Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-08-28
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SG1OfIEl-D 6AhhAOhS, aug. 20.
The Fort Shafter baseball team
made its appearance upon the local
diamond today and but for balloon
ascension in the ninth inning II would
have returned to the city with we'll
earned victory over the 25th Infantry.
The game was one OF the best seen
here for eight innings. with Shafter
on the lid. They scored two runs In
the third when Moore missed Rails
hard-hit grouneer, giving him life
at first Rails then stole second and
disconnected Aulston so much that he
walked Jackson. With first and sec
ond occupied the two base runners
pulled a double steal and then scored
on McGarry's timely hit.
The 25th was held scoreless for six
innings and only obtained three hits
off Omama's delivery during this time.
In the Shafter half Of the fifth It
looked as though the visitors were GO
ing to put the game on Ice. Omama,
the first man up. hit safely; Dawson
followed with another safe bingle; on
Johnson's errors both runners adj
vanced peg. Second and third we're
now occupied and no one was out. IL
looked bad for the home team. Hauna
met one OF Aulston's swift shots and
lined 1t over third. Moore jumped
into the air at the crack of the bat.
speared the drive in his gloyed hand.
touched third and then whipped the.
ball to second He made lightning
double play unassisted and came with
in fraction of q second of pulling off
a triple. This was the fielding sensa-
tion of the game. Rails then rolled
to the pitcher, who threw him out at
first, retiring the side.
In the seventh the 25th scored when
Moore walked TO first on FOUR wide
ones, went to second on Aulston's sac
rifice and scored on Cullen's hit.
The game then was alright until
the ninth. In the eighth. with one
down, Rogan went into the box. send
ing Aulston into. center field. Omama
was also canned by his manager In
the eighth. Odell taking his place. The
necessity for either change was not
apparent to the dyed-in-the-wool fans.
Both these pitchers had been playing
very pretty ball and Omama, espe-
cially, had the 18th Infantry sluggers
eating out of his hand.
They had made but five hits off
him during the time he was In the
box and any pitcher that holds the
Wrecking Crew to that number Of
bingles is pitching some ball. Aulston
allowed but four hits during the eight
and one-third innings he pitched. tut
he made two wild heayes to bases
that contributed to placing him IN the
hole.
In the last half of the ninth Aulston
went out on a grounder to second,
Cullens beat out an infield hit, his
third safe one for tie day, and then
was forced out at second by Rogan.
Johnson drove hard grass cutter
through the second baseman: Smith
gave the shortstop the same kind Of
ball and he fumbled IN much the same
manner as the second baseman had
Just done. Goliah then tried out the
third baseman and he, not to be out
done In generosity, made no attempt
to touch Johnson for the third out, but
made wild heave to first base, al
lowing Johnson to score with the win
ming run.
The 25th Infantry was quick to take
advantage OF the miscues OF the Wis
ftors and thereby pulled a game out
of the fire that had all the marks Of
a sure defeat.
Another game between these two
teams would draw an immense crowd
and certainly present an unusually
fine class Of baseball The Shafter
boys ought to get together on their
teamwork and then with lots of prac-
tise they viii not have to take a lack
seat with any team in the island.