Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1890-08-18
some GREAT GAMES.
Portland BaSebaIIiStS Meet
More Than Their Match.
TOM PARROTT ACTS THE BABY BOOBY.
Salems Win Both Games With
the Famous, and Have the
Right Side of a Row.
7OM PARROTT ACTS THE BABY BOOBY


tice amusement, without any con.
test worthy of the name; but the re.
suit shows that they had miscalcu
lated and that the Salem players art
not to be made little of by any
combination in the country.
Mr.. Tom Parrott, who has been
babied by Portland papers until tht
idea has become dominant with him
that he ls prodigy of skill in pitch
ing, made himself disagreeable from
his first landing here, by his boast
ing and egotistical remarks, which
aroused a disposition for chatting on
the part of spectators that could not
have been very pleasing to the visi.
tors.
When Parrott arrived here, he told
Jay Smith, whom he did not know
as being connected with the club,
that he didn't see why the boy
brought HIM along; they could beat
these "hayseeds' easy enough with
out HIM; that If HE pitched he
would simply fan out q out of the
q right along. During the progress
of the two games he heard oil OF
his "hayseed" guying that he could
stomach.
Saturdays game was a fine eXhi-
bition of skill all the way through,
both sides doing well and resulted
in a victory for the Salems in a
score of IL OF, and there was wide
spread satisfaction throughout the
city and much pride expressed in
the club.
But Sundays contest was awaited
with consuming interest, as it was
supposed the Portland club might
have reserved its great playing for
that, and when the hour of play ar
rived every seat on the grounds was
well filled, while the enclosure was
lined with carriages all around. The
players were in excellent trim and
the weather was most prOpitious.
The Salems went to bat first, with
the flourishing Parrott in the boy
and the first ball he sent through
Howard lifted into left field beyond
the ability of anybody to take in,
and the boys followed up in grand
style, making four runs by Howard
Crosby, Mccarthy and Morgan,
while Cooney, Smith and Leveque
went out. The Portlands went to
bat, with Crosby, Salem's new
pitcher in the box, and he is light
ming. He has not been in practice
lately and was II little wild, sending
three men to first base on balls the
first inning, but they all died there
and no tallies were made.
The Salems followed with two
whitewashes and the Famous had
ike experience in the second inning,
but in the third they scored five
runs. In the fourth each side count
ID one; the fifth and sixth added
nothing to the Salem score, but the
sixth increased Portland's count by
.wo tallies, making them eight to
i've.
Now commenced the event of the
game. Salem's lucky seventh inning
arrived and the boys went in WITH
determination to pile up the runs.
Booth made safe hit and got to first,
,ut Burnheim went out; Howard
md Cooney sentParrott's balls flying
md thus covered the three bases,
when Crosby took the willow and
made a fine hit, bringing in all three
nd coming home himself ON a
block" ball, but here dispute
rose, which unfortunately ended
he game in a quarrel, but while this
, to be deplored, there is no ques-
ion but the Salem boys had the
ight of 1t and are not n particle TO
lame in holding out for their just
lues.
A wild throw while the Salems
'ere coming home in flying col.
mn, sent the ball among the carri- !
ges in n corner of the grounds and
he umpire on base-runniHg decided
was "block," which would en-
Drce its being sent to the pitchers
OK before it could put out n runner,
D Crosby reached home IN good
ime, but Schwartz, the Portland um
ire, who had all through the game
iven VIGOROUSLY unfair decisions
gainst the Salems, and whose busi-
less at this time was the Judgment
( balls and strikes, decided that
'rosby was out, The widest eN-
itement prevailed, the most conser-
'ative and quiet business men ofthe
ity taking IA hand and declaring
hey would not submit to having
lrosby declared out, The Portlands
lnally resumed their stations in the
ield and Mccarthy made first base;
Morgan followed and famed out,
When the Portlanders claimed that
made three out-meaning to include
,rosby-and In this they were sup
ported by Umpire Schwartz, bat I'm
lire Coleman decided the other way
Ind there the game ended, the Fa.
NOUS refusing TO proceed. Al the
nd OF the time allowed, Mr.. Cole.
man announced the result of the
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