Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-04-12

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Especial star. Balietn Correspondence

Especial star. BGlIetn Correspondence
SCHOFlELn BARRACKS. April u.
= l.. Company 6. Il Company 3
X Company II. c Company 5.
- AS result OF yesterdays games in.
the Twenty-ffth Infantry inter-com-
pany league, LsGenfpany. with its un-
broken string OF victories, still holos
first place, and X Company, taking
the game from c Company, stepped
into second place
The games were the best played this
season, and the improvement in 'ev-
cry team over the showing of last
week was remarkable.
The contest between K Company
and C Company opened the afternoon,
Is Company Offering a new battery for
the first five innings. Scott showed
what a versatile player he is by elect
ing to catch Smith; and Swlnton went
to short. Smith pitched a good game,
allowing but two hits in the four In
nings he pitched and these brought
no runs. A series of errors, two of
them made by Swinton, who was not
fielding up to form, and missed both
of SCOTS pegs to catch runners, gave
C Company its runs.
These errors are unusual with Swim
ton, for he seems to be the one man
who in generally sure of handling
SCOTS speedy balls. In the fifth,
Scott went in the pitch and Swinton
behind the bat and with the excep-
ton of the sixth INNING, where it
took heady playing to pull out of the
hole, K Company was never in danger
Scott struck out, six of the nine men
who faced him and Smith made the
sensational catch of the game when
he made long reach and jabbed Rob-
inson's drive in the sixth.
Robinson forNC Company allowed
eleven hits, but for all that, if the
rest of the team had played half as
hard, the score would have been clos
er.
B. Alexander, in the second, hit a
long home run, but carelessly passed
Second without waiting to step on It
and was out. A. Alexander played q
cracker-jack third base and was given
rather the worst of close decision in
a fine play in an attempt to, double
Scott is credited with three hits and
three runs ii four attempts
G Company should have about thir-
ty minutes batting practice daily and
then they will have some stick work
that will be in the same class with
their fielding.
New Pitching Phenon.
In the second game, I Company un-
earthed pitcher with a splitter that
has the attempt of any other pitcher
in the regiment skinned city block
Mimms, brand new recruit, who
caught splendid game last week, and
for four innings today held Grundy
in fine shape, is the man and the
break of his splitter is worth travel
ing miles to see. He has much to
made at least two balks that escaped
the notice of the umpire, and he some.
times makes an illegal delivery by
taking two steps in the box on a quick
return which he worked with success
seyera, times today. Grundy pitched
the first four innings and kept the five
hits that L Company made off him
well scattered but with his slow delb-
crate deyIiery the fast l. Company
men stole bases when they chose.
He hadn't quite the control that he
usually shows, but this may be part
~ due to the. mistaken idea of his
teammates that he needs to be talked
to. This is mistake. Grundy needs
advice about as little as any man who
plays in this series and it is safe bet
that if the Company infield will let
him alone he will work out his own
salvation every time. He retired in
the fifth taking Williams place who
caught Minis and caught we'll The
only man to hit this little spit ball
wonder was Williamson in the sixth