The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-01-08
BITS OF SPORTS PICKED
Up WHERE FANS GATHER
loRRIN ANDREWS MENTIONED AS NEW PRESIDENT or OAHU
lEAGUE--MDWlNTER LEAGUERs DESERVE
5 s@E SUPP0RT--TENNlS NOTES aE

The first meeting Of the year Of the
Oahu League win take place January
IA, instead Of this evening as orig.
inally intended, and all signs point to
the gathering Of the magnates being a
real warm session while IL lasts. II
is now a well.known fact that the
Players Fraternity will cnt In with a
few remarks, and fortunately they will
be backed by their managers in most
instances Paying fifty per cent Of
the gate receipts and then another
additional City dollars on Sundays for
the use of the ball yard down Aala
Park way Is CALLING to the players,
and new proposition will be sub,
mitted TO the managers Of the grounds.
There will be other matters pertain
ing to the rehabilitation of the na,
tional game in Honolulu discussed by
the players and magnates, and most
important of all will be the offering
of suggestions that Il new president be
elected in place Of +. q. Peters. Play
ers.and managers are making no bones
of being anxious to get rid of Peters,
and already the names of several good
ult0 ndNt fbttils uiCnllOntu uS anu
qualified to pilot the league over the
rocky road that has unfortunately been
made for the league by certain clique.
Among the names Of these men are
A. l.. Castle, Lorrin Andrews, Edwin
W. Quinn, Ben Hollinger, r. A. Steere,
Laurence Redington and Charles Chill.
lingworth.
Gaining strength each day among the
players and directors is Lorrin An
drews, and while every man mentioned
above is the right man for the place,
Lorrin Andrews seems to have the in.
side track, and IL the directors Of the
Oahu League select him as their presi-
dent, a man well qualified, capable and
popular, and with the best interests Of
the game at heart would be at the head
of the organization. 81 n y .a
Is for Clean Sport ~ Ua... Y y.
Lorrin Andrews has long been iden-
tilted with sports in Hawaii, and his
untiring efforts in behalf OF amateur
and professional events has done much
to keep athletics, swimming and other
sports above suspicion. Best of all,
Andrews Is a fan, real dyed-in-the,
wool fan, and will never miss game
unless il beepmes impossible for him
TO be present. Furthermore, he has q
keen knowledge of the national game,
having at one time been connected with
the Washington Club and also as an
official scorer in the major leagues. An,
drews has wide acquaintance among
the big men of baseball on the main
land, and with the SUPPORT he can com
mand can bring the pastirne back to
the high standard Of popularity it once
enjoyed. #l
Eiecting a president Of n baseball
league is a serious matter. The direct
ors and players of the Oahu League
want to weigh we'll this question be-
fore casting their votes. A good man,
popular with the players and the pub
lie, willing and ready to devote his
time to the success of the game, and
with keen knowledge of whit Is right
and wrong, can do much TO bring base.
ball again to the front in Hawaii.
Right now baseball is in a bad way
in Honolulu, due, as the fans know, to
the manipulations of a certain clique,
and it is up to the league directofs to
put the erusher on these people and
begin all over again. The Oahu Beagne
is in no way to blame for the unfor'
tunate condition of affairs, aud the
press aud fans feel that the players
and directors are ready and willing to
do what is right, and by doing what
is right the game will prosper in Homo
lulu as it did when Lorrin, Andrews
and men of his cahber controlled the
pastime. -. ".-. "
Deserving Of Support 1sEs..
Next Sunday afternoon, at beautiful
Moiliili Field, the Mid-Winter Leaguers
will make a bid for popular favor, and
while some fans may not care for the
national game at the present time, the