Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-14
dutch COMPANY
DEFEATS CHINESE
team YESTERDAY
zweffel and Schatzlein Prove
Too Much for Locals; Port
land Hits Ball Hard

Chinese baseball players of Honolu-
lu got In Dutch yesterday afternoon
at Athletic park. They we're forced
to meet the Pretzel twins, namely
"Ignatz" ZWeifel and Herman Schatz-
lein This was enough to cause
trouble as the Dutch Company was
Breslau. -
You may call him plain zee at the
present. as the Portland willow WELD.
ers proceeded to knock the Luck out
Of his name early in the game. zee
did not carry much out to the park
with him yesterday afternoon, and as
a consequence the Portland batters
hit. his offerings to all corners Of the
pasture. .--..
Portland won out by score of 8 to
/, and it might have been worse had
not the cleaning sneaked out from
behind the stand, causing the players
to hurry it along. The corn beef and
cabbage was already placed on the
festive boards and the place cards
were assigned to their localities be-
fore the last man was out in the ninth
inning.
The Chinese were not charged with
an error, but there were number of
mental lapses which helped Portland
to run up the score. After Luck zee
was hammered hard Hoon HI came to
the firing line, and was also greeted
with a number of hits. All this time
Lefty" Crumpler. the premier south.
side pitcher of the islands, was seat
ed on the Chinese bench, and the man
in charge of the squad allowed him
to remain there. ~ H. =
Crumpler could not have done any
worse against the visitors, and might
have helped a lot. The Chinese could
stand better chance of winning ION
Thursday if they would give the south
paw hurler chance against the left.
handed batters of the Beavers. The
,All,Americans said that Crumpler was
the best pitcher in the islands, and
they included Regan in the list.
Why Not crumpIer? "a,
With Crumpler on the mound on
Thursday, providing that he is in
shape, the Chinese would be expected
to give the Portland playerssa run for
their money, and CruInpler would in
addition be big drawing card Luck
zee and fIoon HI have both been
found, in, the last two games, and the
Beavers are getting on, to their style
of heAving. ~ -
Charley Hollocher, the little blonde
Shortfielders of the Hulas. who is Ger.
tain to stir them up in the Baum cir.
cult this year, broke into the limelight
with one of the best ;fplays of the
pulled by Moriyama during the series,
1t was the leading feature Swan hit
a drive between short and third which
looked like drive to the ortfield, and
with the crack of the ball the little
Portland player was off and snagged
the ball with one hand, and out of
position hurled the ball to third for
a putout, It was a great play and
he richly deserved the applause that
was given him.
BilF Pulls Circus Catch
Bill Rodgers robbed Kan Yen OF
a clean hit, when he raced over to-
wards Stumpfville and speared drive
which carried him off his feet, but he
rolled ever and came up with the ball
in his hand. En- Sue again starred
in the field, handling six difficult
chances with ease. Both Ayau anu
Morfyama played good ball, the lat
ter especially keeping up his record
of playing errorless ball since the
Beavers came to Honolulu.
Moriyama has accepted q chances,
many of them difficult, and has not
had one error charged against him. |
The Portland newspaper men think |
that the second basemen will make |
good in the Northwest League, and |
his style of play has been given fav-
orable comment by Judge McCredie. |
Williams. Pinelli, Willie, Swan and |
Stumpf were the leading hitters of the |
and Willie came through |
with a perfect average for the day.
Swan continued to hit, and totaled 500 |
for the day. The game was long |
drawn out and proved to be uninter.
esting at the last.
Zwcifel showed good control
his term on the mound,
while Schatzlein was wild, but manag.
ed to wfggle out of some tight places.
zweifel looks better every day, and /
should be seen in the Coast League
before many moons 30