Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-12-14
MISERABLEGA
OF BASEBALL To
CLOSE SEASON
Nationals and Americans Prove
Disappointment to Fans Who
Have Supported Games .

Honolulu's big league season" a
MoiliilI field came TO an end yester
day with an exhibition riVaIling tina
OF the day before in heavy hitting ant
many errors, the AIl.Nationals in tur,
playing their part Of goat" with mucl
grace and eclat The score at tn,
close was, AlLAmericans, 8; ALMA
tionals, /. ..
As a significant part OF the score
the errors should be added: ALMA
tionals.~ s.; All-Amcricans, 4. Hits
AN, 3; A.-A., IL. A crowd that fill
ed the grandstand and most Of tht
right field bleachsrs witnessed It.
The game promised to be a fairly
good one until Duffy Lewis wrenchec
his knee sliding home in the third in
ming. He appeared seriously hurt an6
was picked up and carried off the
field by big Bill James, and later rush
ed TO his hotel In a motor car. From
that point forward the players, par
ticularly the ANS, did not seem tc
take deep interest in their work. Big
JEFF Tesreau grooyed the ball and LEI
the Americans slam Il almost at will
while the men behind fielded with
such care and leisure that many sin
giles and doubles were stretched into
triples and homeruns.
1t soon became plain to the fans
that II was the Americans day TO win.
End they had 1t all their own way. At
that, Joe Bush. one OF Connie Mack's
white elephants, pitched an excel
lent game. working in good form and
keeping the batsmen puzzled with
his change OF speed, sharp-breakine
twistere and control that enabled
him to constantly cut the corners Of
the plato.
But the lassitGde bf Hawairs warm
climate evidently had got into the bic
leaguers' blood and time after time
they showed plainly by their move.
inents that they didn't care whether
school kept or not. At least two
times shoftstop and second basemen.
went into sound sleep when the run
ners stole seeend. making no move to.
impede the progress OF the ball that
the catcher sent down to cnt him off
The sphere went into center field IL
snch instances and the runner went
on TO third base. For once the ball
was not driven over the fence; by
The same token the one h0me-run
gathered by Murphy. was hardly legi
innate and more in the nature Of d
gift, as were most Of the so-called
triples.
M. N,.t,,-.,., t.. an, .....
cred when Boone fambled Max Ca
rey's easy grounder. Jim Vaughan
delivered sacrifice bunt. sending
Max TO second and then, after Miller
passed out. Chapman to Hoblitzel.
Snodgrass drove two-bagger into
left field that brought Carey across
the plate.
The run-getting for the Americans
started with Murphy's hot grounder
through second base IN the third
round. Walsh popped out to Chapman
and Lewis drove Texas Lacquer to
short center on which Walsh Travelled
TO third base. Miller then fumbled
Hoblitzel's easy low one, failing to-
get II to Fletcher in time to force
Lewis off at second, and while this |
was transpiring Murphy sauntered in. |
Chapman forced Hoblitzel at sec.
und, Lewis going 10 third. and mo-
ment later Lewis tame into the plate
safely on a double steal play, using |
the treacherous hook slide that
his knee and put him Out
OF the game
The exhibition moved along swiftly
until the sixth. when the errors and
languidness returned to the Nationals |
Hohlitzel w. safe on Byrne's tumble |
OF his easy grounder and Chapman
cracked a three-bagger to right field;
Chapman hurried home safely an In |
slant later on Miller's wild throw to
Catcher Killifer. Moriarity stretched
a single 10 center field into triple |
and came home after Boone's out on a
long ny into center. After John Henry
had gone down. Fletcher to Snodgrass.
Bush collected q single. sending the
bail over second base, and Murpht |
pushed the leather over the string oil
seats in deep right field. Vaughan
lost the ball in the tall grass and be-
fore he found i. Bush and Murphy
had scored.
n the seventh McAyoy singled;
IIoblitxel was safe on drive. into
niller,s hands; Chapman sacrificed,
Moriarity struck out and Boone sent
4 hot single over Fletcher's head that
scored McAyoy and HoblitzeL
The score:
Americans ABR BIZ SD Pc A E
IF ..... 2 y VI
Walsh, CT ...ss.
Lewis, II .... 3 0 o oil
McAyoy, II .... 10 o Q Oh
Hoblitzel. Id ....4 2 ! O. IA Q o.