The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-08-29
BRAND NEW CURVES.
France, Seattle's New Pitcher,
is a Wizard.
HE HELPED THE HOME TEAM WIN
Tacoma Downed; Score Four to Two
Spokane Defeats Portland, AZ
Usual-Rappold Released.


the Seattle public yesterday afternoon.
The introduction took place at the Madi-
son street baseball park, and his company
for nearly two hours was found extremely
enjoyable. There were nine young men
from up the Sound. however, who are
rendered extremely miserable by the adj
vent of the stranger, and they can be for
given, for they hail from Tacoma.
The young man is Mr.. France, Rock
wells new twirler, and he made his first
appearance on the home grounds yester-
day, against Lucas aggregation-and how
he did pitch! At some point during the
game he famed out every member of the
visiting team, excepting Van Zandt and
Wright.
For the first four innings he retired the
visitors in ace. king, queen order, striking
out five men. and only once during the
game did he let man trot to first on balls,
and that was in the last half of the ninth,
when his arm had grown a trifie tired
from the cannon-balls that he had fired
through to NOW down the enemy by score
of to 2. That's the kind of a pitcher France
is, and matters now look brighter for the
boys in this neck o. woods.
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place of Lou Camp. He played the posi-
ton magnificently, getting three assists
and the same number of put-outs. He de-
termined that the ball would not get out of
his hands, and began to spit upon them
early in the game. In the second inning
he salivated his digits sixty-seven times by
actual count.
Bright, the Seattle short stop, and Matt
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the day. When, in the first inning, Bright
let Earle's grounder go dancing between
his legs, the crowd did lot of thinking,
but after that they cheered the little fellow
for his wonderful work. He stopped every
thing that came his way, and in the fifth
he sent shiver through the Tacomaites.
Fuller was on second and Strouthers came
up and batted a hot grounder between
short and third. Bright made gigantic
bound, scooped it in with one hand and
tossed it to Fender, who touched Fuller
out at third. 1t was the play OF life
time and the applause was deafening. In
the second Earle essayed to steal second.
Snyder fired the ball down. and just before
it reached thinner the sphere took an up
shoot. ''Zim" went up in the sky after 1t
and dropped down on the curly-haired
Tacoma lad with d. s. thud that threw
the audience into frenzy.
The visitorp played grand game them
selves, barring two costly wild throws.
Stephens pitched superbly, and like France,
kept the opposing team down to seven hits.
There were no runs made on either side
until the first half of the third, when Bright
sent clean hit to center, got second on
Pender's sacrifice, stole third and scored
on Frances liner past third.
In the sixth Tacoma tied the score.
Mannassau, after two men were out, drove
the ball to center and came home when
Earle followed with a two-bagger. Fla
herty's throw home rolled to the grand
stand and Earle also dug dirt for the Rubi-
con, but Snyder got the ball and chased
him back toward third. Earle tried hard
to save his scalp. but the enemy were after
him and Bright finally got the put-out.
In the seventh there was plenty of to-
basco sauce. After Smith struck out Zim-
mer lined hot one to Stephens-too hot
to hold, reached first safely and stole Sec
ond. Bright got first on balls. Fender
then made one of the most scientific hunts
of the season, which would have been
good for sacrifice at least, but Stephens
evidently thought Chang, the Chinese
giant, was on first, for the ball went away
high and landed at the beachers. Zim-
mer and Bright scored and Pender was on
third. France sent foul that must surely
descend in the coacher's lines, where
Flaherty was yelling himself hoarse. Ben
Young yelled for him to give Burks a show
to catch the ball, but Pat was a statue.
Burks muffed and Young declared France
out amid some rather strong kicking.
The Tacomas then came up for their half,
and France showed what he could do at
critical junctures. Reidy pasted a two
Dagger to the left fence, and reached third
on Fuller's sacrifice. There was but one
out. France then did not let the ball get
out of the diamond. and, with Bright's as
were shut off at first.
Neither side scored in the eighth.
In the ninth thinner hit to Burks, and
the ball went over Strouthers' head, and
before it got back Zimmer was on third.
Bright flied out, and Pender planted two
Dagger in center, scoring thinner. France
struck out. Hernon reached first on Burks'
tumble, and Fender took third, Flaherty
hit to Burks, and the crowd thought he
beat the ball to first, but Young declared it
out.
Manassau lined a single to left and
reached third on Earle's safe hit to center.
Earle was caght stealing second, but Man.
assau scored. Reidy took first on balls.
Fuller famed out. Van Zandt sent sim
gle to left and the crowd got anxious but
Strouthers hit to Bright and Van Zandt
was forced at the second bag. The score: