The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-05-17
THIS WAS A CORKER.
Seattle and Tacoma Play
Twenty-Five Innings.
HOME CLUB WINS AT LAST.
Almost an Erroriess Game-spokane
Beats Portland in Ten Perfect In
nings Historic Long Struggles.


crowd Such cheering, and shouting. such mad
favipg OF the benches with heavy seled boots
and shoes, such demonical yells, ana sueh
rafting Of ciapboards on the grand stand with
canes and umbrellas, in fact such fury OF dis
cordant and ear-splitting noises, has seldom
been heard at any game In any country. In
proportion to the shouting and cheering assem-.
biaee. the crowd that egged both teams on TO
victory ut the Tacoma baseball grounds this
afternoon could not be outdone even by q
wildly excited throng witnessing closely con-
tested Roman chariot race, such as General Lew
Wallace depicts in "Ben Hur."
9Tndced from the start interest In the game
was intense, and as inning after inning rolled
up the excitement was famed beyond the white
heat point and passed into thin air, and then the
hilarity became infectious Everybody yelled.
Mutual friends jabbed eaeh other in the ribs,
smashed hats, stamped, roared, hurrahed,
screamed themselves hoarsc and fell back into
their seats exhausted. Up to the fifteenth
and sixteenth inning the fellows who don't in
duige in "unsecmly hiiarity' at baseball game
kept comparatively straight faces, but as the
astonishing record kept on discounting itself
even the stoics yielded ana began "whooping II
up with the majority.
BOYS on the bleachers blew rasping sounds
from big tin horns, and let out cat calls that
brought swarIns Of people to the surrounding
house tops and telegraph and telephone poles.
serenity Wens over 10 MOUTH Ahu st1C
crowd ehcercd and perspired
For once the ..kiekers" gos the worth OF their
money. They admitted 1t and will hereafter
attend all the games. They believe Tacoma's
team can play ball "a little after all, and that
the boys are worthy OF their support
Both teams worked Us II the fesultwere mat
ter of life and death. Determination, grim and
suIlcn, possessed them toward the finish. They
did not laugh. Nothing seemed ridiculous 10
them. Fully one-eighfh OF the audience OF 800
was from Seattle. They encouraged their lad
dies magnificently. Each team had won one of
the two games already played, and Manager
Powell of the visitors hoped 10 capture this,
tho third of the series. But he
and his men did all they could and
lost to sin the twenty-second inning.
This beaw the record in the number OF innings
played by any two professional baseball teams.
Harvard aud Princeton amateurs played twenty
five innings and were stopped going further on
account OF darkness. but Tacomas and Seattlcs
record beats the professional record.
Several times was the phenomenal game lost
and won. BY the most careful, close playing
Seattle tied in the same inning every chalk
made by the home team, after the limit was
reached In the ninth. Aside from a couple of
errors made By Fuller In the beginning, the long
struggle was almost perfect. The fielding was
admirable, and the same must be said of the
running OF bases. but above all Donahues pitch
ing Is deserving of the honors
Donahue pitched the twenty-five innings
without showing the least sign OF losing his
grip and in the twenty-second inning he made
beautiful two-basc strike aud scored the win
ming run, Routclifre batting him In. Then he
got In the box and struck out two men,
The great number of men left on bases and
the great number of flies gracefully helded by
both teams were features. Powell's oftrepeated
injunction while coaching his men, every
hGAu all. hall al IS
seems to have gone home TO both teams Everys
body did play ball aud the sport was magnifi-
cent OF course after so much pounding. the
ball became punky towards the end OF the
game, aud the best the best batter could hope to
do was to send It out in the territory of the out
field. As result many were the flies taken into
camp. The balls were ielded quickly and
accurately by both teams.
In the first Routcliffe took first on balls and
Cody went to first on balls. Mcyey hit to Shea
and was doubled up with Cody by thinner,
shoeneck completing the double play. Fuller
went out at first For Seattle Herman few out
10 Maskrey. Shea took first on McYey's wild
throw, stole second and scored on Powelrs hit.
