The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-07-18
WHO WILL PLAY
On L-HAWA||S?
Great Difference of Mind in
Regard to the Players
Demonstrated.

The makeup of the baseball team
which will play against the team to be
brought down here from the Coast by
"Mique" Fisher is causing a good deal
of comment from all those interested
in baseball in this city. Some of the
suggestions made by players and news.
papers are enough to make one smile.
Soares and Davis as catcher. Neither
of these players has made anywhere
near good in the position behind the
bat or in the position as batter. Jones
has done good work behind the bat
and in the last games that he played,
Lyman, of the Puns, showed the best
form of any man who has been in this
position during the season.
For pitcher of course if Barney Joy
is here, he should be the man. Busnell
has not shown himself to be ahead, or
even up to the others, and the find of
the season, Leslie, has not even been
mentioned. Hampton has always done
well and Dick Reuter- has done nice
work for his team, who have failed to
support him when he needed it.
At first base Gleason is called for.
Why Gleason? He is a heady bah
player. He can hold his men down
when it is needed by them but as far
as individual work goes, he has only
played one or two games this season
and there has been nothing phenomenal
about his play.
At second Jimmy Williams is men
toned. He is out of baseball for the
season on account of his accident few
weeks ago. Vannatta is a good cap
tain but as second baseman is hardly
ahead of Darcy in any way. The lat
ter is far better at the bat and is one
of the best of the new men who have
played this season.
Evers seems to be the choice at short
If there ever was man who could dis
fast in the field when he feels like
playing and when he does not is hardly
to be seen. Eddie Fernandez has
played we'll in his position and has bat
ted better than any man in the league.
He has also a faculty of using his head
when he plays. 1t would seem a shame
to place him in the outfield.
En- Sue is the first third baseman in
the league. without question. He is
fairly good at the bat, can play the po-
sition as well as any man in the league
and on bases is faster than Hampton
or any other member of the Puns. AS
a man to lead off the batting list he is
badly needed in any combination which
could be made up.
The outfield is hard to pick out.
Eddie Desha might have a good chance
on account of his hard hitting. His
chief trouble is that he can hit when
there is no one on bases, but falls
down when a hard drive is really need
ed. Aylett is a good man all around, |
though trihe slow on bases, which is
where an outfelder should shine. |
Lemon deserves a place as much as
anyone in the league. He hits hard
and gets away quickly and when a |
drive is needed he is always in the
right place in the batting list. Louis |
is another man who should be given
a chance, as he is always hard at work |
and his batting would be sure to help |
out Kia, the LATEST man in the /
league. always seems to wake up when |
a liner comes in his direction. He can |
hit some, too.
There are many players who should /
be mentioned besides these. Al Will
liams has put up a pretty game at +
short for the Puns, and deserves some
Kuhina at first Is
the best man for wild balls in the
league. Plunkett. of the Kams. is by
no means back number nor is Jonah.
on the Diamond Heads. Castle, as
pitcher. has been left out of the reck-
oning. He may get back into his old
college form next Saturday, and the
hest teams in the National or American
leagues would have hard work to hit
him in that case.
Let the Coast league team come.
They will have plenty of players who
are not afraid of them and the local
bovs should get their share OF the VIC
tories. But what a scrap there will be
over who shall play on the All-Hawaif
team. |