The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-07-07
.KAMS AND SAINTS
WON YESTERDAY
A Slow Game and T0IerabIy
Fast One Make a Poor
Average.


son. The second, though the score
would not indicate it, was for the most
part, fast ball, and the excitement and
enthusiasm at times made il exhilarat-
ing.
The Kamehamehas defeated the Pu-
nahous in the first game II to . and
they haven't a great deal TO brag of,
at that. They got eight runs in the
second innings by one of those COM
binations of hard hitting on their part,
and Of errors and difficulties expert
enced on the part of the Punahous
which seem sometimes as though For
tune was trying to show how capri
cious she could be. Eleven hits, of
which five were in that fateful second
inning when it looked as though the
Punahous never would be able to re-
tire the side, account in large measure
for the score. After that tidal wave,
the Kamehamehas got one run in each
of the sixth, seventh and eighth in
nings. The Punahous got one run in
the first, another in the second and
AtwO in the fourth and one, in the eighth
IThey got three hits. But the game was
awfulIy slow and embarrassing. There
was a burst of excitement in the eighth
when Vannatta sent the ball into deep
center, almost to the fence, far over
center fields head, and scored a home
run.
The second game was fast, and in
spite of the inequality of the score and
the fact that the Diamond Heads We're
Shut out, it was pretty good game.
FTha iY1 inc
more like its normal form. 1t played
with the spirit of determination to win.
iThe Diamond Heads, on the other hand,
were not quite up to their mark. Ten
khits made off their pitchers is pretty
4 heavy odds.
FIRST GAME.
The Punahous started in handi-
capped. Lyman is in Hilo. John Will
liams had just got back from there and
hadn't got rid of his sea legs, ana so
was in no condition to go behind the
bat. There was no one else on hand
to take the position, McCorriston not
having arrived. Harry Wilder, though
he had not caught bali for three
years, volunteered to lead the forlorn
hope, and he didn't lose the game for
the team either. He caught for two
innings and then went to first and
Winnie went behind the bat. Winnie
has good baseball material in him. He
needs to be a little quicker, but he is
Ia willing performer, and showed good
Judgment in one or two exciting times. |
Hampton the pitcher was not up to his |
usual standard.
The game started with the Punahous |
at the bat. Hampton went out at first. |
Eddie Desha made a two base hit, got |
third when his brother John batted |
way out into the Outfield, and scored |
on a passed ball Kia got to third on |
the same passed ball. John Desha was |
caught out by right field, and Albert |
Williams went out to center field.
For the Kams Hamauku, Lemon and |
vannatta went out. Miller in between, |
getting to first but no farther.
In the second David Desha made a
run on a hit and a failure of Vannatta |
to field with his usual precision, and |
by taking a chance, when Hampton |
made what was intended for a sacri- |
feed hit but which he turned into a |
one base hit by a clever slide at first |
Then came the Punahous' Waterloo |
of the second inning. Lota made a |
single over first, and to second and |
third when Kuhina batted a long fly |
which Kia took in by backward run /
and a beautiful catch that won him |
much applause and scored on PlunketS |
hit to right. Plunket scored on Ka-
maiopili's buut, said to have been the |
prettiest bunt of the season. Reuter- |
scored. Kamaiopili scored. Hamauku |
and Lemon scored on Vannatta's long |
hit to center Vannatta came in on /
Lota's long hit TO left after Miller had |
gone out catcher to first. Lota served |
for a second time in this inning, on a |
single. a wild pitch and Kuhina's fly |
to left that Eddie Desha failed to |
catch. Then Plunket went out at first. |
A batting-fest."
Everybody hits"
Did we really get them out?'
Such were some OF the expressions |
wrung from the fans.
Some thought the pitcher had gone |
wrong. Others thought it was either
the act of God or the public enemy. |
Anyway the Punahous never recovered |
from the blow.
Nobody did anything in the third ex-
cept that Kamaiopili tried to make a
bunt and hit an infeld fly instead and
was out on that and for interfering |
with fielder, the fielder being Harry
Wilder who was at first at this time.
In the first of the fourth the Puma
hous made two runs WITHOUT a hit,
Winnie and D. Desha making the runs,
Hampton sacrificing to bring Desha in.
In the fifth there was nothing doing.
In the sixth Lemon, after getting his
base on balls stole second, and got to
third and scored on Winne's overthrow
to third.
In the seventh Kuhina scored on his
own hit to left field and Reuters long
one TO center. In the eighth Kia got
his base on balls, stole second and got
home on a passed ball Vannatta in
this inning made pretty double play,
fielding the ball hit by a. Williams
near second base putting out Wilder
who was forced off first and throwing !
TO first in time 10 catch Williams.
In the second half Of the eighth, Van
malta made his home run. He batted
the ball over center fields head. right
held fielding il and throwing it home
but not in time to head off Vannatta.
There was nothing more. The game
finally dragged itself out.
KAMEHAMEHAS.
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