Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-09-13
TWELVE inning
GAME IS CALLED
BECAUSEOF DARK
Score Stands 8 tos3 Between
st. Louis and LIST Infantry
at Game at Schofield
Especial star.BulIetin Correspondence

at Game at SChotield
Especial Star-BulIetin Correspondence
SCHoFIELD BARRACKS, Sept. 10.
Some great ball games were staged
on the post diamond yesterday after
noon, the second game, between st.
Louis and the 1st Infantry, being call
ed on account of darkness alter the
18th inning with the score 3 to 8. This
was one OF the best games ever seen
at the big army post.
A change In the schedule brought
the All-Army and Field Artillery to-
gether for the first game of the dou-
ble-header. At thesend of a very ex-
citing game the A1l,Army was ahead
- TOT. On account Of late start and
the fact that there was another game
to be played the game only went seven
innings. st. Louis Was to have play.
ed the Field Artillery, beginning at
1885, but did not put In an appear.
ance and, after waiting for some time,
IL was decided to- let the All-Arny
team, which was on hand ready TO
play. tackle the wagon soldiers and
hold the st. Louis team to play Lieut.
Sadtler's aggregation. r
Superior Stating Wins Game. ~
Z .Blondy Williams, pitching for the
All-Army, was touched up pretty free.
~ and at the end of the fourth inning
the score was Z to S in favor. of the
artillery. Tho All-Army team had
Knocked Burnett out Of the box IN
the third and Moore, who relieved him,
was too wild to pitch more than one
inning, so that Stoll, who had pitched
the day before, was called upon to
finish the game. StoH was an easy
mark for the visitors and they took
seven hits from him in three innings,
winning the game to Z. -
Following Is the score: r. II. E.
All-Army 100 Ills g. a
LIST F.. A.......1 1 /, 4 90 0--7 B.
Batteries All-Army: Williams and
Saner. Field Artillery: Burnett
Moore, Stoll and Fouquette. Struck
out, by Burnett, 2; by StolL s.; by VIII.
Iiams, 10. Base on balls, off Williams,
B; home run. Hundley; three-base hit,
two base hits, Mangum, Fou-
luette, Norris; double play, Norris to
CARRIER Umpires, Collins and Hol.
- e. ~
York W. JOY. ..lt - Z : .a,
The second game was q great pitch.
ers, battle between Barney Joy for st.
Louis and Lefty York for the LIST In
Iantry. Both teams played q superb |
fielding game and held the large crowd
thrilled with excitement long after |
mess call and retfeat, until Collins,
he umpire In chief. could hardly dis
anguish q bali from q strike. and the |
game was called D tie at the end of |
he 18th inning, with the score to 9
swan Makes Record Hit.
II looked as though st. Louis had |
he game sewed up In the sixth when |
swan connected with one Of York's
speedy ones and drove the ball over |
he left field fence for the longest hit
IN record at Schofield,s new ball park.
swan completed the circuit and drove |
n another run ahead OF him.
In the eighth ST. Louis scored anoth-
II run, and the fans gave up all hope
or the LIST Infantry. sst 4
In the last half OF the eighth hover
Or, the Cashier doughboys took q /
,race, connected with a few of joys |
BET slants and tied the score. The
oy Of the LIST Infantry rooters knew
10 bounds : s, -
In the ninth and tenth both teams
we're out IN short order. In the eley-
sRth, with two strikes on Stratton |
10y tossed him an easy one which I
vent sailing into deep center. STRAIT
on was almost rounding third when
1ang Akana got his hands on the ball,
ind the crowd started to leave the
ark, thinking the game was over. But
Akana's peg was wonderfully swift /
md accurate and nailed Stratton at
he plate. .s...,,.:.se>a. : g.. =. :. NJ
Another inning was played without
my semblance of q run for either
cam, and the game had to be called
IN account Of darkness. ~.
Following is the score:
It. Louis .- r. H. E.
= 100000 100000 o+S Al
st Infantry Il
900. 900 8 0 90 0-3 B. 81
Batteries-For st. Louis. Joy and
franco; for the list Infantry, York and
Struck out. by Joy 5, by
fork Is; bases on balls, off Joy ., off
fork l.: wild pitch, Joy; passed ball,
sallaher; home run, Swan; three-base
IL, Stratton; two-base hit, Swan; sim
les, list Infantry, Judd, Heaton, Sadt9
or, Gallaher, Lechman. Wheeler,
st. Louis. Chillingworth,
Akana, Nye, Johnson; sac
ifice hits, Maddes, ,Leckman, Arga-
rite, Akana. Umpires, Collins and Il
49, 81