Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-08-23
M|(4T--bE BASEBALL
HOT GAME WAS PLAYED
BY K0HALA'S OR AT MEN
SCORE NO INDICATION OF THE
FUN THERE WAS IN iT-cAP.
TAIN WAS DELEGATE
CUPID.
(SpccinI to The BniietNN

land, that one can HE himself 10
recreation park and see Princes Of the
royal blood Senators, Supervisors and
prominent business men playing ball
and playing 1t as though their lives
depended upon the outcome of that
game.
The Elite OF Kohala, and others.
viewed the game today between the
Has Beens" and Would Bes" or in
other words, between the fat and the
lcani. They were entertained by high.
balls and low balls swift balls and
slow balls. by long base hits, with
strike outs sandwiched in between
now and then; by grandstand stops OF
line drives, by errors on easy little pop
flies. by long and most friendly heart.
to-heart talks between the players and
the spectators upon one side tanf
sometimes two sides) and the umpires
upon the other side Of these. most re-
markable combats. and at the time too
when all of the parties concerned
should have been saving wood and
saying nothing instead of talking likt
thirteen old women at henparty.
All of these peculiar happenings
when they occur all in one large base
ball game, make things interesting fol
the spectators and keep them standing
right up on their tiptoes all OF the
time. 1t did not cost the spectators
anything to get In to the grounds but
they should have been taxed 81 per
capita to get out again.
Prince Cupid captained a team COM
posed of men who have been amons
the best ball players these Islands
have ever produced but who have not
been playing much lately except within
the last few weeks Archie Kaaua,
the crack pitcher of Waimea's team
and catcher for Papaaloa in the big
Fourth of July game between Hilo and
Papaaloa. pitched for the PrinceA
team, otherwise known as the Has
Beens, and Dave Kekuewa, the best
catcher Kamehameha ever had and who
was Reuters catcher in 1903, caugh,
for the Has Beens and materially help.
ed their team out of course, as did
Templeton, a recent Honolulu player.
In the seventh inning Kaaua was re-
moved from the box. Fabian taking his
place. Kekuewa went to center field
and Kaaua donned the big nit and
the chestprotecter.
' Sam Woods captained the Would Bei
and held down the initial bag while
L. NJ Brown pitched and Will Ach'
caught. Brown and Sam Woods were
to have played for the Princes team
but were placed with the Would Bes
because Chas. Stillman, their regular
pitcher, went to Honolulu this week
and another player had also left them
Sam Woods, A. McDougall and
Catcher Achi were the bright particu'
lar stars OF the Would Bes. Woods
did his fine work at the bat while
McDougall pulled down several nice
flies. Prince Cupid showed that he
had no aloha for the Irish when hi
made a beautiful catch of a fly bal
from Browns bat, after hard rur
for 1t, and completed the play by throw
ing a runner out at second, thus max
ing a nice double play. The Prince
batted well also. Palmer Woods ant
Robert Hind played good ball for thu
Has Beens. Frank Woods kept TIL
spectators guessing when lie ran plum
into and completely Frustrated hi
brother Sam, who was playing frs
base. Frank had reached first and wa
playing off towards second when tn
ball was thrown to Sam In order Il
catch Frank mapping and put him out
Frank, and his 2S5 pounds Of avoirdu
: poir with head down and all sails sci
plunged towards first base like tina
bird, called the rhinenoceros, woul
fall into the Nile. and when the dus
had settled, Sam was seen to arise an
begin hunting around for the ball
, which in the melee, had flown to tn
woods. Sam was not incensed at frs
but when little brother frankie besa
to growl at him for getting In hi
way Sans good nature quit workin
and then the balloon ascension.
They threw hot and ice cream shot
at one another as fast as two Iris
d washwomen can throw brick-bats |
7. New York tenement back yard. TIL
storm finally abated Just about enoug
= for the game to proceed.
When the spasm was over and tn
smoke OF battle had cleared away, th
Would Bes had piled up u runs an
y the Has Baens had gathered uni
n themselves the sum Of 2.
The game is pau tonight but at M
Douglas hotel, commonly called Il
Kohala Club, where the famous Bull
V tin automobile resides. the game Is b.
ing played over and over again, al
everybody is telling of what he d
Y. not do.
The players and their positions a
Re given below;
lie Would Bes-E. NJ. Brown. p; WI
n Achi, c.; Sam Woods, lb.; Aft Smytf
's Oh; Glen Aki9a, 3b.; A. stlllmap, S.
n. w. MCDougall, H.; A. McDougall, Ct