The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-07-19

The gladness that filed the hearts
and swelled the heads of all Honolulu
ChinadOm when their baseball dragons
eelipsed the rising sons of the mikado' Is
empire nine to five on Athletic Park
diamond yesterday afternoon transcend
ed the terrestrial, and the spontaneous
combustion of joy and firecrackers made
the heavens ring with exultation. The
happy Chinese thought it was kingdom
come and tried to ascend on their emo
tions. Confucius himself, had he APP
peared, could not have squelched the
confusion. When the game was over
and the Wasedas were licked, the celes
tials swarmed all over the diamond.
rollicked around, waving dragon flags
and athletic club remnants. All were
kept hopping while the firecrackers
were popping and the high jinks went
on unrestrained while a huge throng OF
crestfallen Japs condoled with the van
quished right in the midst of this jubila-
ton.
There was good deal of heavy bet
ting going on all around before the
game, with the Wasedas the favo-ites,
ten to six. One of the grandstand ush-
ers said he was holding two hundred
and seventy dollars that few sports in
his immediate vicinity had wagered,
and many little groups could be seen
hefe and there discussing the odds quite
fervently and looking wise as they dug
down.
Tide Ebbed and Flowed.
The fortunes of the conflict swayed
to and fro like a pendulum during the
early stages of the game, and one min
ute the Japanese multitude on the left
side bleachers were roaring vehemently;
the next minute the whoops all came
from the other side of the field and a
depressing silence came over the Wa
soda supporters. Finally, when the
Chinese gained big lead and settled
down to hold the enemy in check, it
was painful to hear the faint gurgle of
encouragement that issued from the
mighty host as their fond faith in the
invincibility of their idols sank into
a forlorn hope. The Wasedas bore up
most cheerfully, however, and after it
was all over they all frightened up a
bit when they found that the dread is
always worse than the happening.
like easy money for the Wasedas.
grounder out in center field. He
started to steal second, and Che Bui
hurled the ball clean out to the center
field fence. The ball took a zigzag
course, going over Akina at second and
under En- Sue in the field, and Hara
covered the beat for one tally. The
japanese exploded with glee, and the
high school boys let out their full line
Of Waseda yells and sang their little
song.
The Chinese came through with run
in their half of the first, and then this
faction cut loose under the able leader.
ship Of the robust John Wise, who
waved them into rhythm with Chinese
Athletic Club flag The Wasedas soon
silenced the Celestials with four runs
in the second, and then all the shouting
came from the other side, but the
Dragons piled up FIVE runs in the third
and took the lead by one count. They
held each other down from then until
the seventh, when three more rolled in
for the Celestials, and Apau settled
down to his stroke and kept the bases
pretty clean to the finish.
Apau was some pitcher yesterday.
He famed eleven to Matsuda Is two,
and was not very liberal with walks.
Ayau, the new shortstop, kept steady
company with the ball and went to
meet it most anywhere. He made one
pretty catch on the third base line,
right up near the home plate, and was
one of those present every time where
there was anything doing Asam got
away with three steals and swatted a
trio of base hits. Akina had to tumble
a few before he got onto himself, but
he averaged up all right towards the
finish.
The Wasedas were not up to their
usual form. Tobita left a loophole in
his mitt and a left field fly slipped
through it. Iseda fumbled one throw
at third and a liner bounced from his
hands over to the bleachers. Oh dropped
a gentle toss from Matsuda, who was
not ten feet away. Fumbling and weak
pitching lost the Wasedas the game as
much as the Chinese good playing, =
First Inning Even.
Yamawaki, the second man up to the
bat, few out to shortstop. He hit