Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-06-29

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right time yesterday.
Bushnell always plays good ball, no
matter what his team does. ~
The California outfield covers a
world Of ground. Young did some re-.
lmarkable work Saturday.
La Mere wasn't pegging well Satur-
fday, and besides, the runners we're
getting a long lead .on Medeiros.
The California boys make no. hit
with the fans when they bring out
bandaged bats and pub stuff of that
kind. IL.
Gefkin's slow floater was working
yesterday but the Chinese met his
other offerings and drove 'em far and
wide,
/ Dodge was warmed up in the eighth
end It might have been gooa scheme
to relieve Gefkin. The red headed
right-hander was pretty well pitched
out 49, -. .. T..
| GiaHelli's homer was long. para.
bolic fly that sailed tantalizingly up
I'm the air and over the Ieftfield fence.
/ II unsettled Luck zee but the Chinese
pitcher pulled himself together.
The Oahu league is putting on a lot
| of side about some things this sea-
Iscn. Why doesn't ii uniform its I'm
lpfres, who form such a prominent.
part of the landscape? &
Three runs in the last half of the.
tenth shows what kind of speed and
tpluek are in the Chinese team. Cap
tain Lai Tin and his team mates are
never beaten until the last man is
out. = p. XII.
Forbes covers world of ground
for big man who carries a lot of
weight forward He ran far back into
left field twice Saturday and grabbed
short, low flies that should have been
safe.
Waterhouse. the big colnred pitcher
| of the 25th Infantry. has been seen
several times In action here. bat never
when he was working right from start
to finish. He used to have one or two
bad innings before he could settle
down. 4 u
Gefkin began warming up toward the
end OF Saturdays game. but his ster.
ling aid was not needed DODGE show.
Eed more saturday than any other day
he has pitched sharp breaks and
wide curves particularly a wide out
that pulled the batsman off balance.
The attendance yesterday was $500
paid admissions, $I460. This is an at.
tendance record for the new park, al
though the Leah benefit game netted
more money. The old Keio-Chinese
record Of $500 attendance is still un-
broken, however. zr,.y. 4 r..
Val Stevenson entered the press box
before the game yesterday with the
announcement that the Chinese would
win in extra innings. Asked for par
ticulars. the genial sporting scribe
said that he had dreamed It SATURDAY.
night Buy Steyenson's dream book
for correct baseball dope. g.
The prettiest piay,sof the Chinese,
California contest yesterday was
made by Forbes. Kualii was leading
off second with one man down. Hoon
XII drove sizzling grounder toward
second Forbes got it and tagged
Kualif before the latter could get to
the second bag, and then whipped the
ball to first like shot, retiring Hoon
XII by step. That was big-league
baseball. r. F.. T.. y ~
b Captain Jimmy Dodson has what a
high.brow fan in the stand Saturday |
calls the "nlercurial temperament
When he Is hitting the ball, Jimmy is |
as clipper as a sparrow, but when |
his hitting Is off, he mouTRs all over !
the. territory around first base. And |
he has. been off for several games. |
Medeiros had his number Saturday, !
striking the cap out about as fast as |
he could come to the plate.
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Sloan, the soldier, signed by Man |
ager Paresa of the Portuguese. han |
dies himself with the comDaet neat |
ness Of a real ball player He was in |
left field Saturday and DISTINGUISHED |
himself by pulling down whole bas-
ketful Of flies and batting .333 for
the day. In the third inning, O'Hara |
smashed a hit through the opening |
between short and third: Sloan made |
nice stop and pickup of the bound
ing ball and then followed with a line |
throw to the plate to cut off a rum
ner. Tony Medeiros evidently figured |
he could help matters by relaxing the
ball, so he jumped in about ten feet |
from the plate and tossed the sphere
to La Mere. By that time the. runner |
was across the pan. From the stand /
it looked as If Sloans throw would |
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