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

his boy Eummings, Who does tho
hurting for the Kugcr Giants, certain.
" has Fred Fearnol and Frank Merrt-
well raCked Off the boards about a.
Gays for Saturday. Our old friends
req ana Frank used TO bust an Old
val game up occasionally with a biz
uIo", out the writer OF fiction never
Jared spring the same thing twice So
| cummings has all the honors that 20
10 the heroes of the jitney Cosmopol.
tan. S''
Cummings did enough things IN
o'ua! afternoon at MOiliii field To
Stnu 'he 18TH Infantry team. the cham.
Pl"ns OF Manila, back to the transport
Win defeat by the score OF 3 70 ,
III an overtime contest When the old
moon was beginning to take a slant
over the hlIltops, Cummings stepped
70 the plate in the eleventh canto and
slammed the ball far over Rekus' head
lor a homer. There were two man
down and two strikes on the batter
ana II the old stage wasn't set then
mere are few fans and fanettes who
Will miss their guess.
Opened With BLESSING
IL was a real ball game from, tina
ume that Blessing opened the CANA
with walk. The game was onsned
with a Blessing and closed with Ar.
other blessing in disguise. On three
occasions Cummings has won his own
same win a real smash, and two of
Inese have been home runs. So Won
can imagine how popular he was
oun9 the post on Saturday evening.
Inc 18th Infantry presented a real
pail club. and those fans who failed
TO witness the game have themseIve.
10 blame. And let it be said hars
while the boys are sailing over the
Drlny. that If they could practise On
land for a few days, they would give
game. 'e0-
Little Showalter, who is about a.
o'g as Nushida. hurled a mighty good
game Of baseball, and had II not been
for Cummings swat the teams nigh4
nave Oeen playing yet. He has q good
nead on MS shoulders, and Baker, the
catcher, surely held him up in great
style. Pitts at second, Blessing at
snort and Rekus in center field looked
IKE real ball players, while both Trut.
ner and Pierce played their positions
II any more ball clubs like this coma
along, they will surely be given
GOOD welcome. Ruger played fas,
baseball. In fact they played one OF
Tue pest games Of the year, and Davis
was all over the field after hard hit
oaiIs' converting many of them into
putOuts.
Kruger scored in the first on sineIes
Oy Johnson and Benham, A fast
Iou0ie play stopped more scoring in
ms inning. The 18th Infantry team
Leo 1t up in the fourth when Brown
was safe on an error by Womack. and
after stealing second, came home on
single by Pierce. Ruger took the
cad IN the fifth on hits by Davis and
Eomack.
Pitts Hits Homer
Fltts brought the boys from the
transport to their feet, when he hit
homer over Stewards head In the
Mth, t1eing the score. Neither side
cored again until the eleventh. Trut-
Ter and Rekus singled in the eIey
,nth, but poor baserunning robbsd
hem OF a chance to score.
Alter Benham and McClain had
one out in the last OF the eleventh.
came to bat and had two
trlkes on him, when ShowaIter shot
i'm fast in, and the ball sailed far
Ner the center fielder's head. and
'aker did not even try for the man
t the plate.