The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1907-12-17
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With the exception OF the first in
n ming. which was extremely disastrous
: the game of ball played yesterday be
n tween the All-Hawaiis and the Spald
n ings was very satisfactory. That frs
o inning though. A combination of thre,
q bases on balls in succession, two hit.
and numerous bad errors, gave tbs
Coast man five runs, the only tallies
they were able TO get in the game
r There was only one excuse. the wet
= ball. The game. was commenced in the
rain and in half a moment the bal
was covered with slime and was as
hard TO hold as a creased pig.
Reuter- pitched q, fine game. in spite
Of his slips in the first inning. After
that he steadied down and gave only
one more pass and allowed the Coast
men but three hits. In the first inning.
had he received perfect support. in
spite Of the three passes. the Coast
men would never had scored. Donahue
caught in his usual finished style and
still more endeared himself to the
hearts of the fans. The hero of the
game for Hawaii. though. was Bill
Vannatta- He made six put outs and
three assists with only one mistake,
and that was excusable At the bat
he made himself famous by a home
run. fine drive TO left, that was worth
circuit on any grounds.
The Coast men all played clean ball.
+ Williams being the only one. to be
credited with an error. and many scor-
ers would have given him the balance
of favor. as he had little time to make
I his throw and therefore missed. Bliss
! caught a fine game and gave Henley
the support that the latter deserved.
/ His throwing was perfection and not
man of the Hawaii aggregation was
allowed 10 steal. Burns and Eastwood
were hard with the bat, getting two
hits piece. while the only other man
given credit for single was the big
Pittsburgh. Nealon.
There were several changes in the
An-Hawaiis. Evers played at short
and covered his position well. doing
clean work. though he had only two
chances He was a bit weak at the
bat. Fernandez played a nice game at
first. Bushnell was at third and was
hardly up 10 the game that Hampton |
has been playing in that position. |
Hamp was in center and did ali that |
was needed. taking three flies. Darcy |
was the weak sister. making two costly |
errors in right. Bruins was away or |
at the bat. stepping away from every |
ball pitched. but taking good care Of |
the flies that came TO his territory
In the first inning HiIdebrand. Bliss
and Heitmuller walked one after the
other. Nick Williams went out on a
hard liner 10 Vannatta and then Neal
on hit 70 Bushnell, who threw wild to
Donahue, though ne had plenty of
time. As the result Hildebrand came
in. Devereaux drove a fly to Darcy.
who dropped II, and Bliss came over
the plate. Eastwood came through
with a clean single TO left and brought
in Heitmuller and Nealon. Devereaux
was caught off second and put out
Burns made clean hit 10 Darcy, who
let the ball through, and the big pitch
er went TO third while Eastwood came
home. Henley ended the agony by a
fly to Bill Va1natta. Five runs
1t looked as if Hawaii might score
in the first. Eddie Fernandez walked
and got 10 second on Hampton's sac
rifce bunt- He took third on a wild
pitch and, with only one man out,
things looked good. 1t did not last
long though. Vannatta few out to the
Red Dog at third and Donahue fol-
lowed suit TO Hildebrand.
In the second Hildebrand was hit
by a pitched ball and stole second,
taking. third on a wild throw by Dona-
hue to catch him at second. Bliss
went out, Evers 10 first, the short stop
holding Hide on third by a neat BLUM
1t throwing. Heitmuller struck out
and Williams flew TO Darcy, who made
/ pretty running catch.
The Hawaiis disappeared quickly.
Bushnell few out TO Burns Evers
was snuffed az first on a grounder to !
Devereaux. and Bruins was retired ON
the same play. c
In the third Nealon started things ,
by a clean single over second, but
was doubled = moment later, when c
Devereaux hit to vannatta, who threw
TO first. Fernandez returned the ball
20 Evers, who caught the Pittsburger /
IN his way down. Eastwood flew out $
10 Hampton
Darcy was safe on williams low a
throw. Reuter- hit to Williams, who t
.ossed the ball to second to catch
Terry, after making a fine stop. The
brow was a little wide. though, and I
10th men were safe. Reuter- strayed
90 far from first and forced Dairy +
If, with the result that the latter y
vas caught between third and second,
while the pitcherrstayed on the initial t
,ag. Fernandez famed and Hampton c
vent out on q ground bail to Hide t
brand. p
Burns opened the fourth with a n
lean liner over second. but got no a
urther. Henley. tried to bunt. but I
vent out on pop fly 10 Dick Hide Fl
rand drove a liner into Vannatta's
ands, and the latter, with the as 2
tstance OF Fernandez, completed
ouble play at Burns expense. OF
In the Hawaiis' half the big doipgs 81
anne Vannatta was first up and C.
rove out a beautiful hit to left that
tarted low and kept on rising, land 7,
1g within a few feet Of the fence
7en toward center. He made the cir