The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-02-05
NEW BATTERIES
ARE ARRANGED
Reuter- and Bliss Tomorrow and
Burns and Bliss Next
Sunday.


fore tomorrow afternoon, Jack Bliss
will catch for the locals with Dick Reu-
ter in the box, and Graney and Williams
will be the battery for the visitors. On
Sunday Dexereaux will pitch for the
visitors with Williams to catch, while
Burns and Bliss viii act for the ALL
Hawaii team.
There will be a novel feature of the
game on Sunday, in that Mique will
umpire. This alone should be enough
to attract many to the bleaehers, for
here will be grand chance to hand
it to the smiling magnate. Not that
Mique does not know how to handle
the indicator. "Don't you ever think
1 can not UMPIRE he announces in
quite loud voice. 81 IL surprise some
of you fellows when get out, there. "
Mique claims to be the only real thing
on strikes and balls, and says that
when there is anything close at first
he can get there and back to the box
while runner gets to first from the
plate.
Unique Curtain Raiser.
The game tomorrow will have cur
tain raiser in the shape of the field
day sports These will start promptly
at two o'clock and will be over in time
to give the teams practise before three
clock. Mique is iustifably cranky
on the subject of starting on time and
the game will be called punctually.
Gin San Francisco" says Mique,
''when the umpire walks out on the
field, set your watch at three 'elock
and you won t be two seconds out
The feature of the sports will be the
vice versa race between Red Dog and
En- Sue The former will run fifty
yards backward while the Chinaman
runs hundred yards forward, and the
visitors have something that talks to
say that Brick will win.
In addition to this there will be the
ffty4yard sprint that Mique has chal-
lenged for. 1t is understood that a
local saloon man has taken up the i'm
presario's' offer. This was that he
would run any 220-pound man on the
Islands for any kind of money, Mex,
| pesos, dollars or yens, over a ffty-yard
distance
Accuracy Throwing.
The accuracy throwing ought to
bring ought some good work. The test
is made by setting up an iron target on
| second, about the size of man S chest
Each contestant stands on the home plate
| and has three throws. Each time he hits
the target counts a point. This sounds
easy enough, but it is doubtful if many
| of the throwers will hit the plate, as
/ it is really mighty difficult feat.
There will be the usual long-distance
| throwing, short distance sprinting and
base-running and there are substantial
prizes for every event, either in money
or cup, according to the wish of the
winner. All local ball players are eligi
| BILE to enter. and there will be no en-
trance fee of any kind. The Judges
will be chosen from the most prominent
| local sportsmen present among the spec
tatOrs.
Thirty-four Games.
The visitors have played thirtyfoul
| games during this trip in three months
and half, and they all seem to have
been, doing we'll on it. Many of thu
eastern critics declared that the tril
would be bad thing for them am
would make them stale for the prelimi
nary work with their own teams, bu
the reverse is true.
The boys have had just enough worl
i to keep them limbered up and no
enough to tire them. They have ha'
a delightful trip and have been putin
on weight, and nobody goes stale whll
he is putting on weight.
BY the time they reach the Coast
will be nearly time for eastern prat
tise to start, and those who are boun'
] for eastern cities viii have just con
I Portable time to get settled before tn
opening workout. Bliss goes to =
Louis to catch, Danzig viii join tn
Boston Nationals as first baseman, Dele
hanty goes to Washington to fill HI
old position at second. Heitmuller Wi
doubtless be steady outfelder for tn
Philadelphia Athletics if he keeps u
the hard hitting he has been doing o
the trip, and Graney will go to Cley'
land.
1t is not known who will have Burn
this season. There is a deal on for tn
Giants to trade or purchase him fror
Washington, and he may go to the III
tie village on the Bronx. Devereau