Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-06-04

There 1T WAS under Ills very eyes
the percentage column Of the league.
with four clubs In the order named:
Won. Lost. p. &,
Apaches ~ ress
Boston Terriers ........,.. 81 ~ SIS
San Miguel Sidewinders.. y BIS
JOinson's Coyotes ........ Il % 40
..They've been playing all season.
Saturdays and Sundays thought Fris-
bee .'Well, well, well. wonder II
know any OF those players. r.
He cast his eye down the line of the
box scores There was not Il profess
sional name that he had ever heard
before. The San Miguel Sidewinders
had a Mexican lineup judging by the
names-0 Ortiz. Gonzales. Martinez, Yal-
DEE. Morales. Garcia. Gomez. Vigil and
Meegan The last name Jared slight
" Evidently the Sidewinders had an
Irish pitcher.
The Apache team contained such
wariike souls rs Running Wolf. Sing.
ing Mule. Raw Dog. HOwling Henry.
Hungry Coyote. Bald Hornet. Foot.
loose Pete. Sweet Evening Breeze and
Aztec Antonio. the pitcher
sWell. what dye think of thats''
unused the scout, a regular Indian
team. md holy Moses. how those boys
can hit"
Indeed. the box score Of the game
between the Apaches and the Boston
Terriers proved it The hit column
was thickly sprinkled with twos and
threes. and In the summary the list Of
extra base hits was a long one. Aztec
Antonio was credited with two home
runs and double: Singing Mule had
two doubles and triple; Footloose
Pete with four hits oat of fonr times
up had home run. triple and two
singles. and Bad Hornet had two
triples. s#-
Then came the crowning surprise
the name which appeared Mt the begin
hing OF the story OF the games. There
IT was. just rs Pop Fifsbee had seen
ii a thousand times In days gone, by.
ia ten point gothic-.John Meegan.
Jr. r.
"Johnny Meegan.. said Pop. $50
that's where he went. And he's work
ing ON a rotten little paper like this!
Too bad. Well. there's one boy who
knows hall player when he sees one.
What does he have to say?"
John Meegan. Jr.. had u great deal
to say. His account of the game be-
tween the Apaches and the Boston
Terriers left no vague shadow Of doubt
In Pop Frisbee's mind. From the in
slant hrs eyes alighted on the stand
ing of the league he had felt the In
clinatien TO make q trip over into Rio
Arriba county, wherever that should
prove to be. and take a look at this
unknown collection Of ball players.
When he ran his eye down the figures
which represented the terrific hitting
ability OF the Apaches the inclination
grew stronger. but when he read what
Johnny Meegan had to say about
Aztec Antonio. Singing Mule. Foot
loose Pete and Bald Hornet the fate
Of the Independent Northern New
Mexico league was settled. Thus wrote
Johnny Meegan:
Never has such a hitting team been
gathered togsther- In any, league Of the
country. KiIbonrne. who twirled for the
Boston Terriers. had all his usual con-
troll curves and change OF pace. He
mixed up his repertoire with all the skill
at his command. but man after man the
Apaches walked TO the plate and smashed
the ball to the fence Ii the Terriers fun
bled at times II was because the balls
which were hit through the infield tray
eled at such terrific speed that it was,
physically Impossible TO handle them
cleanly. On the other hand. Antonio.
using his lightning speed at all times,
held the Terriers helpless and all but hit
less. EilbourHe's men were game and
fought hard in the face OF an oyerwhelm-
ing defeat but no pitcher seems able to
stop the Indians when they begin to hit.
FHSbee stopped of in Denver to
greet few old friends and ask some
questions about western leaguerS. On
the second afternoon. as he was loaf
ing In the lobby of the Brown Palace.
he saw Dary Martin limp tn with his
suit case and write his maine on the
register Davy waS the scout for the
Benedicts-the very miScreant who
had robbed Pop Of the timber league
pitcher aforementioned. Pop held a