The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-08-25
Dust FROM THE DIAMOND.
lntorsstisg Notes Concerning the League
Players.

interesting Notes Concerning the League
The defeat OF the eeasfies in three games BIZ
Portland 10 surprise all around, and the trio of
victories has sent the Oreconsas's baseball man
into 1t Of ecstAcy, ~ the following from that
paper Of Thursday viii show:
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Manager Rockwell's Seattle delegation Is
slowly drifting away from the pennant His
boys in blue were not In IL with the Portlands
yesterday.
pitcher from Elliott bay-where is he?
s.In the tureen.
.over In Seattle he beat the Portlsnds By
score Of TO l. that il TO say. with the assistance
OF Umpire "Punky" Young. Yesterday the an
pire did not give him strikes every time the ball
came within . foot Of the plate. and he was out
OF sight
poor Winfield Scott campi
'when he wandered away from home not
long since, one of the Seattle papers told the
other towns to look out for him. II would
have been more appropriate had that paper i'd
monished Winfield To look out for the Port
lands.
"The Portlands had lost ele ven straigh, games
and they avenged themselves on Winfield. They
jumped on him with both feet, and buried him
out OF sight All his natural ability aud the in
struction Pitcher Pender has been giving him
awaited him not
"Dic the Portands hammer him7
"Ask 0Day, Hassamer, Rhue. Jiggs Parrot
and the boys who had their eyes on the ball; or
rather. ask Fitzgerald, whiteiey and Hernon.
They nearly ran their legs off chasing the ball
in the field. and they ought to know.
"The home team batted the game from Win
field during the three innings that he pitched.
They hammered him for ak two-baggers and
four singles, or a total OF sixteen bases, which
brought in seven runs, three OF which were
earned"
Portland was between the "deyil and the
deep blue sea" when 1t had to choose between
the unprofessional ham manager, Hen Harris
and bsg-headed Tom Parrott The club direc-
tors chose the least of two evils aud reinstalled
Parrott, whereupon Harris resigned. he goes
back 20 Frisco and no one in the cities of this
League regrets his departure. His treatment of
Ben Young while here and the withdrawal of
his team ss Tacoma disguised the patrons OF the
sport In both towns. Apropos of Parrot the
0resoaian has the following comment on
Wednesdays game which was won by the Web
footers:
There IL one man to whom the victory of the
home team was NORWOOD. Lately he has been
carried away with the idea that he is the Atlas
on whose shoulders the baseball world rests
He was Tom Psrrott the suspended pitcher of
the hsme team. His record in brief is az fol-
lows.
(Good pitcher.
Presented a medal.
ros pappnrT Got the big head.
Wanted more pay.
characterization.
tSespensiou.
sQuoth Tom the other day: i am glad ! am
suspended. Iwsnt 10 know how many games
the Portlsnds will win without me-
''some how or other the Portlsnds did manage
20 win without the Cyclone, and hands down.
NJ that Aye. there's the raos"
Tommy Hernon's batting record in Saturdays
game is worth looking at He was al bat four
times and hit the ball on every occasion, thrice
for singles ana once for a sacrifice that added
one 10 seattles talliea Tommy Hegnon is the
most scientific batter in the League. He never
strikes out and gets more bases on balls than
any other player, although he never lets fair
ball go by without trying 10 hit H. His base
running record is also good. game where the
New Bedford man has not stolen base TO his
credit is very rare. Tommy is II years old, and
thin 10 his fnt year at professional base bali.
and also learned tho ar, Of gliding picture
frames.
France, seatile's new pitcher, Is not respons!-
bic fSf the overwhelming defeat OF yesterday at
yssiisnd lie pitched stroag game. striking
sst rims men. bat the game was lost by
wssfehsd erYofs. The new twifier certainly did
sell eaHslaesins the long journey he had Just
esssssd ftas thing esn certainly be said o. the
ssssss ssssa Tiay play well together Ii one
S2ss ssfss ~ with sffsra the whole club so 10
ssNsSs sits ,itas
80 ssssAAssy las einplshed one feat tina,
rsss S<sts se&A sassllsa "a the history OF base
y sss ssssass les esd for Houston in