Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-08-01
FORT SKATER LEAGUE.
Especial Star. Bulletin Correspondence,

Especial Star.Bulletin Correspondence
FORT, SKATER, h. t., July 31.--
Before the largest crowd of the sea-
son last years champions were hope
lessly outclassed in every department.
of the game by Company /, 3rd Bat
talon of Engineers, the latter team
winning By a score Of five 10 one
With Williams pitching ma sterly ball
and his teammates giving him perfect
support, ID Company's chance of COP
ping was enc in hundred Lack of
team play was clearly evidenced by
the d tribe and their fielding will
have to show decided improvement
If they hope to wind up anywhere near
the top of the league
Lieut. Lyman's absence is keenly
felt by the followers of the last years
league leaders and makes a hole in
the team not easily filled. Their stick.
work, too, is mediocre, jackson, Ben.
nett and Garland appearing to be
about the most dependable hitters.
The Engineers, on the other hand, are
improving as the series advances and
in today's game got everything that
came within fielding distance, no mis-
cues being registered against them
Williams pitching, however, was the
main feature in todays struggle, he
striking out the first five men to face
him in the first and second periods,
and but Is batsmen faced him in the
first five innings of play In the sixth
he eased up little, five men manag-
ing to face him, these eventually be-
ing disposed of without. any damage.
He struck out IA and allowed but
three measely b:nglets of the scratch
variety.
McGavin Stars.
McGasin at the receiving station did
good work and made neat play in
the seventh when he nipEed Medina
off first on Feeds strikeout Beeler
at third and Zuber at short for the En-.
gineers pulled off several nice fielding
stunts. For d Company, Bennett and
'Wenzel showed up to good advantage,
Bennett at the hot corner accepting
several hard chances with speed and
accuracy, while Wenzel executed a
pretty double unassisted which un.
doubtedly cut off a couple of scores
in the beginning of the ninth. and
came in for some much deserved APP
plause. Hampton negotiated first on
his hit 20 left; Robey famed and Jack
son pegged to first in an endeayor to
get Hampton, who had taken a big
lead; first failed to hold the throw, the
ball winding up near the coacher's line
and Hampton on second; Zuber
dropped a short high enc just beyond
short which Wenzel. Savage and Wick
ers made an effort to get. About this
time a strong puff of wind took the
descending sphere in hand, blowing
it beyond three pairs of waiting hands,
turning sure out into safety. With
Hampton on second and Zuber on first,
McGavin smacked one of Peed's fast
ones on the nose, the ball travelling
on line in the direction of the key
stone station and with speed that
gave it the earmarks of double at
least. Wenzel, by some sort of intui-
ton, started toward second at the
crack of the bat, leaped for the ball
while going at top speed, gathering it
in just behind second and completed
the double when he stepped on the
sack that Hampton had vacated on his
mad flight toward third
Zuber Scores.
Following is a more detailed &C
count of the performance:
ID Company took the field and Zu
Der, the first bridge builder to face
Peed, laced one to right that was good
for the initial station; McGayin sent
him to second on a neat sacrifice and
himself looked safe; Cain singled to
LETT, and on the throw to get Zuber at
the plate, went to second while Zuber
registered safely; Cain then pilfered
third; Yatsko whitfield; with the count |
two and tnree against Williams at
bat, Cain attempted to steal home but |
failed to make good, making the third |
out d Company in its turn went out |
on nine pitched balls, all hands strik-
ing out
in the second period each team went !
out in order but the Engineers again |
came through with another run in |
the next session. Hampton walked |
and went to second on a passed ball; |
Rohey struck out; Zuber out, third |
to first, Hampton going to third on |
the pay; McGavin lined to left, scor- |
ing Hampton; Cain ended the session, |
popping to Bennett ID Company got /
a man as far as first in this period but |
this is the extent of the damage done. |
Up in the Air.
In the fourth spasm there was moth
ing doing for either side but in the
fifth the Champs suffered balloon
ascension after two had been disposed /
of. Hampton, first up, out third To