Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-05-06

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team yin vin the psiss. bas The pesAis
iisn made 10 ths Hsrsil when Assos
md bis men vsss - the Hos spsines.
hat The team would Be- IL The bant ~
he md Of Ne ssssop, sss@s iiksiy 10 b
fuisIIsd. The ss1st Of The prsseus
seecss Of the Chisseos 10 poe bard 70
aod. Il 10 - b seen In The batting eoi-
unn Of the Isasas tsbies, vhich are
pristed evsfy dag. Strong. cppofsons
sias sing With the seiek he's done al ahs
vork. Il vuo thrss esnes ia IndlAn-
sp0lSe wh<u victory hing IN the bst-
ora - bn3fy that sh4y nade ltstle ebert
20 eel q en- ssoood uind. siu1eine Won
tbs ch mplouanip Ter DstS0st Ine1 oeo-
son. Il v,it via the 1ae every tune.
Fine 6sidine y VERY psetsy, bat unlese
TO very iisiie. PStfsbosas' playtr iAss
II
Ths Pes usy lvspians ecuid uoe Be bsst-
co II team vssk. Jet the end Of the
season found tue clob smonR the tail
endsrs. Il vss Captain Anson's load
ess boast last year thai u hfs men
froa home be would gin the champion
looked for pevss came-,hst 10, they
- hAuux
most.
Fortunately, things ere different tits
season. Every member Of the team 10
bsstira yiciousiy and bunchipR their
lonsees hts ct critical Z. omeptx. The
addition of Farrell TO tse team b Of
Measurable value A psigs be hangs
sluoss - high NJ tn the tree - either
Kelly or Ciafhssn. Not sipoe the debut
Of Ryan and Tiernan has such great
player burst into the ranks Of the
league. A. . batsman be has fec
superiofs. and ~ Q fielder, bsss runner
.nd catcher he ranks very high. Ryan,
Van HsltreB. Burns. williamson and
Dasiipa ere basstpR With all their old
time vigor. while Sullivan, Who came to
Chicseo last season With the reputation
Of being one Ut the most powerful bat
te,s In the New Enslsnd Ieaase, is
smashing she ball 10 a cay that makes
nis last PEARS record look very small
Indeed. Arson and Pfedsr seem to be
very siov ~ cutting away under the
thres strike rule, but IL 10 safe to say
shss ttis condition of affairs will not
last long. Ia dsidina the OhicaRos are
playing q very stiff game. the work Of
the out6eid being esp ciaily brilliant.
with the exception Of ffefisr, who has
made hus two errors since the season
opened, tie short range deldefs havo
been q little uncertain. Williamson
has not bean doing 6 well as last year,
and Bnrus's work 81 third 10 little Oh.
Bot ell these EVIDENCES Of weakness are
more than oveFbalanced BY the stfene
batting Of the Two heIders. 9ha work
II thA batteries has also been vlry fne.
Van Haltren. Who seems 10 have trained
down 20 keen edge, 10 accomplishing
sil that Wa expected Of him. Baldwin
y also in winning form. the great drop
ball be acquired diving the winter
having pusx ed all the bassmen Who
have faced him. krock and Clarke give
rromise Of good work - soon - they
get I'd Of their fright.
The strong playing Of the Boston
team vas 70 be expected. This oiub, IS
a. present constituted, isa formidable
ofcariz ltion. and II heYmouy can exist
among 30 many high. priced beauties
there u every reason for believing that
the team will stand very high all Il rough
the season Cisrkson IL pitching she
great bali be pitched 20 many years be-.
fore be put on the red soeks II the Hub.