Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-05-24
18th INFANTRY
TEAMS ARE TOO
FAST FOR RIVALS

IT'S Ike shooting fish. There are
/ at least six company teams in this
/ regiment that can beat all the other
/ teams on the post put together" re
marked one OF the enthusiastic fans
of the 18th Infantry.
/ The other regiments are beginning
to think that this is just about so,
and that nothing short OF miracle
could defeat either the A or K Com.
pany team. They are both playing
great baseball, In fact It is the op;n
ion OF many that these company
teams are playing as strong game
las the famous 25th Infantry regiment
al team. Their game is fast and ag-
gressiye and their string of pitchers
outclass any that can be found in the
ether regiments.
The two battery teams from the LIST
Field Artillery and Company c, LIST
Infantry, are putting up q classy
brand OF baseball. but except for
Lieut. Sadtler they have no twirlers
who can cope with the 25th Infantry
Schubert Of H Company. LIST Infan-
|. try, pitched a star game against A
Company Of the 18th on Saturday,
holding them down to six hits, but
was not In a class with the veteran
Jasper. who though he allowed total
of five hits, kept them well scattered
and was master Of the situation when
ever the Cashier soldiers had visions
OF scoring q run. H Company did
manage TO score In the first inning.
however, when Gilbert allowed Ed
wards to make first after he had
struck out, and then to steal second
while he held the bali. Edwards
scored on Buckland's single, the only
rum II Company made In the game.
They were defeated to. 1.
In this game Goliah Of A Company.
18th Infantry, swattId the ball for
home run, which, must have beaten all
records for distance at Sch0field Bar.
racks. The fact that Goliah had pass.
ed third base before the ball wac
started on its return journey gives
some idea OF the mightiness of this
swat Hawkins drove the first ball
pitched In the sixth innings almost as
far and turned the four corners, but
the ball had been pitched before the
umpire was ready to start the play.
and the run did not count. Hawkins.
disgusted, then proceeded to strike
out.
The score by innings OF this game
was as follows: r. H. e.
Co. A.. go 0 O o 4 "a 6 81
Co. II. Qee00 D o OIL 5 2?
Batteries-Jasper and Gilbert for A
Company; Schubert and auckland for
II Company. Hone run, Goliah.
Struck out. by Jasper 9, by Schubert
Passed bah. Gilbert L. Umpires,
Collins and Munson.
Battery 9 Defeated.
BY far the most sensational game
Of the series so far was the game yes
terday between Battery G and Com
pany X, 18th Infantry, in which. the
wagon soldiers were defeated after
nine hard fought innings by score |
OF 10 TOT, caused primarily by the /
superior pitching ability Of Pagan and
o. Johnson over Galley and Moore.
Pagan was not In distress when re-
l;eved in the sixth inning, but the
change was good one for the artil.l
lerymen could do almost nothing with /
Johnsop's speedy drops. Galley was
taken out after the second inning af-
ter allowing three hits and passing |
two batters. Southpaw Moore. who i
relieved him, was quite unable to keep
the infantrymen from running up their
batting averages, and II looked as If |
he would have 10 vacate the box when |
he allowed four successive hits in the |
seventh frame, two Of which we're for
two bases.
OF the game. including Crafton's hon.
eF in the first. induced the artillery I
outfield to play out much too far
Their doing so was responsible for at |
least three Of the scores made by K |,
Company.
Though the error column is heavy |
on both sides, most of them are par
donable except the several instances |
OF loose handling Of grounders that
made their way into tle outfield It
was an unusually aggressive game in
which both teams we're taking adyan
tage q every opportunity that pre-.
scented sitself and often taking desper.
ste chances on the bases,
s Grafton, X Cofnpanys center-fielder,
made four hits In five times at bat.
Two were for two bases and one
home run.
The score by innings: RH.E.E
Bat CT. Ice OdS50I s al
Co K IL 0e0s40 x-I0l4
Batteries Galley. Moore and Ryan
for Battery G; Pagan, johnson and
Spillman for Company X. Home run,
Grafton. Two-base hits. Whitfield, !
Grafton ltwo). Johnson, Spillman.
Struck out, by Galley 2. by Moore 4, |
by Pagan 6, by johnson 1. Bases on
balls. off Galley 2, off Johnson 2.
tImpires, Sergts Collins and Holdings
worth, 25th Infantry.