The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-08-11
You Get 1t !
First |
Santa Claras, 9; Keios, 4.
vannatta Combination, 8;
Castle Combination, /.


&Fas it baseball or was it bunch
ifpfellows Stacking round the field be-
MISE they had nothing else to do7
DIV did the bleaehers, sadly untitled
the beginning, show such rapid
Winning out of the ranks of the root
gbrsf And echo answers, "Whyfp If
.Ujou were there you need no explana-
II ion, and If YOU were not there it is
\ such a sad subject that the less said
about it the better.
H The game scheduled between the
kspieked teams from the st. Louis-Kame-
I hamehas and Diamond Heads .Punahous
was fizzle. 1t had been proclaimed
and heralded as one of the fastest and
most interesting games to be seen on
the diamond this season. 1t should
n. iSurH zen that same thing, but it was
y $pEye first place none of the Dia-
VI ads turned up. Sam Chilling
=. was in the bleachers and he was
Flown and into his baseball togs.
mnrNnt Beggs, Diamond Head recruit,
shin roved to be player of some
rvhStdi was also impressed, and the rest
si,zs, places were filed by Santa Clara
who had already played hard
and had spent the night in a
5argument with their midships sec
as to the confluence or otherwise
Hast.
i We fact is that none of the players
bed to care a whoop whether they
xed or not. As the Advertiser has
lifted out before, this is not what
Eases the fans. These latter put up
see the games, and while 1t is adj
bat tha p1a varc ara aOataurq
+ lis does not detract from their re-
aponsibility to do the best they can
when they go into the light of pub
city on the diamond. Nobody on the
cid seemed to take any interest, and
Z. much faster and keener game can be
n on any of the bare lots where the
iyers are shoeless and have three
It's and one ball between them.
The first game, between the Santa
IA laras and Keios, was up to the aver
4 / ge for speed and excitement, and was
japy no means a poor game to watch
yfrhe Santa Claras showed the effect of
4, their recent voyage very distinctly, al
4 though they deserve a great deal of
I credit for the way they threw off any
i i'll effects and shook down into good
team work. @
h The little Japanese players made a
sturdy fight against the other visitors,
and it looked as though they were go
ind to do things in the second inning,
when they tailed two ON clever steals
and Art Shafer's error in throwing
wildly to third.
/ Fukuda was behind the bat for the
first eight innings and drew applause
thany times for the clever way he
Ethrew. He sent the ball to second like
\ a streak several times, and his quick
4 work was in large measure responsi-
! BILE for the Keios holding the Santa
4 gCiaras even until the eighth inning.
N The first two innings of the first
game We're remarkable for two very
iclever catches. Art Skater skied to
n ,liddle-right field and Abe went for it.
lie was not near enough for clean
4 katch. but he jumped Mt the ball and
sught it. He fell forward owing to
3 impetus of his leap and rolled over
the ground, but he chung to the
ali and raised his hands triumphantly
the air as he lay on his back.
The other catch was made by Art
shafer. Takahama sent very hot one
cyhizzing towards second, Just out of
heach of Art 8 head, but the nimble
kollegian Jumped for it and made a
4 very pretty one-handed catch that
Eight healthy round of applause
al, the bleachers.
dshe Keios scored two in the second,
N Santa Claras came back with two
y tathe third. Koyama held them to
y ,os till the eighth, when the Santa
1 5tras came through with three. In
II II ninth Koyama went to first, Flu
1Sda pitched, and Higo took the lat
IRIS place behind the bat. Fukuda
Mas unable to do himself justice after
THE eight hard innings of catching, and
lie was batted to the tune of three
4, singles and a double in that one in
n (ning.
|j The Keios made last effort in the
n ninth and did succeed in tallying two,
but the other side had too much of
=, lead and they could not even come
FL Ssri TO tying the score.
~ NJ THE FIRST GAME.