The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-01-29
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Sports
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CASTLE IS IN
PITCHING FORM
,rrom wednesdays Advertiser,

tFrom Wednesdays Advertiser.)
Practise was on in full force, as
usual, at the league park yesterday af-
ternoon. Alfred Castle was there and
held down the box for some time to
the JOY of the many fans who were
out to watch. He was in excellent
form and handed them over the plate,
literally, to beat the band.
Castle will be a stronghold as an
alternate pitcher, for he has the curve
business down to wonderfully fine
point and has something besides
curves that amounts to half the battle
in ball game. He has a brain that
keeps thinking all the time and a man.
ner to carry out what he is thinking.
In fact, when things go wrong and
team seems likely to fall to pieces, he
has the innate knack of transferring
his own confidence to the other players
and pulling the players together for q
winning streak.
Some Sly Curves
Every fan who has ever been out to
the grounds has watched Castle pitch,
and when he is feeling fit nobody can
beat him at putting over those sly
curves that fool you as to place and
speed. While not built on the lines of
husky strength like Dick Reuter-, he
uses all the leverage of his limbs in
pitching and thus gets them over with
great speed. He seemed to be thor
oughly enjoying himself at the prac'
tise yesterday, and it was good to see
the way the balls hit Louie's glove as
they sped over the plate.
Another possible holder for the
season is Johnny Williams. He was
out in the field yesterday at short and
took hold of some hot ones that We're
sliced down to him from the plate.
Johnny has very adept throw to first
when a base-runner gets sassy, and
some of those stars may be surprised
to find themselves called out at first
because they were not there when
Eddie caught the ball
Third Base His Home.
Unless called to the box, Johnny will
STAY around third base, which is his
home. Many a hot one that looked
like bngle has stopped with . thud
in .Johnny's hands, only to reach first
before the disconnected batter knew
Just what had happened. He is n
wall of strength against those lnsld'
ious liners that get to the outfeld be-
fore ANYBODY knows what has hap
pened and are the cause of many
scoring bingle.
The outfield was well represented
Yesterday. viii Desha took right
field, Harry Bruins stayed out at left
and LAM Lemon took center. Each
of them had some high flyers sent to
him. and every one was properly ne
potiated The sky was clear at the
time, though there was not much sun
shine. as it was getting towards sun
down. but it occurred to one brilliant
fan to suggest that our boys would
have quite an advantage in the field
being used to the slant of the sun IL
the afternoon.
Woods Is Wanted.
A Mr.. Fred l.. Woods came here
from the, Coast on the last HilonlaI
with letters of introduction stating tina
he was formerly captain of the Lo
Banos baseball team of Newman, Cal
1t is understood that he was asked II
90 out to practise but has not yet dom
so. He is requested by the captain
of the team to turn out for practls
today if possible, as especially II HI
have experience as catcher, he ma.
gain a place on the team. IL MI
Woods win call at this office at ON
O'Clock this afternoon he eau Obtain
full information.
There was a surprising number
fans out to watch the work yesterday
Dr. Monsarrat was there taking in tn
show and his big presence and heart,
laugh did nothing to discourage tn
players. Henry Chillingworth left soc
Ger practise at the school to go on
and help and it is no surprise to sa
that his brother Sam was there not onl
to look on but to bat some high one
for the outfelders to catch.
One of the pleasantest things abou
the practise is the way that many play
ers who have no idea of making tn
team turn out to do what they ear
These enthusiasts help out perhal
much more than they think. They ca
bat to the outfield when everybod
wants to practise catching and the
can fill in the field when the team me
want to bat.
Sam Chllingworth vigorously denie
that he suggested drawing cartoon
At least he says it was a joke, bu
he made up for it by heartily indor
ing the water wagon scheme. TheI
were several .Aala Park players out
watch and do what they could, TheI
seems no doubt that the Cupid Leagu
will offer the courtesy of POSTPONE
ment of their games. This is SOM
thing that cannot very well be aske
for but would be delicate complimeI
to the people of Honolulu and to tn
visitors and would also be a sign {
that wonderful spirit of "Sport fc
sport s sakeo which is so well exen
plifed under the auspices of the HI