The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-05-31
GILT EDGED
BASEBALL
WITNESSED

strung about che side lines os the
baseball field OF :he Oahu campus yes
rsrtiay afternoon more than half
thousand pcopie. men. women and chill
,fr~n. fans and otherwise. .ajoyed tao
exhibitions Of baseball which At times
Turing their progress bordered on the
fpectaeuiar and at every moment had
qualities which make for rapid circu-
tatlSn- There we're stars and there
were barr. but Ls Petit Cunha led all
the rest
The FIRST game vas one between the
Honolulu Athletics and the Custom
House. and the second between the
Punahous and the Male IIimas. the
pairs splitting an in the order named
In the arst the victory belongs TO the
pitcher. Joy being In fettie. having his
curves with him. and the speed with
which he cannoned them over indi-
Gated that he has not been growing
muscle bound over ping pong. Seven
teen OF the Smuggiers failed to con-
meet with the ball at all while he al
lowed them only a few scattering hits.
And ~ the delivery was gilt edged the
receiving end OF the battery was there
with the goods all the time The lit
tie man danced d Jig behind the plate.
ran like a deer. batted with the eye OF
an eagle and nailed several seemingly
impossible fouls In n manner which
cave the crowd heart disease. and then
brought them out of their trance TO ap-
plaud-
Funston Newton was the umpire
LII al
decisions. Just as he saw the plays and
"a rapidly IA he could call of the facts
He kept the lines clear and called down
ambiguous players more than once
uis eye vas dimmed by the sun some
what. however. for twice he called out
nj first members of the Punahou team
when Davis did not have the ball In
his hands at all These were taken as
little things. however. and perhaps
would not have made any difference
any way
The second game was n fun OF Drh-
lance az club Ministries PERFORM
ance- There was batting. running and
fetdinx OF the kind that makes stars
ON other fields. and the best team Won.
though at times there seemed 20 be
..Ioud over their sun The teams played
Cor All they had along and errors were
y~u brilliant catching. sprintinS ana
.furxfnr. each In turn. took the eye
ara arftafed the hands of the crowd.
ana 40 impartial were the onlookerS
that they gave each side the adtan-
taxe of their roofing. and enjoyed ."
thr fun every good thing pulled OF
Tn zebras opened the jack pot with
. arau of two. both unearned. IN the
first. OWNS to- stecre's anxiety TO catch
a man nj the plate. when he had
runner M second. and II would have
b~cn the tHfrd out Williamson was
hlt for four singles. almost In n row.
nut the failure OF the Zebras TO make
NJ good and hard while the other was
warming mp. meant the loss OF the
came. for never again was there any
danger OF the twirier being caught nap
ping. Two more safe ones only did the
-, ana yeItows annex during the re-
rnafnder OF the game. and their only
other score was on a hit and steal
ana an out at first KiIey opened the
oy.ter with n smash. but he was not
f1sr enough down the lines and Hem
eaxay arrested him when trylnS 10
nurioln the second sack. After fy
out there were three singles. but l-0ucks
and steere alike erred and permitted
she last siuEEcr TO send his cOrnradr
home.
In their half the PunahOus essaycd
,hs .arne trick but only half turned IT,
Three men appeared and faced ClaFk
and each sent little ones just out OF
reach. Ioucks Tailed on the last Of n"
trio and there would have been another
but for a quick return from first ON an
ont. which meant the last gasp Tor
stecre. For four innings there was n"
change IN the sheet. Then The score
WA lied after some clever batting.
sou pie Led OF and after Cookies strlN-
~ nj MarraiIfn0 batted Myers home
vth n single. The crowd went wild
over this phase Of the game. as IN"
p.av was OF the highest quality and the
ne xas making ~ still auyOuc's game