The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-05-04
Standing of the Military League.

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9th Cavalry ......t.... 2 500
Marines .......,..,. 300
Fort shafter ......... 900
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oh, the y. @. II. are there with the
goods.
They handed II out in n bunch
To the rollicking boys OF ahe four-foot
team
In spite OF n very large lunch.
Although they had ballast inside them,
They wandered from base to base,
And they hit the plate ten times, they
did.
Right in the very same place.
1t was long string Of cars that the
9:l5 train pulled out of the depot yes
terday morning. and II was a big gang
of rooters that were on their way to
Leilehua TO see the Guards hand 1t to
the poor old Cavalry bunch.
All the good old fans were there
with a new consignment of yells to
make things lively. and II was a prop
erly confident aggregation of local
enthusiasts who invaded the mystic
confines of Schofield barracks.
The train arrived on schedule and
then people began to feel hungry and
looked around for lunch. The players
got theirs, but some of the visitors
who had relied on the Post restau-
rant. while they did not exactly go
hungry, stated that the enthusiasm of
the Honolulu fans had not been prop
erty Judged by the management of the
restaurant.
But eating was a small matter.
There was plenty TO keep ones
thoughts away from mere fodder.
Shortly after the train arrived there
was guard mount, with full access
series in the way of the noted Fifth
band, mounted and playing in great
style.
Crowd Gathers Early.
BY o'clock the parade ground was
covered with expectant fans. There
were officers from the Fifth, Twentieth
and Marines, and there were many
members of the fair sex, all waiting
anxiously for the big doings to com
mence. Automobiles were very much
in evidence each with "a load of en-
thusiasts who had come out from Ho-
nolulu to see the game, and the crowd
cheered nightly when orders were
sent round for everybody to clear
back of the lines and the Guards walk
ed out on the field for warming up.
The n. G. H. team went in first, and
there was great jubilation when they
were disposed of with no hits and no
runs. But the Cavalry boys took the
same dose, and then things began to
happen. In the second inning the
Guards scored two with two hits, and
whatever, although the four-leggers
scored one, their only one, in the sec
ond half of that inning!
Lemon Does Good Work.
The real feature of the game was
Lemons work at shortstop. He took
seven hard chances, real, live, hot,
gingery things that would take the
fingers off most number skies. but he
never fooled a one of them and was
not credited with a single error.
Bushnell pitched one grand game.
He had the live ones of Leilehua
guessing and passed out a series of
curves that looked like the makai side
of Diamond Head Soares, the
" 'Tiser Kid was also there with the
big mitt, and he and Bushnell had a
little picnic party all to themselves.
Neither the fielding nor the battery
of the Fifth was up TO snuff. Their
shortstop made three vital errors, and
Bell, while he kept his head and did
not go up in the air, was found at
every stage of the game, and the Wis
ting batters had plenty of fun wal
Looping him for seven hits.
Another Battery Needed.
With different battery and more
practise in the field the boys of the
Fifth may finally put up very good
game against the n. G. H., but It
looks sadly as though most of the in |
terest had already left the Military
League series. The Marines and Fort |
Shafter may have. a pleasant time |
fighting for third place, but 1t seems |
certain that the Guards will easily |
take the pennant. with the Fifth Sec
end, and the other two teams scrap |
ping it out to see who shall be last |
The Games by Innings.
First lnnlnB-Lemon Walks, kaai |
sacrifices Lemon to second, but Lemon |
is out on fielder's choice; Bushnell |
skies and Kaai is out dreaming at |
first. Sheppard fans, Groninger dies, |
Walters has a funeral.
Second Inning-Sumner singles, Lota |
walks him to second, Kaai fans, Mar
callino singles Sumner to third and |
Lota to second: Sumner in on wild |
pitch; Soares dies, Lota scores on wild |
pitch, Burns fans; runs. Hanson /,
lies, Butler bingles, Bates funerallzes, |
Butler burgles to second, Hartley bin
giles and Butler romps, Mes dies; |
run. 2 to /, N. G. II.
Third 1nning-Lemon fans, Kaai |
dies, Bushnell ditto. Sheppard pops
foul. Groninger bingles, Walters skies
and Hanson dies.
Fourth Inning-Sumner dies, Lota |
and Kala fan. Butler fans, Bates |
dies, Hartley safe at first, but Mes
skies.
Fifth Inning-Marcalllno dies. Soares |
oingles, Burns sacrifices soares to Sec
ond. Lemon bingles and brings the
'Tiser Kid" home; Kaai skies; run.
Bell, Sheppard and Groninger die.
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