The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-06-08

put out, but he Immediately crawled back over
the little fence that separates the bleachers
from the field. This time Captain Jack spotted
him. and without any preliminaries lifted the
astonished fellow from his feet and set him
down on the other side Of the fence. When last
seen, about an hour after the contest ended, the
enthusiastic sport was still on the grounds, dis
cussing the beauties of the national game with
Ground Keeper Curry.
Amos Rusie, the crack pitcher OF the New York
team, is only 20 years OF age Heis q powerfully
built young man, standing 5 feet, III inches
high and weighing 100 pounds He 10 q native
OF Indianapolis and was playing ON the COM
mons OF that city when toward the close Of the
season OF 1889 he was given chance to show bis
skill with the league team at IS game. He
was an immediate success and soon rose to the
front rank among pitchers
Ben Sanders, with the Philadelphia Players
League team last year, is one OF the few players
who have quit professional ball of their own
accord. Sanders recently refused an of 5000
from the Philadelphia league club for the bal
ance of the season. preferring to devote himself
TO his profession OF civil engineer, in which he
is just starting out.
Eugene II. Curry, ground-keeper at the Madi
son street park, received dispatch Saturday
announcing the sudden death OF his father al
Galveston, Tex. The senior Curry was great
baseball enthusiast, and although about 70 years
old. never missed game.
Osborn's error in Saturdays game was curl
Gus one thinner hit a single over second. The
big center fielder picked up the ball, but In
attempting to throw it in it slipped out Of his
fingers and few over his head. In the mean
time thinner took second.
Fat mems clubs from St. Louis and Chicago
will shortly do battle In the Windy City club
are Ed Williamson and EN- Gross, both famous
professionals st. Louis viii have George
McGinnis, Tom Dolan, Dick Mappes and Johnny
Peters, all of whom played ball for living for
years.
Pither Fitzgerald, of last seasons seattles is
reported to have signed with Louisville. With
proper coaching "Strike-'em-out' Fitz ought to
prove a success. He won his first game on last
Thursday, against the strong Boston team, by
score of to 5.
When Frank Ward left Sacramento he led the
California League in batting and was second in
the number of stolen bases. In thirty-six
games he had batting average OF .36l, stole
twenty-four bases and scored forty-one runs.
new pitcher has joined the Portlands in
the person of J. l. Shiets, young blood from
Hampton, La. Shiets has been pitching for
Cedar Rapids, of the Illinois-Iowa League, and
comes highly recommended.
In yesterdays game Camp and Parrot had the
same number of struck-outs and the same num-
Der OF men to bases on balls, but Camp got the
best of it by hitting Motz in the neck twice
with the ball
Eighteen men, each of whom 10 minus an arm
or leg, or in some cases both arms or legs,
played game of ball a few days since at st.
Louis The Blues defeated the Reds by score
OF 81 to Is.
Ball players seem TO be peculiarly susceptible
to consumption. The latest victim is Jim Whit
ney, the once famous pitcher of the Boston
League club, who died at Binghamton, n. Y, re-
Gently.
One of Tacoma's baseball scribes, who has q
distorted Amelie Rives style of throwing adjee-
tives into his products, has dubbed the Tacoma
team "Maskrey's sun-spots."
The compositor in Saturdays issue made
thinner begin his professional ball playing in
1852. Matt is young blood and first went out
the season before last.
Camps underhand outcurve seemed to bother
Pop" Lyle, and the mighty slugger failed TO
swell his batting average as he usually does
with most pitchers.
Witnock, who pitched for Portland last year
is with Terre Haute, Ind. Mills, who caught
for the champion Spokanes, Is with the same
team.
\ Oakland claims to have signed Pat Wright to
Way second base. Pat has been playing with
Noria, ILL.,, but is on Tacoma's reserve list.
Nave Rowe, OF Lincoln, recently made an ex-
ordinary first base record. He had no put
|
Aoeueck's first base play is unexcelled. He
mas easy catches OF what would be circus
cafes for most basement
Bt George has been credited with errors in
put game out of Twenty-Five. He got in
tnreeiat day, however.
Muray and Bays, who were with Portland
last ye are playing with La Grande, of the Pa
cine inrstate League.
The sitting around of Tacoma's infeld by
placing lppi at short and Mcvey at first seems
10 De wo1ng well.
irwin SINS to have lost his batting eye en-
ureiy. Hsteps away from the plate when he
should stan up.
charlie Sseney, the one-time king of pitch
ers, is playit with Santa Rosa, Cal, amateur
team.
Emmerke I'd Muualy, of the spokanes of
1880, are doinSattery work for walla walla.
Betz was leftehind at Portland by GIenalvin.
Graft is the BIT catcher in the league.
1t takes swifsprinter to beat the ball to first
ona ount III "Jies" PARROTS direction
New Haven peole still have longing for Lew
schoeneck, their iol OF last season.
Dick Van Zandt ed batting average of only
.l9S in the Californt League
Matt thinner baed right-handed SATURDAY.
and got in two nice tngles
Portland's outfields weak in throwing. Not
SO with the infield, h&ever.
Osborn gives promA of ranking among the
first batters in the leage.
| Motz is the most reliaQe batter In t,a por,
land team in pinch.
Berger's center field plS for Tacoma On thu
| sensational order.
| 5us Land, with Portlandlast wear. +, cv.,,rr
| for Bradford, Pa.
Tacoma and Spokane pay of a posponed
I game today.
a Big Bill Hsssamer is batting poorly fr San
a Francisco
T George Mutton is doing god work f~ sno.
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GENERAL FIELD sPOKTs.