The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-08-27

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AS was expected the league game
played yesterday between the Homo
lulus and Punahous was a cracker
jack, indeed it was by all odds the best
came yet played this season. A bruis-
ing contest ended in a win for the
Reds by the close score of 3 to 2. 1t
was anybody's game up to the last
half of che tenth, the score standing
all. The Reds rose to the occasion
nobly in their final effort and raped
out victory by margin of a run.
The crowd was poor one, for which
the threatening weather must be blam-
ed. In town at one O'Clock it was gen.
orally rumored that there would be
no game owing to the heavy rain then
falling The diamond was in excellent
condition however and the first game
was played under the most favorable
auspices.
BY winning, the Elks and Honolulus
are now tied for prior percentage in
the second series and the question of
supremacy will be fought out either
next Saturday or on Labor Day, which
is the following Monday. If the Elks
get away with the Reds they will have
won both the first and SECOND series
nd will hax aSfa hlichad un6iSplltG6
title to the Spalding. Armour and Rapid
Transit trophies. A victory for the
Reds, however, will mean another
tussle for the league pennant of 1905.
Both Williams and Eddie Desha
pitched splendid ball. Joy is being re-
served by the Honolulus for the final
fight but his substitute certainly maue
. good yesterday.
The warming up practice was watch
ed with much interest, both mines be-
ing as keen as ginger and the Puns
making a particularly good impression
4 the preliminary canter. They had
followed winning streak ever since
Van vliet's acquisition and had large
following yesterday. A new man took
the field with them, Lieutenant Hanna
who has played with the Preside
team It was his first appearance in
local baseball
All in all the Reds played rafting
good game and the slaughter at first,
surprised Foxy Grandpa" Gleason
who had custody of the initial bag as
much as anyone else. The winners
were particularly speedy on the bases
yesterday and it was hard to reconcile
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plays.
The Punahous had six errors chalked
up against them Jess Woods, who had
bad day. claiming six of these the
vital nature of the game probable pro-
duced the not infrequent symptoms OF
rattles.
The second game between the Elks
and Males was as poor as it's predeces-
sor was good. The score board read
to 1 in favor of the Royal Purple
when rain cut the game short after
the first half of the sixth innings, the
Males having been disposed of one,
two, three.
!. The Elks played well within them
selves, apparently realizing that their
task was not difficult one. Their
best foot will have to be put forward
with a vengeance when they next line
up.
The Elks' quintette were realized IN
the first two innings and they just
Wouldn't help tallying.. If Male dld
the right thing at the right time IN
%tsose two disastrous spasms 1t was
purely because he forgot himself.
One thing was evident, after seeing
the Honolulus perform, and that was
that they have got into the practice
habit again. Their past erratlclty Is
probably in large measure due TO an
unhealthy dislike of tween Saturdays
work.
The crowd was orderly and not over
administrative, except on OCCASIONS.
The spectators at a local baseoai
game seen to want to see the cover
cracked off and nothing less quite
satisfies them. An instance of TINS
occurred toward the latter half or the
first game when Fernandez tried to
bunt and was mildly hooted and yell
ed at to sthit the ball. He was per-
fectly justified in playing as he DID,
provided Of course he did not bunt on
his third strike
The games were won and lost as
follows:
FIRST GAME.
H. A. Cs VS.. PUNAHOos.