Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-10-29
DIAMOND HEADS ARE WINNERS

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When big league baseball Is dished
| up the crowd is always missing. For
. thirteen innings yesterday the Diamond
/ Head Athletic Club team and the Met
iopolitans struggled Oh the diamond
for supremacy and the sporting public
missed one of the best games Of base
ball that has ever been played on q
local diamond. Now this Winter
League may have the rep Us u second
rater and all that but these two teams
played ball yesterday that had all the
ear-marks Of a Chicago game.
This was the first game Of the final
series ana II took thirteen hard fought
innings for the Diamonds TO slaughter
those hard lighting butchers. So fierce
did the battle wage that Catcher Luning
of the Nets lost his head In the first
half of the thirteenth and tried to play
football with Dave Desha while the
latter was trying to reach home. II
was "a bad piece of work but owing To
the excitement of the moment II IL ex-
cusable
For seven innings hits were AS scarce
as Democratic votes. Neither team was
able to punch out a bingle mp To that
time. Bushnell and Chillngworth
were in fine fettlc and pitched ball thai
would make the mighty Barney Joy
blush with shame.
BUTCHERS SCORE FIRST.
In the last half Of the first spasm
Bushnell's meat slashers made good
aud the slab artist himself spiked the
pan. Here Is how II happened. Cap
Bushnell got four wide ones and then
Dusky Walker put II daisy clipper
through Akana and Bush moved up 0
peg kuhina picked Akana for a lemon
and pushed a SLOW one at the third
sacker--Akaua fumbled and all hands
were safe. Al this stage Ayau ground.
ed to Moore. who was forced to throw
TO first. Bush scored.
Ia the second the pOrk-chop bunch
had the glory OF making the circuit
the second time. Annoy hit high on,
and Al Moore yelled rive got It," Al
dropped the ball Annoy moved up on
u passed ball Dixon famed and Bush.
nell hit to short and Soper let an easy
throw get through him and Annoy came
under the wire with the second run
Pop" Hebron looked happy.
MOORE GETS BUSY.
Al Moore was the first one up ~
the 18th anu "a quick in-shUUt caught A
amidships and Al walked. Bill Gill
put down Il bunt and Moore by "A pretty
piece of base running got to third San
Chill broke Into the game with lOni
fly to right and Al raced home. Scur,
81
Again in the sixth the Diamonds. af
ter II hard up-hill fight. managed I,
work Akana around the paths. Kuhina
who Is u good first baEcman. let an ems!
thww from Bushnell get away from
him ana Akana tied the score. makiIi
II go
NIP AND TUCK.
From the sixth 10 the thirteenth
both teams played desperate ball an,
Were In the game to win. Pop" He'll
bron lost his smile and became serious
The Diamonds got d. Desha to secon,
In the seventh and II looked like a run
but the lights went out. In the eight
Luning drew Il pass ana Kuhina hi
= safe. The Diamonds took u brace an,
played hard ball and pulled out Of
tight place. The ninth was an exciting
bunch OF ball but neither team cOult
do business Crook and Akana bot
made pretty catches In this inning
Bert Bowers tore on II two-bagger IL
the tonth, but died there. During tn
tenth. eleventh ana twelfth. the play
ers and spectators were worked up l.
high pitch.
MOORE AND BOWERS.
Did you ever hear Of Moore and Bow
ers, who came to Honolulu on the ark
Well they may have grandchildren an
all that. bat they can still play som
baseball. In that awful thirteenth. tn
unlucky nImber-CorBett remember
this number. which happened ut Car
son city. The Nets will also remembe
IT, Willie Deshu was up first and dre'
Il free one and stole second. Our Ul
pal Bert Bowers hit to short and tn
! ball was nelded to third to catch De
sha, the latter slid and imp ilamptO
yelled Safe" There was u big kic
over the decision Moore and Desh
tried u squeeze and Desha was out n
the plate. Luning showed his tempe
by getting rough. II was right her
!, that Bowers and Moore showed thel
;. class. During Innings excitement A
!. walked toward second and drew
= throw to that station and Bower race
/. home and All went to third. Il was
= pretty piece OF base running. 1911
Chill laces out u long one To cente
and Moore gprints home. Things no.
:, began to happen. Sam tore on a III
and Moses followed with three sack
er, scoring Sam. Akana delivered III
groceries and Moses tagged the plat