The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1907-05-28
THE FAvOR|TES
WE'RE V|CTORS

Two games OF baseball, one good, tn
other bad, were played at the baseball
park Saturday. The Kamehameha
and the Punahous played the GOO
game, and the Diamond Heads spoiled
the game which they played, or, rather
tried to play against ST. Louis.
The Rams lost to the Punahous by
an SO score. Excitement was intense
during the latter part of the game. The
Kams were the favorites, although oc'
casionally some few in the crowd woult
yell out encouraging words to the
Puns.
The crowd began to leave after the
Jewels had played a couple of innings
and continued to leave steadily-a sure
sign that the game was poor. st
Louis had such cinch that when 6
man went to bat his team told him
to make an out, as it was late" The
Diamond Heads managed to chalk UP
two runs to the Saints seven.
(9) PUNAHOU VS.. KAMEHAMEHA (s)
Punahous lost the toss and were
forced to bat first. Hampton, the hot
ly-contested-for pitcher, was the first
to have chance at the ball. The UNI
pire had called three balls and two
strikes when Hampton suddenly tight
ened his grip on the bat and whacked
out a beauty over the second plate. He
scored second when Z. Desha came to
bat and tried to steal third when Eddie
was put out. He ran back TO second
and was safe. An error on Vannatta' S
part while Jack Desha was at bat ad-
mitted him to third. and when Ring
land batted to first he ran home, maxi
ing the only run in the inning. Jack
was on first when Ringland's ball was
caught by Kaanoi, and Williams fly
ing out to the left fielder left him on
second.
Hampton was greeted with crys Of
derision as he entered the pitchers box
in the second half of the first inning
His first victim was Joe Fern, who
struck out.
Lemon was the next man at bat. He
struck a powerful one in the direction
of third base which apparently hit the
ground three inches outside the tape. A
few everlasting kickers demurred at
Bert Bowers decision in calling
Lemons hit safe, but those who were
in a position TO see are all emphatic in
the statement that Bower was right.
Lemon was put out on second.
Jones took his first on balls and got
to second on a passed ball. Vannatta
took his cue from Fern and struck out,
leaving Jones on second waiting for
the chance which never came.
The Punahous made goose-egg ana
the Kams never smelt first as one
fan expressed it, in the second inning.
In the third inning Eddie Desha made
q two-base hit. In stealing third he
made a pretty slide, and finally reached
home by a whack from Jack Desha.
Hannah and Hampton both struck out
and Jack relinquished the fight after he
had seen second.
BY the Kams in this inning no extra
fine playing was done. Fern looked as
If he might be trying to establish the
of being famous strike
OUTER" as he again failed to land the
ball other than in the catcher's glove.
Punahous again had a zero placed OPP
posite their name on the score board
in the fourth inning. Rams followed
suit.
Punahou redeemed herself in the
fifth, making four runs. kia took his
base on balls, King batted a two-bag-
ger, and Hannah's bunt brought Kia
home. BY foul strike, Hampton was
called out He stepped on his plate,
which he intends never to
do again." Jones tried to block Hannah
as he ran home by standing on the
plate Hannah bumped into him, caus- |
ing Jones to drop the ball, and received
an ugly bruise on his knee. He was
safe, however and that eased the pain.
Thanks to two bad throws from Ring
land to Kia, the Kams managed to
make one run in this inning. Miller
was the man who did 1t.
The sixth, seventh and eighth innings
found the Punahou score unchanged.
Kamehameha surprised the spectators
in the sixth, putting on the board the
largest number OF runs made by them
n the entire game. The excitement
was intense throughout the inning.
Fern, Jones, Vannatta and Miller each
made a run. They did not succeed in
scoring anything in the next, however,
md as the Puns scored nothing in the
eighth, run by Lemon tied the score.
Punahou got on her mettle in the
asst. and Hampton and the Desha boys
home three. The Rams made
wo and were good for a third when
lemon made an out thereby losing the
game by one run.
The score:
KAMS.
Ar Ri SR PO A II