The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-01-19

edges. The Chosen Few started out |
like winners in a way, and they ended |
up with n flourish, scoring a lonely |
tally in the ninth, but the stars were |
piling them up between times and all |,
the time. The final score was seven |
to one.
To say that the game was good is
about as far as any sporting writer
would dare to go, without risking his |
reputation. The game was scheduled |
to come off at three clock, and when !
the clock struck four there were enough
Punahou and Diamond Head players on
hand to make up the two teams. That
ism t good business, and it certainly
will not help the sport. If anything is
tiresome to a fan, it is to sit on these
hard old bleachers and wait for enough
players to go ahead with the game To
be sure, there was not such an enor
nous crowd at the game, but that is
no excuse for the ball-players.
However, when once mis- Royal High
Jumps Doc Monsarrat got things 60
ing, there was plenty of excitement in
the baseball line. The All -Hawaiians
were first up at bat, but they didn t
have look-in from the scoring stand.
point. Big Bob Leslie was in pitching
lOIHi, anu HO sdlt OHtS MtIt DluSltu
off that speedy delivery of his for sew
eral innings. As a matter of fact, Les.
lie made such a good showing that it
would not be bad idea at all, at all,
to shove him in against Mike Fisher
professionals for try. He has speed
to burn, and with a heady catcher back
ing him up, can twirl them down with
the best.
Throughout the entire game, the team
that will represent Hawaii in the series
with the All-Americans showed mp to
fair advantage. The players were some.
what mixed up in their positions, and
this put them out little, but the all
round teamwork was not bad. They
showed that they had benefited greatly
by the practise of the past few weeks,
and they will surely be in good con-,
dition for the professionals.
In the early part of the game, Johnny
Williams at third showed up splendid
ly. He had a number of hard chances
along the line, and he picked them up
and whipped them over to Fernandez
on first in good style. He is rather slow
in getting up on the hunts, but this can
be coached into him. Altogether he
played a pretty game. Bill Hampton
looked good at short and he was good.
There are few times that Bill can I
dish up the real goods at any infeld
position, whether it be in the box or
at the position he played well yester-
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 eXpe-i.
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 n 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 up 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 a quick inshoot. Bill
Hampton has the same excellent pitch
ing qualities. Castle has had the ben
eft of college baseball coaching, ant
to any man who knows what the rigor
of practise on college team are, thi
to be a star in the slab artist g posi-
l,4 he ha IananlaH 4
pull a team together when balloon
ascension is imminent.
Charlie Lyman was the same old XII
with the wicked wing down to second
When they steal a base on Charles
they are certainly going some. Thi
is notwithstanding the fact that Scare
has been doing most of the backstol
work of late. If one G. Lyman of Pu
nahou does not develop into about tn
best all.round athlete and ball-playe
that that institution ever turned on
with prep. sheepskin, the writer o
this article has another guess coming
That's all. Lyman has a great whiI
though he is trife slow at present j
getting it into action, and with hi
unusual ability for speed, he shout
blossom out into a lledged champio
athlete one of these days.
But the real feature of the game wa
the work of the oldtimers. Think @
Jimmie Thompson, Dick Reuter-, etc
etc, doing stunts with the latter-da
champs! Why, that old baseball k'
maaina Jimmie Thompson cut up &
cute on short that no one would eve
believe that he handled legal doc'
ments for a livelihood. Jimmie playe
for the Chosen Few, Cut-Ups, Picl
Ups, or just common Scrubs, and
was dash of spice in the baseba
nuddinp. When James can't bluff a
umpire into giving the fright" kin
of decisions, he'll just naturally tai
him into it. And Jimmie can pla
some ball.
"He was star when first can
here,' said Bert Bower, who took
/ the game from the reporters gallei
yesterday afternoon. Bert has bee
on the sick list of late and will NJ
he ahla IN handla the indicator duriI