Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-06-17
Bunts and
Founders


Aneunusually good crowd for week
day. IL shows what an o.. up-to-date
plant will do for the attendance.
Thomas and Quillan made beautiful
running catches in right and center
respectively, In the second inning.
A large proportion of the crowd
wore Uncle Sans Uniform, and gave
the Coast Defense men loyal sup
port.
Dodge didn't have anything but his |
smile. but he used that with good eff |
feet, and made a graceful exit from
the box. . -
Hixenbaugh is, playing a bang4un
game at short and. covering a world !
of ground. He is also meeting the
ball well. ~ ,...-... ,..- 49,.
o'Hara piled up two bad errors In |
the first but. all was forgiven when
his sharp single In the fourth brought |
two men home. -. i
Lieut. o'Hara,s slap into right that
scored two runners YESTERDAY came |
.ss near being deliberate. .skillfui pIac,
Ing OF the ball as anything seen dur.
Ing the game. 8 - *. g. s.. i
Either Adsir or Forbes should have |
caught Hixenbaugh's sshort fly. In the |
fourth. The center fielder came In at |
what might be termed a dignified am%
Bile, while the shortstop gave one look
at the ball and said, Let George do |
1t. 81 1
Thomas. the star sluggef OF the day,
just missed getting his fifth hit, the
ball striking just on the foul side of
third base ut terrific speed. He had
two strikes on him and then walked
to first, making q perfect day at bat |
for the big. fellow. F. 4 - /
Harris is a deceptive pitcher, He
takes . little windup but gets a fast.
sharp reakinE out-cnrye vsand ecca.
sionally q fair inshoot. He is getting
over his nervousness in fielding and
soon will be one OF the valuable
pitchers Of the, league, If indications
point to anything.
Thomas home run was. most decept-
i've. When the bali left the. bat it look
ed as though II would fall In easy
reach Of the right fielder, and it was
only when he turned his back on the.
stands and started marathon for.
the automobile gate that the crowd
realized how long the hit really was
The California outfield.r particularly
center and right, played so slow il
was painful. One reason for the gen.
eral air of lassitude about, the team
yesterday may be that, half of, the
men are limping around like confirm
ed criDples, due to minor: injuries.
Even Jimmy Dodson,. who is usually
as clipper as sparrow. was below
speed yesterday. ~
"Red" Gefkins who has already
played about every position but the
umpire's, was sent into right field in
the sixth inning yesterday when the
switch,in pitchers was made He was
playing far in until Catcher Sebastian |
motioned him back, and lucky thing
1t was too, for on the next pitched
ball Harris drove out a high, long
fly that would have been over Reds
fiery head had he not moved out on
Sebastian's suggestion.
"Rube" Rubke IS either the luck,
lest ball player that ever stepped into
the witness box or else he has some
thing" that is not visible to the naked
eve. He was drafted into the box
from the outfield yesterday when the
bases were full and only ona down
and the Defenders hitting like fiends.
Big Swenson's best effort was a weak
grounder that Rubke easily shot to
the plate for the out and then Sc
bastian doubled Swenson on first. The
Rube got out of a bad hole and for
the rest of the game moved EN-
down or else the breaks Son, bases
went against there, d.. The one run
scored against Rubke was the result
Of an error. He has an arm as lin.
Der as a piece Of rubber hose, but
somehow it gets the. ball over the
plate at unexpected moments.
No fewer, than 206 conventions have
already been booked to meet in San