Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-08-08
CLUBMEN TO PLAY
BASEBALL WITH
OFFICERS
Game Arranged Between Uni
versity Club and Schofield
Barracks 0fficers-Biu Do
ings Promised


The baseball bug Is no respecter Of
persons. although sometimes Il viii
delay its fatal bite until late In the
season. Once let man or boy become
inoculated with the p|Rying fever
however. and the bur wa come back
Tor. another nip every year.
That Is the real reason why Al.
Castle. A. M. NOVEL;, DR.. Hobby. John
Waterhouse, Clarence Cooke and sew
eral other dignified citizens viii
shortly be Hmping around the streets.
bearing unmistakeable marks Of base
ball conflict. As Spring approached
these gentlemen were slightly uneasy.
but showed no real symptoms Of base
hallitis, and when the Fourth oi July
came round there had been no casu-
alties recorded. the old-time diamond
stars began to shake hands with each
other. and gloat over the fact that
they were going to get through q
season without sprained thumbs and
sore arms.
But at the very time that these
gentlemen were congratulating them
selves q baseball bug new IN through
the open window OF the University
Club, and cruelty stung Catcher
Jones'. OF the University OF MI1sIs-
sippi team. Then 1t bored into Dr..
Hobby, and left It's mark on Castle.
All three began to talk baseball, with
the result that, when Lieutenant
Hattie, OF the First Infantry. ana =
couple of other army men dropped IN,
the poison had done It's work.
Jones and his sick friends chaI-
1enged the army for q game between
members of the University Club aud
the officers at Schofield Barracks
and the def was snapped up like
seats behind the home plate. Every
body began to fan at once. and soon
the game became OF more fmporlnnco
than the sugar tariff.
Came This Month.
The great doings are to come OF
August "a, either at Athletic Park or
Alexander Field. A. L. Castle, cap
tain Of the Club team. and former
Harvard flinging star, will. Of course.
do the twirling. He says that tennis
has kept his wing In good shape, and
that with proper care and restora-
tiyes he can last through nine inn
ings. Jones will catch him, and he
has already gone into training more.
or less strenuous. DR.. Hobby, Co
lumbia and University Of Virginia
star, will play the first sack, while
Alan Lowrey. who played on HIS
freshman nine at Harvard, Il down
for the second station. Billy Hoogs,
also Harvard, who played on the
freshman team and was good enough
for the varsity second. will play
third, while the hard-hitting A. N.
NOVEL; will play short. Many local
fan remembers the way Novel; broke
up the Waseda series by clouting the
hall over the rightfield fence when
playing with the Punahous. The out
field will be more or less covered BY
G. r. Hemenway, LothrOp whiting
ton and Ed. Watson, while John Wa
terhouse of Princeton, and g. II.
Cooke Of Yale will warm the bench.
This Is great aggregation Of past
and present talent, and It's quite pos
sible that there will be some real
baseball when IL goes against the
army. The officers team has not
been announced yet, Lieutenant Hat
tie being hard at work sorting and
sitting players. Major Erneste v.
Smith, dean Of the post ball fans,
will manage the team, and he says
that it will be a good one. Probably
Chaplain Houlihan, OF the Fifth Cav
airy, will do the finging. He Is an
old college player, with lot Of
smoke.
, Strict training rules have been e
sued for the University Club players.
1t is expected that before the game
their batting average will be reduced
to three nights a week.