Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-05-20
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| Sundays Game.
Twenty Fifth Infantry u, First In
: fantry A.
| Especial star Bulletin Correspondence
SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, May 10.
The Twenty.fiTth Infantry made 1t
three straight in the inter-regimental
series here on Sunday By hammer
I ing two of the First Infantry pitchers
out of the box: that is, Kidd was
| pulled in the sixth aRter allowing
three disastrous hits and Wahr, his
! successor, would have been obliged
! 70 retire if there rad been more inn
ings to play when the Twcnty-fifth
annexed the final four runs in the
ninth.
The backstop is still the chief
weakness of the First Infantry and
it is likely that they will continue to
do rear guard duty in the league I'M
til they develop catcher or tumble
TO one. However, the candidate for,
backstop sacrifice who is finally Sc
lected will have to be something of
a mind reader if he expects to hold
Kidd 1t wasn't the amount of speed
on Kidd's ball that made it almost
impossible for Lehman or Mason to
hold him but the great fault of many
a pitcher today-that of crossing the
catcher Kids catchers apparently
were surprised to the extent of four
or five feet a dozen times in Sun
days game. However, there is no
question that there is claSs-lots of
ito Kids pitching when he is
good and that he is up against big
handicap with the makeshift catch
ers-all willing enough-who have
been furnished him.
The writer of this column holds no
brief to advise the First Infantry, or
any other team, as to how they shall
play the game, or how they shall in
terpret the rules or how they shall
manage the team, even were he CON-
petent. and so minded, but this cor
respondent is endeayoring to be re-
porter of the games. without bias or
prejudice, as they are played, and to
reflect the news and opinions of the
fans of the post who want the best
team to win regardless of affiliations
In reporting this weeks game GER
tain criticism of the proper choice of
players of the First Infantry team
was made because it was believed
that the First Infantry team had 1t
coming to tfIem and that the failure
to make proper selections explained
its defeat The criticism was written
in the best spirit possible and the
suggestions Offered for what they
were worth, were the sentiment of a
large number of fans who wish to see
the First Infantry get in the running.
Cox catches flat-footed and his peg.
cling to bases is a thing of beauty. 1t
will be argued that he can't bat.
Agreed; that's so at present, but it
should be remembered that the First
Infantry hasn't lost its games be-
cause it has lacked for batters ,ibut
because it hasn't a. catcher With
this suggestion of how the game
Should be played, to get back to how
Sundays game was played and mis-
played.
On the defensive, for five innings,
the First Infantry played alright
ball-almost. Despite Kidd's wild
ness and crossing, he was getting an
assist or two each inning and hold
ing the Twenty-fifth, but the first
run against him was solely his fault.
He walked Williamson in the fourth,
then crossed his catcher twice and
Williamson came home from third
finally on Kidd's wild pitch Cullen
made the first hit against Kidd i'm
mediately afterwards. In the next
inning the Twenty-fifth, finding that
they. could not hit Kidd, started the
prettiest series OF hunts seen so far
in the series. JamiSOn famed, but
made first on the dropped third
strike and Lehmans poor throw.
Scott then laid down a beautiful slow
hunt towards first, sacrificing Jami-
son to second Swinton hunted and
sacrificed him to third, and from
here he scored on Kids second wild
pitch or possible crossing of his
catcher
In the sixth Kidd and his team
mates established a new worlds re-
cord for altitude. Hollingsworth
singled to right; on the bunt and run
signal he made third on Guilin's
slow bunt to Burns and was safe
when Baugh muffed Hollingsworth
scored on a squeeze play, Cullins GO
ing to second Parker then made
the hunt of bunts-the finest of many
in the game-one that slowly travel
ed a path just four inches north 1of
the foul line and Cullins scored after
Parker had beaten it out. Smith
hunted fly into Kids hands, who
doubled Parker at first. Jamison was
hit by the pitcher. acclaimed a run
ner, stole third and scored on Scott S
smash over second base. Scott went
to second on Williams error and
scored on SwiRtons double to right,
taking third on the throw-in Before
Kidd went ont of sight in the clouds.
lie walked Thomas. who stole while
Kidd was starting to the respond to
the hook and Ward, who took on his
burden, put a slow one to William
onI tho