The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-08-15
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AYAU' S BAT WINS
GAME FOR HAWAII
Timely Hitting of All-Chinese
Shortstop Has Much to do With
Victory Over Boyertown.

Before one of the largest and surely
the most enthusiastic and representa-.
tive audiences that ever witnessed n
ball game in Reading, says the Reading
News of July 20, Boyertown and the
Chinese University teams fought tooth
and nail in a thrilling and gruelling
battle until the eleventh round Mt the
Circus Maximus yesterday, when the
champions of Berks county were final.
ly compelled TO bow to their yellow.
skinned opponents. Score, q to 4.
Every one who left the modern
Twelfth street plant Mt the end of the
ftacas was satisfied that they had got.
! ten their moneys worth AMI than
some in the two hours and fifteen min.
utes of the national pastiming furnish.
ed by the products of Berks county
and the students from the Hawaiian
Islands. Ii was the first time since
Billie Whitman erected the Circus Max
linus that the big grandstand was pack
ed to its capacity, while both bleach
ers were comfortably filed. Scores OF
fanettes were seated in the grandstand.
Boyertown at It's Best.
Even the most loyal rooters of the
Boyertown club were surprised at the
showing of their team. When the
Lhinks appeared here two weeks ago
in game against Boyertown, they mp.
peared to be so much better than the
Berks county club that there was no
comparison. Then it was case of one
club at its best, while the other put up
u most miserable exhibition. The Chunks
looked so good on their initial trip here
that the fans started. comparing them
with major leaguers.
Yesterday it was different, Boyer
town did not play better than it knew
how, but it simply put up an exhibit
tion that makes it one of the most
feared semi professional clubs in the
State. Both clubs were ut their best
and it would be hard to find two more
evenly balanced aggregations.
Bill Mecherly, the wise old owl who
covers third for Boyertown, and cap
tains the nine, made n wise selection
in choosing Rube lulmes, south
paw, to oppose the university N nine
This cool but awkward looking pitch.
err was at his best and certainly hurl'
ed beautiful game against his OPP
ponents. Holmes had everything in
his line of Blenders, which he used
with his smoke and good Judgment
1t was the largest crowd that Holmes
ever worked before, but the bowling
mob appeared to be the least Of his
troubles. He got himself out OF
pinches without appearing to exert
himself, and was as strong Mt the end
Of the game as when he started.
Boyertown Scores First.
Clint Bach opened the first session by
working a pass FROM Foster, the stal
of the Chinks' pitching staff. Spider
Guss was the next batter to face flos
ter, and he picked out daisy and
scored Bach with three-bagger. 2
In the third inning the Chnks bunch
ed their hits and scored three runs
Lee led off with single. Apau dou'
bled, sending Lee across the plate
pinky famed, Ayau singled, scoring
Apau. Ayau went to second on an in
field out and scored "A minute la<er on
Lee S wallop.
BoyertOwn tied the score in the third
and went into the lead in the 9th
The visitors came back strong in the
sixth and the score again was tie. Both
teams got men on bases in almost every
inning, but were unable to tally until
the Chinks won out in the eleventh.
Lee started the fireworks in the elev-
enth inning with single to left field.
AIau fol owed with another single
and Lee landed on third. The signal
was given for the squeeze play and
wlen Holmes started winding up Lee
started for home. Sing hunted and
Lee scored Guss was playing in for
the play and w. Mecherly started ia
cover the first sack. In running towards
first Mecherly collided with Apau and
the Chink went to the ground. He
recovered in a second and gamoly limp.
ed to the second station, where he fell
over and had to be helped to the bench
Doctor Dotterer, the Boyertown physi-
clan. attended to Apau, The play ap'
pcared to get Holmes goat and Ayau
followed with single which scored the
Chinese runner from second.
There was lots of excitement in the
last half when Boyertown got man
on base. Houck was the first up and
grounded out, second to first. W. Mech
erly singled, but was left stranded, as
Hart fouled out to the catcher and
Holmes ended the inning and the game
being retired on grounder. The score;
CHINESE