Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-08-06
cummings Wins
HISOWN GAME .
AGAINST 18TH
Giant Pitcher Hits Homer in
Eleventh, Which Gives
Ruger Victory

This boy Cummings, who does the
hurting for the Ruger Giants, certain
~ mas Fred Fearnot and Frank Merri-
well backed off the boards about II
Gays Tor Saturday. Our old friends
FRED and Frank used to bust an old
pail game up occasionally with z. big
blow, but the writer Of fiction never
cared spring the same thing twice. So
Cummings has all the honors that 20
10 the heroes OF the titney Cosmopol.
itan.
Cummings did enough things on
saturday afternoon at Moiliili field To
SEND the 18th Infantry team, the cham
plons OF Manila, back to the transport
with a defeat by the score Of 3 to 2
IN an overtime contest When the old
moon was beginning to take a slant
over the hilltops, Cummings stepped
70 the plate in the eleventh canto and
Slammed the ball far over Rekus' head
tor a homer. There were two man
down and two strikes on the batter,
and II the old stage wasn't set then
mere are few fans and fanettes who
VIII miss their guess.
Opened With BLESSING
IL was real ball game from tia
time that Blessing opened the rama
with walk. The game was onened
with Blessing and closed with an.
other blessing in disguise. On three
occasions Cummings has won his own
game with a real smash, and two Of
these have been home runs, So VIM
can imagine how popular he was
around the post on Saturday evening
Real Ball Club
The 18th Infantry presented a raaI
ball club, and those fans who faiiod
" Withess the game have themselves
10 pane. And let it be said here
WINE the boys are sailing over thu
orlny, that If they could practise on
land for few days, they would give
any old ball club in Honolulu a real
game. -s0A
Little Showalter, who Is about Al
dig as Nushida, hurled a mighty good
game OF baseball, and had It not been
LOT cummings swat the teams might
nave been playing yet. He has a good
mead on his shoulders, and Baker, the
catcner, surely held him I'D In great
syle. Pitts at second, Blessing at
snort and Rekus in center field Iookad
IKE real ball players, while both Trut.
we'll P0''-"N'
If any more ball clubs like this emma
along, they will surely be given a
good welcome. Ruger played fas,
baseball. In fact they PLAYED one Of
the best games Of the year. and Davis
was all over the field after hard lift
balls, converting many Of them into
putouts.
Ruger scored in the first on singles
by Johnson and Benham, A fast
double play stopped more SCORING In
this inning. The 18th Infantry Team.
tled 1t up in the fourth when Brown
was safe on an error by Womack. and
after stealing second, came home On
a single by Pierce. Ruger took the
Iead IN the fifth on hits by Davis and
Womack.
Pitts Hits Homer
Pitts brought the boys from the T..
transport to their feet, when he lift
a homer over Stewards head In the
sixth, tfeing the score. Neither side
scored again until the eleventh. Trut.
ner and Rekus singled in the eIey.
enth, but poor baserunning robbad
hem of chance to score.
After Benham and McClafn had
gone out in the last of the eleventh
cummings came to bat and had two
strikes on him, when Showalter shot
him fast in, and the ball sailed far
over the center fielder's head, and
oaker old not even try for the man
At the plate.