Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-17
Travellers ARE
Showing TEXANS
NATIONAL GAME

The Travelling Chinese are still
cleaning up the little fellows in the
Southwest and apparently are making
a good impression all along the line.
The following from a Texas paper
gives a good idea of what the fans
down there think OF the Honolulu
players:
Once again the Chinese has demon
strated himself to be sole proprietor
and owner of ways that are dark and
peculiar. If you don't care to take
our word for it, ask some Of the pom
padoured Rice collegians who went
almost busted when Manager Klaus
QueHeless ball players came from be-
hind in the ninth inning Tuesday and
smote the Owls to 2.
Backers of the Owls were figuring
what they would do with the coin
when the first of the ninth rolled
around. Their team was a run to the
good and Southpaw Hathorne was
slabbing most effectively. Then the
upheapal, which had as consequence
q cablegram out Of Houston TO Hono-
lulu announcing the Chinese victory.
The first two Visitors up whacked
gronnders toward Shortstop CIyce. In
his efforts to wind up the game, Clyes
played both balls too last and both
eiuded his ms. With two men on and
nobody out a Mr.. zap showed that he
knew some inside baseball by dump
ing bnht where II did much good.
They threw Mr.. Zap out at first base,
but his two travelling companions
moved .upy A | roaring two-bagger
the left side of the Rice in.
field scored the pair and put Rice a
tally behind. Two more runs drop.
ped out this inning, one being a homer
by Ako. Ako did the pitching for the
Chinese University and pitched as
much with his head as with his arm.
Like Mr.. zap, he is a close student
OF the game and somewhat tricky
individual.
Pretty Wise Players,
Whenever Rice athlete, was on
first Ako would lob the ball over tC
the tender of that sack to hold the
runner on. Then as soGn as the ball
had been returned to him he would
serve up a fast one to the batter: As
general thing the ball was over and
went for a strike. fn-
If Hughey Fullerton, the we'll
known baseball author, we're writing
this piece for the paper he might dwell
at length about the psychology of Mr.
Ako's pitching and say something
about the impression wrought on the
batter's mind by the slow peg to first
followed by the fast one to the plate
The Chinese lived up to their repu.
tation as smooth fielders, also up to
their reputation as light stickers. Ev.
cry man in the batch is equipped with
a powerful right arm, which is capa,
BILE OF making almost impossible
throws. The shortstop has a whip
like that of o. U. Dodd. Nuf ced.
The presence of the celebrated Lai
Tin at third for the Hawaiian barn.
stormers helped some. This young
man, whose services are said to be
sought by the White Sox, had some
tough luck at the bat, but spun out
a perfect fielding game. One of his
drives travelled on a line to left field
at high rate of speed.
Are Wise to the Rules.
Don't get the idea that the Chinese
are anybody's fool when it comes to
the correct Interpretation of the play
ing rules of baseball. Individually
and collectively. they called" Joe
Cummings, and called him hard, fol
a wrong decision in the sixth inning
When one of their runners attempted
to steal home George Journeay step
ped out of his catching box and re.
ceived the pitched ball from Hathorne
in front of the batter. Instead of call.
ing a balk on Journey, the inexperi
''eneed jumps called the runner out
| Quickly the Hawaiian delegation gath
cred around Joe and in well-choser
English terms told him that he haC
/ erred. Later on Joe possibly realized
that he had missed the play, but Il
was too late then to change.