Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-07-22
Baseball Honors
Are Doubtful

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The question OF. baseball cham
for 1909 among the east
ern college teams 10 the most COM
pick that has arisen in number Of
years. Had It not been for the
showing made BY the Harvard nine
in the Yale series. there Is no ques-
ton but that university would have
been hailed as champion; but there
is little chance of giving the nine
the honors when that series is taken
into account.
or the big eastern teams, Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania has the best
record as regards Games won and
lost; but that team aid not face
many Of the stronger zones in the
east. Brown University. made O.
very good showing. but one that
would hardly entitis Il to the high.
est honors. Cornell also did we'll
but lost its series "a Yale and
should have been dsfsated by Har-
ward. but managed 70 divide those
two games WITH that .team.
4. For the FIRST time. II years Prince.
ton made very poor showing on
the diamond. In former years It has
been among the first three At the
end Of the season. but thia years
team. was far below the standard.
Both the Yale and Harvard. series
were lost. Harvard easily taking two
games and Yale two out OF three.
Princeton was very weak in the box
rs well as at the bat, and Captain
Dawson will have his hands full II
he Is going to make q championship
team out Of next years material.
Starting with the best material In
any college and with but. two posi-
lions to be filled with new men, Har-
ward promises to make the best
showing ever made by any team.
She had two OF the best pitchers that
ever filled a college box In Hartford
and Hicks, and hne catcher In
Captain Currier. All the other vet
Grams had made good records in
former years. and Coach Pieper is
enc Of the best coaches that col
lege could ask for. The team made
wonderful showing on its south.
ern trip, defeating Georgetown for
the first time In many years. The
first series the team lost was that to
Brown. That was due TO the excep.
|tional pitching Of Nourse and the
fact that the best men In the Har-
ward squad were not In condition to
play in the final game Of that series.
The second Cornell game was lost on
the latter account. The FIRST Yale
game was presented to Yale and
then returned TO Harvard. The
second game was deservedly won by
Yale and the third one In New York
was simply thrown away. Errors
on the part Of some Of the most re-
liable men on the Harvard team
were responsible for the runs that
won for Yale and the foolish base
running Of Arohson. one Of the best
players on the team. lost Harvard
the run. that would have prevented
the game going beyond nine Innings.
and given his team the series. 3 to
|2. The playing In this game un-
doubtedly deprived Harvard Of q
championship that she was clearly
entitled to had the men played the
kind OF ball they were capable Of.
Good material will be available next
year from which Captain LAnigan
should make winning team.
Yale probably has the best claim
to the championship Of any of the
eastern colleges. The showing made
the first of the year was very poor.
but improvement was noticeable al
most from the very first. and the
showing made In the Princeton and
Harvard series was very good. These
games were won by taking every ad-
vantage o fthe opponents poor play
In gand never giving up until the
last man was out. In this way Yale
brought her baseball season OF 1908
to much more successful end than
even the most optimistic Yale sup
porter could have ever expected
captain Philbin will lose most OF his