Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-02-17
IWENTY-FIFTH Is
DOWNED BY
R.A.C.

Heard from When the 1918
ieaSon Gets Into full Swing.
lard HitterS in Line-Up
Though the Twenty-flftL Infantry
tossers dropped their first Homo.
game to the p. A. C.'s yesterday
showed large and appreciatiYe
wd that they knew all about the
f. pnal game, and that they are to
'eckoned as a serious factor In To-
baseball as soon as they round
he rough edges of team play, and
wildness of the pitchers, that
mes from having been out of COM
ltition for several months. The col
red soldiers can sure hit the ball on
The nose, and when all's said and
done, that goes long way toward
winning games.
When the smoke of battle cleared
at Athletic Park yesterday, the Por-
TO 3 score although the error col
mn for both teams was well filled, the
tine was a good one to watch, most
the slips being caused by players
ing too hard, rather than by slip
always excusabie.
The way the soldiers welded the
ok was real treat to watch. Among
lem are several Of that brand of
iatsmen known to the Initiated as
free swingers" and had these same
heavy hitters been left handlers. sew
eral of the long clouts that went to the
deep outfields, would have gone sail
To- r.. -. L.
deira in center gathered in Ave put
outs, and for most of them he had to
run back almost to the fence. The
same can be said of Zamiska's one
retirement in left
Soldiers Good Filters.
Right in the opening frame the sol
Tiers showed that they were danger
us thitters. The first man up. was
aaEzled by BushnelIs shoots. and re-
tired by the S. o. route, but Swinton,
second up. hit a long ny 10 the tree
w the scoreboard, which Madeira
bnldnF quite get UNDER Swinton TAX
Il the second station. Willis hit to.
kht for two bases. scoring SwintDn.
he next man hied 20 short, but the
batter lift a sharp grounder which
(juggled 9y La Mere, Willis conf
Tin with the second run.
little bit Of everything helped
Portuguese to tie the score in.
half. A couple of passes, a sin
/ wild pitch and brace of stolen
brought two men over, and the
lguese supporters began to
he easier The second inning
the p. A. C.'s in the lead by a
tally, and two more in the fourth
N La Mere cleaned UP with hom-
put them on easy street. Their
kth and final run came across in
ie eighth The soldiers managed to
hoot one more man over the rubber
d the third. and that was all in the
lcoring line.
Henry Bushnell pitched nice game
for the Portuguese, and although his
only strike-out of the game was the
first man that faced him, the men
behind him held the hits well scat
tered. He only issued one pass. Jaspar
nd Murchenson, who replaced him,
9TH had plenty of speed and good
ssortment of fast-breaking curves,
Jut both lacked control They gave
the impression of good pitchers, con-
siderably out of practice Cross be-
hind the bat did much to steady the
soldier delivery, and showed himself
to be a fast and reliable backstop,
especially when it came to tagging.
A return game between the same
inns viii be played at Schofeld
tracks within the next few weeks.
Ruling Right .s.5..r
ne much-discussed play in the
nth inning yesterday was ruled on
etly by Umpire ChiIlingworth,
eighty decided that the runner
,ond base could be forced out, /
was the point at issue. The
came up with first base occupied
soldier player and his animate
bat. The batter lifted a. bail al
III straight up into the air. 1t look
hike a foul and the Portuguese
cher ran back for It. AS the ball
ne down, it was seen to be over
diamond, and the catcher, third
seman and pitcher moved in to get
the two latter moving back when
tey saw that the catcher was under
The ball fell safe some ten feet
lside fair territory, and the batsman
IN for first while the base-runner on
rst ducked for second Then the
ortuguese shot the bali to second |
force-out and doubled the other |
lserunner before he reached first.
The Twenty-fifth Infantry set up
claim that the baserunner was
4, Sat second because he had not
touched, claiming that the ball
ut up for an infield fly, which
tically retired the batsman,
aving only one man on base
: king the force-out at second
,ossible The soldiers arguing
man would have to be touch
ond.
Chillingworth ruled that the
lot an infield fly because
only one man on base at
Therefore, it became fair
just as if grounder had
.eked into the field, and be-
Init ball, double play could
Oon it and the first runner
- foroad at eoeond The de-