Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-06-29
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Sensational. Well. that's hardly the
word TO describe yesterdays ten in
nings Of baseball thrills. II was
sensationalism raised to the Nth pow.
ef, and the great crowd OF partially
sane HonoluIans which filled stand
and bleachers to capacity; and then
oyerfIowed on to the field. got its
moneys worth, TO the last fraction OF
a mill II was grand game, full OF
thrills, and with the two teams see
saving into the lead in such a way
that the Joys and the Gloolns had
about an even break. II was the
browning success of the California
Oahu series. from every viewpoint
sporting. financial and under the
broad general head OF athe good of
the game. .
To describe the game intelHgently,
It Is necessary to begin at the last
inning and work backwards The two
teams. keyed to highest pitch by the
wildly enthusiastic crowd, have gone
through nine furious innings for tie
score of 70 5. Both pitchers have
been unsteady, walking batters and be-
Ing hit at critical moments, and the
men behind them have been forced TO
perform the impossible more than
once, to hold the score down 10 re-
spectacle figures. The crowd has Ia
ken a vocal jump into the game. and
for two innings the coachers have been
using megaphones to caution runners
on the paths few feet from them.
The tenth inning opens with Sebas-
tian. the California catcher. at bat.
Sebastian has already made two safe
hits out Of four previous trips to the
plate. and Is labeled dangerous He
finds one TO his hiking. and crashes
his bat against II for q clean single BE-
tween second and first. Luck zee. the
smiling little Chinaman who has been
on the firing line for more than two
hours. cuts loose q Wild pitch. and Sc
basfian goes 10 second. GianeIli, who
has put the ball over the fence last
time up, Is out pitcher to first Then
up comes Red Gefkin. with chance
to win his own game. He raps sharp
grounder to short which Sebastian
hurdles on his way to third Lai Tin
gathers in the ball, and shoots Il 20
third, but the throw Is high. md Sc
bastlan slides under Asam's lnnge
Men on third and first, and only one
zone. Captain Jimmy Do1son sholl-.
defs the responsibility and goes in To-
bat for Young He puts all his batting
craft TO work. and the result is a
slashing hit to left, which scores Se-
bastian. AdairS follows with another
safe one. scoring Gefkin. Hayes is
safe on the fIeleex,s choice that retires
Dods6n at second. Forbes is out,
The jnbilant collegians take the
field. and everything points to Chi
nese funeral
The Unexpected.
Now for the GROWING thrill OF the
game--the finish that made maniacs
out Of the staid and dignified Homo
lulu folk The finish that started a.
rain OF cushions that knocked of hats.
buf couldn't knock off smiles.
Cheong. he Of the long reach who
guards the first corner for the Chi.
nese. steps up to the plate. Gefkfn,i
with the announcement of an unex-l
pected two-run lead. is confident. but
he is completely pitched out, an1 his
stuff is gone Cheong makes yis,-
cious chop at the ball and out IL goes
to right, safe mile. Then Hoon XII,
the hard-working catcher, gets his.
chance to redeem q bad blunder OF
the first inning. He sends long one
to right field. the ball gaining high in.
a long upward shoot, like a well-hit
tee shot at golf Jimmy Dodson, hero
of half an inning before, misjudges
the speed entirely Hs comes in to
meet il, and then. too late, turns and
races for the fence. far behind the
bah. When the runaway sphere final
~ gets back to the diamond, Cheong Is
on the bench, and Hoon XII is on third.
Then comes a hitch A break in the
Chinese luck that might have turned