The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-01-06
BIC BOOST FOR
DICK REUTER-
Denahue Says That He Pitches
Better Ball Than Barney
Joy.

The players, one and all, came back
with q. wholesome respect for the
pitching ability of Reuter-, the dusky
Hawaiian, who won the only game
from them which they lost on the
trip. Reuter- was shy on control when
the series opened and this was due to
lack of work He left his job as mo-
torrnan on street car to pitch, but
after he had worked a few games
there was marked improvement. He
walked few batters and he mad d side
arm ball that was very effective. It
was a hard ball to get hold of and
the players generally popped it in the
air. In the farewell game Reuter-
pitched grand ball after the first in
ming. 1t rained at the beginning and
the ball was hard to handle, but when
it cleared up Reuter- held the batters
speIibound.
It really think that Reuter- would
make good in the Coast League" re-
marked Pat Donahue, who caught him
twice Let me tell you about this
fellow. Reuters curve ball is not
much, but he has nice speed and good
control. His sidearm ball. which he
worked UP around the batters' necks,
is his best bali. Reuter- is a fellow
you can tell something, and he will
do what you tell him. noticed that
he could hit a bit, and he handled
bunts very well. Really, would like
to see him come here. He Is a better
man than Barney JOY"
Reuter- was popular with the Coast
League players, who were in his COM
pany a great deal He entertained
them in a modest way, and when the
boys sailed for home Reuter- went
down to the dock to say good-by.
Reuter- hopes to get trial with one
of the Coast League clubs and Danny
Long will be advised that he could do
worse than look him over.
The Hilo Club produced a young
outfielder who might make a rep"
in faster company. His name is
Desha. and he played in left. In that
eleven-inning game, which Joe Nealon
broke UP with home run. Desha cap
tured a fly in the sixth inning which
set the crowd wild. 1t was really a
phenomenal catch. 1t was not SO much
the catch as the way that Desha got
under the ball that impressed the big
leaguers. Desha handled the ball
beautifully. This great catch shut out
run and prolonged the game to
eleven innings. Desha also handled
himself like an artist at the bat. He
has two brothers who are also ball
players.
How did the players kill time COM
ing home on the steamer? AS they
went down-playing poker, pitching
quoits, getting up pools on the ships
run each day, buying rattle tickets,
reading. tanning and holding inn
promptu jinks in the evenings. The
poker room was the popular joint af-
ter the second day out. The players
We're too shaky on their feet to sit
about the festive poker table the first
two days. Going down Donahue had
all the luck, and won all the money.
but coming back Pat was the good
thing and Jimmy Britt cleaned up.
Going down Britt was the green pea,
and lost enough to buy handsome
Christmas gift. So while considerable
money changed hands nobody quit a
heavy loser. Nick Williams leads the
league playing poker, but returning
his hands We're beaten with disgusting
regularity. But Nick will get his
when next season opens The Heit- |
muller brothers We're not conspicuous
about the green table, but they cut |
on the pools. Each won a pool They |
were the only players to pull down |
one of these prizes. Occasionally Dew |
ereaux took a hand at the cards, but /
the athletic games engaged the |
major portion of his time In pitching
quoits Brick was in a class by him. ,
self. Hildebrand, his nearest rival, he /
could spot about three points in a |
game of ten, and then beat him The
Red Dogs control of the quoits was
all that could be desired. BY the by, /
Brick carried off other honors on the
good ship Alameda. He was the
champion swatter of the knife and
fork league. Going and coming the
Red Dog did not skip one meal. When
the water was the toughest and the
ship rolled the hardest Devereaux ate
his biggest package. and when the din
ner bell sounded Brick was invariably
first iii his seat. Mike Fisher batted
second. He was tied with Brick GO
ing to Honolulu. but returning the
portly manager "cut" a couple of
meals and finished second Pat Dda.
ahue led the jinks in the evenings. He
has rich voice and dances well be-
sides. The players were startled one
morning bright and early about five
hundred miles from San Francisco by
the announcement that a whale could
be seen. The monster of the deep
sank out Of sight before the players
could reach the deck. Brick asserted
that he saw the big fellow from his
bathroom window, but he had no aff1-
dayits The officers of the ship de-
clared that it was the largest whale