The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-10-06
TWO REVERSALS OF FORM
AT AALA PARK YESTERDAY
tFrom Mondays Advertiser,
Riverside League


Palama ............ 8 600
j. A. G. ............ 3 800
Aala ............. 5 O. 900
The G. 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 a game that was
very fast and interesting to watch
until it began to get dark, and then
| the fielders could not see the ball prop
| erly, so that there was a regular romp-
| fest.
The question arises, "Why do not
tho Aala Park games start earlier in
the afternooni' The first game was
not started until well after . o o'clock
! Yesterday, and as 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 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 hao
not the courage of their convictions
ell One disgruntled fan stood and bitterl!
: upbraided another, whom he accused
s of telling him to come down to the
9 park so that they might make wager
J. uAnd now," he shouted, "you get mi
a down here and then won't bet. Cal
r that being sport7 Huh Here yol
e are, anybody want twenty on thu
: laps? Come on, now, twenty t.
eighteen, seventeen; here, III make i
: twenty to fifteen.' But his efforts
e we're met only by sullty silence ant
;, now he is congratulating himself tina
n he is just twenty dollars in.
t The feature of the afternoon wa
d Chi Bui's great catch of foul poi
~
frst game. The ball spun high in tn
! air and came down on the very edg
9 of the crowd near the back netting
II and it looked impossible for catch
Q but Chi doused his mask and caugh
e the ball on the run, then he sent t
y third and was just in time for Asar
+ to put Ho Yup out, which ended th
inning.
| ~. 80 +Ia fret rrar
u was funny dispute, over which Umpir
Enos apparently reversed his decision
: He Yup was on second and Zerbe o.
first, for the Alohas. Wakita was a
the bat and Akina sent in a low bal
that hit the ground back of the plat
] and skdded past Chi Bui' Is hands. H
Yup and Zerbe both began to run; II
Yup came in and Zerbe reached third
v Now there is a ground rule at the par
that passed ball or wild pitch allow
y only one base, so the umpire wave'
d the bows back. Then there was how
/ They said that they had signaled TO
A hunt, and as that would take tn
runners on one base they were entitle
to another one on top of that. Jus
y why signal for bunt should hav
v this effect it is hard to say, as signal
g are naturally supposed to be secret
But Mr.. Enos saw it the Aloha wa
70 and allowed the run.
Q The First Game.
The G. A. Cs. started out well b
o scoring run in the first inning. Lux
g McShane was pitching and opened tn
}. ball by walking Mon Yin, who the
, stole second Sing Ching famed, bu
Chi Bui was safe on the pitcher
error, while Mon Yin romped.
! Akina showed that he was feelin
y right from the first, and he got ri
~ of the other side in short order wit
II strikeout and two assists. In tn
u second the G. A. Cs. scored anothe
70 one, this time on a wild pitch that lie
7 Akina in.
. There was no more scoring until tn
I seventh. but in the latter part of tn
/. fifth, when it came to Luka McShane
= turn at the bat, he was not to
y found, nor was his brother. The exac
reason for their untimely flight is no
:, known, but it looked very much like
severe case of peey.
In place of Luka there stepped I
the bat slim and agile-looking yout
by the name of Ho Lin. He was a.
e rayed in immaculate white shirt an
!. !. gray trousers, and, having no baseba
- shoes handy, he took off his shoes an
Il socks and played barefooted, and tn
combination was, to say the least, il
y congruous. But he was all there an
: played ripping good game, slidin
u with no more thought of his goo
- clothes and bare toes than if he ha
regular baseball toys on.
. The C. A. Cs. scored another in tn
seventh, Asam being the plate.reache
in this case. He reached first on
: pretty bunt which turned out to be
= hit. for Brito stood and looked at tn
y ball expecting it to roll foul, but j
hit tuft of grass and stayed insid
!, the line, while Asam sprinted an
reached first in plenty of time.
Chin Yet sacrificed Asam ON to sec
!. ond, and the latter went to third an
Ayau to first on Albert Akana's error
Then Ayau tried to steal second, an
while they were busy putting him out
Asam ran in.
n The dianufad nIav In xvhieh Hn Vu-