Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-08-07
H. A. c.'s HAMMER RAMS COLD.
THREE TEAMS ARE TIED.
REMNANT PURSUIT
PRETTY.

Swallow It. Richardson! Swallow It,
ye antlered herd of Elkdom! Beaten
by the cellar champions. beaten by the
Puns. fairly, squarely. honestly. thor
oughly--7 to 1. And held to two hits
by Eddie Desha. Avaunt, we boasted
hitters!
AS for the second game. the II. A.
C.s really played eighteen men, which
was not at all fair according to Tie
rules. The Kams, however. furnished
the additional nine. They handed the
game to the Reds on silver platter
with a low bow and Gascon smile
and refused to take the present back,
even when offered II by the generous
Honolulus. The final score was to
l. Earned runs were nil. and before
the end of that death-watch the crowd
had made good its escape. 1t was a
good crowd, too. And it's no more
than fair to say that It got Its moneys
worth. Even the last game was more
interesting than many this season.
These games bunch. the Elks, Puma
hous and Honolulus for the second Sc
ries. each with 600 percentage. It's a
bully race to the flag.
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Eddie Desha has pitched good ball
before and he will do II again, but he
will have to go some II he pitches
better ball than against the Elks last
Saturday. Desha simply was there
with the stuff that wins-speei. con-
troll. curves breaking well, and rare
judgment of the batters. In the third
inning Hampton sneaked safe one
between Meyers and Van Vliet, and
in the seventh Bob White drove one
past Meyers into left. Save for these
two hits that looked as lonesome as
Prohibition candidate, the Elks got
a safety. Two men walked and one
was hit by a pitched ball. but the
rest either died or reached first by the
grace of an error. II was Desha's day,
and he made the most of 1t, also get
ting a double and a timely single at
the bat.
I Not that he did II all. He got some
grand support in the field and a good
many men were nailed between bases
At times the support wavered. but the
pitchers good work steadied the whole
team and they kept their nerve admir-
ably. G. Judd. Ahrens and Major Rip
Van Vliet played cleverly in the field.
The Majors star stunt deserves lit
tie paragraph. 1t was in the second
inning with the bases full, two out and
almost anything at that stage might
have won the game for the Elks. Kia
roasted on first with Soldier Ringland
at the bat. The military man sent n
fast shot toward second. 1t certainly
looked like a clean hit, but the Major
went right after 1t, scoOped II in full
career with one hand and tossed II to
second, retiring the side, while from
the crowded grandstand the Major re-
ceived the honors Of war.
The Elks In the first place were brok-
en- up by changes, and in the second
place their confidence was gone and
they were all nervous. This accounts
for the errors, every one OF which was
costly. Ringland was behind the bat,
and White played In left field, but the
, new combination was little more effec-
tive than the old. Vanatta had bad
day, and Kia spoiled his fine seasons
record by a wild throw to the plate
Evers and Cogswell also offended, and
: Al Moore added wild throw.
The second series is slipping from
the Elks' grasp and they will have
the hardest kind of fight, in their
present condition to hold their own.
They have played good ball all sea-
son, but they are up against 1t now
and it's case simply Of pulling to-
gether or losing the series.
The Elks got their first, their last,
and their only score In the third in
ming. Hampton singled, stole second
and came home on e. Deshas wild
/ throw to first.
The Puns got two in the fifth. E.
Desha singled, stole second and went to
third when Evers dropped Cogswell's
throw. G. Desha hunted him home sue
cessfully. Warehouse, who was play
Ing in the Punahou right pasture, fore
ed G. Desha at second. L. Judd walk
ed. Woods hit to Vanatta who muffed
an easy chance, and Warehouse came
home.
In the eighth the Puns added two
more. Woods was safe on Cogswell's
error. G. Judd sent him TO third with
a two-bagger to left, and he scored on