Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-07-30
SIX THOUSAND
See CHINESE
PLAY BASEBALL

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players are not quite such a novelty
on the mainland as was the case
when they made their original inva-
sion three seasons ago, but they are
a great hit just the same. and are
now appreciated for their sterling
baseball, and not given space in the
papers merely on account of being a
The following is from a Philadei-
phia paper of July u, and is illus
trated with pictures of Markham,
Sam Hop, Albert Akana and Foster
Robinson:
Daredevil baserunning, bordering
on the antics of Cobb or Milan, en-
abled the Chinese University of Ha-
wall team to win easily from Straw
bridge and Clothier A. A. at Sixty
second and Walnut streets yesterday.
Score s to 2.
Six thousand persons revealed in
the speed and all-around baseball
ability of the Celestials.
The Chinese kept their Philadel-
phia and vicinity record clean by not
losing here in two seasons.
Every seat In the grandstand and
two bleachers was taken, and the
crowd surged out along the foul lines.
They Kept coming until the middle of
the game and in the fourth inning
Umpire Griffith had to stop the game
as the fans overfiowed into the OUT
field and encroached on the playing
space. Ground rules were necessary
after that, and a hit into the crowd
went for two bases. So
What impressed the 5000 fans more
than anything else was the manner In
which the Chinese streaked around
the bases. Once they were fortunate
enough to get on they made the s..
and c. catchers look foolish.
Tricky Double Steal
Eight times the Far East players
stole, and there was not close play
once. A double steal in the third in
ming, engineered by En- Sue and Ayau
was one of the prettiest bits of base
running seen here in a long time. 1t
was delayed trick.
The tourists did not pick out a
young catcher to-. perpetrate their
fiashy base running on. Bill Irwin,
back of the bat for the department
store team, has seen service with the
Phillies and in the Tri-state league.
Six of the eight steals were made
while Irwin was backstopping. He
was utterly helpless to stop them.
and in the middle of the game gave
way to Wilson. The Chinese had the
game won then and only sneaked two
bases on the newcomer.
En- Sue, the spry center fielder of
in 10 seconds, led in the base stealing
attack with three. Ayau crowded him
with two.
Kau Apau, who shares the Chinese
pitching honoEs with Foster, the
Mathewson OF the Hawaiian Isles.
was sent against the store players
and held them to five scattered hits.
He would have finished with shut
out victory had Ayau given him per-
feet support. Eleven S. and C. bat
tiers struck out, Apau retiring the
side on strikes in the first inning.
Wardwell, State College pitcher,
started but did not go the limit. He
was wild and walked seven men in
he first five innings. Only three hits
we're made off him. one of which was
1 home ruin over the left field fence
oy Alvin in the fourth.
The collegian got himself in tTpu-
BILE in the fifth when En- Sue opened
with single and Ayau was hit by a
pitched ball. Chin walked. filling the
bases, and Mark. the hardest hitter
on the Chinese team. singled to left
center. scoring En- Sue and Ayau. Ken
Yin hit to Runsey, but Chin was
trapped at the plate. Ken Yin stole