Powell stole second. Newman flew out Shoe
neck hit for a base. scoring Powell Irwin was
put out at first
In the second Ardner went out Berger struck
out Zippi got his base on balls. Maskrey hit
safely and stole second. Both were left on
Donohuea fly to Shoeneck. thinner struck
out o'Neill and Snyder went out at first
In the third Routciiffe hit safely Cody sacri.
feed. Mcvcy got his base on balls Fuller hit
for two bases. Ardner singled, scoring Mcvey
and Fuller. Berger took first on shea's error
sppi few out 10 iiernon For Seattle Hernou
flew out TO Fuller. Shea got safe to first on Full
lers tumble, stole second and came home on
Powell's sacrifice. Newman went out from
Ardner to Sippi
In hO
clihe few out to schoeneck and Shea. schoe-
neck singled, took second on passed ball, but
was caught at the plate by MeNeys assist to
Cody. Irwin took first on an error. thinner
hit safe, but was forced out at second by Neill,
who was safe at first o. Neill was caught steal.
ing second
In the fifth Cody flew out 10 thinner. Mcvey
took his base on balls. Fuller sacrificed. Ard
ner went out at first Snyder got his base on
balls. Hernon sacrificed Shea and Powell few
ont on long hits to Berger.
In the sixth Berger lined 70 Irwin sippi took
his base on balls aud stole second Maskrev got
his base on balls Donohue hit safe and scored
sippi Routeliiie forced Maskrey ont ut third
taking first ON the play. Cody new out to shea.
Newman flew 10 sipri. Sehoencck took first on
rulers error and stole second. Irwin flew 10
Berger. thinner singled TO right. Schoeneck
was caught az third.
In the seventh keenan, succeeded o'NeiIl In
the box. MeNey took first on balis, hat was
forced at second, Fuller taking first on the plav
Fuller was caught stealing second ArGuer flew
cat TO Powell. Keenan, flew 20 sippi. SNYDER
new to sippi. Hcrnon few 10 Maskrey.
IN the eighth Berger went out at first Sinpi
took nrst on Twins error by running into
Keenan,. He was caught stealing second Mas
kfey hew out to shea. shea few 10 sippi.
foweii hew TO Bontotsc. Donohge muaed
Newman's fly. shoeneek went out from Fuller
10 Sippi
In the ninth Donohoe got base on balls
konfelihe few 20 Newman nouohoe WAS
forced at second by Cody's hit Cody was
forced at second by Mcvey Irwin few TO
Ronteliie. Cody took Zimmer's foul Keenan,
struck cut
III the tenth Fuller went ont from keenan, N
schoeneck. Ardner took trSt on Zimmer's muff
81 hts fly. Berger flew to Powell Sippi got =
base on balls MoNey aew 10 Newman. SNYDER
went out from Fuller to sippi. Hernon was out
rom AeNey 10 siPpi. Routelitie took Shea's
line hit
10 the eleventh nonohue went ont from Irwin
10 shoeneck. RoutciifIe was hit in the head
es pitched hall, and then caught mapping AZ
INST. Cody Few 10 Powell Powell went orr
from Ardaer 20 Slppi. Newman Jew oyIt IN
henteiihe schoeneck hit for two bases Irwin
went out from Ardlner 70 Powell
In the thirteenth MeVcy took his hsse on
saas' eus was forced az second by FulIer's hit.
Aransr toulcG cat 70 snyder. Berger died AZ
nsI hernon few Out 10 Sippi. shea few out
70 hoaseliae, Powell singled. Newman ney
Quito RogteliRe
10 TIE fourteenth McNey struck ont Fuller
.'e" cut 20 seheeneek. Ar6neF went out al frs.
ssaeenee6 was out from Arduer to sippi. Irwin
s'seeS our thinner was ont at firsi
a.. - sae nlteenta Berger went 0ut at tir~t. sipni
Asw Guy TO Newman. Maskrey hi for two bass
sas@ poaehae Tor three hsseS Rogtclige Jew
- toWelL keenan, hit scratch three
-. NAlca Iassea MasArev. SNYDER Wont