The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-09-10
Oh, what a surprise!
However did it happen?

However did 1t happen?
1t was the commencement of the
ninth innings at the baseball grounds
Yesterday afternoon and the big tir
figures on tht scoreboard read: Elks, s;
Honolulu, 2.
Everybody thought that the game
was over, bar the shouting, and not a
few shouted in advance and went home
Some sanguine losers even went so far
as to pay their bets before the Reds
went to bat in their final essay. And
Home Rum Aylett shed his circus
garb and went to wrestle with Hamp-
toms deliveries, clad in his street APP
parel.
Then the unexpected happened and
proved once again that a game is never
won till it's lost.
The Puppies failed to increase their
total.
The HOnolulus came out for their fl
nal run hunt. The crowd, which favor
ed the H. A. C.'s, jeered derisively at
Pitcher Hampton, seeking to rattle him,
and in this they succeeded beyond their
best expectations.
Hampton was got agoing from the
ed, the worse he pitched, and the raven
GUS Reds fairly gobb1ed him up. When
an error could possibly be made it was
not overlooked. and the result was that
when the smoke cleared away it was
seen that the Honolulus had scored
runs, raising their total to 8 and win
ming the game by single tally.
When Aylett came up, with only one
man gone. the Reds had already notched
runs in the innings and totalled
against their opponents s.
Another lone tally would tie and
brace convert an apparently hopeless
defeat into glorious victory.
With Fernandez on third and J. Will
liams on second, Aylett hit long, high
fly TO Wilder in the left garden, which
was held On a poor throw Fernandez
romped home and Williams fed to third
like a scared deer Ringland picked up
home plate, but too late to prevent
Williams getting in with run and the
game.
Then pandemonium broke loose and
a. scene rarely, if ever, equa1ed on a
local diamond ensued. The crowd
swarmed into the field and fairly mob
bed the members of the winning nine,
who had to retreat to the dressing
rooms in order to escape the exuber-
ant congratulations of their friends.
Down town the news had sped that
the Elks had won by a score of to 2
and about s p. m. every Elk in town
was setting EN- up in honor of the joy
Some tidings-
Then, like a bolt from the blue, came
the result of that fateful last innings
and joy was changed to mourning and
the supporters of the Reds howled
mighty howl of delight and kept on
bowling.
Next Saturday, unless the Elks take
a wondrous brace, will see the compile |
ton of the funeral and with it the in !
terment of the Elxs' hopes of gaining |
the pennant OF 1905. |
The crowd was a good one, and while |
of course, not so large as the Labor |
Day assembly, was far above the aver |
age.
JOY was in the box at the start but |
apparently felt the strain of his last
game for the Elks pounded him for six |
runs in the first two innings. Jimmy |
Williams relieved him in the third and |
the mounted patrolman caught the rest
of the game.
In the fourth the Elks Melted two |
runs, thanks to an injudicious mixture |
of errors and wild throws, but there
after they scored no more.
The Reds collected caulifowers I'M
til the sixth when Gleason registered
on Moore's error. Another error in the
eighth was responsible for yet another
run.
Rain cleared the bleachers in the
third innings and a heavy shower
caused an interruption of the game
for about fifteen minutes.
All in all the game was we'll worth
witnessing and as sensational a climax
was provided as seldom falls to the lot
of a baseball fan.
The winners played an uphill game
which surprised even their most ar
dent admirers. The fact must not be
overlooked, however, that luck with a
large IT, perched on their banner in
their last innings and refused to be
scared away.
The Elks let the game slide from
their grasp when it looked to have been
won over and over again. Moore and
Vanatta each erred triply while Hamp-
ton and Eyers were also given black