The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-08-18
SICK Man PENDER.
Spokane Took Nine Runs From
Him in the First.
LEAD THAT WAS NOT OVERCOME
uaspsnnsr Rows with Umpire Young,
Portland II Fined and Tacoma
Gets tho Game.

II Il were only possible to expuuge from
rorfuo Baxter's little score-book the history of
the Arst inning Of yesterdays game Of bali. or,
better SILL, II Manager Rockwell had been doll
chocephalous enough to have microscopically
examined the malarial microbes that were run
ming rampant through Pender:s poulp, Barnes
rounceval platyp0ds would be singing the stale
o. Woe."
Two thousand people, the biggest audience
hat has been seen at the Madison street mark
sinco it was opened were present at yesterdays
wreck. Fender, he with the glorious record In
The ifteen-inning game at Tacoma, was to 20 in
~ box, and the crowd felt happy. When, in
ne start on, Tommy Hern0n would not bite ut
Boschefs' wild curves and gamboled gaily to
nrst on balls, btole second and finally scored on
enydeds cannon-ball hit to left, there was
cheering until further orders.
Fender went into the box hopeful, but nerv-
ouR He was far from being well man and
Wns still III from his long attack of fever Powell
cpuyinced the audience of that by banging
fhe hall over the initial bag. reaching FIRST get
ffne second on = balk. Rhino Ward let the bail
Nj him and Stanton sent him TO first. thinner
not "rattledr ct this. fumbled Polhemus'
9rounder and the bags were full Lou Camp, in
oynpathy with thinner. juegled McGuirk's slow
Nj and Powell crossed the plate. Turner kept
tina 70 the music and FASTING single to right,
brought IN Ward and Polhemus. Phillips went
IR1Ght and McGuirk and Turner crossed the
pla1e. Peoples dropped safe fiy through the
eono hole and Mills danced In. Pender was
frfehtiul1y unnerved and sent Borchers to first
o. balla. Powell new ont Then Ward pounded
eho hall TO sale center and Peoples trotted in
10 make it more binding Polhemus lined two
bogger TO the left fence and Borchers and Ward
ptled up couple Of runs McGuirk ended the
osouy BY hitting to Lou Camp and dying at
art
This IL the inning that told the story, for after
he seattles flied out, one after another. Mccor-
mick took Pendex's position. From this time
On the home club had the best of the game and
worked desperately for victory against the ter
xlb1e Odds Of nine runs, and made but one
tsining error. They secured four runs while
The visitorp made but three, and to sum 1t all
10, our boys would have taken the game had
Mccormick been put in from the beginning.
hit Fender disliked being dead weight on his
mauaGers hands and Rockwell gave him a
chance. The audience wefe good natured, how
ev5r. and had plenty Of fun.
The cheering began in the last half of the
second when Turner, who had reached third
on Wild pitch, tried for home and was put out
~ Snyder Ward and McGuirk made a large
and juicy kick, claiming that somebody
handed the ball TO Snyder from the players
bouch. Stanton was irm and the game went
o..
49, uWen made the most successful hunt OF the
uoason In the third. ana was brought home by a
succession Of safe hits But with the bags full
and only one out the homo team by brilliant
playing saved any more runs.
sammy Smith opened the fourth with two
hnerer Borchers got mad and struck thinner
onf. but the next instant 1900 men and women
1ooe up and let forth mighty yell. Bright had
tackled the business end Of an in-curve and
when last seem the globe dropped gracefully
onto the top Of the left fence and bounded over
Into the hands Of small boy who had slid down
tom tree when he saw It coming.
Hernon's grand running catch of Peoples fly
ahut ont the visitors In the fourth. In the fifth
B0gcheu put safe ny over second. Powell hit
% Lou Camp who threw wild to catch Borchers,
but Hernon returned Il to thinner, catching
Powell Ward was hit by the ball Polhemus
then hit sale, scoring Borchers and Ward.
There were no more runs made until the ninth,
the only feature being Phillips sensational one
hauded stop Of Brights hot grounder
nj the ninth there was the faintest ray of hope
hist Seattle might crawl out through the small
hole left them. Smith and thinner reached the
Ar6t two bases on clean hita Lon Camp got to
'1xst On balls, and the bags full with only one
tout. Borchers forced Smith home by giving
Mccormick four bad balls. Hernon hit 10
Peoples, thinner scoring. but Mccormick was
ioroed ct second Fitzgerald died to Ward, and
The Spokanes had won three games out OF FIVE
~ good luck, bad umpiring and some rather
tai hitting. The SCORE: