The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-05-31
PUNS HAVE VERY
NARROW ESCAPE
Diamond Heads Give Them All
They Can Handle in
Ball Game.

The baseball games yesterday fur
nished two surprises. In the st con-
test the Kams defeated the heretofore
invincible St. Louis Alumni, and in
the second contest match the Diamond
Heads, which have been considered to
be much the weakest team in the
league, made the Puns stretch to the
limit in order to win out. The first
game was not the same brand of ball
which the teams have been putting up
of late, but was medley of errors
in which both teams shared. The Puns
happened to be little luckier than
the Saints and they managed to win
out. The first four innings of this
game saw two pitchers knocked out of
the box, though if they had been given
proper support not a run would have
been scored. After this the boys got
down to work and put up a pretty fair
article of ball.
The Puns had the hard luck which
Before the game commenced Captain
Eddie Desha hurt his knee and had
to give up the idea of playing. Then
later on Hannah, who had been putting
up a fine game; was hit on the elbow
by pitched ball, and he, too, was
compelled to retire.
KAMS. VS.. SAINTS.
field. In the first the kams were I'M
able to score, though En- Sue gave
them a good chance by dropping Lem
on's grounder. The Saints started off
in their old style of last year. En-
Sue was the first man up and beat out
a bunt, stole second and then spoiled
it all by trying to get home on high
throw to first. Williams scored Evers
and Busnell with hit to right, and
Gleason brought him home by driving
a hot one through short.
The Saints did not score again till
the third. when Lota came in to take
Kaanois place in the box. He was
hardly a success, as he was wild as
a hawk, and between this and the
errors which his feeders made, four
more runs resulted.
Then the score stood TO against the
Kams and they began to start some
thing. The Saints began to make errors
and they were wonders at it after they
started. Four runs was the total of the
Kams' gain for the fourth inning. The
fifth saw change of batteries. Bus
nell replaced Burns in the box and
Joe Fernandez went out to left field.
The latter was responsible for a run
almost Immediately, when he misjudged
fly which Lemon stretched into a
three-bagger and which also brought
Sheldon home. En- Sue allowed Lemon
to score on a poor throw which he
made of Jones' grounder.
From this time till the eighth neither
side scored, though the Kams got men
as far as second several times. In
the seventh Sheldon made a clean hit |
to left center which was followed by |
Lemons out on a fly to short. Jones |
struck out. Vannatta made nice sin
gle between third and short, sending
Sheldon to third, where he died when
Miller famed three times, after having
three balls and no strikes.
Lo On started the second half of
the seventh by striking out. Pat
Gleason waited well and got his base
on balls Fernandez made the second
out on fly to second. Gleason stole
second and went to third on Jones
high throw. En- Sue knocked two fouls
over the left field fence in succession,
and finally went out, short to first
Here the Kams tied the score. Reu-
ter hit to center, Kuhina following with
a clean single to left. Reuter- stole
third on En- Sues tumble and came
home on a slow throw across the dia-
mond to catch Kuhina. Fern went out
on BusnelI's one-handed catch of his
liner.
Evers hit to Sheldon, who fell down
in making the stop, but caught his
man at first by fine throw. Busnell
struck out. Williams went out on a
high bounder to short stop
Sheldon took second to I.o On's error ,
and got to third on Lemons fly to the
same place. Jones struck out Sheldon
scored on passed ball, Vannatta go
ing out, pitcher to first. i;
Louis went out on a grounder to first. .
Aylett flew out to second. Lo On :
dropped a ball alongside of the plate, :
getting to first. Gleason went out on
'oul to short, ending the game.
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