Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-12
4TH CAVALRY LEAGUE.
Standing Of Teams.

Especial Star Bulletin COrrespondence.l
SCH0FIELD BARRACKS, April 12.
The race for the baseball champion
ship of the 4th Cavalry Is nearly half
over. Already View of the teams are
practically out of the running, while
those at the top of the table are just
getting ready for the final squirt
Three teams have not lost a game
as yet The Troop L team has lost
but one, and that very closely con-
tested game to G Troop, the score of
which was to 2.
The Real contenders.
+ According to those who are follow
ing the games closely the real con-
tenders for the regimental champion
ship are G and l. Troops. A, E and
c also have strong teams, and are ex-
pected to be in with both feet at the
finish.
G Troops principal strength is in
its battery Dolliver and Trumpeter
form formidable combination, one of
the best in the regiment. G Troop also
has a bunch of sluggers, but their
greatest asset is their fighting spirit.
Led by their captain and first base
man, Joe Fleiscbman, who is more ia
nous on the roped arena than he is on
the diamond, G Troop never says die,
and plays an uphill game with as
much life and spirit as when they are
several runs ahead This is more
than can be said for many of the
teams in the league that often give
up to encouragement and despair as
soon as they are few runs behind.
l. Troop has a battery that is the
equal of G Troops, in Oberts and
Hynes, and the team has the same
fighting spirit and the same smuggling
ability when it comes to welding the
willow. L Troop is highly unfortunate
in the loss of Corporal Frank Ellis,
who left on the transport yesterday.
Ellis has been playing second base,
and was one of the mainstays of the
team Last month L Troop lost H. T.
Lopez, one of the best outfielders in
the regiment. .-.
Yesterdays Games. ~
j The team from the Machine Gun
Troop sprang a surprise yesterday af-
ternoon when they defeated G Troop
9 to s. This is another team with j
strong battery in Beutel and Dehl.
These two, with Haley, the first base
man, are the main strength OF the
team, but the rapid-firers are all good
hitters and are expected to climb up
a good many rungs of the ladder be-
fore the series is completed. So far
they have lost but one game, rather
disastrous defeat by Troop, IL to 2.
Z At Cashier yesterday afternoon +
Troop and Troop crossed bats, the
former winning 10 to 4. There were
very few features OF the game worthy
of recording. The pitching of Cotan
of E Troop was exceptionally gCpd,
and the same can be said Of the catch
ing of Lieut.. E. A. Lehman, who plays
on the same team. | Company lost
the game through errors made act crit
ical moments.
1 Company Wins.
Although the 1st Infantry Regiment
al League is all but over and games
played between any but the leading
teams can have no possible influence
on the championship nevertheless the
remaining games are Just as keenly
contested and just as much enthusi-
asm is displayed as there was at the
beginning when every team had a. j
show for the pennant.
In the game Tuesday L Company
defeated Company e 10 to 8, and the
game was enthusiastically played and