The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-07-25
Pacific Northwest League Standing.
The standing to date of the clubs in the Pa
rife Northwest League is as follows:
MEN OF BAT AND BALL.
A Crank" Selects a Team for Manager
Kockwell-Nofes.

Eockwell-Notes.
gentleman who Is as well posted on the Ma
tional game as any one in Seattle, addresses a
communication signed Constant Reader and
Basel all Crank from the Mouth of the Kaw," to
the PosT-ISTELLIeENcER. in which he sizes up
the situation as follows:
MAY encroach upon your valuable space
for the following remarks about baseball here
and elsewhere. 1 am no Chadwick, Harry
Wright or Arson. but can foresee condition
OF local feeling toward the close of the baseball
season which BODIES no good to Manager Rock.
well or Seattle's plucky team. With a few add.
tons, our team can hold their own in even
faster company than the Pacific Northwest
League; without those additions think they
viii close not better than third. Batting wins
pennants; good fielding, be 1t ever so fine with.
out hard stick-work. loses games Our little left
fielder, Dextrsze, can field for any team in
America; but he cannot bat like Hoff.
man, of Tacoma Smith holds down the
initial verv well. but Con Strothers is in another
class as a batter and run-getter. Bright plays a
good game and may recover from fumbling, and
bats well As for Lou Camp and thinner and
the rest of the boys, they are good. Kansas
City made blunder in releasing thinner. He
plays Just such game as the brilliant Boston
shortstop, whose coaching Ia visible to one &C.
qusinted with those two chums. Let me name
the nine: Hernon, +. f.: Whitley, C. 4: Gittin
IN.
Camp, Sd; Bright, g. g., with another good
heavyweight pitcher and the present catchers.
and Seattle could bat victory out OF any pitcher
on the Coast. am no fauli-inder and Will Veil
as loud as any for plucky tail-ender, but I
want to see the pennant in our town"
The Seattles and the spokanes will play at
Spokane Falls today. The Seattles will play
the following team: Ftzg raid, D.: Snyder. G.;
Smith, ID; thinner, %: Flaherty, sb; Bright.
g. s.. Dexraze. !. f.; Whitley. c. T., and Hernon.
ri
1t is claimed that Tanning, Tacomas new
pitcher. did poor work in Denver before he was
released. In Riley, March and Favour Manager
Lucas has pitchers enough. The man from
Denver did not show good work yesterday
The Observation-Disclosures and the Pacific Postals
play at the Madison street grounds Sunday.
Game viii be called st noon. IS il is desired TO
finish before dark.
San Francisco. now in third place in the Cali.
fornia League, has released Perrier. should
never have signed him.
The home team is weak in coaching. Live
coaching at critical times has won many q game
of baseball
Is there money in baseballr Manager Harris.
of Portland. receives $50 8 month for managing
the team.
whiteley viii be welcomed hack to tbs sesttles.
His hitting il needed. He and Flaherty bat
alike.
south Bend has signed Jim Mullee. He will
pitch and play chance second and center-ield.
II seems quite natural 10 see Tommy Hernon
hit the first pitched ball and hit IL safe to right
Harry o'Day, Portisnd's new second base
man, is already a faverise In that city.
The news Of the sale Of Borchers to spokane
was surprise 70 local enthusiasts Many