Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-04-05
YESTERDAYS GAMES.
L Company II, q Company 5.
x Company 4, E Company 2.
STANDING OF TEAMS.

Especial Start Bulletin CORRESPONDENCE
SCHOFTELD BARRACKS, April 5.
lin the Twenty-Fifth Infantry series
of ball games yesterday, l. Company
won its second game and went into
first place in the league, a place they
say they intend to hold until the series
is finished. Willis, the main reliance
in the pitching line for L Company,
was in the Eox and he had his bad
innings.
The infieId with the sole exception
of Smith at first, made a couple of
errors apiece at ticklish minutes, so
there is some excuse for Willis.
For B Company in the opener White
| flied to Smith, Shaw lined a hot shot
to Williamson who fielded and threw
lprettily, just catching his man at first.
"Rough-house" Reed hit to Slaughter,
who threw a mile over first, Reed TAX
| ing second. Willis settled and struck
out Proctor. Humphrey, pitching for
B Company, couldn't find the plate
and passed Williamson. Williamson
is hitting everything that comes any
where near the plate these days 80
there is no question but this was a
gift, Williamson was forced prettily
at second on Sloughter's infield hit.
Slaughter took second on a passed ball
and third on Hollingsworth's line to
Haywood which was fumbled, the bat
ter. holding first. Hollingsworth stole
second and both men scored on Sec
ond passed ball by Carter. The scor-
ing began for B Company in the sec
ond. With man on both first and
second Washington singled to right,
scoring both men.
In the second Smith walked, took
third on the surprise party of the day
when Ward lined double to right
which was probably the first double
he ever made in a game in his life.
Both scored on a wild pitch by Hum
phrey. 1t is evident from his stick
work in the last two games that Ward
has developed something Of a batting
eye as he hit the ball each of his
three tries today, two being clean
hits. :@" :.
Joke Is Good.
If he really intends to bat from
here on, there is no harm to mention
the joke that has been worked, with
considerable success, during the past
few weeks on the First Infantry and
Artillery teams who have played with
l. Company. Ward is without a doubt
the surest and fastest outfielder in the
Twenty-fifth Infantry today. No one
can remember when he has muffed a
fly and he has made more shoe string
catches than all other outfielders CONF
bined. Get him on base with a chance
to steal and the chances of the oppos-
ing team drop about eighty per cent,
but there has been many hours vainly
spent in trying to teach him to bat. AS
a josh, one day when he came to bat
in First Infantry game some one in
the stand shouted "Home-run Ward
and the fans took it up. The pitcher,
playing safe, walked him and it is no
eXaggeration that Ward with his wait
ing and the regiment calling for big
bit, have pulled off this stunt a dozen
times.
Slaughter banged out a home run,
scoring Ward and Williamson. Three
hits in succession in the fourth netted
two more runs for L Company. In the
sixth Barr tried his hand at a home
Iun and drove two in before him. For
B Company, Reed hit double in the
third and scored on two hits that fol-
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