Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-06-30
HITS, STEALS, ERRORS
HK.h. A. 6. GAME
WILL BE FOR BLOOD
RICHARDSON'S MEN ON TOP De.
CAUSE THEY HAVE TEAM
NOTWITHSTANDING OF
LEAGUES,

Those bitter rivals. Elks and II. A
C.s. are on tor q duel next Saturday
No matter who wins the game, no mat.
ter whether the score is big or little,
there will be plenty doing all the time,
and plenty Of excitement at that, be-.
cause these two punches never come
together without scrap from start to
finish. There is more than mere base
ball in It; the H. A. C.'s have several
memories to get even on; and II they
can down the leaders It will be enough
Joy to last them the season through.
The Elks want to finish the series with
clean sweep Of eight games; and un-
less they fall down most utterly, they
ought to get that game. They play
baseball that makes any other team
look like a bunch Of selling platers.
Some envious and short-sighted people
try to discount the Elks by putting
their invariable victories partly down
to luck. but an analysis Of the Elks
work will show what that luck Is. It
consists in getting men on bases and
boosting them around by teamwork at
the bat; and by teamwork In the field.
The Elks are the most consistent play
ers In the league. and they are always
on their toes and ready to take long
chances. Add to this superb conf
dence-half the battle. by the way
and Richardson's men look 80 per cent
better than any other team.
The Honolulus have the individual
players. but sadly lack concerted effort.
Man for man. the II. A. C.'s average up
as well. In most positions. as the Elks,
but apparently are weak on practice.
They have been further handicapped
BY changing the men around. En- Sue
has twice been moved to second base,
where he is as much out of his element
as the Aquarium shark. Bruins cannot
cover third with any degree OF success.
He shows up the infeld, and Gleason
and AL Williams cannot do themselves
justice.
It's up to Barney Joy tomorrow. II
he can keep the Elks from batting
hard, half their effectiveness is gone.
But with Hampton and Kia and White
and Grady, not to mention few others,
keep up their late hitting streak, the
Reds are doomed to another taste Of
the dregs Of defeat.
4 4 4
The Rams ought to spank the Ma.
lies soundly and send them home. An
derson, the latest recruit from the Mid.
winter League. will be on the firing
line for the Males. He showed up well
against the Elks last Saturday. but un.
less he pitches strike-out ball It Is hard
to figure how Joe Cohen's calves can
take the game. That Is certainly the
luckiest team in the league, but luck
doesn't show up consecu.ivcly. The
kams will be weakened by the loss OF
Desha. a Woodworking, heady player,
but ought to pull out the long end any
way. Reuter- is at least match for
Anderson II he is In shape, and there
Is no comparison in the rest OF the
two teams, as teams.
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Now that sacrifice hitting and the
hit-and-run seem to be fairly well-es-
tablished, why don't we see n few dou-
BILE steals? Even the old trick OF throw
Ing to short with a man on third and
another stealing second seems never to
occur to the captains.
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Somebody says that the II. A. C.'s
will forfeit the Fourth OF July game
and go to Hilo. II Is to be hoped no
such deplorable thing will happen.
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Young Chillingworth Is improving
his first-base play. He has plenty of
height and reach, and should become
good man with practice.
4 4 4
Gleason has dropped q good many
thrown balls this year. The other in
fielders seem to think anything that
goes within ten feet OF Pat Is good.
4 4 q
Nobody has made four hits In one
game yet this season. There seems to
be some sort Of hoodoo. for several
batters have hit three times consecu-
lively and then fallen down on the
fourth time up.
q q 4
Jess Woods steal home last Satur-
day was nothing more nor less than
watching his opportunity and knowing
1t when 1t came along. Defries had
thrown to Gleason to catch Meyer on
first. Gleason dropped the ball and
while he was making up his mind to
pick 1t up. Jess was galloping down
the line from third.
q q q
In the seventh inning @. Judd made
jumping catch Of AL williams drive
to right center that robbed AL Of a
hit. ''sNs
q q q
Moore made neat one-handed stop
of Simpsons grounder In the first in
ming.