Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-18
FAN SHOULD BE
considered in
BASEBALL DEAL
n the Man Who Pays Money
at the Gate is Satisfied,
You'll Get Him

Calling q spade o SPADE snould aP
My TO baseball as well as IN any
other line Of endeayor, and the re
Icent meetings Of the baseball frater
nifty has brought out q number o.
points that should be considered. As
matter OF fact the players IN thell
efforts to line up combinations NAYS
forgotten the fan, who supports pase
bah. I,
without the fan the PLAYERS Wotlie
mot have an opportunity TO quartz
lover how much money they Were
going to get out Of It. Il Mr.. Fan
would take the bit in his teeth. THIS
lcontiuued squabbiing over the money
would be settled for good and all
lThs Fan First
when che Oahu.Seryice League was
Thirst organized senator Charles Cniil'
Iingworth, in talk to the managers
Iof the league together with represen'
ltatiyes from the Pacific League, saio
lfhat the fan must first be considered
lie said that he would accept the Pc
sition as president OF the league on
leondition that the fan would be given
leyerything possible. and seconoly
that the new players should be &c
yeIoped. He strongly indorsed the
plsn Of the Pacific League to de-
Iyelop young players These players
have been staging good games, and
| have not been quarreling over now
much they were TO receive.
The Pacific League and Oanu-Ser.
vice League have played together O.
MoilifIi field the entire series. and
Idurine that time not one discussion
Ihas been held regarding finances. Inc
| Pacific League representatives lelt
1.-THE matter up TO the brother league.
| and both organizations worked HAND
IN hand to give the fan real base
| ball.
How Much
Now comes some Of the members
Iof the Honolulu League and IN the
| first discussion about amalgamation
| the souabble begins over the receipts
given to the Pacific League to pay
Tor uniforms and other expenses. Now
getting right down to brass lacks,
doesn't It stand to reason that Il every
manager OF the Oahu Service League
| was satisfied with the arrangement
made, the agreement was fair?
When Senator Charles Chillin8'
worth, Lieut. Cohen, Bert Hushaw,
/ ia Nell, Louis Stephens, Capt W.
| man, Lieut.. Carr w. B. Stewart
Henry ChillingWorth and ]. =. Hie'
gins All expressed themselves -
pleased with the arrangements made,
things must have been satisfactory.
Boost Young Players
II we are going to have baseball
/ ii the future IN Honolulu, the young
players must be developed, and given
every announcement. Take the St.
Louis college team Of the Pacific
League as an example. They play
as pretty q game III the field as the
majority Of teams IN Honolulu They
are all amateurs and they play base
ball all the time. Before the game
there is no longing look ct the stand
to see how much money they were
going to land out Of It, That Is the
ideal situation, and the fan is begin
ming to believe Ii It.
h1I-etare Show u
AS an example Of the spirit In
|stilled In the two leagues, the case
Of Henry Ghlllingw0rth's All-Stars
might be taken as an example. When
the league was first started Chilling
worth had confidence IN the league
and went out and purchased the uni
forms. He gathered q bunch Of play
ers around him who played real base
ball, and with the assistance Of J. e.
Higgins the team began practise, and
not once during the season did the
players sQuabble over how much
money they were getting Chilly has
used rs square and we are with him
TO the finish, Is the expression used
by one Of the players.
That Is the reason the crowds have
turned out to Moilfili Field. II IL
known that Moiliili has been drawing
larger crowds than Athletic park, and
L stands 10 reason that the fan has
been satisfied with the arrangements
made by the two leagues. Good base
ball has been played, and the slogan
has been kept up: The Fan First. ?
When the Portland team was here
this year one Of the local teams de-
layed the starting Of the game Tor q
period because the players were down
under the stand quarreling over how
much they were going to get out OF
Il That was the situation. Instead
Of spending their time quarreiing
over funds the members Of the Oahu
Service league went cut and played
baseball and suggested methods for
treating the fans fair, and now they
have the funds coming In. You can
quarrel al you want over how much
you are going to set. but II there are
no fans in the stand you are not go
ing to set anything to squahble over.
Many Teams Here
There ought to be good strong
league IN Honolulu. A twelve team
league for the professionals Ii too
many The 25th Infantry team Is one
the Bind Infantry, IL they
play, Is another one that must be cou-
sidered. Fort Ruger and the All-Stars
make four teams. Then the Chinese
team Of the Honolulu league Is an
other organization, and that gives five
teams.
The Japanese fans OF the city are
not going to be deceived BY calling an !
lggregation Of players BY the name
Japanese when there are only about |
Two Japanese players on the team. |
There has been suggestion made |
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