The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-07-28
PLAYED IN
THE RAIN
Customs Win from
Kamehameha
Boys.
pUNAHOUS LOSE
TO THE MALES
Saturdays Baseball Was Exciting
Though Playing Was Not
l. First Class.

the XlcIOTS III INO VI lAlC WOlSI
Of the season played Saturday at the
Punahou grounds, before an audience
which was both large and enthusiastic.
While neither OF the games was lack
ing in interest, and the first one, par
Observation-Disclosures the Customs and
Observation-Disclosures very exciting. the
playing was not up to the usual stand
ard furnished Honolulu baseball
cranks. For a man who likes lots of
action, the first game was especially
interesting, and the second game, while
not closely contested, was yet interest
| ing enough to hold the crowd until aft
er O'Clock. in pouring rain, which at
| times threatened to put a stop to the
playing.
CUSTOMS VS.. KAMEHAMEHAS.
The first game, that between the
Customs and the Kamehamehas, SEEM
ed to belong to the school boys until
after the seventh inning. The Customs
started out well until their imported
pitcher fell beneath the fierce on
slaught of the college sluggers. This
was Coggeshall, a New York man. who
is IN the city on his way home from the
Orient He is reported to have played
with Grinneu Qowa) College, and also
for Trinity, but his long retirement
from the box told against him in Sat
urday's game Lemon, for the Kams..
was just as wild, however. and when
Kiwa came in from right field otter
the fifth inning the school boys chances
of victory went a-glimmering. Lemons
wildness was added to by Jones miser-
able attempt at fielding. and he was
responsible for a number of the scores
credited to the Customs.
For the Customs the feature of the
game was Bowers magnificent fielding
of two long hits to center, both by
Jones One Of them would have been
d home run but for the phenomenal
catch of the Customs right fielder.
The Customs went first TO bat. with
Reuter- facing them in the pitchers box.
Tucker started off with a home run,
but aside from Kings single not an
other man reached first. The Rams.
failed to score, and neither side did
anything in the second.
In the third the slaughter began
when Tucker of the Customs was pre-
scented with a base on balls King fol-
lowed with single, and Tucker reach
\ ed third. scoring on a passed ball by
Kekuewa. Novel; was also presented
with q base, and stole second. Wilder
| flew ouk to center, Fiwa hit to Rich
ards who muffed it, and both Novel;
and King scored. Coggeshall lined a
three bagger to left, and kiwa scored;
Lishman flew out to Jones and Cogges-
| hall came home on the throw in.
The Kans. also began to wake UP IN
their half of the third, and the crowd
! became enthusiastic d. Kekuewa sin
gled and stole second; j. Kekuewa hit
| safely to Novel; his brother scoring
on the wild throw to first, and j. Ke-
kuewa reached third, scoring on Koki' s
single.
In the fourth Lemon went in the box
for the Kane hamehaS and shut out the
Customs for the next three innings.
With two men out in the fourth. d.
/ Kekuewa for the Rams. hit to LiSh-
man, who threw wildly, ard he scored
on his brothers single.
In the fifth the college boys landed on
Coggeshau with a vengeance, and Scor-
er Andrews had chalked UP nine runs
| before the inning ended, though the
crowd seemed anxious for the fun to
keep up forever. Reuter- opened with
| base hit; Wilder threw out to center
| field in attempting to prevent him from
stealing second, Reuter- third and scor-
lAlS OK NOV Cfl IstltUlt ~ get lIft- bAtlp
in. Lemon singled and went to third
| ON a passed ball: Richards singled, Ha-
maku hit TO King, who let it pass ard
! Lemon scored. Jones hit to Coggeshall
Who fumbled, and the bases We're filed.
! D. kekuewa hit to NOVEL;, who threw
wild to first. and both Richards and
Hamaku scored. J. Kebuewa went out
TO Lishman, though advancing the base
runners. Koki hit to left and Tucker
| let the bah go by, Jones and -. Kel-ue-
wa scoring, Koki reached second on a
passed ball and stole third Nanatta
died from second TO first, and Reuter-
singled again, sending in Koki. Ha-
rnaku few cut to short and ended the
agony. leaving the score - to 6. and the
, kaUehamehas feeling as If they had
: The game won.
In the next inning with two men out
the Rams. added another score to the
already long list, when with two out
J. Kel1uewa hit to King, who fumbled,
and he came home on another error by
King and base hit by Vanatta.
In the seventh the Customs braced UP
| again. Tucker got a base on balls,
King hit to Jones, who fumbled, ard
NOVEL; singled to right. Tucker scog-
| ing. The other two runners moved UP
on Z Wild pitch by Lemon; Wilder was
-iVe1 a base and the three were full.
l<iwa nit to Jones. who let the ball go
| through MIN, and the two men scored.
w llIef scored also on pdsSed pdll-
Anderson fouled out to catcher and
Lishman few out to left field.
In the eighth the Customs paid the
college boys back in their own coin,
and added nine 10 the score, which at
the beginning OF the inning stood 10 to
Is against them Bowers was present
ed with a base. and stole another; Viii
lis hit 20 Jones, who fumbled. and Bow
eTs scored or a single by Tucker. King.
Novel;, Wilder and kiwa singled in
quick success sion, and the first three.
with Willis. came home. Anderson
forced Kiwa al second. Lishnan hit TO
Jones who rnuffed again, scoring WI