The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-02-24
GREAT CAME At
lE|LEHUA SOON
Twentieth Infantry and Fifth
Cavalry to Fight on the
Diamond.

There's going to be a baseball game
Not very far away.
Out on the Leilehua field
Perhaps on Saturday.
The Cavalry ball swatters and
The Infantry will meet
The mounted men all prophesv
An Infantry defeat.
Special orders-Baseball team
Practises all day
We have to swat the hiker kids,
Before they go away.
Soak 'em along the baselines,
Beat out your bunt to first
We III win the game, acquire fame,
And also a Cavalry thirst.
Which is said to be the largest, deep
est and hardest to get rid of in the
united services. Yea, even Captains"
of torpedo boats have been known to
salute and pass it by.
The baseball game between the pick
ed teams from the 5th Cavalry and
the boys from Fort Shafter is far and
away the chief topic of conversation
at the new camp The exact date for
this great event has not yet been set
but it will probably be on Saturday
afternoon.
The mounted men consider that they
have very fine aggregation of ball
'tossers and the mixers think they have
the same. The latter have a great
advantage in that they are in practise
and are well prepared in every way
to go into hard game, while the Lei
lehua team has only recently had
chance to practise and, unacclimated
and almost unpractised as they are,
have not much chance on paper.
But the Cavalry players are not wor-
rying about lack of practise. They
have had few games and the twirlers
showed that they had not lost the use
of their arms, nor the catchers that of
their mitts. The fielding also has been
good, and the only signs of desuetude
were shown in the batting.
The Leilehua boys have a stack of
good material to choose from and Lieu
tenant Groninger, the captain of the
team, will have embarras de richesses
when it -comes to picking out men for
some of the positions.
Groninger himself was captain of the
West Point team in 1906 and is said
to be the greatest third baseman that
ever smuggled candy. He will be
tower of strength on the line and the
Twentieth batters will have to hand
out some hard grounders if the ball is
to get by third base.
Another West Point player is. Lieu
tenant Hanson who was center field on
the Academy team There are several
aspirants for a place in the box. Black
smith Butler of troop is one of them
and has mighty. good chance for the
coveted position, as he is heady twirl-
er and knows other curves besides the
shape of horseshoe.
Trinklepaugh of L troop has swift
delivery and Shorty" Ferris of the
Hospital Corps has been making good
show in practise. With Sheppard be-
hind the plate, Ferris has pitched two
shutout games since the Cavalry have
been in camp. Sheppard is trying for
first base and will probably take the
putout position while Robinson is spok-
en- of as being the man to wear the big
mitt.
One of the men who is trying for an
outfield position is Neiss, the great
Splinter. This soldier man has a fine
record over the hundred yards distance
and there has been talk about a match
race between him and En- Sue The
boys at Leilehua are confident that
their man can beat any local talent
and it is possible that challenge will
be issued in the near future.
Altogether there are twenty-one good
players who are out for place on the
team and every one is very anxious to
make good and hand the visiting In
fantrv a package. When they do get
together the excitement will be intense
for every man who can escape from
duty will be on the sidelines and the
roofing will be something worth listen
ing to.
In addition to a crack ball team the
Cavalry have a fine aggregation of soc
Ger PLAYERS. Now here is a chance for
some good sport A soccer game be-
tween a picked all-Honolulu team and
the Cavalry ought to be a hummer.
Also the British warships will be here
very soon and we should certainly not
let them get away without having
proper international match between
American horse soldiers and British
sailors.
There is bicycle rider at the camp
who has a short record of wheel races
won and he has already sent IN his
entry for the race from Honolulu to
Haleiwa. His name is Sylvester Garlda
and the boys at the camp seem to think
that he has a cinch on the race. This
entry will add, interest to the race as
the local boys will be very anxious to
keep a mere malihini from taking the
honors away from them.