The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-12-01

WIN GAME
Rabbit Pitching Proves
Too Fast for the
CapitoIarls.

Better than many league games"
was the judgment of oIJafans on the
Capitol VS.. Judiciary Building baseball
match at Punahou campus on Thanks
giving morning. There Wigs a consider
able of old league leaven III it, especial
ly among the Judiciarie$ with such
veterans as Rabbit, German and
Moore. Merriam, too, oa that side of
King street, though it was his debut
on the diamond here, showed that he
had played the game before.
It was a fast game of ITO and re-
markedly free of errors until about
two-thirds over, with no punching of
errors at any time-just an occasional
wild throw or tumble Though defeat
ed the Capitolans came near tying the
game, if not winning it, in the ninth
Considering the ability of the Judiciary
battery and German and Moore-dfs-
playing their oldtime alertness in the
field the defeat was almost as glorious
as a victory.
Going to bat first the Capitolans be-
gan hitting Rabbit lively and Cockett
scored with the fifth man at the plate.
The Judiciaries opened slowly, going
out one, two, three. Another run was
scored by the Capitol in the second,
but the Judiciary gave it the double
cross with four runs that inning and,
in the fourth, won the game with the
last run it was able to make.
The Capitol made one in the seventh
and another in the ninth. In the last
mentioned inning, Kane got to third
on a wild throw by Kopa, and, after
Treadway went to first on being hit
by pitcher, scored on Cockett's safe
ty. Kaanoi struck out, Sullivan re-
tired on a fly and Treadway was nailed
at third. Had Sullivan made single
or double second and third bases then
being filled, the Judiciaries would have
had to play the ninth inning to win
with many chances of losing. seeing
they had not scored for four successive
innings
Five men were to bat in the first,
four in the third and the eighth, and
five in; the ninth, for the Capitol
Seven batted in the second, five in the
fourth and four in the fifth, for the
Judiciary Building. For all the other
innings the first three men did the
happy dispatch act for their respective
sides.
Merriam showed fine batting quality
and it was with an injured look that
he accepted the privilege of taking his
base on being hit by pitcher in the
fourth And he ran like a deer. on
the occasion just mentioned landing.
amidst a turmoil of business, on third
before the fourth ball to his successor
had been pitched.
Rabbit made a brilliant retrieval Of
a muff in the first half of the sixth
After rolling clear over with the ball
under him he fetched his man at first,
that being one of the times when no
BODY made a base.
There was not a large attendance,
probably on account of the early hour,
but the loss was that of every lover
Of the national game who was not
there. Among the ancient and honor
able devotees of the sport present
were Col. J. H. Fisher, Frank S. Dodge,
Clarence NJ. White and Frank L. Win
ter By the way a joke was put mp on
the poet of the Capitol. He took part
in the preliminary practice and was
believed by some to be going into the
game When play was called pla-
card was seen pinned to a tree read
ing thus:
"Notice.-Tenders will be received at
the Public Works office until next ye3r
for the erection of a covered cant'ieVer
bridge from first to second base, Puma
hou baseball grounds For plans and
specifications apply to G. NJ. White,
chief clerk
Col. Fisher showed facetious parti-
sanship for the Capitol boys at the
outset by such remarks as these:
'syVebb's a craftsman. see the line he
tock.' and He's a Board of Health
man, kill him"
L. s. Deputy Marshal Winter scored
the game and kindly furnishes the fol-
Lowing record: