Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-05-28
BALL PLAYER
HURRIED FROM
GAME TODUTY
SQUAD From National Guard
Breaks Up Indoor Ball Con-
test to Get Truant

I
Kakaako .....-........... 200
Last nights game Of indoor base
ball between the Kalihi and Tiger
teams, which was played In the games
hall OF the Y NC. A., was lost by the
Tigers Is to Z, for no other reason
than the Tigers gave their pitcher
miserable support, especially behind
the bat, and wasted run after run by
crazy base running. The Kalihi play
ers scored Is runs and made II hits.
The Tigers scored runs and made
rs hits Seventeen Kalihi men struck
out and Is Tigers tanned, but In Held.
ing and team work the Kalihis played
rings around the Tigers.
In the first inning the Tigers went
to the bat first and scored one run.
For Kalihi the first man up was safe
on an error, the next two struck Out
and while they were striking out the
first man went from first to second.
then to third and then home, while
the Tigers were throwing the ball TO
every imaginable part OF the field ex-
cept the bases the runner was head.
ing for. In the second. the Tigers
were retired one-two-three, and N the
third they wasted two runs by trying
to pull on the Ty Cobb stun OF SCOT
ing on infield hits from second and
stealing or trying to steal when the
batter had three balls and no strikes
The Tigers defensive work IN the
second and third was Joke. In these
two innings they made nine errors.
Kalihi scoring FIVE runs. none o.
which was earned. In the ifth the
Tigers first man up drove the ball
to the wall while August went out g
first. Tai 10y landed on one OF Spen-
GERS fast ones, and Camacho scoredi
Fun Luke made a nice two-bagger but
unfortunately once more conceived
the idea that Il was up to him TO pun
of the sensational and tried 20 score
] from second again on an inield hIf
with the result that ne wasted another
run as the next two men following MIN
both hit safely. At the end or me
fifth the score stood to s IN tayor
OF Kaiihi. but after this Kalihi forged
ahead and was never In danger.
In the fifth inning with KalihI ct
bat and one down, several soldiers and
an officer of the National Guard
marched on the floor and the follow
ing dialogue took place between ,. VI.
Robley, also private Of the National
Guard, and the OFFICER In charge o.
the squad:
Is August camacho here!"
Yes, SIR"
Il want him"
yes, sir"
"And I'm going to get him.
Yes, sir "
Umpire, call time"
Officer: "Camacho.-
Yes, sir"
.Come here.
Eyes, sir and August went looking
as happy as q man usually looks when
he strikes out with two down, three
on bases and one needed to tie the
score. And then the order came with
August in the center Of the squad:
Squad, right march,, and keeping
perfect time in an unnatural stiffness,
August disappeared. When the UNI
pire ordered the players to resume
play, a new man was fielding where
August used TO be.
AS to fielding. il was Kalihi; in the
batting line It was all Tigers. Lum
Dung and Tai 10y, both Tigers. divid-
ed the batting honors with four hits
each while Fun Luke and Kong Tai
each made three hits. For Kalihi
Spencer and Sam Luke led with the
stick, each getting three hits apiece.
Lum Dung, after making two-base
hit in the fifth, stole third and BY .
great slide reached home on . close
play.
Kaiihi 1900. 1910 3s-13
Tigers ........1- o o 1 0 l 90
Empires Hamburg and James Ma
honey.
This evening the Kakaakos meet the
KauIuwela team on the kauluWela
floor and tomorrow the StarlBuIletin
team meets Kalihi at Kalihi.