Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-10
By JOHNNY EVERS.

Once upon a time there was a Bank
Roll that was not as thici; around the
girth as it lOnged 10 re. /. Carefully
studied the different upbuilding treat
ments as administered by various bus
inesses until one day it happened tC
glance through the sporting columns
of a d lily newspaper and therein il
found a business OppOrtunity-just the
thing guaranteed to increase the
weight by thousands of dollars.
1t was in the early autumn, and
the story told how 10000 persons had
crowded ball park watching two
teams in a worlds series games. 1t
explained at length how thousands
more had clamOred outside the gates,
but had to be denied admission. 1t
was more than a capacity crowd,
said the story The concrete walls
of the stadium seemed to bulge with
humanity"
That locks like the best treatment
have seem unused the Bank Roll.
Eventually, it took a course in tinan,
cial success by buying baseball club.
Bank Rolf Prospers.
1t so happened that tie club which
the Bank Roll purchased was not a
champion combination by five or six
positions. 1t was we'll down in the
second division. But it also happened
that it was ampiOnShip club in
the embryo. 1t boosted a wise man
ager and young and peppery players
OF ability.
The following spring found it great.
~ improved. By midsummer it had
gained the highway Of success and
was rushing almost pell nell toward
the coveted championship. Thousands
paid their respects daily and lett be.
hind them jingling gold. With each
click of the turnstiles the Bank Rolls
girth increased Truly, it had select
ed the right treatment.
The Bank Roll had a friend named
business AcLNen. They We're insep
arabic Wherever the Bank Roll
went Business Acumen went. too
Finally. the Bank Roll sold half of its
stock to its friend. with the result
that the Bank Roll and Business Acu
men had many conferences. They de
cided tn at they could make even more
money out o. tnelr investment than
was crowding its way into their peck
cts by applying strictly business meth
DDS to baseball.
Together they left the business of.
fee of the club and trOd, phantom-like,
out upon the diamond. For long they
operated from that position Together
they managed the players, caught be
hind the bat. did the pitching and
played all Of the other positions. They
made changes here and changes there
because they believed that they might
sell the public less expensive base,
ball and still secure the same big re'
turns and thus materially increase the
golden flow OF profit.
The Moral Of the Fable.
Speedily, after that the club was
no longer championship one. 1t be
gan slipping. Ere long the public
tumbled. The turnsties became less
active and the money that was being
saved in less expensive ball was lost
in much greater measure in decreased
patronage.
Business Acumen and the Bank Roll
blinded by the glare of prosperity and
deafened by the roar OF rushing rap
ids Of money into their ticket booths,
learned a new lesson in baseball They
were taught that they had a place in
baseball, but that that place was bar,
red from the playing field by an in
surmOuntable barrier, the greatest as
set the game has. its guiding hand and
protecting arm. namely, public favor
and popular opinion.
This story is not the Outpouring of
a fiction pen. 1t is bnilt upon a fonn.
datiOn of fact and the superstruCture
is made of the same material II is