The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-10-05
THE FLAG Is WON.
Portland Has the Chinch on the
League Pennant.
BARNES MEN DowNeD AGAIN.
A Very Poor Game Winds Up the Cham
pfonship Season-Seattle Loses
Its Last to Tacoma.


noon to see the Portlands tighten their
grip on the pennant, and when the
last man was out in the last inning they
swarmed upon the field and heartily congratu-
lated Glenalvin's gladiators, the champions OF
1891 II was day of pitchers, um-
pires and hard stick work. Portland
pitched two men and the Bunch
grassers" three. 1t was a hard day on
pitches. "Bumpus" Jones having pa
trioticaly celebrated the Portland vic
tory, was not in good trim, but Nc
Nabb was, and that is where the
rub came. Klopf and Conover We're also
out OF trim. Huston, who succeeded
them, was better off, but was not effect
i've at the critical moment. Umpire
MeDermott was hit by the ball several
times and hurt, and gave up in the fifth
inning Secretary Rockwell, OF the league,
succeeded him, and gave general satisfaction
by his impartial decisions. His first step
was to sit down hard on Jake Stencil,
and after that he was popular. deafen-
ing roar greeted "Pap" Lyle when he
shouldered his stick and marched to the
plate. "Pap'' responded with smasher
to left and dallied at the first bag
while Glenalvin was bowling and smiling and
lifting his cap to show that he appreciated
the pretty bouquet some one sent him. Glen
waited for four wild balls and walked to
first, Lyle trotting to second; wild pitch
on the ball and swiped it for long drive
to center, and "Pap'' and Glen. galoped
home, and the people who had fish horns
blew them, and those who had not yelled like
Comanehes. That was good starter. "Sonny"
Conover, the blonde from Texas, succeeded
"Kid" Klopf in the second, and made
his presence in the box known by
sending "Chappie' Graft to first on four high and
low balls, one after the other. olympus Jones'
sacrifice to Hayes landed Graft on second, and
wild pitch moved him another peg nearer the
goal. Conoyer could not cut the plate for
Lyle and the old man walked, and when he
saw that he was there he surprised himself
. and his friends by stealing second
under cover of Graf. Then Glenalvin
earned his bouquet. He saw the prettiest
kind of hole in short right and dropped the
prettiest kind of a fly right into 1t. Hayes
and Ward sprinted for 1t, but when they
got it the deed had been done, Graft
and Lyle had scored, and the fish horns were
blowing and 1000 people were yelling and say
ing disparaging things about "Dr Cox Ward
and his late chum, the obese "Billy Riley"
McGuirk.
How the Gladiators did mangle "Blondie"
Conoyer's delivery in the third. His
hair actually turned "blondier," so to
speak. Motz hoped on to him at the
start with long crack to left but Man
nassau got under it. Whitehead ham,
mered single to left, and moved up on
Darrah's scratch single to short right.
Crafts groundcr to Conover forced White
head out at third, and the prospects of
run were gloomy. Jones, however, redeemed the
team with q two-bagger to center, and scored
himself on a wild pitch. Poor Spokanel
They did not seem to be in it at
all with the score four to one against them at
the end of the second inning. They scored a run
in the first ON Stencils hot grounder through
Whitehead to LETT, Crafts wild throw and Wards
sacrifice fly to George. But in the third
the bunchgrassers did everlastingly pound
Jones' Poor "Bumpus!' He looked sick,
and very sick at that. Saturdays victory
had been too much for him. Baldwin led
off with a single to right, and then the
fireworks began. Klopf, Hayes, Van
Zant and Stencil followed with terrific
two baggers, scoring five runs. McNabb
then succeeded him and the slaughter
was stopped Both clubs then settled down to
hard work. Huston went in for Spokane in
the fourth, and was more effective than
Klopf or Conover. Wilson went be-
hind McNabb, taking the place of
Graf. This turned the tide. In the sixth Lytle
hit Huston for a single, and George
and Abbey found him for doubles, which
netted two runs. The Spokanes tied the
score ia their half on singles by Baldwin
and Huston, base on balls, Abbey's wild throw
and muff of Conover's fly and Georges tumble
Everybody was in fever of excite
ment when the ninth inning began.
Glenalvin led off with two-bagger
to left, whereat all the people stood up and
yelled. Georges sacrifice fly to Conover ad-
vanced him to third Then Abbey hit
short to Hayes and Genalvin ran
half way up the line to the plate
Hayes lost his head and threw to Stencil
putting Abbey out, and Glenalvin boted
for home, aud reached it by splendid
slide, which caused a renewal of the fish
horn noises and yelling. Motz and Par
rott made singles, but were left on bases,
Darrah striking out. Spokane came within
an ace of lowering Portland's colors in
the ninth. Hayes began by flying out to
Abbey. Van Zant drove hot liner past
McNabb to deep center, and ran to second
on Stencils hot hit, which Darrah could
not handle. Both stole base while
"Baby'' Ward was striking out Then
came the critical moment Mannassau
lifted high fly between center and left
and Van Zant and Stencil started for the
plate. 1t looked very much as If it would
be safe hit, but George ran like demon and
got under it in the nick of time and retired the
side, and thus Portland made sure of the PEN
nant. The score:
PORTLAND.
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