The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-12-11
(From Wednesday Advcrtiser.)
Americans 5, Nationals 4.

Baseball, the likes Of which has ney-
en- before boon seen In Honolulu AMI
the likes Of which may never be seen
again, was played At Moiliili Fieldye>
terday afternoon, the AllAmericans
scoring as TO 4 verdict over the All
Nationals after nearly ten innings Of
hard and fast ball, every round Of
which was filed with something special
Not alone did the 1900 fans present
see great stops, wonderful catches,
TRUE and accurate throws and somr
magnificent hitting. but thev also wit
hessed the downfall Of the mighty
AIexhndor The Great. Chappy Chapman
and Dick Hoblitzel Of The A. A. = turn
ing the trick with n couple Of mighty
swats in the tenth after two batter
had fallen by the wayside.
Truly Il was great wind up to a
great game and as one fan rose to re.
mark. the further they 20 the better
they play.
From the time the FIRST blow war
struck in the game, the fancy WORK
began and gingery piqk ups and snappy
throws across the infcld by Boone ami
Moriarity TO Hoblitzei paved the way
for an enjoyable afternoon for those
who were fortunate enough to be on
hand
These snappy plays put the A. NJ
in the field and gave the A. AS a
chance to bat and Grover Clavelana
Alexander and his team mates spent },
very nnhappy few moments while the
American Leaguers were swinging al
the ball.
Lewis Starts Trouble
Z With Murphy out Of the way on n
fast bounder to Jackie Miller, Jimmy
Walsh was passed to first. When Duf.
fy Lewis made his sixth hit out OF
eleven trips to the bat, heet-footed
Jimmy travelled over to third. When
Hoblitzel skinned one past first for q
safety Walsh hit the. plate and Lewis
reached third Chapman drove sky.
scraper into the centerfeld but Cozy
Dolan folded it SO neatly and set him
self for throw that Lewis refused 70
start for home. Moriarity though
bumped one past Fletcher at mile-n,
minute clip and Lewis romped. Boone
took healthy swing at the ball and
looked about to have hit to his credit
but Bobby Byrne scooped the drive IN
greft style and forced Hoblitzel AT
third 80
Banny's crew we're not to be denied
though and in their half Of the second
evened up the count. Fred Snodgrass,
opening the round picked out the FIRST
ball Mitchell sent TO- the rubber AMI
with a mighty swing ,Snoddy boosted
the ball out Of the lot. This evidently
unnerved Cleveland Willie for be pass
ed Fletcher, tho next man MP. Byrne
next in line sent Fletcher 70 second
with single to left. }. Clark tried TO
score his team mates but .Moriarity
killed of his chances when he scooped
a drive from the bat Of the Reds back
stop and doubled Byrne at second.
Fletcher got over TO third on the play
and when Alexander lifted one cleas
TO the leftfeld fence Fletcher scored.
The ball hit the fence on line and
was one Of the longest singles ever
made by a ball player,
Dolan got on in this round also but
Lewis took care of Carcy's long fy
TO left and the inning was pau with
the score tied up,
Miller Scores One
Jackie Miller started trouble for Will
lie Mitchell in the fifth by singing 10
left after Willie had caused Killifer
70 fan. McAyoy failed to hold one
Of Mitchell's Blenders and when the bali
rolled 10 the grandstand Miller romped
over 70 second. As Snodgrass went out
at FIRST, Moriarity to Hoblitzel. Miller
moved to third and when Fletcher sin.
gled past short, Miller gathered run
for himself and the A. Ms.
4 In the sixth inning Bobby Byrne
worked Mitchell for a pass, took second
on sacrifice by Clark and scored 4
moment later when Alexander laced out
his second hit of the day.
After that the A. Ms. were helpless
before Mitchell and his remarkable
pitching kept the Nationals from get
ting on the bases. Helping him out in
the outield particularly were Carey
and Dolan and these two pulled of some
big league fielding that greatly pleased
everybody present, that is everybody ex-
cept the a.. Ms.