Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-09
BY GEORGE HANE8ERG,
Special Correspondent

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Before large crowd estimated at
5000, the best Portuguese nine on
Kauai lowered its colors to the All
Students by the score of to 1. People
from all parts Of the country, dressed
in their gayest colors, came to wit
ness the big Fourth Of July doings,
Automobiles suddenly emerged into
the limelight when 200 machines en-
cfrcled Lihue park. 5zs,'- T.,
+ Manager Miles and Captain Kurisa-
XII selected the midget Nushida to OPP
Fpose+the mighty Perry, who was mys-
teriously imported into the Garden
Isle Perry hurled masterfuf ball for
the Portuguese, but the lack OF hits
by his teammates proved fatal to the
elongated hurler. Nushida, on the
other hand, was given good support
by the Students and pulled himself
out of few bad holes. He displayed
to the Kauai people the shoots and
curves that has earned him the name
of Boy Wonder" .:f .~..
Lai Sin Hits Them -. IT," -.
Lai Sin, the first sacker Of the Stu
dents, was the bright star of the day.
Out of five walks to the plate he made
three hits, two being triple and the
other single. Z. 80 Is Is. J..
The infield of the visitors worked
in perfect harmony Notwithstanding
the strange grounds they were play
ing on. They pulled off three fast
doubles. One from Nushida to Lai
Sin to MiyahaFa and the other two
from Haneberg to You Bin to Lai Sip.
These spectacular plays received the
cheers and applause of the people.
The Portuguese played great ball
until the sixth frame. Up to this
time the score stood 1 to 0 in their
favor. 1t was a thrilling contest up
to then and the hopes of Manager
John Fernandez Of beating the Stu
dents were indeed :, bright. In the
sixth, the Students scored two, in the
eighth two and in the ninth two. The
final score stood to / in favor Of
the Students. ,.~ ~.
Thus victory favored the Students
and the hopes Of Fernandez went q
glimmerfng. -
Students Drop One IL.
The spirit of baseball infused deep
ly into the Kauaites was conspicuous
ly shown in the afternoon. A multi
tude of from 5000 to 5000 were present
and automobiles to the number of 300
graced the ball park. It was the fea-
ture event Of the day and it looked as
If all Kauai was attracted by this
great National pastime. -
Baldwin was the pick of the Stu
dents, while the All-Kauais selected
Werner as their twirier. The former
is southpaw while the latter is a
right-hander. Dr.. Branch of Kauai
was unable to hurl this game owing
to some disabilities he had received
The Students started things off with
flash. In the first frame the VISIT
ors scored two runs, and in the second
inning two more runs crossed the
plate. The stars from Honolulu were
unable to secure another run until the
ninth, when hits by Miyahara and
Haneberg brought in their fifth run,
making their total five.
The Fatal Fifth
The Kauai boys were accustomed
to the climatic conditions and they
took things quite calmly. They were
only heated up in the middle of the
conflict. In the fifth frame the boys
Of the Garden Isle took freely to Bald
wins offerings and when the inning
was over the stars of Kauai had
scored three. In the seventh they
managed to score another run, tieing
the score, to 4. In their last half
Of the ninth, when the score stood 5
to in favor Of the visitors, the ALL
Kauais rallied and nosed out the Stu
dents by the score of to 5. This vic
tory threw the people of Kauai into
happiness and the horns of the motor
lists reverberated far and near
In the afternoon game many stars
Illuminated. Lai Sin was right there
with the willow, securing three hits
out of four trips. Billy White was one
.infiEfdual who snatched the victory
from the Students. He jannted to the
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