The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-10-14
SOLDIERS
WERE LOSERS
An-Honolulus, 5; 18th Infantry, o.

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| That was a real bad trick-giving
the 18th Infantry baseball nine a bas-
ket of eggs on the league grounds yes
terday afternoon. All-Honolulu never
gave the "doughboys chance from
start to finish. Well, they gave them
one. nice clean hit, and then the hit
ter died on his base, and never a gun
carrier got beyond the second bag.
/ If the 18th Infantry team did up the
Preside nine, as the soldiers claim to
have done, the Preside organization
must have been in the Aloha's class,
while the Honolulu Iron Workers could
wipe up the earth with the 18TH Thir-
teen has generally been regarded as
an unlucky number, and yesterday
ing.
The All-Honolulus rolled up runs.
one of them home run, tipped right
off the bat by our own Barney JOY.
UP, in and out curves, and those
straight-across-th balls fairly
sizzled. The soldiers couldn't hit Reu-
ter with a tennis racket. And yet it
was like games between soldiers
ana sailors on the one hand ard a Ho-
rolulu team on the other. Every army
team has come here with a vast repu-
tation for wiping up teams on the MAIN
land, but it always ends the same old
way. They get the small end or the
score, when they are ever fortunate
enough to get anything but eggs.
Lieut.. Pearce, the 13ths manager,
chewed his mustache after the first two |
innings and maintained a composure |
which was most creditable. The 13th's |
pitcher and catcher worked together |
all right, but the remainder of the team |
failed to support them. The first base |
man was chock full of errors and |
naturally the team paid the penalty |
for his rashness.
There was good natured bantering
from the soldiers and they picked OUT |
umpire "AP' Moore at the start and |
passed the gait out to him plentifuIly. |
But there were no casualties, except |
when the players tried to put the press
out of commission with a foul ball.
The Honolulus went first to the bat
and found a speedy pitcher in the box
Sheldon took base on balls and
Barney Joy followed up with hot one
over into right field, making a home
run and bringing in Sheldon The 18th
didn't like the umpire's decision, claim
ing that the ball went outside the right
line, but the Soldiers didn't look
straight.
Three straight strike-outs went to !
the credit of the soldiers
In the second inning Hannah brought |
c. Desha home on a little one past |
second and then reached third himself |
on the first baseman's error Reuters |
sacrifice brought Hannah home
Bowler of the 18th managed to get |
to second, but died there
In the third inning the army short |
stop, who had turned his ankle when |
a Honolulu man dived under him at |
dropped out of the game. and |
a new first baseman was put in Moth
ing doing on either side Ditto for
the next inning, the soldiers striking
out and going out on flies which were
promptly collared by the fielders
The fifth inning gave the Honolulus
1 couple more runs Ahrens dropped |
4 liner towards the pitcher, who fun
went to second, Meyer coming home.
Then C. Desha knock d a smasher past
bringing Ahrens across the
home plate. G.. Desha failed to connect |
IN run down to the second bag, but |
he score then was to 0.
The soldiers went out quickly in the