The Garden Island. [volume] (Lihue, Kauai, H.T.) 1902-current, 1922-07-04
Local Teams Win In
Sunday Doubleheader

Both Makee and McBryde repul-
= sed the army invaders with heavy
losses at Eleele' pist Sunday af-
ternoon before on. of the biggest
crowds that everrFttendcd base
ball game on Kauai Makee winning
13 to and McBryde to 4.
The field at Eleele was practical
ly surrounded by automobiles and
although the game was not schedule d
to begin until ,1:30 o'clock, specta
tors began arriving about noon SO
as to insure themselves an advan
tageous position to view the games
The Makee team which was to
tackle the soldiers in the first game
arrived early with a large crowd
of rooters and made a snappy ap.
pearance in their white uniforms.
When the Fort Ruger team tooh
the field they were given a biz
hand by the crowd and it must BE-
said that In their fielding practice
they seemed to be handicapped some
what by the unevenness of the Eleelc
diamond
Perhaps it was a strange diamond
or perhaps it was too much dance
what it was, the strangers from
Oahu had considerable trouble han.
ding the ball ard when they did
handle it clean they would throw
ii away someplace.
The 55th Coast Artillery Dand
wen place In the hearts of the
fans with the band concer. that
was rendered during the two Games
of the double header.
Playing errorless ball until two
were put out in the ninth, the pres.
ent leaders of the Kauai league ap
peared to outclass the visitors, but a
CLOSE anlysis of the game however,
shows that nearly everything was
even except in the defensive depart
mcnts of the two teams. Here was
where the Ruger boys fell down,
eight of their miscues accounting
for ten of Makee's thirteen runs.
The only msplay of the Makees
also cost run.
Hits were evenly distributed at
eight apiece. Cummings walked four
and hit one batter to Wrights two
walks. Eight of the Makees and sew
ell of the visitors would be bat
ters We're retired via the X. o.
Mil, r,,,
as the box score will show, but
support he received surely was dis.
couragirg. The infield and outfield
We'd with each other in making
errors, although shortstop, E. Brad
Icy made some hard pickups and
putouts.
The Ruger team started out with
lots of pep and scored two runs in
the first after two down. McGuckin
and Knedel both died, Tsunehiro
to Kun Lin, but Sczafranic singled
and stole second. E. Brdley follow
ed with another sirgle scoring him
G. Bradley sent his brother home
with another single. After this dis
play of scoring power, they quit
and stayed quit until the ninth
when they aGded another Wright
started by singing to right, stole
secord and went to third off 4
wild pitch Franko was eliminated
pitcher to first. King fouled high
to Kun Lin and the latters wild
throw allowed the visitors their
last run.
The MakCes did not let the grass
grow under their feet and went the
visitors two better i'm the first by
coping four tallies. Dol, first up,
belted Wright's second pitch over
the centerfielders head, for clean
home run. Tsunehiro was passed
and stole second and third after Yo-
~shda and Hee had been put away.
SOong grounded to shortstop and
the latter's wild throw to first scor-
ed Tsunehiro. Tdves singled to left
and he and SOong scored when the
left fielder let the ball go thru to
the fence. In the second, Kano got
on thru the generosity of Kruse
wont to third, on a passed ball and
scored on Cummings out. Three
errors and two hits in the fifth
made it ten for the Makes. Kun
Lin was given life thru Kings boot
Kano singled and Kun scored when
sczafranic threw wide to third 10
head him off, Kano advancing to
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