The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-02-02
You Get Ii
Straight


done. Nothing drastic was done, how
ever, aad the killing commenced with
the opening of the eighth.
Leslie seemed unable to find the
plate. and walked several of them.
Those who did not walk bingled or
doubled, and soon a scorefest had
started Before the inning finally
closed every single Star had chance
and nine runs were actually scored.
Then, in the ninth the visitors LACED
through their batting and ran out onto
the field with their coats on for the
last fielding. This was trifle like
rubbing it in and was emphasized by
the almost supercilious way in which
they handed some second hand sop to
the Hawaiian players.
While it would be a slur on the very
clever hitting and running of the local
boys in the last inning, the visitors
gave the appearance, at any rate, of
handing five cents to charity, and this
was not appreciated by the fans. This
is judging by the food of spectators
that swamped this Office last night, all
of whom came up to protest that the
people of Honolulu are quite content
/ and happy to lose game after game to
n superior team, but would like to see
the other side working all the time.
They may be right and they may be
wrong-they were all very certain that
they were right-but, then, fans have
that habit.
! Joy Is Criticized.
Barney Joy is a star player and
! knows the game, and he gives his de-
cisions promptly and honestly. He is
not liked by the fans in that role, how
ever, and there was hurricane of pro-
test round town last night about his
decisions. The role of umpire is the
hardest in the world. No matter how
good a man may be, if he does not
happen to hit it with the fans he gets
his all the time, 1t is a hard slam
/ on the local sports that practically all
the roofing that was done was booing
at the umpire. This is not calculated
to help him do better. Barney evil
! IDENTIFY got ratified. There is no get
ting around it that the seventh-inning
affair was bad one. Other decisions
that were howled about were close
enough for the umpire to know best.
There was no kicking from the visitors
at any point in the game.
Burns Delivery.
During the firsI>> part or the game
/ the visitors were working as hard as
J much. Bob was in great shape and
his puzzling delivery was working
great havoc. Burns turned out to be
less of terror than was expected, and
the boys met him courageously and
managed to find him for few bingles.
The terrifying thing about Burns
pitching is his quasi-balk in throwing
to first. 1t is not really a balk, but
looks like one, and is simply deadly;
so deadly, in fact, that man on first
is safe only as long as he keeps his
foot glued to the bag.
In winding, Burns does not turn to
the plate, but stands sideways, facing
first base. When he gets ready to
pitch he turns his face to the plate
about the time his hand is opposite the
center of his body. Before he turn:
his head he has perfect right tc
throw to first, and he can do this will
lightning speed when it appears Ger
tain that he is going to deliver. Will
Desha was caught mapping this way
first rattle out of the box; after that
the locals stayed mighty near the bag
Early Sensation.
The sensation of the early part OF
the game came in the third, wher
Harry Bruins again covered himself
with glory. Brick doubled to left
field and Delehanty came up. lie hit
! way out between Bruins and Kia, an6
it looked like sure double, but Harry
caught on the run and sent to second
so quickly that Hampton, with an ad
mirable catch. was able to put Grapey
running for Brick, out, off his base.
The locals climbed out of a nasty
hole in the fourth. With only one
down, Nick Williams reached third
and was all. ready for sprint home
Danzig was safe at first. Then Boil
famed McArdle, and Bliss skied, off /;
nice slow one, clean into Kia's hands
Locals Reach Third.
In both the fourth and fifth innings
, the locals had men on third, but the
much-needed bingle did not come al
J the right time. Again in the seventh
J Bruins reached the penultimate bag oil
a neat sacrifice by Leslie, but Jack
J Kia could not swat hard one and was
out at first.
The local boys hit several hard ones
to the outfeld, but, strange as it may
seem, there was always n fielder there
to catch it. The team work and indi
J vidual playing of the Stars is even
, smoother and more brilliant than one
might expect. Time and again the out
fielders caught long flies on the run
and the ball seemed to leave theil
hand on the return almost as soon al
it touched it.
Batting Worth Watching.
Nick Williams is specially solid al
center field. If by chance ball gets
by Delehanty or McArdle, either bat
ted or badly thrown, Nick is always
there and the, ball comes back to the
base in mighty quick time. The bat
ting Of the visitors is worth watching
on recount of the clever placing they
do. They do not hit to the outfeld
perhaps, much more than the local
players, but when they do the ball in.