The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-08-09

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nings.
Marines and kailhls quit after ~
innings with score all, on account Of
darkness.
The most sensational afternoon S
baseball ever seen in Honolulu was the
result of the two games in the Oahu
League schedule at the Honolulu Ath-
fetic park yesterday. There was a
Che last inning and understanding
game in which neither side scored until
the last period, when they both made
two runs and the game had to be
stopped as it was getting too dark to
see the ball.
There We're some very sensational
plays and two of the hardest hits ever
seen at the park, one of which went
over the fence and came nearly .decap-
atating a small Chinese boy who was
perched on the roof of a nearby house
and taking in the tenseness of the
situation with open mounted delight
From the time that McHenry walked
out on the, field and gave the order
to play ball for the first game, until
the time. more than five hours later,
when he ordered play stopped on ac
count of darkness, the very fastest,
keenest and snappiest baseball was
witnessed by the crowd of more than
four thousand excited fans who over
flowed the grandstand and bIeachers
and gesticulated and shouted along the
out-field lines.
Twenty eight Innings.
Perhaps the most remarkable feature
of the dav was the work of George
Clark. In the morning he pitched
winning nine-inning game for Eva
against Waianae and then came on in
the afternoon and twirled nineteen in
nings for the Beers. Never once during
the long time that he was in the box
did he lose his nerve or tire. The en-
duranee of this slim youth is perfect
" astonishing. He withstood the ter
rihle strain of it apparently with ease
and showed once more that he is one
of the headiest and steadiest pitchers
in Honolulu today.
Gibson for the Marines pitched a
magnificent game, too. He was as
pluckv and steady as paladin and
kept up with his opponent all through
the game.
En- Sang Cut Third.
The winning runs for the C. A. c.,
while allowed by the umpire, met with
a great deal of adverse comment with
regard to one decision. In the twelfth
inning En- Sang was on second base, an
other player on first and two down.
Sing Chong hit to the second baseman
who fumbled and En- Sang ran for
home. It looked very much as though
he cut third base, in fact it was the
general talk round town after the
games that he did The umpire was
watching the fielder and, not having
eyes in the back of his head, could
not be expected to see third base at the
same time. Any way En- Sang romped
and the run was allowed
Kealoha's Great Swat.
Tn the first part of the nineteenth
inning of the second game Kea1oha
made the home run of the day. He
swatted the second ball so hard that
1t scared way over rightfeld fence and
the aforementioned Chinese boy duck
ed Just in time. 1t was magnificent
swat and the .crowd literally went up
IN the air. The cheering was simply
deafening and could be heard way up
town.
When the Beers scored another run
in that same inning it looked as though
the game was over but the Marines
came back with two also and the UNI
pire called the game off on account of
the rapidly deepening darkness. at
6:45.
Hang Ctack Shines.
One of the heroes of the day and
fhe man who really saved the game
for the Dragonlets was Hang Chack.
In the eighth inning there were two
men down but Zerbe sent a hard one
IN eer+e~feld that took him to second.
Then Kaipo did the same thing to left
field and again Hang Chack caught the
ball and saved the day.
The G. A CO. A. G. Game.
Both teams played splendid bali all
the way through. Jack Flores did him
self proud in the box for the Japs while
Apau did the same for the Dragonlets.
The fielding all the way through was
excellent and Hang Chack : perform
anees We're merely trife more stellar
than those performed by many of the
other feeders, especially Asam and Sing
Chong,
Flores Twirls Steadily.
Jack Flores pulled his team out of