The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-06-30
THEY KNEW BETTER
LOSING RIOTERS GROWLED AT
THE UMPIRE.
Kams Lower the Winning Pennant of
The II a. Cs i'm an Exciting
Game.

The Kamehamehas playing an excel
lent all round game brought down the
proud percentage of the hitherto in
vincible Honolulu Athletic Club on
Saturday afternoon. JOY, for the latter
nine was in bad shape for pitching and
lost control of the ball towards the end
of the game. Lemon for the Rams, re-
placing Reuter- in the sixth INNINGS,
proved a puzzle for the Redmen and
with the excellent fielding of his team
was mainly responsible for the victory.
An error at second by Thompson in the
fourth came at an OppOrtune moment
for the Kams and helped to lose the
game for his own side.
The Kamehameha rooters were out
in force and there was an exhibition of
enthusiasm throughout the game. The
Rams flooded the field at the end and
nearly tore Lemon to pieces in their
appreciation Of his work carrying the
nine off the diamond in triumph. An
exhibition of bad losing was shown by
another portion of the crowd who con-
tended that they We're in better posi-
ton from the backsteD and the scorers
table to tell a foul ball down at third
base, with the catcher and 100 feet in
tervening, than an unbiased umpire
who was on the spot and had a further
advantage of not having any money
hanging on his decision
No runs were made in the first inn
ings for either side Reuter- was in the
box for the KamS and pitched good
ball. In the second JOY, after a two
Dagger, came safely home, getting to
third on a passed bali and coming to
the plate on catcher's tumble. Ke-
kueWa threw pretty bah to second
sending Louis back to the bench in
consequence. Reuter- made a clever
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fourth, Thompson at second for the II.
A .C.'s made a fatal error and the bell
changed four times for the Kams Louis
and Hansmann came home for the II
a. G. leaving the score 4-3 in favor of
the Rams.
In the second of the fifth Williams
and Louis negotiated the four facets
Of the diamond successfully and the H.
A. c. nine had the advantage again by
one run. In the second of the sixth
swift grounder flew out to Lemon and
caromed from him to Umpire Newton's
right ankle.
In the first of the seventh Lemon hit
to third and a wild throw to first
brought the clever little pitcher all the
way round tieing the score. Louis
came home i'm the second half however
and left the HOnolulus still in the lead.
In the eighth occurred the exhibition
on the II. a. C's. j. KelIuewa swatted
the ball along the third base line and
Lieutenant Newton, was as usuai on
the jump for a decision. He called it
safe and Jones came home The little
crowd around the scorers bench, many
yards away from the spot where the
ball fell, and with the catcher directly
in their line of sight objected vigorous
ly to the decision and stated emphati-
l,,
side the line that the bali dropped.
JOY, whose none too sweet a temper
had already been ruffed by his arm
having gone back on him, threw down
the ball. Newton whose reputtiOn in
baseball matters was achieved long
ago in the middle states gave him one
minute in which to resume play ana
Joy thought better of it. Those most
conspicuous in denOuncing the decision
We're, regrctably officers and members
of the league whose first thought and
duty as sportsmen should have been to
uphold the umpire's decision Regrett-
ably also they hardly without eXcep-
ton, had all wageTed money on the
game and could not be said to be un-
biased in their judgment The umpire
under any circumstances was perfOrCe
in a better position to judge than any
body in the neighbOrhOOd of the scOr-
er's table from whence came the up
roar of the losers.
Lieutenant Newton, with his intro
duction of first class base ball methods
has done much to better the conditions
Of the game here and has helped to
eliminate the crooked conditions which
too often prevailed in former years
and were accountable for the tenn
porary decadence of the sport. The
very men who were lOudest in roaring
against his decision on Saturday have
hitherto been his warmest champions.
1t was a case of pocket judgment. Lee
mon shut out the II. A. C.s in the last
innings and the Kamehamehas won by
a final score of 10.
The Male Ilima-Artillery game was
none too interesting, the former win
ming easily by a score of 1871