loss what to do with himself. The ma.
jority Of the bugs, though, were glad
to get respite and spent the after.
noon sightseeing or by taking a dip
in the surf at the beach.
That Honolulu will be without the
big fellows for few more weeks is
the plan of the management of Ath-
letic Park, and when baseball is again
played there il will be an altogether
different field from the one the fans
have been compelled to use for several
seasons past. Work win soon be under
way, according to Tommy Treadway,
toward improving the field, bleachers
and grandstand, and he is hopeful Of
having everything in frst-elass shape
for the opening of the regular Oahu
League season, which will take place
about July 4. n
Baseball, though, will not be pau fer
this length Of time, for plans are under
way, as the fans know, for the bring
ing of the Keio University team here
in May, and also for the bringing Of
either the Stanford or Berkeley team
here in june. Each of the college
teams will play at least nine games,
which will more than make up for the
time lost by the closing up Of Athletic
Park. ',
ALI Chinese Satisfied. IA
According TO the Chinese Athletic,
Union, everything is serene with the
plans Of the ball team, and the All
Chinese will be represented in the Oahu
League next season under their own
manager and captain. w. Tin Chong
is sponsor for the statement that the
All-Chinese have paid the usual fee
Of 800 to the Oahu League for adj.
mission TO the league, and they will
also take up the note held by Tommy
Treadway against Manager Motley Of
the Stars. This will, according TO
Chong, give the All-Chinese sole con.
troll of the franchise. 1t is the plan
Of the AlEChinese team TO have none
but real Chinese on the team, and as
there are several clever Chinese play,
ers scattered about Honolulu the club
should have little trouble placing
frst-elass organization in the field. The
team as il stacks up is n representa-
tive aggregation, and with bit more
practise and the putting into use Of
the tricks learnt by Lai Tin, Luck Yee,
Lang Akana, Kualii and others on the
mainland, the Chinese population sbou a
at last have team representing them
which can really and truly be called an.
All-Chinese team. u.s.
With the admission of a real All
Chinese team into the Oahu League
the organization is more representa- We
than II has ever been before. As the
roster now stands, the Punahous, Ha-
waits, Coast Defense, st. Louis Alumni,
Portuguese, AllCh;nese and Asabis
| comprise the league, and every team
stands for something.
Rule Is a Good One.
The recently promulgated rule from
, Army headquarters, that no man will
be allowed to play with other than his
regimental team, is good one and
payes the way for many an ambit Gus
youngster to get before the public and
show the fans that there is plenty of
live timber rounding around without
going out of the way for players. 1t
will mean that the Portuguese Athlete
Club will have to seek players from
the ranks of the young Portuguese, and
that the Army will no longer be able
-! to fill up positions in the team which
rightfully belong TO the Portuguese
players. All this Manager Paresa Las
promised to do, and If he abides by
his decision he will find himself In
less hot water than on previous ocea-
sions, and he VIII further find the Por-
tuguese population supporting his team
While the manager o. the Portuguese
team was the worst offender last sea
son, several of the other teams sought
outside timber, but they, too, will have
to find their talent at home in the
future. ..-aal
How managers will abuse conditions
under the old order of things is GER
tainly exemplifed in the team now ira