The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-09-09
The GAME
LOOKED BAD
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1t a Gift for
SmuggIers.
THE FINEST WERE
SEVERELY CLUBBED
Sam Leslie's Gameness and Chas.
Graham's Unsound Umpiring
We're the Features.

Bgregiously bad playing by Nigel
Jackson, Robt Parker, Jr., and Barney
Lare at Punahou last Saturday after
noon, made the Police ball players to
appear far worse opponents of the ma
tional game than they really are. The
exhibition of the above named trio was
so superiatively rotten as to be unex-
/ plainable Elephants playing lawn ten
ed and artistic act than did the three
young men who 50 suddenly retrograd-
ed in public estimation from fair ball
players to unambitious novices.
If there could be anything worse than
the playing of Messrs. Parker Lare and
! Jackson, the umpiring of Chalmers Ora
ham is certainly entitled to that unique
/ distinction. 1t was extraordinarily, par
ticularly and phenomenally unsound
and continuance of such work will do
more to depopularize baseball in Homo
lulu than would an admission fee of
twenty-five cents.
The Police were further handicapped
by an injury to Catcher Leslie's thumb
in the first inning which caused his re-
tirement. The joint was badly smash
| ed. the ligaments and arteries being
| severed. Lare took his place but in the
third inning Leslie resumed his duties
behind the bat, an exhibition of genuine
! gameness which was remarkable and
which evoked the applause of the large
crowd present.
| But for these untoward happenings
the score would have been much closer
and not few are of the opinion that
! the Police would have won.
! The Custom House put up a great
game and in German and Clark possess
an undeniably strong battery, Tucker
and Gay rendered their side valuable
assistance
! Chillingworth, Duncan and JOY for
the Police did their best to stem the
tide of defeat but the latter must have
able bodied support to be seen to adj
vantage.
J DeiSeI OAHU pldyeu DtSl vi all
! By winning last Saturdays game the
Custom House nine climbs to the top
of the Winter League tree.
| The game
| First Inning-Bowers could not con-
meet with Gays delivery, and famed;
German died; Duncan to Chilling
worth; Novel; struck out. No runs.
| Leslie walked to first on balls; joy
! hit long fly to center, and on Bowles
| 1nuff, went to second, Leslie reaching
third; A. Mossman struck out; Parker
hit to Tucker, who threw to catch Les
/ lie at home, but was too slow; Kanae
struck out, and Duncan died; Clark to
! Scanlon. One run.
! Second Inning-Tucker struck out:
Leslie split the thumb of his right
| hand badly and had to retire, Lare
DOMINIC the mask for the Police; Gay
| singled and stole second, Lare being
unable to handle joys delivery; Scan
lon hit to Joy and died at first; Chill
| lingworth threw to third to catch
Gay. and on Parkers error the runner
came home; Clark fouled out to Lare.
| One run.
| Jackson and H. Mossman died at
first. and Chillingworth struck out
Third Inning-Wilder went out; Dun
can to Chillingworth; Stratemeyer out;
L oil hSl " lIlt SAINT, bONeIS SOt llISt
on Parker's bad throw of his grounder
and stole second and third; German
| got first on Lares muff of the third
strike, and NOVEL; sent Bowers home
and German TO third on his hard
grounder, which Duncan could only
partially stop: NOVEL; trotted to sec
ond easily, relying on Lare's Inability
to throw, and then proceeded TO run
to third, which he stole, regardless Of
| the fact that German was on the bag.
| To the amazement of the spectators,
| instead of calling NOVEL; out Umpire
Graham allowed him to return TO sec
ond, which he did amid a storm OF
| Kisses. Tucker singled, sending In
German and Novel;, so that Graham's
! unfair decision cost the Police two
runs. Gay hit to H Mossman, forcing
| Tucker out at second. Three runs.
Leslie, who had had his thumb dress
| ed, returned. to the game, and amid
applause went to the bat; he was hit
by Clark and took first; Joy lined out
a long hit to right, and on Stratemey-
er's error reached second, sending Les
lie home; Joy went out trying TO steal
third: A. Mossman went out; Wilder
| to Scanlon, and Parker famed. One
run.
Fourth Inning-Scanlon got first on
Duncan's error, but was declared out
for failure to touch first. Clark went
| to first on balls; he stole second and
| third on Leslie's. poor throw to catch
him, and Jackson's error in falling to
stop the throw; Wilder sent the run
ner home with a single; Wilder stole
second, Stratemeyer died at first; Bow
ers made base hit, scoring Wilder,
but was put out trying to steal sec
ond. Two runs.
Kanae and Jackson went out at first;
Duncan flew out to NOVEL;. No runs.
Fifth Inning-Gorman made a base
hit: NOVEL; lined one over second Cor