The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-08-02
Keios, 5; Kamehamehas, 8.
Santa Claras, 5; Punahous, 4.

allowed the clever little Keios to beat
them out by pure drowsy carelessness.
The Kams would make a much greater
hit with the fans if they would buck
up when things are going against them,
instead of saying ''Kismet' and al
lowing things to take their course with
out an effort to stem the tide of defeat.
Vannatta was asked by one of the
fans why he did not get his men to
rally and show some ginger. He replied
that they were feeling out of sorts and
several of them were suffering from
injuries.
The fans are willing to make every
allowance for such things, but they
want to see the players put some snap
and vim into their playing, and it is
no exaggeration to say that the attend
ance at the park will fall off materially
if we are treated to many more such
exhibitions. The first game was very
soothing, sleep producing affair, but it
was not lively baseball, except when
the little Japs ivened things up tenn
porarily.
Claras and the Punahous, was fast and
snappy, and made up for the dullness
of the first event. There was a very
clever and remarkable play in this
game; play, in fact, that would not
come off in a thousand times.
Catcher Lyman of the Puns was the
hero and he deserves a whole lot of
credit for his eoolheadedness and clever
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came up first to the bat in the second
half of the sixth inning and he hunted
the second ball along the line to first.
He and the ball kept pace for few
yards, and then the runner gradually
forged ahead It looked like certain
safety. but Lyman doused his mask
and put off in chase. He reached the
ball about the time it was a foot be-
hind Merv.' IS heels, and it seemed inn
possible that he could catch it, recover
and send to first in time. But he did
it by means of marvellous scoop. He
Strengthened himself on the run and
passed. neatly over Shafer's head into
the waiting hands of Marcallino. Little
Merv was the most surprised man in
the country when he found the ball
waiting there for him.
The classy feature of the afternoon
was the work of the Santa Claras in
scoring three in the eighth with two
men nut. Hoogs made CHASTITY and
costly error when he dropped Ken
nedy 5 skyscraper. Kilburn was at
third and he ran home very easily
when the second baseman muffed the
ball
Hampton muffed another one that
came from Art. Shafer and this put
Kennedy home and enabled Art. to
reach third. Then Peters made time
" hit and Art Shafer romped. 1t was
a very exciting inning, and while the
Puns errors look bad on paper, they
were excusable with the exception of
Hogs butter finger.
Burns came very near getting himself
called down by butting in on Kia s
catch in the seventh. Byrnes skied to
center field and Kia ran forward.
Burns, at short-stop, was travelling side
ways and backwards towards the ball
and some way from his own territory.
Kia signaled, but Burns kept on going
and took the ball. Lucky for him, he
did not drop it.
Hampton was not feeling very well
when time was called for the second
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JOY umpire the first game, and the to-
dious work in the glaring sun had done
him no good For this reason he did
not pitch, and Castle took his place.
The latter pitched a good game, and
although the Santa Claras won, they
found the slim athlete no easy mark to
slug all over the field.
Barney umpired a good game. He
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lent roaring never bothered him for
second. When Barney is holding the
indicator, what he SAYS goes. and the
Jim Jeffries build of him assists mate
rally in lending strength and dignity
to his decisions.
THE FIRST GAME.
The Kamehamehas went in first and
batted out tally in the first inning.
Hamauku famed, then Mackenzie bunt-
ed safely along the line. Lemon was
out at first, but Mackenzie reached
third. and, when Vannatta made a very
safe hit, he easily reached home Ross
could not reach first and the side was
out.
The Keios went their opponents one
better in the next half of the inning,
and scored two. Sasaki was out at
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little Kanki came mp with his usual
trimming energy of manner and smil-
ed very cordially when Dick Reuter-
walked him and sent Takahama to Sec
ond. Fukuda was up next and then
Reuter- showed that he was not feeling
right for play that Afternoon, for he
made an error on an easy one and the
Jap pitcher slipped to the initial bag.
This filed the bases, and for time
Reuter- bueked up, for he famed Ko-
yama, one, two, three. But he slump
ed again when Abe came to the bat
and peered eheerfully at him through
his speetaeles. Abe walked, sending
the tack hammer kid home with a
serene smile on his face,
The bases were still full and the
Japanese fans showed their apprecia-
ton of the possibilities by loud yells