The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-06-23
SENIORS
10 1.-THE
BAiL GAME
House Proves to
Be Fastest
Team.
(From Saturdays Daily.)

AS a contest of skill there might
have been something to be desired
but for entertainment pure and simple
and always, the baseball game be-
tween Senators and Representatives at
Punahou yesterday afternoon, was
quite worth while. And so 1t was
found by the 1000 people who saw 1t.
or parts of it, and so it will be con
sidered by the Lepers who will receive
as result of it, something like $780,
for their entertainment fund.
1t was with the spirit of amusement
that the eighteen men gathered upon
the baseball diamond, and they them
selves got plenty of fun out of the
play, as much perhaps as did the spec
tators, though there will be lame arms
enough today to prevent much voting
with the right hand in either house.
There was a bizarre lot of costumes.
ranging from the school boy outfit of
McCandless to the rough and ready
kahki of Lewis and the parti-colored
sweater of Greenwich.
1t was a hard fight to lose for the
Senators. They played with spirit and
in reality must lay their undoing to
their employees, who did not play as
good a game in any particular as did
the members of the body itself. Sem
ator McCandless was the bright star
of the Senators at bat, as was Presi-
dent Crabbe in the field. There was
nothing that got away from either in
his line, and the way McCandless
backed up his fellows showed active
memories of the bygone days.
Senator Woods and Delegate Kalani-
anaole made a battery which at first
l.. 1,
arms played too great a part after
few essays, and then the active young
men from below stairs got onto the
curves of the Kohala man, and
Strengthened them out at will. Sena-
tor Achi, with a sore leg, managed to
acquit himself with credit, but the
least said about the others the better.
For the House Kalama was the star
in the field and at the bat, with almost
every man running a close second,
Keliinoi being at his best and Long
holding out well. Kumalae was almost
stricken OUT once but made good
with the willow while Lewis, the Hilo
giant, could not find the ball The
d. Nea. score tells what they did from
a baseball standpoint, the scorer being
quite lenient with the fielding accounts
of the men.
There We're moments when the fun
was fast. Once, for instance, Green
we'll from Kona, was at first when the
third man struck out, and he started
to run. 1t was too much for the in
field of the Senators to see House
man getting around, and though the
side was retired they began to throw
the ball about to catch him, and he
raced clear home amid the cheers OF
the crowds. 1t was almost as good
as getting to third to get to first, for
once the ball started to fly in the air
there was no telling where 1t would
stop and the brave and active man
who would only run, stood good
chance of getting safe to the last cor
ner.
The Senate believed that the House
had worked its kahuna and so tried
to offset this by putting piece of, ava
root in Capt. Knudsen's pocket but
all signs failed, and there was no head
ing the victors, once they took the
lead. The crowd was large and en-
thusiastic one, and the cheers from
all sides were many. The gate receipts
at the grounds We're $S4.S0 and the
chairs, donated by furniture men about
town, Melted an additional S1S25, while
it is believed that the preliminary sale
will be close to 5000. This may tell
what were some of the features:
SENATE.