Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-05-03

be given most of the credit of the vie.
tory OF the N. G.. II. over the Fifth
cavalry at Leilehua yesterday. All the
team played well of course. but these
three men simply excellcd themselves.
Lemon at shortstop was playing the
game of his life, and never had an
error chalked up against him. and his
work was simply perfect.
The result of the game was n COM
plete surprise to everyone, as most
people expected the match to he very
close and some persons went as far as
to say that the LCilohua bunch would
put It all over the Guards. But II was
not to be- and before the game had
gone far 1t was seen that the troopers
were tn get theirs good and hard. And
got II they did to the tune Of 10 to !.
much to the surprise of most people.
1t was a fine trip down and large
crowd awaited themselves of the opuor.
tunity of having a look at the new bar.
racks Decides enjoying game Of base
ball. The Army folk turned one in
| force and there were a number of town
| people who had run down in autumO.
biles; the passengers who went On the
train quickly spread themselves over
| the camp and took in all the sights. De-
fore the game started there was "A big
crowd on tho grounds and The great.
est interest was shown In the coming
| game.
! The arrangements as regards lunch
| for the crowd were weak. and the res
aurant not expecting such crowd, had
hard work to satisfy the hungry mort.
ais who began to look for food almost
as soon as they reached the canton.
ment. However, everybody got some.
thing to eat and then the crowd wsni.
ell It's way to the scene of the game.
The game was started about !
o'clock and by that time q large crowd
Of fans lined the field; there were OH.
GERS from the Fifth, Twentieth, AMI
Marines, and quite a number OF ladies
graced the grounds with their pres.
cncc. The n. G.. II. went In first, and
when they were disposed of withou.
making a run, great was the JOY of the
Cavalry fans. Stlll the Fifth did no
better In their initial attempt, and then
in the second things happened with
a rush. The Guards then got their
eye in and scored two runs; after that
they had not much trouble and scored
almost as they liked.
Bushnell pitched a fine game right
through, and had good support from
the rest of the team. The battery OF
the Fifth was not very strong, and
their short-stop made several errors
II the Fifth had had a stronger attack
they would have done much better
against the Guards. Bell, their itch
er, did well for while, but later ~
the Guards seemed to find him every
time and hit him all over the field
The Military League championship
looks like certainty for the N. c. IT..
and u great deal of interest will now
! be shown in as to which team will run
second in the competition. The Mar
ines are by no means out OF the run
ming for second place, and they will
make the Fifth buck up lot before
they can claim the honor. The Fort
Skaters have good game slowed
away somewhere at the camp. and one
OF these days they will 'unpack II
much to the surprise of one of the
other teams.
The game by innings went as fol
lows:
First Innlng-Lemon gets free trans
portatiOn. Kaai sacrifices, but Lemon
goes out at second. Bushnell few tO
C. (. Kaai was caught at first. Nc
runs.
Sheppard famed. Groninger died at
: first. Walters failed to make first Nc
runs.
Second Inning-Sumner makes first
LOta TO first on balls, Kaai famed,
Marcalllno singles, Sumner to third
and Lota to second. Sumner home on
wild pitch. Soares died at first. Lota
home on wild pitch. Burns did the fan
act. Two runs.
Hanson died at first. Butler makes
first on bunt. Bates died Butler
stole second. Hartley singles and
Butler gets home. Mes famed. One
run ..
Third lnning-Lemon famed. Kaai
ditto. Bushnell dies at first. No runs.
Sheppard few to catcher Grooming.
err makes first, Walters flew to left
field, Hansen died at first. No runs.
Fourth lnning-Sumner died. Lota
famed, Kaai did the same. No runs.
Butler famed. Bates died at first,