The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-10-10
From Monday Advertiser)

| A little thing like impending rain
did not deter a crowd from journeying
to Athletic Park yesterday afternoon
to see the Twenty fifth Infantry and
the Chinese indulge in the national
pastime. The only thing that kept the
.grandstand and bleachers from being
packed was miserable little shower
that set in about two o'clock and driz
zled along for an hour. The field was
a trife damp, but not serious enough to
harm the play. .-. - ....a...s. ...
f--you have heard that small word
before-if Rogan had not been bumped
in the last frame for couple Of safe
ones, he could have retired with no.
hit, ho.run game to his credit Het had
these Chinese batsmen fooled at every
stage of the game, and at no time did
the. losers threaten, except in the very
last inning, when they remembered
something about Brooklyn finish, and
tried to repeat. They did succeed in
getting a couple Of men on bases, but
the peerless Rogan frightened, and the
game ended with the Infantry winners,
six to nothing Rogan' struck out
twelve men and was invincible for
eight innings. His men backed him
up without error. ~ ~. .....
Kan Yen's Errors Costly iors 81.
And again, If. II Kan Yeifshad not
made three errors the Infantry might
not have scored. Every one of his
fumbles were costly ard good for
scores, Six scores on three errors tells
the story of the game. Naturally, the
Schofeld champs laid. on the ball, but
the hits did not make the runs.
Johnson, doing the backstop work
for the Infantry, experienced consider.
able heavy weather in his district and
Aoundered frequently. o." .,
The Chinese came neP, that 3 all, to
scoring in the ninth. Two hits had
advanced Akana to third. When Kan
Yen hit to short Akana made valiant
effort to steal home, but got stuck in
the mire two feet from the coveted
plate. With, disgust on his face as
well as surprise at his sudden termi.
nus, the fast right fielder extricated
his mudhooks from the satr~ated terra
frma and ambled to the Cooler.
Brush Holds Indicator
Captain Stayton was unable to. be
present, so Sergeant Brush was given
the job of referee behind the, bat, He
did we'll, although once or twice got
the exact position Of the horsehide con.
fused.
Cullum walloped the frst ball over to
center, but En- Sue was there with a
basket. Swinton, the mighty slugger,
got hit. No other than Rogan
braced himself in the batter e box next
and did the Daubert by tanning the
breeze three times
- The Twenty fifth drew their first
score in the third inning, on hits by
Cullum and Rogan.
Rogan evidently did not like the ball
he was using, for when the Infantry
took the field in the third he proceeded
to throw the sphere high over the
grandstand. The men from the hills
scored another tally in the fifth. A
hit and an error tell the story of this
score.
In the sixth Moore and Pagan
counted for the Infantry. An error by
Hawkins a free pass to Cullins and
Moore, with Pagan reaching first on an
error, filed the bases. Rogan picked
choice willow from the pile and sent
the horsehide to the center garden
safely.
All during these innings the Chi.
nese were trying vainly to annex u
score, but Rogan had them mystifed
and was not at all liberal with passes.
More Scores
Hoon XII received another humping