The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-08-10
MAGNIFICENT BASEBALL AT
HONOLULU ATHLETIC PARK
crrom Mondays Advertiser,

irnings with score 2 all on account of
darkness.
The most sensational afternoon s
baseball ever seen in Honolulu was the
result of the two games in the Oahu
League schedule at the Honolulu Ath-
letic park yesterday. There was
twelve.inning game without score until
the last inning and a nineteen inning
game in which neither side scored until
the last period, when they both made
two runk and the game had to be
stopped as it was getting too dark to
see the ball.
There were some very sensational
plays and two of the hardest hits ever
| seen at the park, one of which went
over the fence and came nearly decap.
itating small Chinese boy who was
perched on the roof of nearby house
and taking in the tenseness of the
! situation with open mounted delight.
From the time that McHenry walked
out on the field and gave the order
to play ball for the first game, until
the time, more than five hours later,
when he ordered play stopped on ac
| count of darkness, the very fastest,
keenest and snappiest baseball was
| witnessed by the crowd of more than
| four thousand excited fans who over
| flowed the grandstand and bleachers
! and gesticulated and shouted along the
out-field lines.
Twenty-eight Innings.
| Perhaps the most remarkable feature
| of the day was the work of George
| Clark. In the morning he pitched a
l e.
| against. Waianae and then came on in
the afternoon and twirled nineteen in
| nings for the Beers. Never once during
| the long time that he was in the box
did he lose his nerve or tire. The en-
durance of this slim youth is perfect
| ly astonishing. He withstood the ter
rible strain of it apparently with ease
and showed once more that he is one
of the headiest and steadiest pitchers
in Honolulu today.
Gibson for the Marines pitched q
magnificent game, too, He was as
| plucky and steady as a paladin and
kept up with his opponent all through
| the game.
En- Sang Cut Third.
The winning runs for the G. A. c.,
while allowed by the umpire, met with
great deal of adverse comment with
regard to one decision. Tn the twelfth
inning En- Sang was on second base, an.
other player on first and two down.
Sing Chong hit to the second baseman
who fumbled and En- Sang ran for
home 1t looked very much as though
he cut third base. in fact it was the
general talk round town after the
games that he did The umpire was
watching the fielder and, not having
eyes in the back of his head could
not be expected to see third base at the
same time. Any way En- Sang romped
and the run was allowed.
Kealoha's Great Swat.
In the first part of the nineteenth
inning of the second game Kealoha
made the home run of the day. He
swatted the second ball so hard that
it scared way over rightfield fence and
the aforementioned Chinese boy duck
ed Just i'll time. 1t was a magnificent
swat and the crowd literally went IN
in the air. The cheering was simply
deafening and could be heard way UT
town.
When the Beers scored another run
in that same inning it looked as though
the game was over but the Marines
came back with two also and the um.
pire called the game off on account OF
the rapidly deepening darkness, al
6:45.
Hang Chack Shines.
One of the heroes of the day and
The man who really saved the game
for the Dragonlets was Hang Chack
In the eighth inning there were two
men down but Ierbe sent a hard one
TO centerfield that took him to second
Then Kaipo did the same thing to left
; field and again Hang Chack caught tn,
ball and saved the day.
The O. A. CD. A. @. Game.
) Both teams played splendid ball nj
the way through. Jack Flores did him
self proud In the box for the Japs while
Apau did the same for the Dragonlets
The fielding all the way through wa,
excellent and Hang Chack's perform
ances were merely trifie more stellar
than those performed by many of tn,
other helders, especially Assam and Sing
chong,
Flores Twirls Steadily.
Jack Flores pulled his team out OF
, the hole several times during tho ear
, lier stages Of the game In the secont
inning they had the bases full, agar
In the fifth inning aud the eleventh
J IN the latter ease there was only on,
/ down but Jack famed tho next tw,
batters and pulled his team away from
, danger
, At the end Of the eleventh innlnl
| The score was nil. Then Tho Drag0nletl
| came UP and made their three runs
I'm sang WIS safe on third bnseman 4
error Apau famed, Mon Yin walked
, hit by pitched ball, Hang CbRek skle,
Z 70 right field then Sing eh0ng was SAT,
0n second haseman's error aud I'm SAM
, fomped, John ls1 bingled Sing chonl
10 snenud Cheeky was safe on second
I hhseman = seeund error while MOI
Yin and sing ehaug both romped. Aka
na died shnH 20 hfsi, runs,
The iar went ont thus Waknl
/ b'nRlei \ liasa hnnahed ~ IN Asau
! Nhn pni Nakiia ont nn double plat