The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-07-05

by the nine ind yidual players p'rked
from all the teaIhs of the Oahu leagut
to meet them IN the opening game OF
the International series, and it remains
70 be seen what the visitors can 10
agsinst the team work Of the various
irines which will be opposed to them.
Although beaten, the japanese ehalu,
pitas were not outclassed. They play
ed scientific game and their batt .1gI
was not so weak as previous rumors had
1t. They resehed all extremities of the
field by their hitting and they knew
when to make hunt effective, but
SOares, the all-oshu league team catch
er, got wise to their snealdng man
in from third on a signal from the bats
man and his bunt when the runner was
halfway home from third.
They worked it once in the seeond
inning. Oh, the university first base
man, was on third. he got the tip and
started when the ball left the Oahu
pitchers hand. Matsuda hunted and
0i was home before anybody could get
to the ball After that when the Wa
sedas got a man on third and a bunt
was due, Soares signaled Kealoha in the
box to deliver the ball wide of the
batsman and he did The result was
that the man with the big stick never
touched the bali and the runner was
retired somewhere between third and
home. On one occasion double play
came about in this way. The man at
the bat had two strikes against him
and when he missed the hunt, Soares
caught him out and retired the runner
from third in hot. game Of tag.
Fielding Good
The fielding was well regulated. The
ball was surrounded by Wasedas when
it was hit out into the field and the
long throws came in pretty accurately.
One ground rule was adopted, however,
that was generally commented on as
overheard. Three bases were allowed
when the pfE WAS hit 10 deep right
field and Ian led in the crowd that lined
the boundai fence. Several hits CO
ried to this limit and while the runner
went to third the ball was re!ayed to
the third baseman in time to have re
Z tired him if he had been trying TO
stretch it - a three-bagger.
n rained spasmodically throughout
the afternoon and the ball was muddy,
ths diamond was s4ieAy and the held
\ YVES slippery. One o..au man scored
y and another got to first base or this
account. The Waseda shortstop headed
off G swift grounder from the bat, but
his feet slipped out from under him
and he landed on his back with the
ball in hand while run came in. The
Waseda second baseman, on another
occasion, captured the ball, but slipped
up and rolled over while the runner got
to first.
Matsuda, the Waseda pitcher, ac-
counted for one run against them by
walking man when the bases were
full. His work did not compare very
favorablv with Kealoha Is. The Wa
soda man in the box only struck three
men out and walked five, while the
Oahu man retired nine and walked
three. The Wasedas displayed little
poor Judgment on two occasions which
in one case scored a run against them
and in the other allowed an Oahu man
to get to first, whereas a double play
might have been made. In the first
instance there was a man on third base
and one on first. The catcher threw
to second to retire the man who was
stealing to second and the man on third
scored on a wild throw home from
second.
Scores on Poor Judgment.
Matsuda erred in judgment on the
second occasion. There was man on
third when the batter hit a grounder
which bounced right into the pitcher IS
hands. Matsuda looked at the man on
third, turned to throw to first and then
looked around again to see what the
fellow at third was doing and never
threw the ball at all, whereas he might
have thrown to first, retiring the bat
ter in time for the first baseman to put
the ball home if the man on third at
tempted to come in. The Oahus were
allowed one run on a blocked ball
which went through the Waseda third
baseman and landed in the crowd in
front of the bleachers.
There were over FIVE thousand people
packed into the grandstand on the
bleachers and strewn all over the field.
Rows of chairs were arranged in a
semicirele a-ound the left and left cen
ter field. "'sese were all occupied and
the space in the rear of these was filed
in with automobiles and carriages,
while every other inch Of space not
utilized by the players was covered by
men standing. There was no room for
reporters and other deadheads who did
not contribute actual coin 10 reimburse
Mr.. w. w. Harris for going 10 the ex-
pense Of bringing the japanese attrac-
tion TO Athletic Park.
Elects Reporter.
The man in charge Of the grand
stand, VIII PRESTIGE, ToaFed, 1Come
on-get out Of here This II no press
box. Your place Is down below" aud
laid hands on o reporter ~ the latter
Waa taking notes on an Out at second
base. The dignity 81 the press was
Eorely aggTieyed aud the eulprit man
slunE from ibe Frandstand aDd shifted
aboui 20 pick up q moTssl u ness here
end flere iu fear and trembling ~ be-
lpg ordered ~ move on n he fgUied
i0na on one beat The ull Oahu ieaguf
ifnm, heseYef "a fHo of ihe prea'
representative Ia ~ fhe begeh ahiel
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