The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-03-09
But Who Did II Is a Mystery
Hohinger and Castle
Did Not

Who are the Honolulans that are ne.
gotiating with the Boston Red Sox,
world 3 champions, with view TO
bringing them here for training next
yearf Reports from Boston say that
the management is considering coming
AL. Castle and Ben Hollinger of Ath!
letic Park say they know nothing OF
it, and no others that might enter into
such negotiations are known. Here is
the Boston despatch:
BOSTON, February 26-Harry H.
Frazee, president of the Boston Amer
lean League baseball club, announced
tonight that he was considering an of.
fer made by business men of Honolulu
to have the team train there in the
spring of 1918. T.. ~. f.#h#t%
."Mr. FraZee said the Hawaiians had
agreed TO pay all expenses while the
club was at its training quarters and
also transportation expenses to and
from San Francisco. " ~.
Mr.. Castle said that Clark Griffith
of the Washington Americans wished to
come for training this year, but Ban
Johnson vetoed it. Griffith was to be
given guarantee such as the Portland
team got. Fifteen men were to be
! brought. 1t would be great TO have u
major league team here, and the Port.
land trip may cause one of the big
fellows to come. r..
Don't Want Killifer .9'." ...
Billy SOuthworth of the Beavers,
who was given permission by the
McCredies to make deal for him
self, tried to swap himself TO Columbus
of the American Association for Out.
fielder Wade Killifer, but Judge Me.
Credi" will not o. X. the deal. 1--WE
won swap a young ball player for
one almost done" said the Judge yes.
terday. Killifer hit .247 and feIded
.966 in seventy-twO games with the
Giants and Cincinnati Reds last year,
and hitting .257 and felded $50 with
Louisville at the end of the season
SouthwOrth hit 300 and folded .952
wI,n the beavers Killifer was sold
by Louisville to Columbus.
Borton Wants Money
Portland newspapers carry a story of
Babe Borton : demand for $500 for
signing, in addition to his salary. The
telegram was said to have been for
warded to Judge McCredie, but the
Judge said yesterday that he handn't
received it. eve will pay Borton as
much as any minor league club will
pay him." the Judge said, "but he
wanted his Federal league salary of
$4,000" Portland bought BOrton from
the st. Louis Americans. JUDGE Nc
Credie said that paying $500 to Borton'
for signing would be equivalent to
nddi"" TO his salary, and that the club
couldn't afford it. If BortOn doesn't
sign up Stumpf will continue on first.
Alexander the Great +"
Grover Cleveland Alexander of the
Philadelphia Nationals has signed his
contract at last, and he will 90 South
with the team to train. What salary
he will receive was not made public,
but it was given out authoritatiVely
that he would receive the largest salary
paid pitcher. He stood out for $l5,,
900 year, after he had been offered
100000. There are few men In base.
ball that are worth virtually any sum
to a club. Alexander is one of them.
Walter Johnson, Iris Speaker and Ty
Cobb are others. But if Alexander did
receive $4,000, which he may not
have received, the very great stars
have not been setback much through
the death of the Federal League and
the consequent removal of competition
for players. Iris Speakers salary
from the Red Sox, given when he was
dickering with the Feds, was reported
TO be $l6 900 year. ~
Frank Force, former sporting editor
; Of the Minneapolis Tribune and now
sole manager Of Fred Fulton, the Min.
: nesota heavyweight, says Fred is will.
; ing to fight Frank Moran or any other
; heavyweight winner-take -. That
= is fair enough: The fve.dollar house
: wOuldn Y help charity much. T..
, A birthday dinner given for Hans
Wagner on his forty,third birthday
February "a was attended, we read
"by more than 400 baseball players and
his friends" The distinction between
baseball players and " friends " sug