Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-10-27
Chinese ROMP
HOME IN GAME
ON SATURDAY
CeIestiaIS Have No Trouble De-
featinq Coast Defense in.
Interesting Contest


Defense game last Saturday looked
like great ccntest between two well
matched teams. and fer the ether four
Innings it looked Ike large boy
walloping a small boy. the large boy
being the Chinese nine, When the
scorer Finished his activities for the
Eday the Chinese had seven runs and
| a large zero represented the after
fncCn accumulation Of the Defenders.
Two innings carried all the trouble
| for the G. DIS They sent likely
looking pitcher named Harrison to the
slab. Harrison has speed, sharp
breaking curves and courage enough
to wing the ball ever the plate for
4 third strikes Aside from little
witness he hnrl ed a nice game all
Through. II was HIS teammates who
nut him in the hole and kept him
there, and then when aHot Their pitcher.
Randall, took un The burden. he sui,
.fered like fate The ...lnese made
fiye runs on Harrison and two on
Randall.
Nobody could score until the nth.
Then. with one down En- Sue walked.
He should have been out on q snap
throw from the pitcher to first, but
sflihckley dropped the hall and that
spelled trouble. En- Sue stole Ayan
scored him with 4 short drive taking
second on the play. Kan Yen hit q
line drive to 0'Hara at second and
was cut 0'IIara should have made an
easy double play BIZ tossing the bah
to second and retiring Ayau, but he
held on. 4 very poor piece Of judg-
n,ent. for the Ghinese kept slamming
the ball. Il. Akana hit Q. grounder
that went through q Haya;s legs and
Lai Tin hit through third. scoring
Ayou. Lai Tin stole second and Mark
ham lift for f1O bases. the ball
bouncing OF the pitchers mitt. It
wasn't Harris0n'a fanlt AL Akana
beat cut high bouncing grolnders
and Rebihson walked, Then Mark.
ham came home ofIpA poor throw 70
catch him ct third. Fire runs.
Harrison was relieved IN the next
inning, but no pitcher could win with
the support he got unless he struck
cut every man. Out came Randall.
seven or eight feet tai, and with
blindihg speed but poor control. Ran
dali, and Kick, the elongated catchef,
probably constitute the tallest battery
in captivity and they worked well. IL
was not until the eighth that the Chi
nese could see the plate again, and
then they got two more on Ping
Kon's walk, En- Sues hit, Ayau's sac
rifice and L Akana's grounder that
fooled through shortstop's territory
The Coast Defense almost scored in
the ninth, when men were on second
and third with two down. But the
Chinese used their heads. and when
Lehr crept too far off third, Foster
Robinson, the Celestial pitcher. whirl-
ed in the box and shot the ball to Lai
Tin. Captain Lai Tin blocked Lehr off
the bag and clapped the ball on him
for the third out.
Robinson pitched splendid game.
He had more speed than week ago
and better curves. Not a hit was reg
istered against him until 0'Hara got
a pop fly over. Kan Yen's head In the
sixth. Another hit was very doubtful
and a third was a shot to right field
that Ping Kong returned to first fast
enough to beat the runner. The throw,
however. was a trifle. wide, drawing
the first baseman off the bag and Civ
ing the batter hit. = ~ ( 2. .
The fielding was full Of good plays.
The feature was Lang AHana's catch
Of a long drive down left field by Hix-
en- In the fourth. Akana had to dis-t
play all of his speed to get the ball,
going out with the crack of the bat
and taking the sphere as 1t sailed over
his left shoulder. 1t was beautiful
catch. -,-
The score: - -