Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-04-17

Bill Hollinger of the Reach team
/ had the Eva squad, champions OF the
] Sugar Cane League, at his mercy on
Sunday afternoon at Eva, and the
Reach team won out by score of IL
to 4. Hollinger is one Of the leading
amateur pitchers of the city. and is
expected to make a hit in the Pacific
League this year. NJ. Joseph handled
his southpaw shoots in an excellent
manner. Keeff, who will play with
the Healanis this season, made three
hits.
The Hawaiian Electric roofing corps
was out in action on Sunday morning
at Athletic park With horns, electric
bells and other noise-making instru-
ments they lived up to their reputa-
ton. Nelson Of the Braves pitched
good game, with Perry, his teammate
on the Braves, behind the bat. @
The other teams in the Commercial
League will have to watch out for the
Schuman Carriage Company squad.
With Johnny Williams, "Scotty" Schu-
man, Bill Lee and Yuen Chin, the auto
mobilers will have the nucleus of
strong team. ''Scotty" was out the
other evening for practise and looked
good around the first sack. Frank
Shsner has secured the shop for talent
and the Schuman team is expected to.
be in the front rank with an even
break of luck. -.
The Star-Bulletin has received two
communications touching upon the
baseball question. One of the writers
forgot to sign his name. while the
other evidently was making an attack
on another publication which we be-
lieve to be dnfounded.
All teams who wish to arrange
games are requested to send their
challenges through this column. This
department will be open to all anna
teur teams, and baseball teams are re-
quested to send In challenges, scores
and schedules. e .,att Il
The Firestone team, representing
Smoot & Steinhauser, defeated the
Slaight and Searle team on Sunday by
a score of Il to /. Simon, the tall
southpaw of the Firestones, who will
pitch for the Hawaiis this year. was
in rare form and held the opponents
safe all the way. He was well support.
ed by Jimmy Aylett Simon allowed
but two hits. The battery for the
Slaight and Searle team was Perry,
Taylor, SearIe and Nimura.
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There surely was good crowd at
Moiliili field on Sunday afternoon at
the double header The games were
well played, considering the amount
of practise, and the Filipino and Chi.
nese showed enough 30 warrant the1
assertion that they will both be in
the hunt this year 1t would be diff
cult to select the best team at pre-
sent "a.
Charlie Brown Is lining up strong
aggregation. for the Spalding team,
and without doubt this squad will be
in the race this year when the Conn
mercial League starts off with bang.
En- Sue, Franco, Rosa and other stars |
will be seen in the lineup.
Lang Akana has surely worked |
wonders with the Filipino team in a |
short space of time. The boys are |
beginning to hit the ball, and Lang |
believes that the team which beats
the Filipinos this year will win the |
pennant. ~.
A large crowd attended the dance |
given by the Braves baseball team at /
Lusitana hall on Saturday evening, /
more than 200 being present at the /
party Members of the team acted as
hosts. and all present enjoyed them
selves to the utmost The prize waltz
was captured by Mr.. and Mrs. Joe
Rego Among the feature dances was
the tag waltz, which proved to be
popular. 49,. ....
Manoa Giants won another game on
Sunday. when they downed the Stand.
ard Oil crew at Kalihi field by score
Of IL to 8. Hilo Boyd hurled for the
Giants, and held the Rockefeller team
safe all the way. w. A. Dickson and
Billy Santos had charge of the deci.
sions. The Giants will 60 to Waianae
next Sunday to meet the former cham
pions of the Sugar Cane League.
The Giants are anxious to enter a
league, and wish games with other or
CARNATIONS. The personnel of the
team is as follows: w. A. Dickson,
manager; ]. Costello, captain; Mccall
lun. c; Boyd. p; Costello, lib; Lukela,
eb: Richie, 3b; Pahupu. IS; Tallant,.
II; Dole, CT; F. Cunha, IF. 49,.
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