The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-05-17
Military League Standing.
N. G.. H., 8; Marines, 2.

N. G.. H., 8; Marines, 2.
The record has been tied. Seven
teen innings did it take the National
Guard team to beat the Marines yes
terday afternoon at Aala Park. Only
once has there been game of such
length within recent years. That was
!. when the Chinese Alohas defeated the
Palamas in a scheduled Riverside
League game In 1907.
The crowd was the largest seen at
Aala Park for long time. The spec
tators were four and five deep over
beyond center field, and near the home
plate it was so dense that it is won
der how those in the back ever had
chance to see what was going on.
An interesting feature of the game
was the presence of several fair rooters
for the Marines in the bandstand. And.
they were not afraid to root, either.
Each clever play was loudly applanded,
and it made one feel that the Guards
Were almost ungallant to beat the Ma
rines when there was so much of dainty
felnininity pulling for the losers.
From the ninth to the seventeenth
inning the excitement was the tensest
ever known at the old park As each
side went in to bat their friends would
draw long breath and say, Here s
where we get 'em, but the side would
come out and then the rooters for the
l. E.
tions of relief And so it went ON until
the seventeenth inning, when big Dom
Paul Burns finally barged over the
plate, going like runaway automobile.
Out of Deep Hole.
In the last Of the twelfth inning An
derson, the first man up, doubled into
the crowd and stole third. No men
down and man on the penultimate
bag. it looked wobbly for the Guards.
- Then was heard the voice Of Marine
officer in the bandstand: Five dollars
to the man who brings him home. -
The cry was taken up on the bench
and ran round the line of spectators
till the news had spread and huge
cheer went up.
But there was nothing doing in the
fve-dollar lipe for any of the Marines.
Cool as a cucumber, smiling his broad
Boer smile, that always shows he is
cool and not starting to rattle, big
Dom Paul did away with the next
three men and the crisis was passed.
Sergeant Barry stood up, turned round
three times, said .sAbraeadabra' =
twice, crossed his thumbs and then
took another seat. He felt sure that he
had the Jinx on the Marines.
Gibson-s Staying Power.
applaud;
He never got ratified, he looked almost
bored;
If it had been up to him they would
never have scored
For Gibson pitched seventeen innings.
He stayed in the box like warrior
of old;
His feet were quite warm while his
head was quite cold,
AS twirler he IS worth twice his weight
in pure gold
For Gibson pitched seventeen innings.
And he was not the only one. What
about the big marauder from the Veldt
Our one and only Dom Paul. He gave
magnificent exhibition Of the noble
art of keeping cool and twirling a brill
liant game after he had hurt his pitch
ing paw on a rapid slide to second.
The two batteries, Gibson and Ander-
son and Burns and Louie Soares, were
both great. Also the fielding was of
that same order. From first to last it
was the keenest, snappiest ball that
ever delighted the Aala fans. Although
the game was not over till nearly half
past six and it was growing dark, not
a fan left his place in the crowd to go
1home to supper. They all stayed on
Suntil the last Marine had been caught
out and the game was over.
Errors Were Costly.
The few errors were all very costly
1t was an error that sent Burns to
third Just before he scored the winning
run, and it was the big -Boer S slip that
made an opening for the Marines to
score their second run.
1t is doubtful if better baseball has
ever been played here. The two teams
were so evenly matched. the errors
were so few, and the partisan feeling
on the part of the spectators was SO in
tense that there was a situation that
has seldom been .seen here.
Barry Would Not Quit.
Toward the end of the fifteenth in
nlng supposisitious. ground manager
wanted Sergeant Barry to agree to cal
the game off ON account of darkness
But the manager of the n c. II. team
dtd not see it that way. He said, "No
the people are here to see the game
on, 1t is fair for both sides. let us
finish it up Which sentiment was
applauded by Marines and Guards
alike
When they asked Sergeant Barry tc
call off the game
8. lie refused to with all his might:
Wen continue to play though the alb
senee of day
Makes us finish by candle light