Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-06-10
FIRST INFANTRY
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Especial star Bulletin correspondence
Schofield Barracks League
w. L. Pct
Twenty Fifth Infantry 30 LOCO
Fourth Cavalry ....4 2 .66I
First Field Artillery. 4 .334
First Infantry ......$ 6 900
Saturdays Game
Twenty-fifth Iniantry 3. First In
fantry 0.
/ SCHOFTELD BARRACKS. June 3.
Several hundred First Infantry fans
saw their team show something OF
its old form in the game Saturday.
when il held the Twenty-fifth Infant
ry, the leaders in the post series, to
three runs In the best game played
SO far in the series. When the tail
enders can hold the leaders in con.
test that shows hut an error apiece
for either side and a minimum CT runs
and hits of the game divided between
the teams. four to five, the game will
pass as a cracker-jack anywhere. The
game put up by the First Infantry
shows clearly that this team is slowly
but surely whipped into shape and is.
going to figure In the series from now
on for the end of the series Is dated
late in September and it has fifteen
more chances to be something more
than a trailer.
Certain Twenty-fifth Infanters try
to explain the size of the score and
the closeness of the contest by claim
ing that their team was not playing
its game; that the men were asleep,
etc. A fairer explanation would be
that the game was largely pitchers
battle, that the Twenty-fifth fielders
had but little to do and so couldn't
show much In the fielding line, and
that the First Infantry pitchers had
the goods,
Until Mcclure was benched In the
sixth, he had the Twenty-fifth guess
ing every time he threw the ball to
Z batter, and he was without doubt
the hardest pitching proposition that
the Twenty-fifth has met in the
series. The big Coast Artillery slabs
man, Lawson, had several successful
innings against them in. the. Portu-
guese game here some two months
ago but he hadn't anything on Nc
Clure's fine work Saturday. Every
thing that . first class twirief needs
be had with him-speed, a change OF
pace. that was back breaker. q fast
breaking inshoot that just fIirted with,
the corners and perfect control He
would have probably kept. on pitching
good ball until the last man was out
II he only remembered that he wasn't
the whole team and that he was sup
posed to obey instructions. With one
man down in the sixth, he had a.
showing of seven strikeouts with but
three hits against him and one OF
a scratch at that. and but one run.
Swinton made first when Lemon fun.
bled his. lively little tap towards Sec
ond for the only First Infantry error,
and took third on Willis bunt which
was fielded too slowly to catch either
player Hollingsworth, the leading
batsman of the post was next up and
Byrne, the field captain, held a.
whispered conversation with Mcclure,
evidently advising him or ordering
him to make the proper play of walk
Ing him. But nothing doing for Nc
Clure. no one could tell him how to
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Hollingsworth twice before?
The first ball pitched was over and
Hpllingsworth missed 1t; Byrne
shouted out an order but Mcclure
still knew his business best and the
next one being over and where he
liked them, Hollingsworth tapped out
a single and two runs scored While
Byrne, mad clear through and with
every reason, was throwing Mcclure
out of the box the ball was returned
from the outfield towards third and
HollingswOrth trotS on to second.
It's a cinch that a baseball team
like any other organization must have
a head whose orders are to be obeyed
Byrne had the situation sized up,
there was big chance that If Hol-
lingsworth was walked his team could
pull out of the hole but the odds
against them If the ball even smelled
the plate. The first ball may have
been mistake but the second was
Intentional and Byrne was entirely
justified in using the hook.
Allen, new pitcher to the fans, |
here succeeded Mcclure and pitched
very good ball, allowing but one hit
in his two and one-third innings on
the mound The new First Infantry
lineup is an immense improvement |
on any combination they have shown |
before. Kater, at short, playing
brilliant game. He gathered in three |
flies in the eighth, two of them right |
OFF his shoetOps. Burns, at first, and |
Mason NJ, behind the bat, greatly |
strengthened two notably weak spots. |
For the Twenty-fifth, Jasper pitch |
ed the game of his life. The fans |
expect this veteran to turn out good |
ball all the time so his game was no |
surprise while McClure's performance |
was. He made no battery errors
whatever, famed eleven and assisted !,
in three plays to first base on balls
that were smashed right at him. He I
allowed four hits, all singles, and not
a First InfantryEan saw second dur
ing the game.
Swinton caught and distinguished
himself by his beautiful peg to Will
hanson in the sixth catching Kater ,
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