The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-06-18
VERY YELLOW BALL.
Seattles Play Like Amateurs
From Puyallup.
SHOWED UNDER BYTAIL-ENDERs
Borchers Battsd Out Of the BOX In
Portland in the Eighth Inning
Game Today.

whore are the Seattle Marocns, late OF sne
Amateur Lacquer They are wanted 70 nj .ne
uniforms which covered cigar signs yesterusy.
where is Eugene Curry7 He Is needed In the
pitcher,s box. Or the Seattle leaguers might Dc
provided with big corn baskets ~ "nich !"
capture balls and bring them IN from Tue ns ~,
Then. IL the Tacoma pitchers would use pal-
loon for q ball and allow the seal.ie pa'ss.A -
strike at IL with FIR trees, the crowd migns DC
SHARED the humilistiug spectacle OF the nome
team crawling under the huge snow drift pre-
pared by the taiienders-
The game at the Madison street park yesterday
vas no game at all. Powell and MS men aia
not play ball They mufed everything they
could and let the visitors take fwo' tnree anu
four bases on singles. Men were In trance .
the bat and slept on the base lines. Inere Wa
no sgingef." It was fiat, listless game on tne
part of the home team, and Disguised clowu
was glad to see the snappy visitors mop the neia
with them.
Crowell started in 10 pitch and sent all sorts
Of curves over the plate. For three innings no
one could find him. Then Captain Dick Van
Zandt dropped onto the battery signals ana
tipped them of to the batsmen. slaughter
followed. keenan, was substituted in the next
inning but he was an easy mark, and the bases
we're never empty. He received wretched sup
mort. and had no encouragement from any
source.
Cody did great work behind the bat for the
visitors. March was wild and his backstop
saved him several wild pitches. His throwing
10 bases was splendid, and only one man went
down TO second safely without being advanced
by a hit or an error Ardner made great stop
of difficult grounder, Mcvey took in Newmans
hot liner, and Berger did his usual graceful
turn In center Van Zandt's work as team cap
tain and as coacher was the feature OF the
rsme. Hernon carried of the batting honors
for the home team with double and a triple.
Berger for the visitors, got in two singles and q
triple.
After the home team had gone to the field
CrowelI struck Routclife out, and although
Van Zandt reached second through the poor
fielding of Shea, Powell and Newman, the
pitcher kept him there.
In the second Hernon reached second on a
ny to left field and schoeneck was made gift of
frst Mcdonald sacrificed them ahead. Then
thinner brought them both home with a hit to
left and stole second. Irwin stood and waited
while March put three easy ones over the plate.
jumping away when he should have welded
his willow. Crowell lined the ball down past
first and MeVey failed to hold it and thinner
came home Shea flied out to Fuller.
Crowell was an enigma up to the fourth
inning. Then Captain Van Zandt told his men
90 wait for an out-curve, and stood on the
coaching lines and tipped the signals After
Cody had died on Crowelrs assist. Mcyey
reached second on base hit and Newman's
tumble. Sippis two-bagger to right brought
bin home. Ardner hit safe 10 center but New
mans quick return kept Mcvey on third.
Berger hit safe to left and sippi scored. March
got first on balls and the bases were full. Then
Routcliffe sent the ball TO the left field fence
and before it could be found the bags were
empty.
keenan, was substituted in the next inning.
Cody dropped fly back of second and was ad.
vanced by a passed bail. McVey hit safe to
left and Cody scored on Powell's poor fielding.
Ncvey was forced at second by Twins fielding
oil Ardner's hit. Berger's three Dagger to right
field brought Ardner home
In the sixth RoutcliHe dropped fly into right
field and stole second Fuller hit safe to left
field and stole secold. Van Zandt struck out
Routcliffe came home on a passed ball. Cody
flied out to Powell. McVey got first on balls.
Fuller scored on passed ball. Sippi struck out
In the seventh Mcdonald led off with a safe
hit TO left field and reached third on passed
ball. thinner ied ont TO Ardner. Irwin struck
out again. A passed ball let Mcdonald come
home.
In the ninth Hernon lined the ball into right
center for three bases. Schoeneck fouled out to
Van Zandt McDonald's liner was taken in by
Ardner, who threw wild to catch Hernon of
third and Tommy came home. The score.