Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-11-23
KEEPER, SCOTT
! & CO. HAVE ALL .
Chinese number
Locals Can't Hit the Pitching
While Coast LeaguerS
Slam Ball Hard
RECORD CROWD SEES
TIGERS IN ACTION
Chinese Team Had a Couple of
Chances to Clean Up .
But Failed
Venice 4. Chinese l.

IS.
Venice 4. Chinese 1.
With a strictly local Chinese Lineup
that Is, using only one OF the
Chinese Travellers piayers-:he c. A
u. aggregation went against Venice
yesterday at Athletic park before .
crowd numbering iIore than 5000, ano
were creditably yanquished. The Chi
nese have the distinction OF being the
first team TO score on Venice 70 date
and yesterday they mad q couple Of
chances to tie the game. but the bat
tiers were not eqial 20 the occasion
and on the whole the Tigers seemed
10 have the game in hand at all sta
ges. Had the Chinese been able "a
clean up in the sixth, when they had
one run across and two men on bases
the visitors would probably have jump
ed into the lead again in the next
frame, for they seemed able TO hii
Luck Yee's offerings when they settled
down to the real business Of meeting
the ball with the lat.
Ii was a disappointment to many OF
the fans that Apau did not pitch. and
that Ayau and En- Sue didn't play. A
difference OF opinion between these
players and the management as to the
cash value OF their services was the
reason OF their non-appearance. II was
announced two days before the game
IN the newspapers that the trio OF
Travellers would not be In uniform
Sunday. so the fans who attended the
game knew in advance that the team
would not be as strong az was first
suggested.
Luck Wee pitched neryy game. but
as usual had one bad inning-the first
when three hits. two OF them for an
extra base. coupled with walk.
brought over pair or runs. Only q
phenomenal catch OF q twisting fly
over the left foul line by Hoon XII and
i return 10 third which went for q
double play Kept another pair Of We.
netians from scoring On the bin for
the visitors were Eddie Klepfer, who
ssgoes up to the White Sox next sea
son. and later Jim Scott. Comiskey's
star right-handbf. This combination
was too much for the locals. although
they had more success with Scott
than with KIepfer The former was
only about half warmed up when he
went in to pitch In Inc sixth, and three
hits and one run Vas the resulting to-
tai. One In the seventh and one in
the eighth gave the Chinese five hits
in all Off his delivery. the number
that the 25th Infantry secured in the
entire game at Schotield. However. a
couple OF these hits were very
scratchy, bad bounces due to rough
infield. making the scorer lenient in
dotting the error column. Il isn't like
" that Scott will lose any sleep over
a few hits left in the bushes. At
schofield, after the game with the
25th. fan asked Scott how many hits
the soldiers got off him.
Il don't know be replied. Il never
think about hits. It's runs that count
in bah games. and n can keep the
runs down batsmen are welcome to
lit me all over the lot"
Every available seat in bleachers
and stand was fiIled well before the
scheduled hour. and with everybody
on hand. and threatening skies, the
game was started five minutes ahead
Of time. Along about the fourth inning
II began to .drizzie. and there was
considerable speed shown In cotnplet
ing the five full innings Then, when
there was no chance Of having to hand
ont rain checks. the shower passed
on, leaving the diamond improved II
anything. by the sprinkle.
The Chinese went 10 bat first. and q
scratch hit BY Cheong. the only one
By the way, that tho team collected off
Mr.. KIepfer, was sandwiehed In be-
tween three strike-outs.
Luck Yee didn't have much besides
hts glove and his smile when he start
ed his part OF the performance. Fitz-
gerald, the speedy San Francisco out
fielder. started things with a double
70 left, and RAIDER waited out four bad
cnes. Derrick singled. filling the
bases. Then Kane knocked grounder
TO second, Kualii grabbing the ball
and shooting 1t home 10 time to force
Fitzgerald. Orr laid on to one that
suited him for q two-bagger against
the fence, scoring two. Then along
came Relsberg with q terrific hit to
left. Hoon XII making grand running
catch and then throwing to third. Nc
Carthy called it a double play. but that
wasn't the opinion Of Capt. Jack Bliss.
As usual. what the jumps said stuck,
and only two runs we're credited.
There was no scoring until the sixth,
when Scott relieved Klepfer to give
local fans a chance to see him in
action zap was the first man up and
he got hit over second. A nice sac
rifice by Kali Luke put him on second,
and then Cheong beat out hunt by a
traction Of q jump. The throw from
RAIDER was trifle low. but at that
Derrick should have stopped 1t, in
stead OF which il went to the bleach
ers, Cheong going TO second. Lang