The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-01-20
Big Bill Has Fancy Brand Of
Benders and Paresa's Hired
Men Fail to Locate Ball While
on the Other Hand Castles
Crew Hit at Right Time.
tFrom Sunday Adyertiser.)
Punahous 2, Portuguese 0.

(From Sunday Adyertiser.)
Pinahous 2, Portuguese 0.
In one Of the best and, fastest con.
tests Of the present Mid-Pacifo League
baseball series, AL Castles fast Puna.
hon Athletic Club bah team yesterday
afternoon took the Portuguese Athletic
Club team down the line at Athletic
Park by a score of p 10 O "a o
IT was clean contest The two teams
played from start to finish and was the
best exhibition Of the American pas.
opening Of the season. There was
none Of that unnecessary wrangline
which has characterized other games
and the men romped TO and from their
positions like real ball players. In
consequence the contest was pan IN one
hour and Ave minutes ~
Had couple Of rowdies, who .un.
fortunately happen to be ball players
remained outside the fence where they
belonged the game would have been
without q blemish.
Smiling Tony Medeiros occupied the
hill for the rejnvenated Portuguese
Athletic Club and Tony hurled fair.
ly good game for Paresa s men. But
y one inning Castles bunch found him
for three hits which with a tumble by
Williamson on a hard chance netted
the Punahou boys their two runs.
Behind Tony the rest OF, the team
played fast ball and barring the error
of Williamson his support was almost
perfect. Robinson at short is tower
Of, strength to the, team and IL no eau
remain a member Of the Pa. o. out.
at, Paresa win be a fortunate manager
Puns Show Up Wen.
Castles outfit showed to an even
better advantage than they did in
their previous game and with the con.
tihuhtion Of practice and get together
spirit the team is bound to be q factor
hereabout in the baseball world.
Brewer the new man at shortstop
showed better than before and seems
TO have much more confidence In him.
self than in his previous game. Derby
is better in centerfeld and one az his
catches, that from the bat Of la Mere
up against the fence TN the sixth in
ming, prevented the score being tied
up and possibly more runs being made
Derby seems to be able to hit the ball
well and looks like D. valuable add.
ton TO the team. lt..
Dwyer Is also better in another posi-
ton than he was In centerfeld and
plays left whole lot better. He hits
we'll, too and shonld be dangerous tc
opposing pitchers at almost any time
The rest Of the team plsos played
good, ball, ran bases much better thar
before and have got bit of thai
lighting spirit which goes TO- make NJ
good ball team. X
Fine Pitching by Inmsn.
The big star Of the game though
was fBig Bill" 1nman and his pitch
| ing was par excellent from tap Of
gong to the finish and the best Paresa /
gang could gather was a single in ths
opening round and another in the
eighth. u
Outside Of that "Big Bill" had tn,
p. A. Cs completely at his mercy and
his exhibition of pitching was as good
as any seen hereabout for many games
AS for the runs which won for Puma.
hou, they were made In this fashion;
With Henshaw out Of the way via the
S. o. route In the fifth inning, lizard
poled a liner to center for one base
Derby picked out nice one and drove
it into left likewise for one base
Dwyer must have looked dange-ols 70
Smiling Tony, for he was passed, fslinl
up the bases. ~. 9@
Inman, next to the swatmen's boa
slammed ore at Williamson with the
lspeed of a bullet, and when the bal
hit the toe of his shoe and bounded
to right field. lizard romped to the rub
Der. Brewer hit one too fer away from
Robinson fer him to get II, and DERBY
scored. c, Hoogs bumped one init
Tony's hands, and he, along with Ia
Mere and Willis, pulled of a double
play, ending the round.
In their half of the sixth Paresa I
men got Williamson at third and Wilt
at second, with two in the hole, bu
Derby took care of La Mere = lonl
drive to center, and all hopes Of scor
ing fed.
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