Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-05-30
THE BASE BALL GAME OF MAY
9TH.


From the Victoria Standard
Shortly after O'Clock vehicles were
busily plying between the city and Bea-
con Hill. where a great concourse of
spectators eventually assembled to wit
ness the international base bali match
between the Seattle University Nine
and the Victoria Nine. The hill pre-
sented beautiful aspect. one which We
know must have afforded much pleas
ure to San Franciscans and other vis-
itors coming from parts where. at this
time Of the year. the ground ID parched
and sun-vorn. From the very start. in
fact on their arrival from Seattle, the
University Nine were the favorites
by long odds: bat the eventual result
again demonstrated the glorious un-
certainty Of the turf"
The game commenced at $50 a. m.
and resulted in the defeat of the Seattle
raine by eight runs and one innings.
The Seattieites, who were greatly the
favorites among the sporting fraternity.
owing no doubt TO their previous sue
cesses on similar occasions, were the
first to go to the bat; and although ap-
parently bent on playing a careful in
nings, were ignomiLiously white
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Very pretty plays. The two mines now
exchanged places, the victorians going
to the bat, and, amidst the cheers Of the
spectators, succeeded in scoring two
runs. Nothing daunted, however, the
Ssattleites and their friends freely Of
fered odds, which were just as readily
accepted. The second and third in
nings were but repetitions Of the first,
in sS f.F huA L. &z.
cerned, whilst the Victorians had added
'U" AMI a" to their SCORE, thus max
ing the game stand l2 to 0. In the
fourth innings, however, the visitors, who
had previously been playing very wildly.
woke up. from their lethargy and APP
peared determined to make q stand,
succeeding at the end in placing three
runs to the good. Still their endeavors
innings followed in rapid succession,
the nov familiar cipher being the sum
total of each. Meanwhile the home
team had been improving the oppor-
tunity thus afforded of adding sixteen
more to their SCORE, making the fifth a
brilliant innings for IL. II will thus be
seen that at the end of the sixth innings
the score stood 2S to 3 in favor of the
Fictorians. The vast difference in the
score at this stage of the game was in
itself sufficient to discourage ordinary
players, but We do not think the Seattle
ties come within that scope, for the fact
of their being 80 far behind appeared
to act as an incentive far more Wig
orous action, which, combined with
a greater degree Of caution and
determination than had been shown
at the commence nent of the
match, materially changed the rela-
tive positions OF the two mines at the
close Of the game. In the seventh and
eighth innings the Seattle team scored
4 and 8 respectively, whilst their oppon-
ents, who by the merest chance, owing
to an overthrow, saved n ducks egg"
on the seventh by one run, were des-
tined to be unceremoniously treated to
a "whitewash" on the eighth. During
the progress of the latter innings, the
playing on both sides underwent COM
plete revnlsion. for as the visitors
gained confidence and added to their
score, the homo team to the same de-
gree appeared to lose their heads; and
misplays, overthrows and muffs we're
then the order of the day. The SCORE
at the commencement of the ninth in
ubiSS StIOl W lD. uc ScdttlelttS At
this stage. becoming accustomed to the
curve balls of the Victoria pitcher,
which, in great measure, accounted
for their inability to score at the COM
mencement Of tho match, began their
ninth and last innings with n degree Of
enthusiasm hardly to be expected con-
sidering the wide gap TO be filled to
make the scores anything like even.
Their confidence, however, was mis-
placed, for after augmenting their SCORE
by six runs, making a total of q, they
suocumbed TO the inevitable, leaving
their opponents winners, as previously
stated, by eight runs and one innings TO
spare. The only real difficult catch of
the day was made by Gowen, for the
Victorians, iast of the second base, but
two OF three very pretty ones were made
by Burnell, Of the Seattles, in the cen-
ter field, and one by Wootton, for the
victorians, in the left held. The
thanks of both clubs are due TO Mr.. J..
w. Grifliths, who undertook the respon-
sible and rather unthankful duties Of
umpire, and for whom cheers we're Civ
eu az the close Of the game, as we're also
for the victors aud vanquished. The
game oosupied hours and 20 minutes.
Appended IL the score:
VICTORIA.