The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-10-05
Riverside League Standing.

The C. A. Cs. defeated the Chinese
Alohas yesterday at Aala Park and put
themselves at the top of the Riverside
League by so doing The Palamas
also sprang little surprise by putting
| it over the Japs in game that was
very fast and interesting to watch
until it began to get dark, and then
the felders could not see the ball prop
erly, so that there was a regular romp-
| fest.
The question arises, FFWhy do not
| the Aala Park games start earlier in
the afternoon?" The first game was
not started until well after 2 O'Clock
| yesterday, and as a game with the IN
terval before the next one always takes
about two hours, it is obvious that
| the second game is not going to finish
until it is too dark to see anything.
| The officials of the league would be do
| ing a mighty good work if they had
their men on hand ready to start the
| first game promptly at 1880.
The first game, between the two Chi
| nese aggregations, was very fast and
snappy affair. and close enough all the
wav to make it very interesting. The
Alohas were the favorites in the bet
ting, plenty of which was going on,
and there were some fans with con-
siderably lighter pockets after the
game was over.
The Japs were the favOrites in the
second game, but not much money
changed hands, as the Palama support
ers either were short of money or had
not the courage of their convictions.
One disgruntled fan stood and bitterly
upbraided another, whom he accused
of telling him to come down to the
park so that they might make wager,
"And now,'' he shouted, 'Fyou get me
down here and then won't bet. Call
that being a sport? Huh. Here you
are. anybody want twenty on the
Japs? Come on, now, twenty to
eighteen, seventeen; here, / IL make it
twenty to fifteen" But his efforts
were met only by sulky silence, and
now he is congratulating himself that
he is Just twenty dollars in.
The feature of the afternoon was
Chi Bui's great catch of a foul pop
bv Wakita in the third inning of the
first game The ball spun high in the
air and came down on the very edge
of the crowd near the back netting,
and it looked impossible for a catch,
but Chi doused his mask and caught
the ball on the run, then he sent to
third and was just in time for Asam
to put Ho Yup out, which ended the
inning.
In the eighth of the first game there
was funny dispute, over which Umpire
Enos apparently reversed his decision.
Ho Yup was on second and Zerhe on
first. for the Alohas Wakita was at
the bat and Akina sent in a low ball
that hit the ground back of the plate
and skidded past Chi Bui 8 hands. Ho
Yup and Zerbe both began to run; Ho
Yup came in and Zerbe reached third.
Now there is a ground rule at the park
that a passed ball or wild pitch allows
only one base, so the umpire waved
the boys back. Then there was howl.
They said that they had signaled for
a bunt, and as that would take the
runners on one base they were entitled
to another one on top of that. Just |
why a signal for a bunt should have
this effect it is hard to say, as signals |
are naturally supposed to be secret. |
But Mr.. Enos saw it the Aloha way |
and allowed the run.
The First Game.
The c. A. Cs. started out well by |
scoring a run in the first inning. Luka |
McShane was pitching and opened the |
ball by walking Mon Yin, who then
stole second. Sing Ching famed. but |
Chi Bui was safe on the pitchers |
error, while Mon Yin romped.
Akina showed that he was feeling
hn ha -
of the other side in short order with
second the G.. A. Cs. scored another
Akina in.
There was no more scoring until the
seventh. but in the latter part of the
fifth, when it came to Luka McShane 8
turn at the bat, he was not to be
found, nor was his brother. The exact
reason for their untimely flight is not
known, but it looked very much like a
severe case of peev.
In place of Luka there stepped to
the bat a slim and agile-loOking youth
by the name of Ho Linn. He was ar
rayed in immaculate white shirt and
gray trousers, and, having no baseball
shoes handy. he took off his shoes and (
was. to say the least, in !
,ongruous. But he was all there and !
played a ripping good game, sliding
with no more thought of his good
clothes and bare toes than if he had
regular baseball togs on.
The c. A. Cs. scored another in the
seventh, Asam being the plate-reacher e
n this case. He reached first on a
pretty bunt which turned out to be
nit. for Brito stood and looked at the {
,alI expecting it to roll foul, but it /
lit tuft of grass and stayeds inside c
he line, while Asam sprinted and I
reached first in plenty of time.
Chin Yet sacrificed Asam on to see
md, and the latter went to third and Z
Ayau to first on Albert Akana IS error. 7
Then Ayau tried to steal second, and {