The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-12-13
H|LO CAME
HARD TUSSLE
Visitors Had No Snap Job OF
Going Up Against
hil0nians.

HILO, December 9.-The baseball
game played yesterday between the
Hilo baseball team and Mique Fisher
stars, which the latter won 7-3, was
till the seventh inning as close a con-
test as anyone could ask for. Up to
that time neither side had scored
though the fact that the Coast men
had been kept away from the home
plate was the result of fine battery
work on the part of Burns and Dash
wood, who were loaned to the local
champions by Fisher. The big left
handler had the Indian sign on his
teammates up TO that time and only
two hits had been made. His support
had not been of the best, but he pulled
out of several bad places very nicely.
In the seventh, Devereaux brought
in the first tally by quick work. Neal
on made the first out on a foul fly to
Eastwood. Devereaux got to second
on a grounder which he slammed az
short and which Lyman gobbled but
threw far over the first baseman's
head. Bliss hit to Burns on the ground
and was retired at first, but the Red
Dog took third on the play. With two
men out Devereaux tried a trick play.
Waiting till Burns was set to pitch, he
started for home, shouting like an IN
dian. Eastwood glanced in his direc-
tion as the ball was coming, and then
back at the ball, fumbling as the re-
suit, while the Red Dog came home
with the first run scored in the game.
In the eigth the Coast men had their
turn. With seven hits, two of them
three baggers, they brought in six
more runs, which placed them well to
the good. Henry Heftmuller started
things with a single 70 right and was
sent to second by Hildebrand with a
hit to center. Donahue advanced both
men with a safe bunt and all three
came home when Bill Heitmuller
slammed one for three bases to center.
Williams was safe on a slow one to
third. aided by slow fielding and both
men came in on Nealon's threebagger
to left. Devereaux hit safe to short,
bringing the big Lacquer home. The
next three men went out in order.
In the ninth the Coast men went
out one, two, three. The Hilos then
took their turn at scoring. Henley
went up in the air and gave Easton
and Desha passes to first. Lyman
struck out. Eastwood came to the res
cue with a nice two Dagger to left,
bringing Easton home and sending
Desha to third. Soloman was the next
man up. He drove one at Henley,
which the pitcher touched with one
hand and which then bounded off to
Hildebrand. The latter caught the bat
ter at first, but not till Desha had
brought home the second score and
Eastwood was roasted on third. Tevis
came up and knocked a clean single to
center. which brought Eastwood home
with the third and last run. Akau end
ed the play with a strikeout.
Outside of the hard batting of the
Coast men in the eighth inning and
the fine pitching of Henley, the feature
of the game was the work of George
Desha in the left field for the Hilo
team. He made several catches which
were worthy of a league man and play
ed a clean fast game all the way
through. The umpiring was hardly up
to the mark and the decisions were,
without any exception. in favor of the
home team. In one case rather dirty
ball was played by Easton. who rough
ed Hildebrand off first and then touch
ed him with the ball. He should have
been given his base on account of the
of the first baseman,
rather than have been called out.
The lineups were:
Spaldings-Bliss. c; Henley, p; Neal
on, ID: Hildebrand, 2b: Donahue, SIS;
Devereaux, Sb; H. Heitmuller, If; Will
liams, CT; w. Heitmuller, IF
Hilos-Dashwood, c; Burns, D; Eas-
ton, ID; Sheldon, 2b; Lyman, IS; Akau,
Sd; Desha, If; Tevis. cf; Soloman. IF.