The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-12-15
H|LO SAW GREAT
BASEBALL CAME
Ten Innings Passed Without a
Run Being Scored by
Either Side.

The second ball game played between
the Hilo team and the SpaIdings prov
ed to be the fastest which has been
the Territory. For ten innings the two
teams fought it out without a score
on either side, but then the heavy hit
tiers from the States got in some of
their deadly work and brought four
runs across the plate, ending the con-
test.
Nick williams was turned over to
the Hawaii men to do the box work
and did himself PROUD. He had con-
troll and a crossfire delivery that was
too much for his team mates and by
keeping the hits well scattered, aided
by clean fielding, came very close to
winning out. Eastwood was on the
receiving end of the battery and work
Ell like a Trojan. r4s never missed a
play that there was a chance at and
his throwing to second was perfection.
The fact that he caught eight men
who were trying to steal, shows how
hard and straight his throwing was. |
He'd was a great favorite with the
crowd and through his batting, the
Hilonians came very near carrying off |
the honors of the day.
Devereaux and Jack Bliss were the |
battery for the Coast men. The form |
er pitched like the veteran he is and |
in only one inning allowed the oppos- |
ing team to get as far as second base. |
Bliss caught a fine game. his throw |
ing 10 first, where he caught two men |
mapping, being the pretty feature of |
his work.
For the Hilo players George Desha, |
who played in left field, easily was on /
top. He handled his position like a |
veteran, making catches again and |
again that brought the grandstand to
its feet and caused the heavy hitting
Hildebrand to say, whats the use Of
hitting the ball, anyhow. if they are
all going to be dragged DOWN." Eas-
ton played nice ball at first, as did
Buck" Lyman, a brother of the Pu-
nahou player, at second base.
In the last of the ninth the home
team came near bringing through a
run which would have decided the
game Lyman was the first man up
and clouted the ball to left field for
safe hit. He stole second and was
called safe, though apparently Dona-
hue had him by two feet. Tevis famed
and Eastwood flew out to Donahue.
Williams knocked a hot one past Dew
ereaux, which struck Umpire Alden on
She foot. He was credited with a base
art but Lyman, who had taken third,
swas sent back to second. Solomon
scame up next and drove out a single
TO right, which brought Lyman to third
= nd he tried to get home, not count
Ing on Henley's arm. The latter was
there with the goods however, and, ;
man at the plate.
From this time on till the first OF
the eleventh neither team had a good
chance to score. In that inning,
though. change came. 1t was rain {
ing quite hard and Williams lost con-
troll of the heavy ball, allowing Heine
Heitmuller, who was filling in at left
field to walk. Hildebrand hunted safe /
to third and sent the little chap to ]
second. Donahue struck out, but It
was virtually a sacrifice. as by his !
work. Heine got to third. Big Bill I
Heitmuller was the next to figure I
with a hard drive through second he {
brought his brother home and sent :
Hildebrand to third. Nealon then !
turned the trick After couple of {
fouls toward third he caught one on /
the nose and it went sailing into the {
bushes far over the left fielder's head t
1t was a clean home rum and meant :
three runs. Bliss hit safe to third c
getting his bag on a slow throw, but
was caught trying to steal second. me {
Red Dog tried to bunt on the third /
strike and was out. In their half the I
Hilo men could not even get TO first /
and the game was over. The hneups: /
Spaldings-Bliss. c; Devereaux, ?; S
W. Heitmuller. 1b; Burns, 2b; Dona- b
hue. IS: Hfldebrand. Sd: Henley, RI;
NeaIon. CT: H. Heitmuller, IT. h
HiIos-Dashwood c; Williams, p; c
Easton, lib: Lyman, 2b; Tevis, IS; i
Akau. 30: Solomon, IF; Todd, CT; r
Desha, If. T