Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-11-17

/ Athletic Park will be sold at noon
/ m Saturday. Jan. 5. This information
4 will be received with sorrow by many
I baseball fans who have had the inter-
( est of the game at heart. 1t mas Oeen
The stamping ground for a number Oh
he players who have made gooo IN tue
Dast, and had the money-mad players
not made every effort to queer the
yame here the park might have stlil
paid dividends.
A L. Castle struck the nail on the
1ead in an interview few weeks ago
when he said that professional base.
BALL was killing the game. With the
passing of the park will come the
passing CT many of the players VINO
have been responsible for this con-
5ition -
They Come and Go .-.
Many players and a few fans have
been led to believe that the same
players who performed five years ago
will be the stars ten years hence.
This is mistaken idea. Youth must
be served, and with the exception OF
En- Sue there isn't local star who
years and played it well.
Athletic Park has had its advanta-
ges, and then again it has had disad'
yantages. The fan in Honolulu
doesn't continue on the lines OF friend.
shin for any one park. This was evil
denced this year when Moilith Held
drew large crowds when they had
good attractions, and Athletic Park
failed in the majority of cases. When
a good card was presented at Athletic
Park crowds thronged to the game.
Pacific League Success ...
New players must be developed, and
they have been developed this year.
Last year the Pacific League was
formed, and the league had hard sail.
ing. The conservative authorities be-
ueyed that there was no necessity in
developing the younger players. The
money element entered the situation,
and few parties who did not have
the interest of the game at heart did
everything to block it. ..1-: 81.
This year the Pacific League went
through the season. Many OF the real
fans in Honolulu helped in supporting
the league. The boys played better
ball and played for the love of the
game. And the league broke even for
the season.
1t would take a long list to name
the players who played real baseball
this season. The fans had chance to
compare the amateurs and the profess
SIGNALS in the Commercial League
games this year. They played to-
gether, and when the season in the
Commercial League ended there were
more amateurs leading in batting and
fielding than professionals. And it
must be remembered that they we're
playing against the same class of
players. 5
Many Stars .--.
Such stars as You Bun, Kurisaki,
Mitchell, Haneberg, O'Sullivan and
others more than made good. Next
year the amateurs will show a real
brand of baseball, and without doubt
the leading players of the year will be
members of the Pacific League.
Not all of the players developed into
stars, but there we're enough of them
to warrant continuing hammering at
the situation. and-th real dyed in the
wool fan will realize that in a few
years there will be built up league
of purely local players who will be a
credit to the city.
The little Asahis developed strong
team this season. They practised
every evening, and although they were
handicapped on account Of their size,
made good with a vengeance The
majority of Commercial League stars
during the season were picked from
the Pacific Leaeue. This shows CON