Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-16
GIANTS DEFEAT
ENGINEERS in
sunday BATTLE
Brinza Fans Eleven But is Hit
Hard; Cummings Holds
Britton'S to Three Hits

Now, therefore, |, Pitcher BrinZa, by
virtue of the authority in me vested.
do hereby declare with voice that Is
loud, and also clear. that ii is shame
that a hurler of the sphere has TO
lose a game after tanning II men in
seven innings, and in pursuance to my
duty, do now, and forever say that
the Ruger Giants did, and with malice
sforethought defeat the Engineers at
Moiliili Field on Sunday afternoon in
the city and county of Honolulu by
score of to 2.
One might say that Pitcher BrinZa
had uttered a mouthful, and it was so.
Better pitching in spots has not been
seen on a local ball yard for many
moons, and Brinza had the Rugerites
swinging like the old rusty gate, ia
nous in history. But the spots were
scattered somewhat and as a result,
the pitcher was hammered for two
triples, two doubles and five singles
during the day.
Cummings Stops Them
Cummings was on the hill top for
the Rugerites and Britton's men Sc
cured but three singles off his deliy
cry, and Cummings sent nine of the
Engineers back to the bench after
wig-wag practise. In one sense it
was a pitchers battle, but on the
ether hand, when the Giants were not
striking out, they were slamming
Brinza's shoots to the woods.
A fair sized crowd was on hand to
watch the melee, and when Walkers
stentorian voice announced that
Brinza was going to pitch there was
some wild guessing in the grandstand.
The first three men to face BrinZa
were retired on strikes, and it looked
like real game. Neither team scored
until the second inning, when the En-
gineers sneaked over run on walk,
a hit by Roach and an error.
Real 5ombardment
Brinsa famed three men in the
third inning. Brinza also did a lot
of other things. He allowed, with the
assistance of the Engineer outfield,
one, double and three singles, which.
coupled with a stolen base and an err
'ror,s gave the Giants five perfectly
good runs. A double play by Davis.
and singles by Womack, Johnson and
McClain were responsible for the run
getting. BrinZa famed two in the
fourth and two in the fifth, but after
Stewart had doubled and Davis had
tripled, and a boot by Roach, which
gave the Giants two runs, Hogue went
en- the mound. Hogue held the Giants
walk, a wild pitch and a single by
Zuber gave the Engineers their sec.
ond run in the fifth inning.
Davis Stars
There was a heap Of good fielding
in the game, and there was also some
fielding which was much off color.
Davis, who was at short for Ruger,
starred in the field, making one play
which was real thriller. Benham
and Dawson, who were behind the bat
both made some beautiful throws, and
the .infield work of both teams saved
the game from being a weak one.
The Engineer outfielders failed to
show to form, and many of the hits
off Brinza might have been handled,
had the outer gardeners played in
their positions. Dawson is a mighty
sweet looking catcher and of course
Brinza has established a reputation,
but there isn't an outfield in the Pa
cific League who hasn't it on the En-.
gineer gardeners in all around ability.
Manager Stewart has lined up a.
nice collection of ball players, and by
the end of the season this squad ought
to be able to beat a lot of ball clubs.
McClain was stationed on first yester-
day, and made good with a ven.
geance. Bailey will have to keep
fighting, if he intends to land a per-
manent berth at the initial sack. With
Davis and Johnson working around
the second sack, and Womack at
third, the Giants look like a nice COM
bination at present.
RIIGER GIANTS