The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-06-26
5000 ATTEND
B|G benefit


vAsAsOIb IN MIMI inning by
Score Of 8 70 4. .ssae =
seore--C alifornia 6, Picked Team 4.
Attendanee, 48ea. receipts, $ii0s55,
Heuelulu did itself proud yesterday.
Nearly Ave thousand Of its citizens
rtllibd to the cali for aid FOR the LIE,
ahi Home and az result funds have
been raised whic insure the saving
Of At least fourSiives during the next
nine months. Il was the greatest bene.
Mt Leahi Home has yet received, the
most snbstantial public response TO aid
in the fight against the Dread white
Plague that has yet been given, and
withal those who responded witnessed
one. 81 the best baseball games uf the
present series, IL was nine innings,
every. one Of which was filed with .ex.
element and with the exception Of
one az two intervals, good baseball
playing. ~ I,
the best players on Oahu lost and the
hhal score was eight to, four in fnv6r
Of the visitors from Berkeley's classic
1000 youthful hooters. "a 4
The totai attendance was 4Rge. This
included, only the paid admissions at
the gate and the two thousand or
more school children whose admissions
were paid BY those wishing TO help
the eause along were not ineludkd. The
total feceipts were $l4OS.55. There was
not cent Of expense, 80 fur as can
be Learned, SO a check for this amount
in fun was mailed to the directors
Of the Leah Home last night. Players
gave their services cheerfully, not one
employee so far as can. be learned, in.
sisted upon payment for their work and
those who aided can rest assured that
their money. IS going into the channels
they intended. IT costs fifty dollars
per month to care for and treat q blBar.
culosis, or cohsnmptiye patient pt Le-
All. Mine .months is generally required
TO. nurse n sufferer back. to life and
health 90 the home viii be placed in
position of saving three or POSSIBLY
fonH ,unfortnnates who but for .yester-
days Ape baseball game would have
gone to an early grave,
Stss nusinass Houses Close.
Yesterdays life saving holiday was
generally observed by the business,
houses. They closed their. stores at
three clock in the, afternoon, Tbc
tranait company doubled its chr ser
vice and for the next hour; or ino,e
thousands poured into Athletic PSik
where the game was played, The Cali.
feypia plaverz. though two thousand
miles from home found many warn sup,
poryers to greet them and throughput
the game the rooters remained lot 81
to the blue and gold. The Picked Team,
too, had good support from the grahd-
stand and bleachers and several tipes
when it seemed that the home boys
would win the ,enthhsiasm was great.
SO il win be seen that the benefit
game was not like many charitable
events, for everyone received, tail
value for his money. a. !
California winners,
Five runs and two hits in the first
half Of the ninth innings wiped put
SestsrSav md oaye the game ~ fhe
y;.ita,s In I'm the fatal moment
MA P;tchar Moriyama went mn ike
AZ, airshin. the, home team had The
onm. apparently sewed no 70 the tune
OF 4 to 3. 1t was great game up
til the ninth, and after that It was, an
exhibition Of going up In the air thai
waa,a classic. W., NJ,
The benefit game was organized ana
staged by the Oahu League ~ ald OF
the Leah Home. The park was packed
and there were no spare seats any.
where. The school children sehted on
the makai bleachers were = noble slgnt,
and ~ iasty as the :beginning OF me
holidays justified. The urehins uid
sone tall roofing, fascinating in nd,
vance IN three cheers Tor Oahu at the
end Of the eighth, when the game
looked as good as won. by the home
nine. The good.hearted ones who maze
10 possible for the kids to see the great
game had their satisfaction in watching
the way IN which the seh9ciooys en-
Joyed themselyes, TO say n0thlnB OF the
girls, Of whom there were pisnty TO, De
nEen ON the Dloaeher seats. The girls