The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-02-15
ALL-CH|NESE BOW
TO'SPEED MARTIN
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Winged Os Squad Aaalp Show
Fans That They Can Shine
=, National Game n

r, Bart Bprks's collection Of huslie,
! with the big red Winged o on their
shirt fronts have struck heir mainland
stride alright, and yesterday afternoon,
playing at TOP speei from the tap OF
the gong in the opening round until the
ne sas' bssi; fS4Sys1I z,
play ball. This time the crack All.
Chinese vent down TO defeat. the count
at the close Of the isy being four
runs for the Olympic boys and or.s run
for the hometown sons Of swat. While
the game yesterday was not as spectac.
ular and did not have as many thrills
as that Of tho day before, IL was more
bitterly contested and the way. the two
squads fought for every inch Of
ground and every point of vantage
kept the big crowd on the anxious seat
every moment Of the game. !, Il @".. .
Great Crowd Sees Game r. %.
II was q generous crowd in the way
IT dispensing the cheers and handclaps
and II filed every available inch Of
the two bleachers and extended far
dong the right and left field fences.
Underneath the gtandstand Il was
standing room only and there were few
vacant seats TO be found in the spa.
Sious grandstand. The old game has
come back into its own and no better
proof was needed than that crowd.
OF course, the local boys came in for
the lion g share of the hurrahing, but
the fans did not overlook the fact that
the Winged o boys were playing base.
BAH and, when a cheer was due the
visitors Il was given with hearty
will y It'll. ET =.
Fine work by Martin al5..1." =,
"Speedern Martin was the Olympics
moundman and the "Speedero gave as
pretty an exhibition as one would care
70 witness. The much-heralded swat
Kings Of the All Chinese had no terrors
for the Winged D HEAVIER and he kept
them eating out Of his hand for the
hntire nine innings Of the game, Only
once was he in any sort of danger ant
hen when things began to look blue
Cor the boys from over the seas,
4" Speelsr put g. on the brakes and
checked o threatening rally. Only four
II the All Chinese got on bases during
the game. After twelve of them had
Tin reached first in safety when Eddie
Benn booted a hard hit ball at third
base. g Speeder then .bowlei over Kan
Yen on strikes, made Lang Akana hit
weakly to third base and then Martin
famed Yen Chin. Three little infeld
laps put the An Chinese away in the
sixth, but in the eighth they broke into
the run column -. =. w. ,
First Hit on Speed 2.
|, Kai Luke opening the third was help |
less before )" Speeder," and after q |
vain attempt to hit the pellet he car,
RED his bat back to the bench. Vernon
Ayau took o healthy swing at the ball
and scored the first hit for the Chinese
of "Speeder s." delivery. 1t, was
'orking COOL drive to left centerfeld
and Vernon pulled up at second before
the ball was recovered. When Lai Tin /
cracked liner past Jack Kennedy OF
second, VERNE denied the rubber. Lai
rot CAV on the initial sack and O. toss
from Martin to McGrath to Kennedy
put him out. Kan Yen bounced one
10 Martin and the inning was pau. That
was the only time the All Chinese had
, look in against the Olympics.
Past Fielding Helped
In the eighth Lank Akana got on,
but died at second when Eddie Benn
gathered in Yen Chin's drive and toss.
I'd the ball to Kennedy. Yen Chin was
caught of first and Cheong was out on
. weak infeld tap to "Speeder.''
Kekoa, who relieved Luck Yee when
the going got too rough in the sixth in
ming, famed in the ninth, En- Sue
out to Kennedy and Kai Luke
Dreezed for the third time, ending all
chances of the Chinese to again break
INTO the hit or run column.
For the All Chinese Luck Yee breezed
along nicely for four innings with tip
sop support keeping him out of danger.
In the fifth, he cracked and the Olym.
pics gathered two runs. Yen Chin
helped the visitors get one Of these
md Kan Yen helped on the other.
Three hits made it all the more said,
starting the inning, poled one
back Of second base that Kai Luke
night have got had not Lang Akana
nterfered. Chef Barker, next In line,
tent one into left with the speed of
! bullet and Yen Chin failed to block
he drive, RiOrdan going over to third.
Kan Yen Goes wild ',."ts 4
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