The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1922-06-23
LEADING HITTERS
AVERAGES TOLD
FROM BOX SCORE
Wacs Leading in Team Batting
Average to Date; Chinese Have
Greatest Number Of Heavy Hit
tiers; Haiku Third

To ~Sequeira, the Sports Club third
sacker goes individual batting honors
for games played in the regular Maui
league. Sequeira though at bat but
three times has raped the ball for
two safetys and leads all PLAYERS with
a percentage of .667.
Following the Sports slugger comes
Aluli Lyons the Wacs infelder. Lyons
is beyond doubt the most consistent
hitter in the major league, has faced
a pitcher IL times and secured 6 hits.
He is well above all players who have
played an equal number of games
with a percentage of .545.
Next in line is Sueda, the main sup
port of the Asahi's pitching staff. He
has gotten an even break in six times
at bat for an average of 800.
Six other players in the league are
hitting above 400. Wells Cummings
with .455, Masaichi of the Asahi's .444,
Waiwaiole of the Wacs .429, Caswell,
Sports Club .429, and Akina the
Chinese rightfielder 1929. Wada. an
other Asahi slab star in FIVE times at
bat has hit safely twice for an average
of 400.
Chinese Lead
Though not holding the highest
team batting average the Chinese lead
in the number of slugsters that are
hitting above 300. Six players have
reached that mark on Bill Engle's
nine. Akina leads with .429, Shin
1915, Wadsworth and Paschoal 1888,
All Leong 1908 and Silva 800. Wicke
makes up the seventh hitter above
the average with $50.
No. - l~,.-~ "a - IL w.
Four players of that aggregation have
hit 300 and better and nine at above
$50. They are Lyons .545, Wells
Cummings ASS, Waiwaiole .429, and
James Alo 1873. Five are hitting in
the $50 class. Bill Cummings, All
Sam, Frank Bal, Ray Freitas and Rego.
Haiku Ties Asahi
The rice birds have a greater team
average than the Asahiites but the
two teams are tied for individual
honors. Each has four men hitting
800 OF better and each has a total OF
seven players whose average is .25C
or higher. Haole and Rolph lead in
batting in the East Maui team, each
with an average of 1873. Foster Rob
inson and Coleman are text in line
and tied at 1908. To those two players
however, belong the honors in the
Haiku nine for steady and hard hit
ting. Jones with .2S6, Yamamoto, 81:
and Chris Cockett with $50 are above
the average of the other players.
Asahi is in the same class. Foul
Of the team are hitting above 300
Sueda 500, Masaichi .444, Wada .40I
and Nakamura 1873. d. Yanagi, Wa
kayama, and X. Yanagi are each hit
ting at a $50 clip.
Sports in Cellar
Both in team and individual batting
Z averages the Sports appear to not We
: have found their batting eye and de
; spite the good stick work of Sequeir;
: and Caswell are suffering a slump il
percentages. Four Sports players
however, are at a 800 or better strid
! and six are hitting at $50 and VI
Sequeira leads with .667, Caswell Az
Rodrigues 1888 and Rego 800. AL
and Scholtz are hitting above $50.
Team Averages
The Wacs lead in club Teamwork
with an average of .2S8. Close upol
them are the Chinese, second wit
.274. Haiku with .22S is running tfir,
a little pushed by Asahi whose team
average is .205. The Sports hold tn
cellar championship in team hittin
with an average of 1873.
These averages are compiled onl
from box scores of regular leagu
games of the Maui major league. Ir
ter Island games do not enter int
these figures.