The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-05-22
SCHOFIELD BARRACKS
WILD FOR BASEBALL
ARMY LEAGUE SERIES SUPPLYING FANS WITH EXCEL
LENT BRAND OF BALL TWENTY FIFTH INFANTRY
CRACKS ARE HOT AFTER REMNANT

SCHOflELD BARRACkS, May b.
schofeld Barracks bas'ibceome innOcu
lated with the baseball craze for fair
With the six teams neck and no,k ii
the race for the Army pennant, tn
local fans are having their FIJI of ex
eitemcnt Tomorrow will bring tn,
great contest between the two infantr,
regiments and the partisans Of eael
team are predicting victory TO
their favorites. There are abundant eyi
denecs Of an active and, at the sam,
time perfectly sportsmanlika, sympathy
with the First Infantry players. n
the game last Sunday between the Chi
hese and the Twenty.hfth, the visiting
team found solid stands Of First In
fantry and First Field Artillery rooter,
pulling their hardest against the post
champions. The Twenty fifth team and
fans have taken this roofing Tor rival
teams with perfect good grace and the
craftsmanship while earnest has never
been offensively hostile to the Twenty.
fifth. The other local teams all realize
that for any one of them to win the
Army championship there must be uni
ted action against the formidable TWEEN
ty.ffth lineup.
Tomorrow game will be fight from
start TO finish. The First have not the
array Of stars that the Twenty-fifth can
claim but they have never-say-die
spirit in their team which goes far to
make up for weaknesses. The First In
fanfry fans seem to have gotten togeth-
CT This year and if the roofing Of en-
thusiastic supporters can help their
team, the First Infantry will be well
fortified tomorrow. The confidence of
tho First Infantry over the outcome of
tomorrow game is not generally
shared by the rest Of the post fans
although they will be on hand to help
in the cheering TO down the Twenty.
fifth. They realize, MS the First In.
fantry fans1aRparently do not, that the
Infantry infeld Is not a tower OF
strength nor 10 the pitching staff since
the departure of Mcclure. Strovoski
has met series Of Waterloos from the
bats OF the Twenty.fifth and while the
youngster, York, may prove a puzzle
for a while to the Twenty-ffth batters,
the prevailing opinion is that he is too
new and Inexperienced to last the game
Aggressive with Stick. .
The First Infantry strength this yea,
has been shown its aggressive stick
work. They not only can hit 'em out
with life but in the laying down OF
the elusiye hunt, they have shown much
prowess. In either attack, however,
they are up against q strong defensive
proposition tomorrow. Should Lieuten-
ant Saunders decide to send Jasper in
TO face them, they win have some
trouble in bunting safely his fast ball
and they have Cullens, whose speciality
in covering the third sack is his ability
TO dispose of hunts.
III Philips goes on the mound, as il
rumored as the correct dope, they have
not only pitcher who fields his posi-
tion with class but who has puzzling
delivery of kind which many of the
First Infantry batters have not yet
faced. .'7... '.. a TN. ., "a. -.
Any way the game goes tomorrow
II - likely to prove batters' contest
and the strength or weakness of the
First Infantry infed will decide the
game. p. p .
week from tomorrow the Twenty.
fifth faces the First Field Artillery and
their chances are not rated as high as
In tomorrow 5 game.
II will be great surprise to the post
fans II little Stoll does not prove
hard nut to crack and if the wagon
soldiers do not carry the day.
Cavalry Surprise.
The Fourth Cavalry team is the sur.
prise of the season thus far. Lieuten-
ant Clarence Lyman has succeeded in
getting into the game several oldtim-
ers who are showing the youngsters
considerable about how the game
should be played. Gfamith has not play.
ed since the first game of the season
but is expected TO reenIist within the
next few days. But with De Swan, a
player whose ability to hit and field
the ball gave him in the old days, a
widespread reputation throughout the
army, and Touhey, another veteran,
who is finding the bali with much sue.
cess, and who is also fielder of class,
they have their ifiield Wen balanced.
In the pitching staf Lieutenant Lyman
has four good slabsters. 1t is claimed
here that none of the four, Cakes, Kir.
by, Button or Hickey, can be depended
on at present for full nine innings
against strong string of batters. This
may be true but by yanking one pitcher
when be gets into distress, the cavalry
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