The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-01-17

90 the pooAe1on Nc pidySu Weii .yeSIeT-
day.
Eddie Fernandez was, as usual. in fine
fettle. He held down his old place at.
the initial station and the ball that
escaped him had to be an impossible
chance. Little Sing Chong, drafted
from the minor league, can hardly. be
improved on. That wee lad has the
making of crack ball player. He has
form, speed, and he knows how to cover
his position. His miniature size aug.
ments against him to a considerable ex-
tent, but with two more years expe1,
ence in the world of baseball. there
will be few who can be called better
than he.
Al Castle started in the box for the
All Hawaiians, and he demonstrated
that he is in his class when he is play
ing with the best men in Hawaii. AL
is boy who keeps his noodle working
overtime, and that counts in baseball.
He and Bill Hampton both pitch on
the strength of their headwork to a
considerable degree Al sizes ND a
batter as soon as he steps to the plate,
and picks out his weak points. If the
batsman pulls himself close to the
platter, Al can be counted on to drive
him back with quick inshoot. Bill
Hampton has the same excellent pitch
ing qualities. Castle has had the ben
eft of college baseball coaching, and
to any man who knows what the rigors
| of practise on college team are, this
| means great deal. al does not claim
to be star in the slab artist s posi-
ton, but he can be depended on to
pull team together when balloon
ascension is imminent.
Charlie Lyman was the same old kid
| with the wicked wing down to second.
When they steal a base on Charles,
they are certainly going some. This
is notwithstanding the fact that Soares
has been doing most Of the backstop
work of late. If one c. Lyman Of Pu-
| nahou does not develop into about the
best all-round athlete and ball-player
that that institution ever turned out
with a prep. sheepskin, the writer of
this article has another guess coming
That all. Lyman has great whip,
though he is a trif1e slow at present in
getting it into action, and with his
unusual ability for speed, he should
blossom cut into a full-edged champion
athlete one of these days.
But the real feature of the game was
the work of the oIdtimers. Think of
Jimmie Thompson, Dick Reuter-, etc,
etc., doing stunts with the latter-day
champs! Why, that old baseball ka-
| maaina Jimmie Thompson cut up so
cute on short that no one would ever
believe that he handled legal docu-
ments for livelihood. Jimmie played
for the Chosen Few, Cut-Ups, Pick
Ups, or just common Scrubs, and he
was a dash of spice in the baseball
pudding. When James can't bluff an
umpire into giving the "right' kind
of decisions, he'll just naturally talk
him into it. And Jimmie can play
some ball.
''He was star when I first came
here said Bert Bower, who took in
the game from the reporters gallery
yesterday afternoon. Bert has been
on the sick list of late and will not
be able to handle the indicator during
the coming series. Jimmie was a
crack, one of the best players that Ha-
waii ever had, and I m sure I can t
see that he has deteriorated much in
the twelve years that l have been
here. Dick Reuter- was also doing a
, little baseball stunt out at Kameha-
meha when I first came to Honolulu.
Dick has worked himself up to the
top. too
Henry Chillingworth, at first for the
! Chosen Few, must have made Captain
| Eddie of the All-Hawaiians jealous.
Henry is not satisfied with just hav-
| ing won favorable mention in num-
Der of races, so he plucked few of
the laurels in the ball game yesterday.
Marcallino handled some nice ones
at second, too, and he is a speedy lad.
McCorriston, behind the bars for the
| Chosen Few, handled Leslie's hot ones
in clever style. On the whole, the
players, after they once decided to
play. turned loose some good baseball.
| All that is now needed is a contin-
uation of the good work, and, above
| all. get the men ont when game is
| scheduled. The sort of business that
| was done yesterday in delaying the
game an hour doesn't make hit with
| the fans