The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-06-21
Kewalos, S; Palamas, 8.
A1ohas, IA; Fort Shafter, 2.

AohaS, IA; Fort Smarter, 2.
The grand opening of the Riverside
League came off as scheduled yester-
day afternoon with only a little rain,
Captain Berger with his band, the first
game started promptly on time and
one of the largest crowds ever seen at
Aala Park.
Mayor Fern was there to pitch the
first ball and Jack Atkinson took a
bat and swatted that offering way
down by left field, but refused to run.
Whereupon much cheering. Then the
first game began and it was soon seen
that it was going to be a close one.
Both the Kewalos and Palamas put
up dandy exhibition of ball. The
twirlers were in fine shape and there
was little bingling done at first. 1t is
true that the winners scored their five
runs before the Palamas had look-in,
but the runs were mostly earned and
there was a cheering lack of errors.
In the second game the Fort Shafter
team did not make very good i'm
preston. The team seemed to be suf-
fering from that something we call
t'stage fright" for lack of a better
word. They did not do themselves
anything like justice and, IN the fourth
inning, they literally went up in the
air.
A Needed Change
After the pitchers were changed,
however, they settled down and played
good ball from that time on to the
finish. While the score was over
whelming, the infantry boys must not
be judged by those four innings, as
they are capable of putting up very
much better brand of baseball, as has
been proved by their record in the
Military league series.
The management was all on deck
and everything was run smoothly and
in a businesslike way. The batters'
box was sawdusted, the base lines were
clearly visible and veritable artist
attended to the score board.
Jack Atkinson stayed during the
games and looked after things gener-
ally. He saw that the players
benches were not crowded by the but
tinski legion and it was good to see
somebody with some presence and dig
nitv at the head Of affairs.
How the Kewalos Did It.
The Palamas went in first and made
one hit in both the first and second
innings while the Kewalos were sent
out bingleless. The big doings started
in the third when the winners made
two runs. Josephine doubled, Mike
Freitas famed but Medeiros was safe
on Bolster's error and Josephine went
TO third. Manuel Freitas famed but
sSouza bingled after Medeiros had
stolen second. Both Josephine and Me-
deiros romped on Souza IS single. Then
Deponte famed.
In the fourth the Kewalos made their
other three runs Pimental bingled to
right field, Josephat then handed out a
fat swat into the crowd SO that he
reached second while Pimental romped,
but he was out trying to reach third.
Ornellas was safe on Kaai s error;
Josephine then tripled to left field way
over the heads of the crowd, so that
OrnelIas scored. Then Mike bingled
Josephine in, stole second, but was out
at third on a fielder's choice, while Me
deiros was safe. Medeiros stole second,
but was out on fielder 5 choice with
Manuel left on first.
Palamas Also Score.
There was no scoring then until the
seventh, when the Palamas made two
Kaopua bingled, but was forced out by
Kama, who stole second; Paaluhl
walked, went to second while Kama
went to third and Bolster was safe at
first on, right felder's error. Flizel
grounded TO the pitcher, who muffed
and both Kama and Paaluhi romped
but Flizer was out trying to get tc
second on a bad bunch of the coachel
at first base. Then Hoopii flew out