Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-07-26
BASE BAIL NkTTrgs

S@N@N NL1 I[HtItG O&s- - IA
lists have been endesvoring to arrang
for a mach wish the Pacifcs Of Snoho
mish. Some interesting correspondents
has taken Place. "a the folloSins vii
demonstrate:
kEPiT TO PREVIOUS CHALLENGE.
sSoEoXIsH, W. T.. July q. ISs4.
NJ. ". X. ThoyTasiI-DEAR SIB: he
ceIv-d yOsT favor: in reply au in
str1cted TO say that the Fac tic Bass
Ball Ciab cannot coma to Seattle lie
SaIQtdsy We are going to nave quite
time here on "a = DAY. horse racing, foo;
racing, wrestling. etc. bss sdes We NJ ~
nave to PLAY game of bail. Ogr BOYS
tolns tn { Ne mty b. able to com.
40 aud p!aT 5 game With you in the
course OF three or four weeks. perha ps
less tlme. Tue xAy We understand this
game Is this; IL Is simply DO more no,
less than the second game of a series of
three. or more II YOU choJse. Three
years ago Seattle gained the champion
snip by the best two Ia THREE" Last
year The PacIflcs reversed the order OF
Affairs by gainlGg = like number This
year We have Won one game. II YOU
| win the next. the deciding game must
be played here in Snohomish. or else on
| some other grounds than Seattle. We
hold the chaupinnshi aai are not go
| 'ng TO fool away the honor. L .fsonally,
| to you. Mr.. Thsrnsll, there has been a
| great amOsut OF ueSSp4 per talk, none #
| which was authorIZ II or Instigated bS
| the PaeItcs, who hold none but the
friendiiest feelings for the sattle boys
Still, In Justice to themselves. they can
not rush haphaZ iTd like" no TO the
Queen City only 10 b. par .lyZ d. e as il
~ere." You must allow Us time we'll
meet you this season and finish the Sc
ries. never fear. In hopes of tais st
| least being partially satisfactory. re-
main. yours truly. 4. o. BOWEN.
Sect'y Pacific Base b ,li Club.
ANSWER To THE ABOVE.
5 ArrLE. July y, lisa.
J. Y. Bs,c>a. Esq, Sserftary Pacific
BdSs6lH Club. SaohoSaish, W. T-Dr,r
SIR: f"nr letter, although dated and
postms rke4 the 2lst. was not put into
nav past office box until after 1 o. III.
Yesterday. This will acooan: for my
sending the note did by Captain Low
If the Mile. which | PR sumo reached
YOU last night
Oar club are again very mach dissp-
pointed and put Gus by your declining
bur challenge for the 10Th instant. We
are sure we have right and Just cause
10 feel SO. For, to express Il as briefly
ts possible and 10 speak plainly, the case
looks Just this way to us: The Paciics
are afraid to meet the Seattles Row. You
may ask what grounds We have for
this. 1 will try to state them.
Frst-Ths Pacitics b ave already de-
clined. for INSULT ,ient reasons, two
challenges sent by The Reds
SecOnd-It IL we'll es ablisaed rule
IN all sports that the victor III a p Ell
Gus contest, or any party holding Cor
claiming 10 hold) the Cit mpiouship IN
any branch ut athletics, Is Juni to ac-
cept all Ialr Challenges issued. You
must conceds that both our challenges
we're such.
Ihird-YoQ offer no coed reason for
wishing the delay of three or foar
We KS except the one-which, by the
way, Is a mighty good one for the Pa
cltics to oonsider-that you don't
propose to fool away the honor
tof the championship, and that yeu
don't propose to rush mp here hap
hazard and be paralyz
1t this IL not \ conf sssion of eakness
and taking water" On the part of your
stub our boys are poor judges. You ap
parently wish to walt ultil YOUR zine
can be materially strengthened, or our,
weakened by absence or sickness, and |
then try SNAP game on IA.
Will You be good enough to contrast |
our conduct with yours? Oar club re- |
csiyed an invitation to visit your CITY |
early last month. They accepted and |
went. and all say they had splendid /
tina. They didn't wait to get their |
best material together. or ask to put off |
the game until they could. Kenney. our
catcher. WIS on his way home from San
Francisco at the time. Black, our CEN
ter field, was laid up with a sprain d
nand. and business prevented me (the
left tield) from gong that day. Oar
boys arose early, took a long and tedl-
Gus boat ride and then played a game,
resulting IN their defeat-2l to IL. Ihey
had no complaints to make. Ut as to
the ground bsing very poor. They did
net seem to think nor care abont the
game being for "the championship"
which your club seems to consi der so
very precious. IL seems to US strange
that the end of July finds the Paolfcs
TO play a return game prompt.
" WIN u CtiO tutN nave hiFeduH utIfAI- |
ed this season. l have been a resident
here about eleven months and know
nothing of old base ball records locally.
Bat If tue Paoifies rests their claim to
the championship for 1883 upon their
here last fall at the race track,
It must be. even to them. very unsat.
isfsctory basis. As understand 1t, You
came here witho 1t ssiIreot invitation
from the ball cub, IA wed two games
neither one of which was full game)
aga INST " picked up mines of Scrubs"
aud managed to beat them. OF the
second game. on a Sunday, when you
won by Ii to 5, | can certainly spe Ak, as
| played in 1t as first base for the Seat
ties. Ii you can ind four worse par
alytics" ever venturing upon a ball
field than were the short stop and out
ielde.s We had that day shoaid like to
see them. believe Won played in the
game aud will recolleet THIN
Our club will probably visit Victoria.
in Response To their challenge, and play |
them on August I'd. md we will do our |
bsst to give the "blarsted " Britishers
thoroagh llukiRg for the honor of |
Uncle Sam.
We would be glad TO have our series |
With you this seaspn-the b. st three cut |
of tivs-for the championship of the |
Northwest" That il our schedule with |
the Portland club, four of which have |
been already played.
Pardon this lengthy letter, but one
h ing after another crowded INTO my
mind and | thought 1t best to write
them oat. Our bows took no rock"
IN The newspaper talk and reciproc4te
the kindly feelings your club entertains
for US.
enclose = Oh 'llenge to play rs here
on August 9Th for your cluo's consider
alton. frusssthey will be able to accep,
the same. Thanks for your kind letter.
Yours truly, WILL X. THoRSELL,
Secretary Seattle Base Ball Club.
ANOTHER CHALLENGE.
SEATTLE, W. T.. July 25. 1884.
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