Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-12-04
NATIONALS PUlL EVEN WITH
AMERICANS N THE GREATEST
GAME EVER seen IN HAWAII
"AIexander the Great" Pitches
Winning Ball Before En-
: thuSiaStic Crowd u
TEEm STANDING!
W L Tied
AII-NatioazIs ....... ~ IA 2
AIlIAmerieans ....... ID IA 2
Yesterdays Result.
AII-NationaIs 4, AiI-AmerIeanc 2.

The National league representatives
made II exactly an even break for the
entire tour of the United States and
hawaii, by trimming the American
leaguers 4 to yesterday afternoon,
In the greatest baseball game ever
played in the territory 1t was a fight
from start to finish. with enough hit
ting to keep the fielders on their toes,
and enough sensational plays TO fur
nish the excitement for several games.
A great weekday crowd filed almost
every seat in the stand and bleachers
at Moiliili, and not single fan but
felt after the contest that he had re.
eeiyed more than his moneys worth.
II was a game that old timers in big
league baseball pronounced far above
the average, and that showed beyond
q doubt the bitter rivalry that exists
between the players OF the two major
leagues. b.:
alexander the Great" pitched for
the Nationals, and with the excep-
ton Of one inning, the third, he was
amystery TO the Americans In that
frame he was touched for four hits,
which. with a pass, netted the only
wv ut1C 6CtStC0 Ol HIS 0ClNCiss 11tll
James. Of St Louis, pitched for the
Americans, and was touched for eight.
hits In ali, his work in the box being
very classy.
Alexander q Mystery.
After the game yesterday several
OF the National leaguers said that
Alexander was not up to his true
form, hut bar the one free-hitting1
frame, he had form enough for sew.
eral topnotch pitchers. III he gets much.
better, 1t would hardly be worth while
to bat against him at all. He has,
a fast one with an extraordinary hop.
that breaks down and in for a right
handed batter, and curve ball that
makes the batters look ike suckers.
After a lay-off4of twelve days, with
a long, sea trip thrown In. IT is quite
refnafkabI9 chat 1.-THE big ieaguers
should have put up the game they
did. They were full of pep. and hand
ed the BAH clearly, only one error,
and that an excueable one, coming in
to the game. Some CT the men COM
planned CT lisflessness which they laid
to the change Of climate. but they
didn't show II IN their work
The stand ct MoiIiih was jammed
when The game was called at 3 sharp.
and for an hour previous a long line
of bleacher fans had been working
their way to the bleacher windows. /
II wasn't capacity for the park by any
means, but II was an Indication of
what may be expected Saturday and
Sunday, 1.-THE weather does its part.
Probably extra bleachers viii be erect
ed to handle the expected crowd
The Nationals had Willie Killifer at
the receiving end, while big John
Henry Of washington WIS backstop-
ping for the Americans Killifer and
Alexander are team mates OF the Phil
lies, so the fans saw a regular bat
terry, and one OF the best IN the busi-
ness. in action.
Nationals Score First.
The Americans went 10 bat first,
and the first three men went out in
record time. In the Nationals hall, |
Dolan was out, third to first, and ~
Max Carey laid hunt down the third
base line. It looked as though il i
would rcll foni. and Henry. James and /
Moriarity stood anxiously over it as |
il came to rest just inside the line
Clarke went out. pitcher to first. Then
Jack. Miller laced out long one to
right center, and Carey came home
with the first run Of the game. James
baked, and Miller went to second,
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