The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-04-25
TAME BASE BALL
RGOrganiZGd Union Team Not Up
to Standard.
REGIMENTS HAVE EASY TIME
No Trouble to Best the New Nine.
A Couple of Incidents.
Small Attendance.

Saturdays game of baseball between
the Union and Regiment teams was
certainly most disappointing. People
who went out expected to see a good
game on account of the fact that the
Union team had been reorganizd and
better players assigned to the various
positions. Indeed the work in the first
two innings seemed to Qend color to
that belief. However, the remainder
of the game was enough to change
their minds. The whole fault seemed
to he in the fact that the Union players
had not sufficient time for prac-
tice. Then again, two of the very best
players ON the team were compelled
to be away on account of having to at
tend drill of the Mounted Patrol, of
which they are members. AS soon as
the Union team began to do down
hill, the members seemed to go all to
pieces. The ball was ibatted all over
the field by the Regiments and the
players seemed unable to stop thing.
Even little pOp-up flies were muffed.
However, with all this bad playing on
the part Of the Union they were not
the subject of more unfavorable COM
ment by the audience than the Regi-
ment team. In the last two innings the
players simply struck wildly at the
balls that were pitched to them and
in case they hit them, refused to run
but simply allowed themselves TO be
thrown out. The audience was much
displeased at this performance and
many left before the game was finish
ed, on this very account
The team were as follows:
Regiment-Jones, C. f.; Wilder, b.;
Lishman, S. s.; German, 3 b.; Davis,
c.; KiIey, l. f.; Hansman, r. f.; Bower,
p; Moore, 2 b.
UniOn-Karratti, 1 b.; Jackson, C. f..
Comes 2 b.; Kiwa, p; Cummings, S. s.;
Akina r. f.; Luahiwa, l. f.; Sebastian,
c.; Duncan, 3 b.
A complete summary of the game
will not be given at it was by no
means an interesting contest. There
was some excitement in the first in |
ming when Moore of the Regiment |
team knocked a home run and arrived |
at the plate after a splendid run, only |
to find that the umpire had called time |
previous to his hit and that therefore, |
all the work went for nothing. Moore |
did not say much but he admits he
did think a great deal.
Although ,Kiwa the small pitcher for
the Union boys, was batted about
pretty freely, ne did succeed in strik-
ing out some of the best batters in the
Regiment team. Akina was substi-
tuted in his place but lasted only for
a short time. Kiwa again took the
box. 1t wars at this time that the Re
giment began to pile up the runs. 1t
was evident that .Kiwa's arm was
weakening.
In the fifth inning an accident fefell
Hansman' of the Regiment team. He
was running past first and was just
turning to take second when he drop
ped to ground. 1t seems that he turn
ed his knee. When the Regiment
players ran to attend to him, Moore
picked him up and carried him to first
base so that there could be no ques-
ton as to his safety. After that, cold
water was applied. Hansman was
by Hennessey.
In the sixth inning, Wilder went in
as catcher for the Regiments and his !
place on first was taken by Davis.
In the last two innings the Regi-
ment players let balls pass them and |
played without any object whatever. |
123 $3.50
Regiment .....1 0 3 4 f 0 6 0 O--18 /
Union ........O d L l D Z u . /
The number of spectators was