The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-07-03
SECOND INFANTRY BEATS
PRIDE OF CALIFORNIA, 81
VISITORS CLOSE HONOLULU ENGAGEMENT WITH MAJOR,
Try OF GAMES PLAYED WON BY THEM SOL,
DIERs roo MUCH FOR coLLEGIANs.
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(From Wednesday Advertissr
Soldier teams have proven altogether
too much for the University Of Cali
fornia players, who were defeated yes.
ierday afternoon at Athletic Park by
the Second Infantry team Of Fort shat.
ter in game which was interesting
from start to finish The Berkeley
students closed their Honolulu engage,
ment with yesterdays game, and will
leave for the mainland today by the
steamer Matsonia. They played eleven
games in nonolgln, winning from the
Hnwaiis, Asahis, st. Louis, PunlhCus,
Portuguese and All-Oahu, and lost to
the Coast Defense, Twenty first Ia
fantry, Second infantry and twice 20
the Chinese Athlete Union, .E.EH
The Army teams certainly did them
selves proud in their three games with
the visitors, this being Just the oppo.
site TO what happened when the Keios
were here, as the latter only won their
games from the Army teams and lost
TO the civilian mines Of Honolulu.
About twelve hundred fans, mostly
officers and men of the Army, attended
the game yesterday. What the audi
encc lacked in numbers the soldiers
made mp in volume when II came to
noise, for the roofing was quite eqaal
to anything ever seen here. Lang
Akana and William Desha umpired, the
former getting along well, indeed, until
the latter end of the game, when his
Judging Of strikes and rails gave carss
for some complaint. Desha worried
along with his base decision without
trouble and acquitted himself really
creditably.
Lyman's Trained Pets
Lieut.. Charles b. Lyman's trained
pets We're much TO the good yesterday,
and even before the game began we're
figured as likely winners Of the game.
Suwalski hvened things up in the first
inning with a hit over the high lett.
field fence, the ball hitting the two
story Chinese clubhouse. This tailed
two runs, Lyman having previously
gotten TO first on neat hit over see
ond. When the soldiers came TO bat
in the first half of the ninth, ''M ightr"
Sloan, the service twirler after two
men were out, caught the first offering
on the point Of the bat and sent il out
OF the lot, over the leftfeld fence, for
q home run. Zawadski, next up, famed
and the side retired with the score
standing s to and the Second Infan.
try on the long end of IL. @ b.
There was much spectacular fielding
in the three gardens by the farmers
Of both teams, and several nifty infeld
plays were also pulled of. Both short.
stops were, however, considerably off
color yesterday, Forbes SHINING often
and Burton running close second TO
him.
Home Run at Start
The game opened with the Second
Infantry at bat, the visitors taking
outs. Lyman drove clean hit over
second, and Suwalski pulled off his
over-the-fence stunt, scoring two runs
Dossett struck out, and Sterquel closed
the inning with a foul hy which third
gathered IN against the bleachers. IN
the close Of the initial inning CalifCr
MIA scored two runs and tied the score
Adair hit to third, who made n nice
pickup, but threw wild over first and
into the bleaehers, Adair going to see
ond ON the heave aud scoring on Hayes
pretty hit between first and second
'fFatty'' Forbes swiped the air thrice
in vain and took the BENCH. O'Hara
found Hayes groove and put il through
there, scoring Hayes. Rubke flew out
to center and Sebastian walked, botf
men advancing a bag on a passed ball
but Gefkin called the number by tho
strike-out route.
The home team gathered another ruI
on their second time at bat. SloaI
was safe at first on second 5 error
Zawadski famed; BPttick hit safely t,
leftfeld; LeTwitZ was out on q ground
ef 10 first, unassisted, but Lyman hi
safely to left, scoring Sloan, Bethel
being out, however, at the plate. TIT
Calfornians IN their half Of the see
ond struck out, in one'twO-three order
Neither side scored in the third inning
but the Second Infantry got two NOR
runs across in the opening of tn
fourth, Thus Il happened.
swatfest Continued.
Centerfeld made a pretty catch o
Sterquel's long fly. sloan hit the left
field fence and Zawadsk following wit
one much like IL. Bettick drove on
straight at the pitcher, but IL was TO
warm and got away, all three me
being safe. BeTwitz hit to second VIII
forced Sloan out at the plate, but ~
man hit back of second who drOppe
the sphere after a hard try and Iawaf
Z ski aud Bettick scored, Suwalski wa
out, short to first and the side retire.
f'aliforhia drew p blank in their hal
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