The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-06-16
FORM REVERSED
IN BOTH GAMES
Diamond Heads and Punahous
Surprise All the
Wise Ones.


mehamehas defeat the Diamond Heads
and the st. Louis collegians defeat the
Punahou seholastics. What they did
see was a complete reversal of their
expectations, and two one-sided games
at that. Still, though the games were
one-slded, they were not uninteresting.
In the first game there was the con
slant expectation, maintained almost
to the end, and with every once in a
while something to stimulate it. that
the Kamehamehas would rally. and by
some marvellous playing, pluck the
flower Victory out of the ruek. But
the tide never turned. It was a Dia-
mond Head game right to the finish.
though not such very great game on
their side at that. The Kamehamehas
were ragged in their fielding and hand
ling of the ball. They were weak at
the bat, and what stick work they
did was not done when it would do
the most good.
The Diamond Heads played steadi-
er, though slow game. They did
better team work, and there were some
plays to arouse enthusiasm, though lit
tie that could really be called bril-
liant.
This was Major Van Vliet's last APP
! pearanee, and good many of the army
people, besides scores of others of his
friends and well wishers. were there
8e see him play The Major scored
in the second inning on his first time
at bat. In the eighth inning very
promising outlook was ruined by his
being forced out at third.
TOiay,oand tf,a xrbo1o
showed a steadiness and an improve
ment that is very satisfactory to the
well wishers of baseball. One of the
features of their game yesterday was
Fernandez work at shortstop. He COW
cred large amount of territory and
did it well. He made some pick-ups
that were beauties and on one or two
occasions aroused enthusiasm.
The second game, that between the
Punahous and the ST. Louis team, was
much faster than the first game and
better, though still not up to the best
standard of baseball this town has seen.
There was, however, a personal ele-
ment about it that lent considerable
interest. There were three Deshas
playing and four Williams boys. The
Desha boys were all on one side and it
was not hard to keep track of them.
But when Williams as pitcher, for in
stance, threw the ball to Williams
frst-base, to put out Williams base
runner, it was little confusing to
the stranger.
As the first game between the Puma
hous and the Kamehamehas was the
farewell game for Major Van Vliet, SO
the second game between Punahou and
st. Louis was the occasion for new
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4 This was William Williams, brother |
of the other Williams boys, rounding
out the Williams trio to a quartet. He |
played right-feld for the st. Louis, and |
did it very ereditably. His first op- |
portunity came in the second inning |
when Hampton hit long fly to right |
field. The youngster missed it, prob |
ably due to an attack of stage fright,
for it was one of those kind of plays |
where the whole gathering is singing |
you right out to look at you. In the
third inning Lowrey sent the bali in
the same direction, but this time the
youngster was there with the goods,
and for the remainder of the game he
was all right. He made one of the
five hits credited to his team so that
on the whole it may be called a sue
eessful debut.
The Punahous made a batting game
of it. They made fourteen hits, two
two-base hits, and one three-bagger.
They made seven Of their twelve runs
In the first two innings and all by
heavy stick work.
FIRST GAME.
The NKamehamehas scored their only
run in the first inning. Hamauku went
out, third baseman to first. Lemon
got first on Van Vliet's inability to
handle an erratic ball. Jones sent the
ball into far out shortstop territory
and got safely to first in spite of Fer
nandez lively work. He got to sec
ond and Lemon to third on passed
ball, and Lemon scored on Vannatta's
ahit. From this on to the fifth it was
fbae, two, three order. In the fifth 1T
Cooked for a time as though the Rams
might do something. Reuter- few out
to center-feld who took it in without
moving a step from his position. Then
Plunkett got his base on balls, and got
to third on Lemon IS long hit to left
field after Hamauku had struck out.
Jones got his base on balls and the
bases were full with Bill Vannatta at
the bat. The Kanehameha rooters
were on tiptoe of hope and expeeta-
ton. Vannatta hit the ball all right
way down to the extreme of center-heid.
But Olmos gathered it in and hope died.
They never had chance to revive hope
afterwards.
The Diamond Heads made their kill
ing in the second Leslie hunted and
heat the hall to first The first haseman |