Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-07-15
VICTORY FOR STARS turned
To DEFEAT IN FATAL ninth
Barney 10y Avaes After Pitch ing Superb Ball and Holding
A. C.S at His Mercy Thro ughout - Fans Go Wild Over
First of Two-in-Three Tie Series Between the League
Leaders

Barney Joys goaA was gathered in
by the j. A. C.'s yesterday and his
houn' dawg kicked all over the dia
mond in fast and exciting ninth-inn-
ing 61ish to the first of championship
series OF three games between the
league leaders.
Three to two was the score, and the
]. A. C.'s gathered their final two in
the last half of the ninth, when a hit
between joys legs went clear to cen
tered across the plate amid scenes OF
real excitement.
The game was mighfy-good one ia
watch. ano' mighty hard one for the
Stars to lose. for they had led through
out the nine innings and for the first
seven and one half innings it looked
like five to one shot that Barney and
his mates would gallop of with the
first of the series OF three.
Joy has no one but himself TO thank
for the loss Of the game. On the other
h,nd, II was Barney who put his team
iiso the lead with an awful swat over
right field fence, and he kept 1t there
by hezdy and effective pitching. In
fact Barney was pretty much all the
game, and as he hates the spotlight
about like an actress hates flowers, ne
need have no kick coming.
The Stars were first at bat In
their half Of the second, with one
down, Madeiros fed Barney one OF
those low balls that he likes. and Bar
ney rode on II fer ronnd-trip ticket.
The ball went a mile over right field
fence. In the third Schuman drove
a high liner into right that just missed
clearing the fence. and Kentnor scor-
ed him with a two-bagger.
That was all the scoring for many
weary innings. The Stars couldn't
get around. and both Madeiros and
Joy settled down for hard battle.
Time after time the J. A. C.'s got men
on bases. but couldn't push them
around. Barney worked his half-balk
motion TO perfection, catching several
men between first and second so easy
they looked cheap.
z Up to the eighth the ]. A. C.'s were
'heIplassNssIn the Highth Ghillingworth
smas he'd grounder between short
and second. and Third Baseman Burns
interfered with Reeves fielding. which
nut the J.. Al. c. captain on first base.
Ysmashiro laid down hunt that sac
rificed him to second, Then Barney
threw wide to catch Chilly of second,
and the cap dashed to third. JOY sent
a swift curve which dropped till IL
hit the plate, and Markham. who was
at bat, took a crack at the ball. IT.
was wild pitch and Chillingworth
csme home.<s
In the last of the ninth Barnev serv-
ed Walker. first man IN nice fat
one over the plate and Walker banged
Il on the seam for two bases, the ball
hitting the right field fence and al
most going over. Bruins pushed hard
bnnt toward third and beat the throw
to first, Wflker taking third. Bruins
0tole second. Franco hit to JOY and
'Joy snapped the ball to third, but
Walker had played 1t safe and stayed
so close to the bag there was no
chance To catch him.
With the bases bulging Joy. was
plainIv in distress. Buckley was CIV.
on three balls IN succession and then
Joy put strike over. The next Dail
was a mean curve. but Buckley drove
Il sizzling between JOYS legs and II
went clear TO center field. Walker ano
Bruins. coming home. There was no
body out. but the game was over.
Some excitement! In fact, the
eighth and ninth innings were exciting
enough for anybody.
oJy didn't really deserve to lose the
game. The chances broke against him,
however. and the ]. A. C.'s deserve all
kinds of credit for making the most
of their opportunities in the two last
innings. 1t was good game to watch. |
and the fans ought to turn out in fuil
force for the second contest. Even
though the Stars have lest a game, it's
about an even money bet on the Sc
Ties.
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