Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-02-28
ROGAN PITCHES
ONE-HII GAME
in LAST TILT
25th Infantry Star 0uttwirIs
Speed Martin in Great Bat
tie ON Saturday

II was unfertGaGt5, that the Olympic
players did not wander out to Alex
ander Field Saturday morning. If they
had done this they might have planned
a different defense for their ball game
in the afternoon Had they seen Gil
bert, Ware and Harrison with a num-
Der of other runners win the sprint
and long distance events at the mill
tary meet. and then had they wit.
messed the finish of the marathon and
the winning of the meet they might
have arranged to break, the ink by
ehloroferming Rogan and few other
stars. -
They did not do this. and thereby
lost game to the 25th Infantry team
by a score of to l.. Pitcher Rogan
stood out on the mound Saturday and
pitched real baseball, and after the
visitors had marched to the plate with
their war clubs fer nine innings, they
managed to secure but one hit. This
hit counted for one run, as Kennedy
landed a homer In the fourth session
over the left fed wall. T. T..
Homers a Feature. "F 49,.
Over-the-hills-to-Mary shots were
the favorite yesterday, as Johnson,
who hits them hard and often,
slammed one of Martins fast ones for
one of the longest hits that has been
seen on the local field This hit came
at the psychological moment in the
ninth, and gave the colored soldiers a
victory. .-.... . .
Rogan deserved to win Any pitch.
er who stands out on the mound and
sends 10 men back to the bench and
holds his opponents to one hit de-
serves whatever credit is running
around loose. Benn hit fast one to
Moore, but the third baseman made a
wild throw, and Kennedy hit one be.
tween Fagin's legs that certainly was
an error. These we're the only chances
that the Olympic club got to do very
mueh on the bases with the exception
OF the first inning.
Stellar Pitching. 49, = S..
There we're many features in the
game, and the pitching of Rogan and
Martin was the best seen here for
some time. Martin was pitching good
ball throughout and he famed Graf
ton, Johnson and Goliah, three of the
best hitters on the 25th team. Martin
would have won most ball games by
his work, but, unfortunately, he had to
oppose man who held his team to
one hit. Chauncey Traumatola
starred with great running catch.
Goliah made pretty stab of a, foul
ball, and both Andrade and johnson
starred in the field -. -. =. -. e.. -.
In ioE cd
with the exhibition of the diamond
sport in the closing game of the OIym-
pic series, and those who remarked
that it was poor exhibition should
be handed over to the alienists. The
18th is the only team to win two deci-
sions from the Olympic Club aggrega-
ton. Punahou ard the Chinese broke
even, while the Honolulus, 1st Infan.
try and ST. Louis squads were van.
quished. 8Es IT.
Play in Detail. T. H.
First Inning -Traumatola went out.
Smith to Hawkins. Riordan was safe
and went to second on two errors by
Hawkins. Kennedy was out on a roll.
er to first. Riordan was safebat third,
but was caught at home by a peg from
Moore. After t"o we're out in the
first, Grafton, Johnson and SWintbn hit,
but Martin stopped the scoring by TAX.
ing care of Goliah's swat
The Olympics did not threaten in
the second. and in the last half, after
Hawkins had gone out, Moore hit a
three-sacker to right field, but Martin
famed Fagin, and Eddie Bonn made
a great play off Swinton's hard drive.
Rogan tanned McGrath and Martin in
the next stanza, and Goliah handled
Traumatola's drive. The Rogan-Craf-
ton-Johnson combination failed to hit
Martin in their half, Andrade taking a
long iy from the colored pitcher, and
a roller and strikecut ended the in
ming. ..S ...:
Homer by Kennedy. - ...-.
After Riordan grounded to second,
Kennedy hit one of Rogan's fast ones
over the left field wall, scoring the
first run. Goliah made a great catch
of foul fly close to the right field
bleachers off Friene, and Barker went
out via the ozone route. Andrade
made two pretty plays on long flies
by Smith and Goliah, and Hawkins
rolled to Martin. :. -. .......
AUuI due uIlu
to Moore, and was safe on the third
baseman's error. Moore made nice
stop, but threw wild to Hawkins. Nc
Grath few out to Fagin and Martin
famed. Benn previously had hit a
hard drive to Johnson, which was cap
tured after nice run. In the last of
the fifth Moore tanned; Fagin and
SWinton grounded TO Martin. -.
Rogan sent Traumatola back to
the water bucket on three swings
to open the sixth frame, and then
Kennedy hit roller which went right
between Fagin's legs. which was dis
tinctly an error Kennedy then stole
second Freine went out, Smith to
Hawkins. Rogan, who failed to get a
hit during the day, was out on drive
to Kennedy. Then Grafton, one Of the
swatsmith club, hit to left for two
bases, and was well on his way to
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