Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-08-17
BuntS and
BOunderS


tinues to clout the pill.
Walkers hitting Saturday was very
timely-for the other side.
Johnson in left field for the soldiers
continues to make hard catches.
Several members OF the Puma:
hou team watched Saturdays contest
from the grandstand.
Sousa wrenched his hip about the
middle of the game and retired in IA
vor of Johnny Ornellas.
Neither Jack Lawson nor Plata was
effective Saturday and the fielding be-
hind each was somewhat loose.
A good deal of the Hawaii victory
Saturday was due to snap throws by
the Coast Defenders that went wild.
SIoan's batting was very timely yes.
terday. though he famed once when
he had a chance to bring home flock
of runs.
Luck zee wobbled badly in the
eighth inning and Hoon XII took of
his mask and chest protector and
went to the mound, doing first class
work there. .- :~ ..~.. .. .
Some of the many infield errors late
ly appear to be due to rough spots and
pebbles that have loosened up inside
the diamond. All of the infielders ara
having their troubles. -
Sloan didn't appear to be letting
out either his speed or his curves YES
terday. He had young and rather
untried catcher, Rego, former Maui
boy, behind the bat and Rego was
uncertain enough SO that the big sol.
der pitcher hesitated about putting
on all his "stuff."
Mangum, the new shortstop for the
Coast Defenders, Is Woodworking
and conscientious player and he felt
worse than anybody else about his
hobbies last Saturday Hixenbaugh's
shoes are hard to fiji and the Coast
Defense infield looked worse on Sat
urday than it has for many a game.
The Asahis are badly In need 16f q
pitcher who can go nine full innings
at full speed. Moriyama can't do 1t
and Araki's one test while resulting
in victory, showed that he tired late
in the game. It would be good move
TO start Araki and let him turn on all
steam until he began to weaken and
then have Moriyama ready to rush IN
as rescuer.
Brito's homer in the second inning
of Saturdays game was a hard-hit fly
that Shay in right field mfsjudged.
The ball went high in the air where
the wind took it and carried 1t many
yards over Shay's head. As matter
of fact. Shay should not be blamed en-.
tirely for letting the ball get away as
the high wind bothered center and
right FEEDERS throughout the game,
Once p0p that seemed about to tail
into O,Hara's hands near second basa
was carried far back Of him and fell
safe. o.
Lang Akana's home-run swat in the
twelfth inning yesterday was one ct
tn hardest smashes ever seen at Atf,
letic park. He caught the ball about
waist high and sent 1t on rising line
to right field. Frank La Mere. the Por-
tugnese catcher. who was stationed In
right. was playing very far back for
Akana and the ball started so low
La Mere misjudged it trifle and
started to run forward The ball kept
rising. though still hardly Is feet from
the ground and La Mere then turned,
ran back a little and made a futile
iump for the speeding sphere. which
passed four or FIVE feet above his head
and went almost to the deep right
field fence before it touched the
ground. La Mere was playing so deep
that had he run with the ball from
the first crack off the bat he might
have made the catch, but then. he's
not an outfielder and should not be
blamed for misjudging hit Of that
kind. The chances would have been
two to one on the ball in any event.
AS a matter OF fact Sloan should
have walked Aka1la. Two men were
down and a. man on third. Kualfi was
coming UP. AkanA Is the most dan.
yerous batter in pinch on the Chi.
nese team for even IL he doesn't get
the hall past the infield he smashes
n H. =
ting enc more man on the bases by
walking him would have done no harm
;or only one run-that of the man on
thfrd-was needed to win the game.
So. SIoan's play was to walk Akana
and take a chance on Kualii who,
though often a siashing hitter. is far
less dangerous than the big center
heldsr.
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