The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-07-12
GOOD TRIPLE PLAY
st. LOuis Boys Beaten BY One
Rim.
TWO QUESTIONABLE DECISIONS
One Protest to Get Inter-
probation of Rules.
Most Exciting Game Throughout.
Thompson Made Great
Catch.

The better the ball playing, the more
numerous the kicks, until now the
public, is not sure when a game begins
whether or not it will be ended that
day or on some other. On Saturday
rumOr was started that Captain
Thompson would object to play unless
he had his choice of an umpire. On
account of this rumor Chan Wilder re-
fused to allow the gates opened until
the difficulty was settled. Some over
put a sign on the box window that
Owing to a little unpleasantnesS the
gates would not open until after 8
o'clock" For 10 minutes the people
stood in the sun and wondered what
was going to happen next.
H. M. Whitney, Jr., selected Saturday
as a day on which to go shooting, and
George Lucas preferred a seat in the
grand stand to umpiring bases. He
heard during the day that there was an
objection to his decision, and rather
than have anyone enter a protest, he
quit. Shortly after o'clock, it was
settled that an umpire should be Sc
lected from among the people in the
audience. A. H. Moore of the Regiment
team proved to be the man, and the
game began. The audience was dis
tinctly ST. Louis one, and was en-
thusiastic from start to finish. Mr..
MOore's decisions were questioned
three times; once on strikes, once on
a balk, claimed by Captain Wilder, and
by which McNicholl was given a base
Again his decision was questioned by
Pitcher Babbitt in a rather peculiar
case. There was a man on each base
and Gleason batted an infield fly, which
was muffed. Thompson came home on
the ball The rule says that in a case
where one man is out and the bases are
filed or there is man on first and one
on second, the batter is out when a fly
is knocked in the infield, even if the
ball is not caught. Umpire Moore re-
versed this and called the man safe
In the baked ball decision, the rules
do not provide for giving a batter a
is no one on bases. On this decision
Captain Thompson filed protest, more
to secure a correct Interpretation OF
the rules than anything else, as no runs
were made during the inning. Captain
Wilder admitted his error later, and
stated that he had the 1896 rules con-
founded with those of 1897.
The best catch of the day was by
Thompson running out into center
field to get it. Holt, at left fitld, made
a good second. The greatest play of the
season, or for several seasons in fact,
was made in the fifth inning, when
Lishman hit the ball to short and a
triple play was made.
In the first inning the ST. Louis team
went to bat, and Thompson went to
first on balls. Gleason sent a liner to
left for single, and tried to make sec
ono on Hollis hit to short. Willis sent
the ball to left, bringing Thompson
home Aiohiwi flew out to center, and
Holt and Willis went out on a double
play.
The Stars failed to score in their
half, not man getting a base.
The second inning for the St Louis
team ended badly. Clarke put the ball
down into Lishman's lot, and was put
out at first Lemon was struck by the
ball and took a base, but went out
stealing second. Crowell, a new man in
the team, struck out.
The Stars half of the second was a
Waterloo for the college boys. Lemon
for some reason, forgot himself and
was hit in all kinds of ways. Mahuka
got around the diamond twice Hart
went out on an easy hit to first, and
then everybody scored. Dayton let Ko-
ki home on a passed ball
In the third inning, the ST. Louis
team wanted to retrieve itself, if pos