The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-11-15
FISHERS STARS
GET. BEATING
Picked Nine Defeats Coast
Aggregation by Close
Score.

OAKLAND, November 7.-OId Red
Dog Bill Devereaux and his selected
aggregation of Honolulu Stars were
ecIipsed by a picked nine this after
noon on the Freeman Park diamond.
The scoreboard read 2 to l against
the Stars when it was ali over. The
baseball fans of Oakland for the first
time witnessed the strange sight of
Barney JOY and Bill Devereaux play
ing on the same team, sitting on the
same bench, drinking out of the same
water pail and batting with the same
bat Bill and Barney even smoked
the same brand of cigaG Red Dog.
between times The smokes were
bought by Barney.
Despite the alliance of Devereaux,
the josher, and Joy, the former target
for many of the brindle topped fellows
joshes. Barney was unable to keep the
picked nine from scoring twice. and
from gathering ten safe swats off his
delivery Joy was accorded perfect
support, not an error being made by
his assistants. Jones, who twisted the
sphere for the picked nine, was also
found for ten real bingles.
Big Joe Nealon guarded sack one for
the Honolulu Stars and in the second
inning made the only run credited to
the team. Irwin for the picked nine
tailed in the fifth frame, tying the
score. In the eighth spasm little Piper
laid down and beat out beautiful
bunt toward second. He moved along
TO the middle station when Blanken-
ship hit one that Eagan could not
handle Melchoir sacrificed Piper to
third and the lfliputian registered the
winning run when Irwin swatted safe
" into left field.
The same teams will play at Free
mans Park Sunday morning. Frank
Chance, captain and first baseman of
the worlds champions, the Chicago
Nationals. will be at the first bag for
the picked players.-S. F. Call.
If the Hawaiian band plays "The
stars and Stripes Forever" when Mike
Fishers baseball stars walk on the
field for their first game in the islands
TIE AIilGItCdllS dlIiOll5 AAlC -PCChoNCAN
will surely become homesick. The
players will look like a fourth of July
procession in their gaudy uniforms.
These consist of a blue cap, white
jersey, red breeches and blue and
white stockings. When the players get
into action they look as Though they
had been mixed up in an explosion
! in a paint shop.
( Although their uniforms are streaky
| their playing at Recreation park
against a picked team would have
done credit to big league team. They
| beat their opponents by a score Of
| to l after one of the snappieSt games
! of the season. Joe Nealon played first
| base for Fishers team, while "Slfvers
Henley mixed the fast ones with the
slow ones in the pitchers box. Dew
ereaux, who will captain the team
filed his old position at third. Hide
| brand was out in left field, where he
| accepted FIVE chances, including one
| which drew a round of cheers from
| the spectators when he captured the
/ ball after a long run.
| The Honolulu team got start in the
/ first inning when they scored run
| HiIdebrand, the first man up, singled
to deep left field. Zeider sacrificed
| him to second and Heine Heftmuller
the third man to go to the bat, scored
him with a single to left.
In the second Fishers team scored
again. Devereaux singled, stole Sec
ond and went to third on a fielder's
choice. He scored on an error of Spen'
Ger in handling throw by Catcher
Street.
There was nothing stirring in the
| third. but the fourth saw the last run
of the game for the Honolulu voy'
ayers. williams singled to left and
went to second on a passed ball. He
went to third on Nealon's out anG
scored on a sacrifice by Eastwood.
| Tt was not until the sixth that the
picked team scored its only >Eun. Pipe
singled past the pitcher, nearly takins
that tall individual off his feet. Blank
enship was hit by the pitcher, anC
Melchoir hit to Eagan, who fumblet
| the ball and gave Piper chapce Il
score. The other innings were blanks