Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-07-05

grounded IN the belief that The Honoiulus !
were nvinciJle, while have always warned |
him that pride goeih before = tall ~; but IL |
vas of no use. he would invariably, bring up
their past record as an unlnswerabl, argument !
Of probabilities. However, last Saturday !
morning. when met him at breakfast, wa,
quite confident in the assertion Of my belief
that the Ocelnics would scoop hi, iavoriic /
nine, and was somewhat surprised to ind him |
quite rttccnt on the subject OF base hall. |
tined 70 warm him UP by quoting his own
familiar expressionS Of praise Tor the proves
Of the his II boys but he merely shook his
head, aud 1t last remarked that he had had a
pre,eniimcnt The might before that made him
quite uneasy. And what vas thar cried
(, "tell me all about 1t at once, was TT
" | dreamed last night" quolh Alexis, 80 that
the llonolulus were beaten by the Oceanic, !
aud can account lor It in no Other way than |
by thinking | must have got those married
fellows and the Oceanics mixed up in my
dream with the game as it will be played
to-day, whrn. II course. the iIonouus will
take the bakery YOU know we always reverse
dreams. II was this way had been talking
to several Of the boys about the chances Of the
Ocesnics making IN interesting game, which
We all hoped they would, and had advised
some OF them not to bet two to one, as the
last game had shown it to be unsafe after
that dropped into the Beaver and had some
cold tongue and coffee and then went to bed.
| had not been asleep long, at least, II seemed
SO, before found myself on the diamond field
looking around for you. thought it was
broad daylight and that the new pavilion was
we'll filled with an enthusiastic crowd, who
were waiting for the game to commence.
fel, quite chagrined to find that the Sympathies
Of every body seemed to be with the Oceanies
but ! was at once comforted as OUR boys
Alexis calls the Honolulus " our boys u came
out looking confident in spite OF the many un
favorable remarks about the chances Of their
keeping the championship. 1t was most
annoying dream, and | though, they had
chosen an awful little fellow to umpire such
big game. I asked somebody what was his
name, and was told ii was +. r. Bishop.
| Then i, seemed as il all the players moved in
sort of weird ligh, that peryaded the a,mo-
sphere, and at times gave them grotcsque
forms that reminded one OF some fairy tale.
Gartenberg OF the Oceanics, would now
assume the proportions Of a veritable Humpty
Dumpty, and then display the dangling agility
Of jumping jack as he bounced into the ait
after stray balls. AT times the strong ba,,ers
Of our nine, such as Sharrctt GA, and Whit.
ney, seemed to grow in sire until their bats
looked like ships spars as they faced Walls
| pitching, but alas methought they only struck
at empty air. Well, at last | thought the
mines tossed hapalua for the choice Of bat,
and that our boys, with their usual good luck,
took the field. This seemed all right. and so
l hunted up seat and determined to enjoy
the game, wondering at the same time how
many runs our boys would make the first time
| they went 20 bat. | did not, however, like
Walls movement and accuracy, and thought
the look Of SCOTS eye BODIED indiifcIently the
success of our base runners. The first inning
was nov called, and Scott, of the Oceanics,
swung the willow-you know Scotty has a
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| provoking, and almost laughed when he had
to take FIRST base on called balls Somehow
or other both Scott and Baldwin made tally
each before Our boys got warmed up, and sent
the next three men out But it was just here
that my disappointment, seemed 10 commence,
for Swan, who is one of our best batters
struck out and only made his first passed
ball Shauett, however, made his usual safe
hit, and this seemed to put all 10 rights until
Swan went out on home base, and was fol.
lowed by Whitney on 2nd base but the
climax WAS reached by Dat being put ou, on
Ist base whileVr side went to field without 4
run. Then mclhought the pavilion rung with
shouts and merry jests, and I was almost
angry when somebody said, Put that in
your pipe and smoke it 4! and Jack Lucas
that eleven runs, Guyi' Anyhow | was
pleased 10 see Guy make Lucas back his
opinion, even il Guy did seem to lose--in my
dream
The second inning was precisely like the
first, only that the scorer seemed to make a
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nine instead OF Whitney, Dat being the third
, out. II the Oceanics should happen to win
this afternoon shall certainly buy myself a
dream. book and turn seer. The third i'll.
, nings was called and | watched the boys with
an abiding hope that the Oceanics would
, show weak bone, OF that Markham would
. curve them out in his ancient syle; but alas
a, the close OF the inning found my hope
had gone before, for the Oceanics mad,
another run while our boys went out on two
Ays and base in murmer quite inespi
, cable to me. But wha, seemed to annoy M,
!. mos, was the manner and tone OF several o
the Benedicts, who "a, me; they seemet
50 revengeiul and confident. Napoleon Spence
seemed TO laugh until he shook the pavilion
and Bruce Cartwright, fairly ordered up ic
e cream for the crowd OF them between innings
Well, thought l, things mus, change ,hi
inning; | am afraid our boys arc playing to
!. long with the Oceanios. So | called Dicl
/. Shaue, over and asked him II !, was all right
lie answered me thai il was ; tina, they d
I. not wan, 10 run eleven tallies, As in the Las
. game, before the seventh inning. as j, woul
tend to discourage the Oceanic, and max
the game uniniefesiing. felt quite sur
e Dick Was telling the truth of the matter fo
= during the next three innings our boys white
washed the Oceanics in the fourth, and mad
G, Two runs themselves; in the fifth, We mad
Of one run and the Oceanics Two; ia the sixth
We made two and the Oeeancs only one
,e Now. said to myself, oar boys are read,
10 they didn't want to 81, down on the STRIPPING
e. all at once, and turned and smiled in