Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-28

-. Second uame-P. A. c. q, J. A. c. 3.
Stars, Sunday off.
Ineacusable failure to use baseball
brains lost the ]. A. C.s hard
fought game with the Portuguese
Athletic Club yesterday afternoon at
Athletic Park. II was the most br'!-
.iantly played contest for many a day,
end was picked away for the Portu.
guese when LaMere drove scream
ing single TO right in the eighth inn
ing, scoring Bushnell easily.
IaNere had already shown his bat
ling prowess by drive to right ear
lier i'm the game, and the play
should have been 10 walk him when
he came to bat with his team just
enc run behind and a man waiting for
score on any kind of bingle. In
stead of that, Pitcher Clark stuck the
y ball over the plate. He got two lucky
strikes on LaMere and then, instead
of giving the soldier hard one, he
"grpoyed" the ball and LaMere scored
Bushnell with a terrific grounder that
went past first base hundred miles
an hour.
CIark's hard work in the pitchers
box was wasted. largely by himself.
His attempts to field hunts were ludiii
crous, and the Portuguese soon be-
gan TO take advantage of this. Clark
lis fairly good pitcher when there's
no oneSon bases and he's not in the
hole, but when the breaks are against
him he cant put any stuff on the ball
and he simply puts over straight ones
that child could hit.
Yesterday the capttin should have
made him walk Lasiere and taken
chances on the next man, as there
w6reatwB Bacizs rnipty. as1'ss
The game was a dandy TO watch.
II was chuck full of sharp fielding and
hard hitting, the fielding largely min
imizing the effect OF the healthy
swats that rang off the bats OF both
teams. Bushnell pitched a fine game
for the Portuguese, getting stronger
as the game progressed. Barney Joy
was called on to umpire and Bushnell
and some of the Portuguese support
ers thought he wasn't giving Bushnell
lie corners i'm the latter's pitching, /
but while Barney's eve was off coca.
sionalIy. il didn't appear that The Por-
tuguese were getting the worst Of II. |
However, this system OF having a
member OF competing team uInpir-
ing in a close game is bad business
and no matter how competent a man !
may be, under these circumstances
lie can't possibly please one section
of the crowd,
Al disputed decision at the plate in
the ]. A. G. hale OF the eighth put /
-ghillingworth's nine, to tile front. Il
was decision at the plate and chil- /
lingworth himself was the runner. lie
came in, made sharp slide and hook. !,
ed his, left foot toward the rubber |
Catcher T. Joseph fell on him. touch
ing him with the ball as he slid Joy.
who was calling 'em at the plate, gave
ChillingwoTth the tally, The .Portu.
gnese protested, claiming that Chil-l
lingworth hadn't touched the plate,
and for awhile the wrangling was
Pierce, but Joy waved manager Pa
reca of the Portuguese majestically
to the bench and the game went on.
From the press box it looked as if
Chillingworth touched the plate with
out doubt for when Joseph arose,
Ghillingworth's toe was squarely on
a corner. The only doubt would be
whether Joseph clapped the ball on
him before he got to the rubber, for
Joseph certainly had good chance
to block the runner off. 1t was a /
close decision and might have been
called either way.
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