The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-08-03
Keios, 8; st. Louis, 5.
Santa Claras, 8; Diamond Heads, 6.


over on the home teams again yester-
day, and they slipped it good and hard.
Two of the snappiest, fastest games
ever seen at the park were played yes
terday afternoon, and the fairly good
sized crowd of fans went crazy with
delight. The victories were deservedly
popular and both of them were really
earned by clever play against teams
that were doing their utmost to turn
defeat into victory.
The Keios won their game by team
work, by keenness, by following signals
and by a wonderful improvement in
their batting. They deserved every run
they made. Even in the eighth, when
Soares sent to Bushnell for a chance
to catch Higo mapping at first and the
ball went by into the wilds of right
field, little Higo would never have got
home if he had not sprinted round the
diamond at such terrific pace. Sprint
is hardly the word for it, he seemed
to fly, and hit only one or two of the
high places on the way.
1t is impossible to pick out any fea-
lures of the afternoon, because every
inning was a feature in itself. Both
games were brim full of clever plays,
and there was not a dreary moment
from the time En- Sue went to bat for
the Saints until Walker skied out in
the ninth for the Diamond Heads.
The Santa Clara boys won their game
by determination and aggressive root
ing as much as by their excellent play
ing. When their first man went in to
bat they started the shouting and kept
it up continuously as long as their own
men were batting. There was an air
of "get up and get'' about them when
they walked or the field, and they sail
ed down the ginger route from the first
ball to the last.
The efforts of brass-lunged Byrnes
and iron-to ngued Mckenzie were very
effective and they soon began to get
Leslie ratified. The latter really pitch
ed good game, but he paid too much
attention to the noise and failed to get
the usual curve on his balls. He gave
way to Bill Chillingworth in the fifth,
but the damage was done by that time
and the coolheaded youngster was I'M
able to stem the time of victory that
set in in the first inning when the Clara
boys tailed four.
KOYAMA VERSATILE HITTER.
Koyama was the hero of the Keios.
He made four hits, every one of them
Just when they were needed and all
of them in different places. The first
one went to right field, the second one
to left, the third one to far center
and the fourth was placed neatly be-
tween third and short stop where there
was nobody to get in the way of the
ball.
Fukuda pitched a heady game for
the Japs and was never ratified for
minute The rest fef the team played
up to him and the little brown men
did some things to the hard-working
Saints, that were several shames to
see.
In the third the Keios did a lively
piece of work. En- Sue stole third
and Walker was trying to do the same
to second when Murakami got hip to
the biznaR He chased Walker and
passed over his head to Abe, the lat
ter retugned and Murakami was just
about 70 reach the big fellow and
touch him out when he heard sounds
of warning from home. En- Sue had
taken advantage of the diversion caus-
ed by Walker to try for home, but
Murakami shot to the plate and Higo
caught just in the nick of time to
touch the active Saint out.
There was very humorous incident
in connection with the overthrow in
fhe eighth of the first game, that land
ed Higo home. Barney Joy at right
field went after the bali as it reached
the foot of the benches lined along the
fapea RarOpv'S shirt was very will
ing but his flesh, instead of being
weak was too strong. There is phys
zeal reason for Barney's being unable
to stoop with the greatest ease in the
world. and the big man bumped him
self up and hunted that ball till he
looked like nothing so much as baby
elephant digging up roots with its
trunk. When Barney recovered and
sent back too late 20 catch the little
Jap before he reached home, he was
greeted with ironieal cheers and one
Jack Doyle referred to the incident
in tones which could be heard at least
three feet away.
The fact of the matter is that both
the Santa Claras and Keios have been
rapidly improving owing to the prac-
tise they get during the week. Our
local bows are unable to turn out for
very regular practise and so the visi-
tors have that much bulge on them.
The improvement in the Keios play
has been nothing short of wonderful
and the little men have shown the
spirit of true sportsmen by being I'M
dismayed by early reverses and buck
ing up harder than ever until they
have won two hard games in two days.
THE FIRST GAME.
There was no scoring until the third
inning. Both Burns and Fukuda. in the
box, were feeling just about right and
the game started out with fine shay.
In the second Koyama made his first
hit and reached third on two sacrifices
by Abe and Murakami. but Higo went
out at first and the boss hitter could
not reach home.
In the third Soares went to second
on Fukuda s error, Danny Arcia skied
to Higo, and Burns sacrificed Soares
to third En- Sue singled at the right
time and Soares romped. Then it was
that Walker tried to steal second, and