Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-06-07


baseball team has played since its ar
rival on the mainland. the one against
FOrdham. in New York. May %, seems
TO have attracted the most attention.
Probably this was because cinnamon
playing BAN was a distinct novelty to
Gotham. and the sport writers turned
out I'm force to see the sport.
The New York Tribune of May %
prints the following story:
While LANG Lucn Fang Chinese
consul to the distinguished port Of New
York, sat in the grandstand Of the
Polo Grounds yesterday and rooted
manrully for his countrymon who play
ed the strenuous game Of baseball in
truly American fashion. the Chinese
baseball team Of the University Of
Hawaii was shut out by the rcprescn-
tatives of Eordham University by a
score Of to 0.
The great Brush Stadium was not
crowded to the doors. but some seven
hundred persons looked on. while the
crowd was small, It was none the less
select and cosmopolitan, Fully half
the number were citizens of the Celes-
tial Republic, who sat in grim. stOlid
silence as the boys from the University
Of Hawaii went down TO defeat before
the descendants of the first kings of
| Ireland.
Hair score of chop suey restau
rants throughout the city declared a
half holiday, and as early as . o'clock
as many rs fifty youthful Chinese en-
tered the stadium that they might he
| sure of good seats. for. truly, was there
a man In all the country who would
not flock to the scene Of action. al
ways excepting those who could not
| break the bonds of mere business
| There must have been many of these
| last. for by the time play was called
| there was stil room for half a score
| more, at least.
| orientals Calm.
The Fordhum boys sat in solid
section ana gave the usual number
Of cheers and songs for their team.
The Chinese gave no Cnecrs, nor did
they sing for any to hear. for such
things are truly of the OCCident and
far beneath the dignity Of the Orien-
tails. out on the center field flag pole
the yellow, red. blue, white and black,
which Is the flag of the new republic.
Tapped In the breeze alongside the
Stars and Stripes.
There We're many who, entering the
field, spoke lightly of the ability of the
little yellow men and predicted run
away game. When Walsh, the Ford
ham pitcher. struck out the side in
| the first inning, on just eleven pitched
| balls the wiseacres smiled broadly and
said: Guess I'm poor as a picker OF
winners" II was not long, however,
before those who came to laugh stayed
To applaud and admire the boys In blue
ana gray. who handled themselves af-
ter the manner Of the average Amer
lean college player. They were weak
at the bat, and lacked finish as base
runners, but they played Il good, fast
selves better losers than nine out of
ten American teams
This fact was clearly brought out in
the sixth inning. when they got the
worst of two decisions. which counted
In the scoring of two of Fordham's
runs. Walsh got to first ON a bad de
Cision for starter, and went to second
on single by Brady. Lee then hit
the ball into right field and Walsh lit
! out for the plate. All TOon made a
perfect throw to Kan Yen, and the lat
ter caught Walsh by five feet on n
clean put-Out. but Mr.. Odds, the UNI
| pirc, was looking at the batter and
| neglected to watch the play ut the
| plate. He declared the runner safe.
| The Americans In the stand howled a
| little. but the Chinese players never
once made "A protest. In fact, the only
comment made by them in the entire
| game was ON n called strike which
| looked bad. They received bad breaks
at other times, but, true spUrtsmen
they played the game on the field. and
not by argument.
Luck Yee in Form.
Luck Yec performed with credit In
| the box. He limited the respected cit
! izens of EOrhhnm TO five hits. but three