Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-05-31
island RECORD
FOR Length OF
GAME HUNGU Up
Punahou Athletic Club and the
Stars Go 20 Innings, Latter
Winning 8 to !
BY LAURENCE EEDlNeToN.
Stars 3, Punahou A. c. (2O in

Hawaiian islands Was smashed yes
tcrday afternoon In a game which, be.
sides being the longest ever played
here, was also one of the best and
most interesting. That a purely anna
tour team. including several men who
have been out of baseball for years,
could carry regular Oahu League
team for 20 full innings End hold them
scoreless in Is of them, is one real
baseball feature. and that the pitchers
could hold out so well is another.
A. l.. Castle, the former Harvard
star finger. was in the box for the
Punahous. and in the 20 innings he
allowed but ii safe hits. Lota, who
served EN- up for the Stars, was
touched for 3 hits. both men had
splendid control. and while both were
apparently tired toward the end of the
contest, Castle seemed to hold his
speed and stuff" better
From the sixth to the twentieth in
ming not run was scored. and as the
extra frames began to mount up to-
ward the record mark of nineteen,
made here three years ago by the Ka-
llhi and Marine teams. the excitement
grew intense. The late innings went
very fast, for although both pitchers
were being found, most of the connec-
tions resulted in infield pops. outfleld
flies or easy grounders. Compare
lively few balls were pitched to retire
the side
The Punahous were at bat last. and
several times there were critical mo-
nj
the game, but somehow the -batters
couldn't pole out safe one. The
Stars also had men on bases several
times during the extra frames, but
their chances to score didn't come as
frequently as the clubmens.
Two in Last.
When the Stars came tosbat. In the
inning that established a new island
record it looked as though the one
two-three business would be repeated.
Asam. the first man up. knocked one
TO Hitchcock, and was out, short to
first, in approved styl;-. Then Zerba
bounced one az al Castle, and the lat
ter broke fine fielding record by
tangfing himself up trying to retrieve
II. He made a fine throw when he
finally secured the sphere, but it was
too late and the man was safe. Al
bert Akana, who had been hitting the
ball on the nose all day, lined out a
slashing hit to left. and Zerbe scam
pered around the bags. There was
nlenty of time to nail him at the plate,
and il seemed suicidal for him to try
to come home on the hit, but the bail
hit a small stone on the throw in AMI
shot between Paldwins legs as he
straddled the plate, ready to squeeze
il on the first bounce. Zerbe was safe
by piece of the toughest sort of base.
ball luck Barney Joy lifted fly to-.
ward the right field fence close to the
foul line, and "Haole" Sumner dropped
the running catch, Akana scoring.
The next man famed.
Hoogs got a hit in the last half.
but a strike out and an infieid and
outfieid fly killed of the side, and the
game was over.
The Punahous had a great chance
to score in the eighteenth, when,
with one gone, Hitchcock was safe
on Ross error, and then executed
pretty steal Baldwin couldn't find
ter. and lizard dashed the hopes of
his team mates by flying to right.
Here was the point for the Punahous
to have risked all with pinch hit
ter, but there was no one on the
bench that could be trusted to pole
out the winning hit, and lizard was
too valuable a man to let out of the
game
Fielding Stunts.
The game was full of features and
pretty catches. Iniield pops were
unusually numerous, the motto of
both teams seeming to be swat the
fly" Paymaster lizard of the navy
was kept busy around the second
station gathering in these stray
drops of leather, and he proved him
self very sure overhead He stopped
all the hoppers that came his way,
and managed TO get away with the
assists, although his throwing wing is
pretty slack. Bill Hogs played
star game on third, and got away
with some beautiful assists. Both the
catchers were in rare form, Baldwin,
the Oahu College backstop, catching
a heady, neryy game for the clubmen,
while Berney Joy was there with nit
and stick both. Burdick, Sumner and
Myers were kept busy in the Puma
hou outfield. The last named is an
importation from Maui, and although
he hasn't played for two years he
got away with some nice catches,
handling himself in easy style.
However, against Myers is charged
the error, and il was rank one, that
lost the game for the Punahous. With
two out he dropped an easy fly that
he got under without having to exert
himself. Had this one stuck to his
glove. the score would have been |
10 in favor of the club men at the