The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-02-02
7tss.1 sporting News s =s:5
BIG BALLOON ASCENSION
IN THE EIGHTH INNING
(From Monday s Adyertiser.l
All-stars, IS; All-Hawaii, 9.

IleTe IL n not one TO answer. You
can figure it over for about an hour
and a half and send in your verdict
to Mr.. Babbitt, the official scorer, but
don't inundate this office with opin-
ions. If you are fielding on first and
the batter is fast enough to nearly
beat his bunt to the bag, and if, just
as you are catching the ball, said bat
ter bumps vigorously into you and
bowls you over so that the ball is
F, knocked out of your hand, and then,
If you get to your feet and find that
the umpire has called the batter safe;
what would do when you figure out
that technically you have to be debit.
ed with an error' Say, wouldn t that
turn your glasses lemon color3
But that is just what happened yes
terday afternoon, and it turned the gas
faucet connecting with the big bal
loon. just how Barney managed to
do it. nobody can say, but it was, or,
rather, would have been, a big joke, if
the team had not taken it so seriously.
1t was in the seventh that it happen
ed. Delehanty tried to beat an impos-
sible one to first and banged squarely
into Eddie Fernandez. Joy called him
safe.
This upset the team Leslie began
to feel the effects of it and went to
pieces. That was the time he should
have been relieved. He has been sick
lately and could not be expected to
stand the physical strain, with the
nervous one of breaking team thrown
on top.
sfae0 Good Ball at First.
But up to the sixth inning it was
magnificent baseball. The visitors
scored one in the first inning, but they
were up against n different team from
the one they played the day before.
The local boys were playing well to-
gether and each man was in fine form.
Bob Leslie was getting them over the
plate in fine shape, Soares was catch
ing steadily, and the felders were do
ing brilliant work. Each inning that
the Hawaiian team went in they came
nearer to scoring, and each succeeding
period seemed certain to be the one
in which the score would be tied.
What little roofing there was ap.
peared only in spots, but there was
enough of it to let the boys hear their
names and know that some of the fans
were pulling for them, and Bob Leslie
aud Harry Bruins both received ova-
tions after particularly brilliant work.
But it was all off when Joy called Del
ehanty safe. OF course, team has
5 no right to go to pieces when they
:, think, they have lemon handed to
them, but after being keyed up to O
high pitch of nervous tension during
six hard innings, it would be hard
hearted fan that would blame them.
The Slaughter Starts.
The awful slaughter started in the
eighth. In the sixth the Stars made
one, which did not amount to much
. in the way of encouragement and, in
deed, showed no i'll effects on the
home team. In the seventh, signs OF
danger were posted all over the field
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Fourth round-Both are standing uI
, and hitting at long range. Smith is
not quite as clever as Reilly but sur
, prises everybody by his speed which il
only slightly less than Reilly's. Reil
| lyis round.
Fifth round--Reilly beats Smith to il
, in the exchange and clinches after hi
! has landed. Smith sends wireless
, message to Sullivan in his corner, say
, ing that he does not ike this clear
, break business. Sullivan signals him to
slice upwards. Smith tries but misses
Reilly's round.
Sixth round-Smith puts his hea6
lower and bores in. He does enough
. damage to offset Reilly's long lefts anC
make the round even.
= Seventh round-Smith tries the Ions
range exchange himself and manages
to jab Reilly's nose until the latter
swells. A great rally at the end OF
the round brings the fans to their feet
: Round even.
Eighth round-Reilly gets back t
long range and Smith is bothered. HI
bores in but is met with lefts at every
rush. Reilly's round.
Ninth round-Smith staggers Refill,
in two exchanges with right slices t,
the jaw. Reilly comes back but j
,, wobbly and Smith has very much tn,
better of the round.
Tenth round-Reilly returns to hi
long range tactics and again worrie
Smith. He bluffs an opening and theI
, comes in with hard lefts and rights II
the face and stomach. Smith keep
coming but likes it not. Reilly's round
Eleventh round-Reilly stays in tn,
distance and holds Smith off with hi
left. The latter is not so quick as h'
was and Reilly begins to take chances
, for knockout. He has much the bet
l ter of the round.
Twelfth round-There is a terrific
rally in which Reilly stars by landing
but is rushed by Smith, who gets il
: some hard close blows. Reilly is re
treating almost in a panic when thu
gong sounds. This was Smiths bes
round and he had very much the bet
ter of it.
} Thirteenth round-Both scrap like
little demons. They go at it SO hard
each trying for a knockout, that they
are both weak and wobbly when thu
gong sounds. Even round.
Fourteenth round-Smith comes NJ
fresh and bores in but Reilly holds hin
4 off and inhicts considerable damage
. Reilly has the better of the round IL
every way.
, Fifteenth round-Both lads rush out
. with the intention of getting the sleep
, producer in at the last minute. The