The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-08-20
STILL KEEPS ON
WINNING STREAK

Barney Joy is the real warm thing
in San Francisco baseball. He is L
favorite with the players. with his
manager and. what counts more than
all the rest. with the public. In
game played on August 9, he did the
Los Angeles team up brown, to the
tune OF 2-1. winning his game through
fine control. and using his head at the
time when 1t was most needed.
The San Francisco Examiner. OF
August 10. tells the following story OF
the game played the day before in
which "Our Barney did his work in
the cleanest of shape:
Once again must praise be heaped
high upon the black-thatched head OF
Barney Joy. Honolulan. Barney asked
Danny Long to be allowed TO pitch in
yesterdays game, as it was ladies' day
Danny gave his permission and added
that If Barney would win. he would be
on the card to pitch Sunday afternoon.
Well. Barney won. I'll wager that
down on the foam-fiecked beaches OF
WAIKIKI, where the compatri0ts OF
Barney are wont to gather of a silver
summer evening, there was no more
happy kanaka than the big fellow HIM
self was after yesterdays game was
over. This strange land to which he
came some months ago is no longer
strange TO him. He is no longer home
sick, and, If he can keep on winning
games and the accompanying enoomi-
ums he may come to like the mainland
better than the little native island
which he left.
But that, of course, is not the base
ball of yesterdays struggle. The plain
facts, as viewed Internationally, are
that Barney won a well-earned Pitch
er's battle from Ruby Randolph, the
lad whom Oakland traded TO Los An
geles for Carnes. Back of him the
team was playing errorless ball. Back
of Randolph the Angels were serving
up the same brand. Barney was
touched up for seven safeties, as
against the five which the Seals gath
cred from Randolph. But Barney had
the secret of keeping 'em scattered
and that's the whole answer. compact
ly put.
The opening inning was notable for
two things: Charley Irwin pulled down
a line drive with his ungloved hand,
making as sensational catch as has
been pulled off this season; and the
Angels tailed their first and only run
The liner came from the bat of Ber-
nard, first man up. When it left the
stick it looked good for one cushion,
at least, and maybe more. But the
old warhorse stuck out his bare light
hand and pulled it down out of the air,
to the accompaniment of lusty cheer
ing. Barney got a trace of nervous
ness and walked Carlisle street, hav-
ing been out of the game for several
days, and not being entirely we'll yet,
let a pitched ball pass him, and Car
Isle advanced peg. Dillon's sacri-
flee advanced him to third and he
scored on Cravath's single to center
field.
The game slipped on from then until
the fourth inning, without the Seals
having been able to hit Randolph safe
Iy. Spencer was the first man to solve
the pink mans spitball. He laced out
| the leather 10 center IOE Slu5lC-
Wheeler sacrificed. and Spencer scoot-
ed on to third station on Hildebrand's
infieId out. Irwin walked and stole
second. Both men had no trouble get
ting home on Williams two-cushion
| clout to the clubhouse. Ellis almost
speared this-almost, but not quite.
In the ninth, things looked nightly
! dangerous for Longs men. If it had
not been for big-league ball by JOY
and Street, the score would have been
tied to a certainty. Eager was sent
in to bat for Ellis. He rewarded Dill
Ions judgment by walloping the ball
down the left field line for pair or
bases. Smith sacrificed. Then. with
only one out and man on third Del
mas and Eager attempted a squeeze
play Barney saw it coming and
wasted the ball. Street, quick as
flash ran down toward third. and
caught Eager before he could get back
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