The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-08-07
NEW MEN IN LINE UP
OF PUNS AND SAINTS
ST. LOUIS SIGNS nFIELDERs WHILE CASTLE ANNExEs
HARD HITTING oUTFIELDER SOME FACTS AND
FIGURES ABOUT BIG LEAGUE TEAMS

Plenty Of baseball win be on tap for
the local fans nekt Saturday and sun
day afternoons at Athletic Park. on
the fret day the Punahous meet the
Saints and on Sunday, the Asahis play
the Coast Defense team and the Por,
foRaese Athletic Club play the Hawaiis
under the auspices Of the senior oahu
I.eeepe while the Asahis play the p.
A1Cs. and the G. A. Us play the J. A.
~ in the junior Oahu League Sunday
morning.
In Saturdays game both the Fnns
and Saints will have new men in the
lineup, Castle playing Mike Mason in
one Of the outleld positions and the
saints playing q new man at shortstop
and another at second base in place Of
Devine and Cowan who left for the
mainland in the MatsoDia week ago.
Naturally both teams will be out to
win and both promise they will give
the fans a better brand Of ball than be-
fore. The Saints are yet to win game
but Francis Barney says the time has
come for him and his mates to get on
the map and Il Is going to happen at
the expense Of the Puns Saturday after
noon.
A. 10 the Sunday games, the opener
should bring out some fast baseball,
that Is il the Asahis show the same
class a. they did against the All Chi
neso and likewise the soldiers play rs
wen a. they did against the p. A. cs.
last Sunday
Athletics Leak Best
CHANGING over the performances Of
the three leading teams in the Amer
lean and National League since July 20
up to the games OF Tuesday, the num-
berB of games won and lost by those
teams show that Connie Mnck's Ath-
l6ties are playing wonderful ball and
should annex the pennant of the Amer
lean League while the Giants should
gather IN the National League
The brilliant work of the Athletics
and setbacks for three of the teams
that were pressing them closely less
than q fortnight ago has resulted in
lead for the Mackmen that the trail.
ing clubs will find II difficult 70 over
come.
Since July 20 the Athletics have
played sixteen gaines and their record
during that period shows they won fonr
teen or these and last two Boston,
which looked 70 be a hard proposition
for the Athletics, won nine and lost four
IN the same period while the Washing
ton team won ten and lost five.
In the National League, the Cubs
looked great for the week beginning
July 20, and ending July g6,with six
games won and none lost, hut the next
day O. Days bunch hit the toboggan and
won but one game ont Of nine played,
making their record read seven won
and eight lost from July 20 to August
4, inclusive.
st. Louis which had won Eve and
lost one from July 20 TO July 20. also
slumped winning but two aud losing
i've making their reeord seven won and
SIX lost for the period from July 90
20 August 4, inclusive.
The Giants won three and lost FIVE
from July 26, to August 4, which add
ell to what they had won in the week
before made their record eight won
and Ave lost
BY the above records both the Ath-
letics and Giants gained on their near
est opponents and continuation of
TINS kind Of playing should land Mack
and MeGraw at the head of the teams
when the seasons are at an end.
Coasters Going Strong.
While the major league races are be-
ing freely commented on, the race for
the pennant in the Coast League is ex.
fremely warm and the close OF the week
should almost settle the question with
Portland and Venice scrapping away
like good fellows. These teams are the
leaders, that is the Beavers are a nose
ahead Of the Tigers AMI every game won
and lost in this week 5 series means
much 20 the team winning and losing.
II batting form means a pennant,
then the Beavers should win out for
MeCredie's men can surely hit the ball.
A. team, the Beavers batted Psi up
% July 26, while individually every
regular on the payroll is swatting the
pellet az .e8D clip.
Gus Fisher leads the Ducks with 1929.
Then comes Derrick and Buddy Ryan
with .3I2 apiece and Kores at 1908.
Doane dipped few inches below the
800 mark, winding up with an average
Of 200. Bancroft has .20l, Rodgers 900
and Lober trails the entire bunch OF
Ducks with .2s9, ana .2s9 is a mighty
respectable mark at that, MeCredie 4
renowned collection Of swatters and
pitcher murderers Includes Bill Rodgers
and bis fifty stolen bases. Bill leads
the league by several miles and few
fathoms in that respect.
Going to bat 1918 times in l05 games