The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-05-23
MINNESOTA WAS EASY
FOR ALL-CH|NESE TEAM


played between the All Chinese and
University of Minnesota Saturday,
May 3, describes the contest as fol.
lows:
"The Orient slipped one over on the
Occidont yesterday mt Northrop Field
when the Chinese team of the Univer-
sity of Hawaii whaled the daylights
out of Coach Denny sullivan s univer-
sity hopefnls by 1916 score. To the
surprise of the Gophcrs and the spec.
tators, the Chinese played a rafting,
slashing game and were at no time in
danger of defeat by their lighter pig
mentel fraternity brothers.
The Gophers stepped on their foot in
the first inning when Pitcher Lambert
started up as wild as a three-year-old
colt in narrow lane with a steam
-thrcshing outfit. He AWAITED in re.
markahle style and never did come
down. Raymond succeeded him and
stopped the heavy hitting, but defeat
was plastered all over the proceedings
before Raymond was switched from left
field to the mound
Apau, the chow.chopper of the ORR
entail team, was fairly well master of
the situation from start to finish. He
pitched in lazy-looking but effective
stvle. and never allowed more than two
blows an inning. He struck out nine
Ct the white hopes and barring little
ragged support hv his chattering mates
apparently would have made an even
better showing than he did
Chinese Were Athletic.
mi. -.
spectators by their size, speed and gen
eral understanding of the finer points
of the game. They are fast and grace
full folders, splendid throwers and
shifty on the base lines. They hit fast
pitching with ease-ate it up in fact
but curve pitching appeared TO have
them worried and breaking ground,
They waited out the nervous Lawrence
with stoical calm, but after accumu'
lating their lead cut loose with fine
line of South Sea chatter and repartee
They speak English fairly well, but in
their coaching lapse into the mother
tongue, and this played no small part
in the goat-getting of the university
lads. They were n good. natured lot
and played the game with all the zest
and fully as much if not more pepper
and ginger than was displayed by the
university athletes.
The invaders picked up their first
five runs in the first round when after
En- Sue had been hari-karied at first,
Lambert walked three men in n row
and Akana combed out single fol-
lowed by double by l. Tin, another
out and raking single by Apau, the
,hurler. Sing Hung ended the rampse
with q strikeout.
They picked up another in the sec
ond on Ayau s walk and oh Lees pro-
digious wallop to the outer precincts
of the football score board. Feeling
that they were bit shy in the third
they picked up five more just to show
the brethren of the alabaster brow that
the coral islanders bore no race preb.
decor something like that--in the
way of fraternal greeting. They danced
the hula hula on the pitching escut-
cheon of Chucker Lambert in this inn.
ing and sent him to the stable at the
end of the poi-making. 1t started with
a single by l.. Tin. Mark attempted
to sacrifice, but Catcher Cooperman
ribbed him in the throw to first. Apau
forced Tin at third. Lambert made a
bad job of handling Sing lungs slam
and then came n parade of singles. 1t
sounded like house-cleaning day in a
frecracker factory with En- Sue, Apau,
All Lee and Kin Yam rasping out sin
giles in row. Akana then hit into
double with All Lee on the tailend of
the play, but before this was pulled
Oft five more of the Orientals had scor-
ed.
Raymond succeeded Lambert and
walked Tin in the fourth. He scored
on Marks sacrifice and healthy clout
by Apau. The marigold peril was held
in subsection thereafter until the
eighth, when three more runs came
across as n result Of two hits and an
error.
Gophers in Leash.
The Gophers drew their first score
in the fifth, when Smith bambOozled
Apau for walk. Gilbert flew out,
Raymond reached first on fielder S
choice wherein All Lee dropped tho
throw at second. Raymond was down.
ed at second on felder's choice on
Lawler, but Aronson singled and was
followed by Doerrman S double. Three
runs resulted from this round. A hit
by Cooperman, with walk to Smith,
followed by a sacrifice fly by Gilbert
and an error by Kin Yin, put Cooper
man across the plate. In the eighth,
the Minnesotans landed one more run
on McNally's two-bagger, followed by
a healthy, large-measured single by
Cooperman.
The Minnesotans' preliminary fly
around lost them all chance of victory