The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-11-29
TOXIC COMMENT
ON BASEBALL


playing of the st. Louis baseball nine
is shown in the amount of space de
voted to the different games by tbs
japanese papers, the files received or
the Korea having pages devoted tc
detailed write-ups of the matches and
TO baseball Illustrations The Homo
lulu players seem to have made a
great hit with the japanese, although
the comments of some of the Japanese
papers after the first game, in which
the Honolulu team was beaten, in
dictate that the visitors had not play
ed up to the reputation which had
preceded them.
The Toxic Kokumin (Nation), a lead
ing newspaper of Japan, gives the fol-
lowing account of the first match.
translated freely After describing the
elaborate decorations of the Keio
grounds for the occasion, the arch of
welcome erected in honor of the visit
ors. the yelling crowd of students and
the great assemblage of spectators, the
Nation says:
LAS the st. Louis nine entered
through the arch a great shout of
welcome was given them by the thou
sands assembled. The visitors prac-
tised little before the game. Pitcher
Leslie's throwing was wonderfully
quick and his speed surprised the Keio
players. The batting order of the
Hawaiian team showed their tactics,
the Chinaman, En- Sue, noted as a
fast runner, coming first to bat be-
cause they wanted to utilize his speed
Ii q fa4N
He hunted as was expected and ran
like an arrow. When within twelve
feet of firstbase he threw himself
along the ground. His speed was sim
ply wonderful. He stole down to sec
ond and on the catcher's error got
to third. He came home on hit from
Bushnell. The tactics were splendid.
In the third innings the Hawaiian
team got another run, but in the fifth,
by hard hitting and taking advantage
of the rafting of the catcher, leftfield
and third baseman the Keio players
got three runs, putting them in the
lead. The rooters yelled with joy and
gave their college calls. In the sixth
and eighth innings the Hawaiians got
two more runs, tying the score. Then
ed down. The run in the eight was
made on bad error on the part of
Keio. Fernandez was on third and
Fox-like Evers was on second. He
stood far off the base. This was a
Hawaiian trick, for if Ioki, the Keio
pitcher threw to second to catch him /
. the runner on third would come home. !
The spectators feared that Ioki would
be caught and he was, throwing to
second and allowing Fernandez to
come in.
In the ninth both sides had scored
the same and it was decided to play |
on
Now the Keio rooters picked up
courage again and began their college
yells. filling the grounds with their
voices. This weakened the spirit Of
the Hawaiians and Fernandez, who /
was standing on the coaching line,
making horrible noises which caused |
laughter among the spectators, became
quiet. Yet the, Hawaiians showed |
much spirit and many feared that they
would win. But in the thirteenth in !
nings Keio succeeded in getting some
of the Hawaiians ratified and brought /
in two runs, thus settling the destiny |
Of the day. In the tenth and eleventh
innings the Hawaiians came up strong,
but never until they had two men out. /
when it was too late.
Perhaps the spectators who had
heard reports about the Hawaiian !
team were surprised at the result. Of /
course. the ability of the team can not
he judged altogether on the first game,
but as a team they are not perfect.
Pitcher Ioki threw splendidly and his
opponents were bothered with his
curves. even the strongest batters
among them being fooled by his
magical throws. That Mr.. Evers. be-
fore the game, was struck in the stom-
ach and had his wind knocked out.
was not a good omen for the Hawai-
ian team. Perhaps today was an off
day for the Hawaiians and they may
come up stronger later. The Waseda
players were among the careful oh
servers today and they may have gain
ed some pointers. There were about
eight thousand at the game, charged
on an average thirty cents each. If
the Hawa'ians make a better show
ing with Waseda the game will be-
come very popular and there will be
enough money to pay the expenses
of the Hawaiian team
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