The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-10-11
J. A. G. 5, G. A. G. 1.
Beers 6, Half-wets 5.

TeTudy dItefHoOu. Inc JdpS had COM
paratively easy time of it with the
Dragonlets but the Marine -Kalihi game
was very close and exciting one and
the good Half wets would never have
gone down to defeat had it not been
for series of grave errors in the fifth,
when the Beers made four.
There was larger crowd than ever
at the park and more prominent local
people than have been seen there yet.
In fact the grandstand was practically
filed with personages.
There were more ladies in the grand
stand than usual and the park seems
70 be quite rendezvous for the same
people who used to patronize the in
ternational games of last year at the
other grounds.
Flores Had a Mouse.
Jack Flores brought over a good one
and Cheeky added to it, Jack pro-
dueed a big mouse in the fourth in
ming, when he went in to bat and let
it run over the plate for luck. It must
have been lucky for the Japs scored
three of their five runs in the next
spasm.
Cheeky caught the mouse and while
Akina was coaching at first base, he
slipped the little animal into Akina s
mitt. When the inning was over and
the Dragonlets went out to field, Akina
look up his mitt, thrust his hand in
and then withdrew it very suddenly.
He thought he had come across a
Manoa rattlesnake Amidst the yells
of the crowd. the little mouse romped
out of the mitt and ran away to hide
itself beneath the bleachers.
Walkers Great Throw.
Henry Walker made one of the
grandest throws ever seen on a base
ball field. Cheeky bingled and Hang
Chack went in to run for him. The
latter started to steal second and Hoo
phi threw wild to second so that the
ball went over francois head Hang
Chack naturally enough kept on run
ming.
The ball went way out in deep cen
ter field and Walker had to sprint for
it. But he captured the ball and, with
a marvellous throw, he sent directly
to the plate in time for Hoopii to get
of the greatest ovations ever given to
a ballplayer i'll Honolulu. The fans
went crazy.
Cheeky was debited with two errors
but he played a crackeriack game just
the same. He caught no less than five
men out at second base when they
tried to steal, by quick and clever
throws in the nick of time
Anderson's Temperance.
Anderson, the grand old man Of
Camp Very, made his temperance for
the Marines and was greeted loudly
by the fans. He caught five innings
but then his mitt went back on him
again and he was retired in favor of
Williams whose place at center field
was taken by Hines!
Hines played great game in the
outfeld. He made two sensational
catches that looked like impossibilities
and put out the last two men in the
last inning.
Beers Looked Weak.
One of the greatest features of the
afternoon was, that when the fans saw
the Boer lineup, they thought it would
be a cineh for the Marines The bunch
did look different from the usual turn
out, certainly.
Long, Butler. Woods and George
Clark were not there. Kaipu went in
the box, Josiah went to third base,
Sheppard took shortstop and Moses
went behind the plate. Abe Norton, a
High School player who has seldom
filed that position, took first base and
made a grand showing. In spite of
what the fans thought about it, the
Beers seemed to have improved by
their changes.
Flizer Had the Goods.
Flizer played dandy game at see
ond base. Although he made two er-
TOrs he took a tremendous number of
chances and was there with the goods.
His two errors were very forgivable.
He is good with the stick and, if Dom
Paul would give him one position to
play regularly, instead of making
general utility man of him, Flzer
would turn ont to be star.
Both games were up to the excellent
standard set by the league and the
Athletic Park fans certainly have
nothing to complain of.
The First Game.
The Japs scored first in the fifth.
e Up to that time it had been a ease of
one, two and three. Walker took an
ovation when he came up as he had
just made his spectacular throw to the
plate. He was safe on second : error
and Akana sent him to second when he
was safe on catcher s missing third
strike. Then there was q double steal
Kaipo hit to first who threw to catcher
Il prevent Walker from scoring.
Walker bumped Cheeky over and this
gave Akana chance to score also,
While Kaipo was safe on first. Kaipo
started to steal second and Cheeky
threw wild to second so that Kaipo
romped. Three runs