The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-08-18
maui BOYS PLAY BALL
MAUI CORRESPONDENT THINKS
THEY'RE ALRIGHT.
Six Runs Presented to Honolulu Team.
Outside of Two Glaring Errors, Game
Was Even Enough.

PAIA Maui, August l6.-August eth
Maui's gala day has H1me auu gone.
The Honolulu race horse also came and
the Maui horses have gone under. Like
wise also the crack bas eblll team from
Honolulu came and the Maui team
went. However of the two meets the
baseball was by far the most inter
esting, and in spite of the score was
a game that the Maui boys need not be
ashamed of. IL to it was but 1t
should have been no more than to 4,
for six runs were presented to the
Honolulu team, by two of the most glar-
ing errors that at any other time would
not have occurred. In the second inn
ing two men were out and no runs,
when the next batter up hit a short in
field fly ball, that went direct to the
shOrt-stop, but just as he was about
to gather it in, the second baseman
ran straight in to him, in an effort to
corner the ball, and of course neith2" of
them got it. After this with two out,
the Maui boys seemed to go to pieces
for a time, and the HOnolulu's got in
four runs. Then again about the sixth
inning, with Honolulu at the bat, two
men were out and two on bases. The
runner on third base played away off
down the line, to try to draw the ball
to third. Maufs first baseman, who
had just put the second man out, bit
haste down to third, the ball struck
low, and the third baseman missed 1t,
and two runs was the result. The
next throw of. the ball the batter flew
out. But for that wild throw to third
two runs would have been saved to the
Maui Boys. In justice to the Maui
team this statement of the game
should be made, for outside of these two
bad plays, the game was even enough,
AS far as fielding work went, with the
one exception of the Maui's third base
man, who had not played for some
time, the Maui boys put up as good a
game as the HOnolulu'S, and with a
little more experience in the fine tao
tics of the game will give the Honolulu
team all that they want. Jackson was
out of form and was an easy target,
but Searle pitched a very good game
after he had changed places with jack
son. Searle was a little wild, but has
speed and curves, and Will be heard
from yet. The Maui boys were able
to hit JOY quite freely, some of the
hits being good long ones, and a two
Dagger made by George Cummins in the
ninth inning, and a two Dagger by
Garcia in the same inning. The Homo
lulu contingent say of course that JOY
was not doing his best, but was put
ting in straight balls most of the time.
This is the old story, but of course it
may be all right; however the boys nit
him very freely and made the game
a most interesting one, and but for the
two fukes made the game would have
been most exciting one. AS it was 1t
was good ball. George Cummins was
the particular star of the Maui team,
and can put up as good ball as can be
asked for.
The races during the early part of the
day were not much as far as racing
goes. There was nothing on the track
that could stay any where near 20
Molly ConnOrs, Amarno or Sambo and
1t was amusing to see the jockeys hold
these horses in so as to give the events
a sembance of race and not a process
sion. 1t was a beautiful day however,
and the crowd was i'm good humor, so
that every body had a good time. A
good sized crowd was present, and the
receipts We're as large as could be eX-
pected, so taken altogether the day was
a most successful one The balloon as
cension failed to ascent for some reason
or other, although about 800 was coll
lected for the event. 1t is the intention
of the ballOonist to do his ascending act
later so as to give the people their
moneys worth.