The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-08-27
rAcoMA's FALSE HOPES.


OuE OamcU--NoIess
TAconA. Aug. 1.-Tomorrow Tacoma's recon
e9ucted ball club opens ct Seattle AS the new
material recently added has developed great
hating strength. it is confidently expected that
they viii defeat Seattle three out of four games
!. Visitors from this city will 60 to Seattle in
Ooodly numbers to witness Thursdays and sun
Gnye games. Probably the weakest man in the
club DOW Is 6trouthers. first baseman, and it is
Kumorcd that Reidy IL likely to be a fixture on
thet bag In case atrouthers does not brace up
{ eone1derebly IN his playing Since Tacoma and
Neettle ore now tied for seobnd place there is
mnch interest attached to the result of the COM
0Gner1e& From Seattle tho Tacomas go 70
PQkane ana Portland and it is confidently ex-
Irpeed BY the cranks here that out of the twelve
eo1nes 70 be played on the trip the Tacomas will
yin eight. II they do this and are equally sue
eemful on their own grounds, there is still left
ar them bare chance for the pennant
The news Of Manager Harris resignation
o1u1ed no surprise here ~ 1t was so reported by
she OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES correspondent several
days ago. The cause assigned, Tom PARROTS
3q1ustetement, It is said had nothing to do with
Hex119 rotirement but IT is rather well known
thai his resignation was demanded and Par
xoet's reinstatement was taken advantage of to
allow Hsrris 70 crawl out of the League easily.
He WAS conspicuous failure as manager. al
though he was given funds and unlimited au-
thof1ty to strengthen the club, but to no pur-
pose. He has signed but few of the men now
With him. for the rest he il indebted to the
kindly assistance Of Managers Barnes and Luz
81, who secured for him the services of hasa
Mazs Whitaker, Land, Schachern and Rhue 1t
4 confdently believed that had he taken Whit
taker 70 spokane, he would have won two games
m his last fatal trip.
The public here in Tacoma IL highly indig-
nant 81 the way Barnes and the spokanes in
general carried on. Ward was far from choice
"a bis uss Of language when near that section
of the grand stand occupied by ladies' But
Manager Barnes made himself liable to League
Censure By roundly abusing Umpire Young be-
fore the game last Sunday. In language more
fofcible than elegant he endeavored to bulldoze
the umpire. The cause OF the whole matter
wan the unusual playing of Tacoma, winning
thtee ont Of the four Spokane games. This was
more than Barnes could stand, and his con-
keomptdbly insulting language to Young is
therefore easily explained.
Since Harris Is no longer with Portland. 1t is
IN open secret that Barnes is endeRvoring to
purchase the Portland franchise for next sea-
son, having offered 81 600 for 1t, with good pros
poets Of securing it. II successful, Barnes will
import hieh-priced aggregation that will
make strong pull for the psnnant With new
grounds. we'll located. Portland win be one of
the best drawing cities in the League, and it is
cay to sse that Barnes, who 10 VIGOROUSLY out
1or the sstuff," viii easily take in barrel of il
AZ he succeeds In securing the franchise. In
that event tie slate is said TO be fixed for
Powell. the present left-fielder of the Spokanes,
20 manage that club next season. Powell has
already had experience as q manager at New
Orleans and Hamilton. Ont.
Portland. when here under Harris. claimed
that Ben Young was SO strongly inclined toward
Seattle that he would give them the earth If
called for This statement coming as 1t did
from . manager who. while his club was losing,
had 10 maintain his reputation by blaming the
umpire, fails to find believers here in Tacoma,
where BEN has, under most critical eyes,
umpired twelve games, and has been unhesi-
t&tingly declared by all the peer Of any umpire
IN the Northwest While by no means tyran.
nicai on the field, he maintains as good order
~ could be expected on q Western diamond,
and keeps the games moving. One feature oil
his umpiring as a rule is the quick time OF
games. His Judgment on bases and behind the
bat ON balls and strikes, is generally excellent
Tacomans ara pleased to know that Ben
umpires their games at Seattle, as they expect
they will be given by him the square deal "a
often denied the visiting club.