The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-10-01
PORTLAND GOES UP.
.she Advances Another Notch
in the Pennant Race.
SPOKANE GOES DOWN A PEG.
w1hfoesers Win From Seattle, but
Bunehgrsssers Lose to Tacoma
Two Good Struggles.


~s,souence, the victory won by Portland
~ we'll earned and obtained only
{ s11sr desperate struggle. For seven
S1aincS il was one of the prettiest contests ever
- On the Madison street grounds, but in the
~ inning fortune favored Portland. and the
- team saw four .sweb-footers' cross the
-. making the score to l in favor of the
zkItors.
fsup was in the box for Seattle and McNabb
= Portland. The work of the former was I'M
r.stIousbly fine, and with the exception OF
zudjng SIX men to bases on balls and hitting
6.nere who scored, his work could not be criti-
sfued He was very speedy, and the sharp out
-, vss all LANCE wanted to handle. Langes
~ vss not up TO his usual style, and the Wis
- asols bases at will.
NrNsbb and Wilson did the battery work for
fnrtisnd to perfection. Both were new men to
5 areftle crowd, and this, of course, made their
rork Of special interest to the faithful few who
knxed the chilly atmosphere to enjoy the
IN At no point in the game did McNsbb
eeeken His work was steady, effective and
.druf;Hc 1t seemed almost impossible for
lsattle batsman to hit the ball squarey, and
sssn when one did it was gathered in
rIfh ali the ease imaginable. Glenal-
III played as pretty q game at second
s one could desire, and In the third inning
eDooped up Camps hot grounder near second in
naenincently at first, got in two hits just when
ar were needed. George accepted four chances,
n Ieft one of which was brilliant
,unuIne catch Of Schoeneck's foul fly. White
Nd made fine stop of Langes ground hit
elose % second and succeeded in putting out
p0ve1 who was forced. The local players were
al 81 circus plays as well as the visit
a. and when Irwin picked up Glenal-
xius lot grounder back OF third base and
:, = 6pofi In m IN va n he
sroxd e6me very near becoming enthusiastic.
irwin um not satisfied with one piece
II Militant work and in the third
msde xonderful catch of Abbey's long
foul a. 1o Shea electrified the crowd by max
isssonebsnd stop and pick up of Glenalvin's
rrouDdM Powell had one hard chance on q
losel5 that was accepted in fine style.
AZ tie bat Motz excelled. but Darrah and
2 VAikhead both made good line hit in the in
nng which proved to be seattle's Waterloo.
SANDY" McDermott did the umpiring. and
b decisions were excellent it was thought by
she crowd that he WAS hard on Camp, but the
umpire may be safely considered to
hase an advantage in judging balls and
asikes over those who sit in the grand
sand many feet away from the plate. Seattle
hm no place to gain in the pennant race and
the team has no love for either Spokane or Port
land; but those who love the national game for
ilelf want to see every game played on its
merits, and more particularly every contest
hat affects the championship. For this
leason the work Of the umpire
more closely watched than ever be-
fore, and any disposition ON his part
b give either team an undue advantage would
Be met with an indignant protest from every
hir-minded man on the grounds. "Sandy"
ncDermott is known to be as honest a man as
Ner handled an indicator, and he will doubt
less use his finest skill in making every decision
b the few games that remain.
For three innings not one OF the local team
N frst base, their efforts resulting as a rule
81 pop fiys or easy hits to the infield. Portland
1asmuch more fortunate and scored in the first
ming Lytle was the first man up, and drove
{tpt bounder to Camp, who fumbled, but re-
oared in time to retire the runner. Glen
In hit a sharp grounder over third,
1t Irwin made beautiful stop
I'd threw to first like shot, retiring his man
mid considerable applause. George was hit by
ne OF Camps speedy outs and took first.
Iange threw wide and although Phelan
made fine stop the runner was
nie At second. Abbey got first on balls, and
Aotz came to the bat Two strikes were called,
but be caught the next ball and sent it flying
past Camp and over second, scoring George and
placing Abbey on Third. Whitehead flied to
Irwin, ending the inning.
The second and third innings were marked by
sharp work. but not a player went beyond
second
In the fourth Hernon caught the first ball
pitched for q single to left. Powell made a fine
scientific bunt in front of the plate, and on his
out 1t first Hernon reached second. LANCE flied
hIgtle. Newman drove a liner to center and
hefnon scored from second.
Seattle went out in order in the sixth and
seventh, but it took the sharpest kind of work
pReyent Portland from scoring
nme eighth the spell was broken and Port
asnQ scored four runs Seattle in her
mai got Z man as far as second, but
sne next tHo men were easy outs George
reached fra. on balls Abbey hit fly between
lamp aad Schoeneck, both of which went for ii.
ihe ball struck ground, and before Schoeneck
reached first with the ball the runner
wm safe. Motz drove a liner to right
snu Hernon let IL go through to the
fence two runs coming in. Whitehead put one
ever hfst base for two bags, scoring Motz.
pafrah lined the ball TO center and Whitehead
u1ed TO score but was run down between home
saa third base. Darrah took advantage of the
ehase after Whitehead and reached third. Wilson
vent 20 first on balls and started for second.
LANCE threw down and Darrah made for the
Plate. Phelan returned the ball TO LANCE but
not In time to shut off Darrah, who scored. Nc
Aabb ended the agony by flying out to Newman.
In the ninth Seattle made an effort TO score,
but was only permitted to reach second.
Hefnon hit to Darrah who made light
ming throw to first Powell hit nice
singie to left. Lange drove the ball near Sec
ond, but Whitehead made great block and put
Tie ball on the base in time to retire Powell
Newman flied to George and the game was
ended. The score: