The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-27
BASEBALL.

pace dJ lue hecl eatlOu GROUNDS on
Saturday afternoon last, the Oath
inst. The contest ants IN this initial
game for the championship was be-
tween the Stars and the First Regi-
ment. The Stars W 9re the champions
OF last season and they had many
old time friends who still had faith
in their prowess, yet certain
glamour cast over the unknown
quantities Of stranger players in the
Military team caused timid or "sure
thing" people, to be non. committal
in their statements of the result.
The day was an excellent one, the
sky being overcast aud the ball
tossers were favored with large
audience, The band was in its
usual painful evidence but If the
band had not been there, there
would have been, on account OF the
slowness of the game, a long-felt
want.
Game was called promptly at $3.50
the Stars going in to bat. In this
first innings, which space forbids
detailing, the game was won and
lost, the third man Of the Stars
going out only after the team had
all made the circuit Of the bases and
had gotten one third OF their num-
Der round on the second lap. Scorer
Perry made IL strokes on the gong
before going out and Star stock was
vacillatiug The military contingent
got only one of the dozen on
their innings and then went
again to field The time occupied
in completing this first innings was
% minutes and total OF 13 runs
we're made.
The first half OF the second was
interesting to spectators and players
alike for then and only then did
"Old" Hennessy, the expected striker
out, show to advantage taking Star
men in one, two, three order and re
firing that team to the field with
goose egg score. What fall The
beauties in the grand stand changed
their faces; Star stalwarts che-faad
the chances OF drawing the wrong
word, but the band played and the
game went on When Hart with his
assistants goose-ogged the Regi-
ments in return t 40 fear Of failure
from the Star bac kers was removed
and confidence was restored. The
innings took IA minutes of play, with
no runs.
From thence on there was hopes
of the Regiments coming to the
front but, as the society reporter OF
the 'Tiser would FAY, "nit." There
was nothing of great interest aud
no extraordinary plays during the
remaining seven innings with the
exception OF the slowness; the band
being a very agreeable agent to
dispel the existing dulness. Umpires
Harry Whitney and George Lucas
had to file few decisions adverse
to First Regiment claims and their
judgements were approved by the
audience. The players distinguish
ing themselves was Hennessy of the
Regiments as being "good thing"
for the Stars; Hart for wildness of
delivery which caused the strikers
Of the opposing team to monkey
with him by placing their heels in
stead of their toes to the plate, the
'four balls" being regarded by them
as dead sure happening; Cunha
for obtaining an upper cut finger
nail and Babbitt for banging him
self instead of the ball. Moore, the
captain Of the Regiments played
ball, but Wilder of the Stars was
careless. Duncan, center of the
Regiments, was good catch on
flies as also Ross of the Stars who
made pretty running catch. The
familiar face of Sam Mahuka was
seen after Babbitt retired but he
played easy.
The game occupied 2 hours and
20 minutes. the time (minutesl and