The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-09-15
U. s. S. Washington, 7; U. S. S. West

Virginia, /.
The West Virginias were saved from
having the whitewash tub spilled over
them by rally in the last inning of
not very exciting game played at
the Athletic Park yesterday afternoon.
With two men down Schaeffer and
Snyder both swatted out hits and the
former romped.
The West Virginia team evidently
had an off day for the support they
gave their pitcher was not by any
means up to snuff just once in the
game did they play snappy ball and
that was in the last inning when they
livened up and played the snappiest
kind of a game, but much too late to
do anything with the Cherry tree kids
who had piled up seven runs on them.
The little hatchets were there with
swell line of dope and played not
only an errorless game but a very fast
and keen game. Rice, their pitcher,
had a box OF curves that the F. F. VS..
could not touch and his backing from
both out and infelds was superb.
| Clear proof that the first family ball
swatters were out of form was given
! by glance at the score book which
showed a record of the last two games
played against the Delaware crossers.
| It was case of one, two and three all
| down the line There was a hoodoo
| somewhere and it must have been
when English, the West Virginia pitch
er, missed an easy pop fly from the
first ball delivered.
Large Crowd and Two Bands.
There was a large crowd to watch
| the game. Sailors from each of the
two vessls took up positions in differ
emit sides of the grandstand and each
was topped by the ships band. An
interesting, if somewhat deafening, Gus
tom was introduced for the first time
| in Honolulu when both bands selected
! different tunes and, while the teams
were loosening up for the game, played
a race to see which would finish first
The Washington band won by nose
There was preliminary encounter
between a team raised by Eddie Fer
nandez and the players from the cruiser
California They played only five in
! nings and the result was an eminently
satisfactory one, six runs being scored
by each side.
/ The Game.
The Washington team went in tc
bat first. Harris was safe when Eng
lish dropped pop from the first deliv
erv. Rice was safe on short s error
Cosgrove famed but Harris stole third
and came home ON catcher's error
Socha- and Dilloway famed. One run
Not single West Virginia mar
reached first base till the fourth in
ming. Four died, two skied and three
famed.
In the second inning the winners
made two runs. Blevin famed, Daniels
bingled and burgled. Mannion sacri
feed Daniels to third. Jelly walked
and stole second. Then Harris bingled
a sweet one down leftfeld way and
! Daniels romped. Harris stole second
| and. while the catcher was trying tt
get him out, Daniels toddled. Rice
! famed Two runs; to 0, Washington
One more in the third. Cosgrove
swatted to eenterfeld and was safe
Then Socha hunted and, while English
and Snyder were worrying about who
should field the ball. he reached first II
safety while Cosgrove dallied round
second. Dilloway sacrificed for bas
each and Cosgrove hit the plate while
the catcher was trying to get Sochs
/ asleep on second. With man on third
too. Blevin sacrificed Soeha to thirt
and Daniels famed. One run; to 0
| Washington.
The West Virginia team woke up fol
few minutes in the fourth and sent the
! winners away one, two, three. But the,
could not score in that inning. although
they did get a man to second.
! Two more for the Washingtons IN the
fifth. Rice was safe on Phelps erro
and stole second, Cosgrove singled ane
went to third while Rice romped OF
F'uller's error. Socha bingled Cosgrov'
heme. Dilloway famed and Blevin ant
Soeha were out on a pretty double play
Two runs; g to 0, Washington.
The winners made their last run il
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