Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-04-28

LOCAL LADS FOXY

Mrny or the fans remember the good
old days in Hawaiian baseball when
The game was played at Makilli. whom
1--WE balls gave the batter his base and
the PITCHER stood fifty fcCt from the
plate. The good old time when mitts
ana fingered gloves were not known.
The native lads could go some" in
those days and played a good article OF
ball When the crack regiment team,
consisting of such mon as German,
Bower Klley. Moore and Hcnncssy.
were imported, they came with the
Idea that the locals would be easy
picking, and they consequently framed
up ali sCrts OF tricks 20 spring on the
Hone lulu lads.
Pat Gleason tells tho following on
how the local ball players got re.
yenge and stopped the risky Frisco
lads from sending tho Coachor across
the plate from third: from passing up
25'ccrt balls when tho local team was
at the bat, and all that sort of thing.
81. was Fourth Of July game" said
Pat. There was 800 purse hung
mp by the merchants. and the St Louis
boys and the crack Regiment team
wer" to fight II out The Regiments
were springing now stunts throughout
the game. At the beginning Of the
ninth inning the score was tic. 81.
Louis was at tho bat with Jim Temp.
son mp and one out. Thompson pop.
ped up an easy one 10 second. making
two out. Instead OF retiring. ThOmp.
son ran down for second. the pitcher
tnrpRI Int -, 4
where Thompson was tagged. Think
Ing that three men had been retired,
the Regiments came in from the field.
All this time old Tom Price was on
third running bases. | was coaching or
thir1 at the time and when the proper
time came | run old Tom across the
plate. We had fight on our hands at
once. Tho scorer was appealed 10 as
10 he number OF outs. His decision
was two. We'll. the affair nearly end.
cd up In big fight. Finally the game
was protested by the Regiments and
they won the protest. The 800 purse
was divided. After this experience
the Regiments settled down and play.
cd straight ball.
you can talk Of all your pitchers
hN''l Nhhi NHlllhEN'lNllf uNA MS
ger Woods was the klug.pin of them
all. That fellow had curves and speed
to burn. | well remember the lime
when he would give n man three balls
and then strike him Out. Yet: he was
the best that We have ever hal here
He was the only man who was over
responsible for striking out Mahuliu
Spencer, the greatest batter that eyer
; opPed ON n local diamond Woods
pitched Spencer three drops one after
tho other and each In turn was miss
cd This was considered one Of tho
greatest lCats over performed by u
pitcher up to this time. Later Woods
was shot IN The leg for selling game
This ended his baseball career.
Barney Joy Is perhaps the second
| best pitcher ever developed here. Bar.
ncy for years rustlcd bats and acted
~ brCE-stup for the old IIunOlulus and
st. Louis team. lie broke into the
game as catcher for the st. Louis cam
In 1900. The next season he pitched
for the Police team but had little sue
cess on account of poor support lie
then went with the II. A. c. cam and
made n great rep" ms pitcher IN
1902, when Sonny Cunha was behind
the lat. Joy pitched the team to vic
tory In that year and also In 1904 aud
| 1905. lie Is the only man who has
pitched nO.hlt, no-run game In this
! Territory. Next to old Niger Woods
we must hand II to Barney"