The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-08-28
pETTY'S GREAT GAME.
The Spokane Sluggers" Robbed
of Their Title.
SEATTLE TEAM PLAYS BALL
..~oma Takes Another Game From
pnxt,.nd-CalifornfaO utfieIders Do
Some sharp Fielding.

v.-t.r6,y,s game of ball, which throughout
!. ,.nefh hung wayering in the balance to I'm
IN arop 70 seattle's side, was OF the kind that
.-..te feyered brains in the most staid specta-
xn,v one club leading, the next inning
!. th<n the other forging ahead, but still with
!. ,,oef uncertain advantage set of conditions
s<vs birth 10 an excitement in which bolster
- -sse-ine "a subdued by the suspense OF the
- 0s--, flrly occasionally did the bleachers
xs.s fnxth and even the wise men in the boxes
$500 forpot 70 volunteer advice. In the grand
1870 ~ the largest crowd of ladies OF the sea-
- .ad tbeir presence seemed to redouble the
$50. uncertainty OF the occasion. After
sssrssv no Alongside of their competitors and
..s.sro them In the fifth, Seattle led by sieu-
- ,,srxu until their closing squirt in the
.gn.b BAT as Dick Van Zant ssgely remarked
srcr, H. coaeher's line, "Were apt to bust out
g. ~ six suy time and not an inch of advau-
s.gs eould be thrown away. The champions
started of with dash and hurrah, that has so
oftea made their advance Irresistible, and
spemed in fair way to settle matters in hurry.
7he pessiraists with their wonted air of owlish
vssion. plunged into the task OF painting
sv.phic nictures OF Petty slaughtered and driven
iysnn his position. The imperturbable young
man from Tennessee was not to be knocked out,
boveyer Instead his pitching grew stronger
md stronger as the game progressed.
Twas most mastery exhibition. He had
almost perfect control aud puzzting change of
race. and used excellent judgment in sizing up
me weak points of the men who faced him.
While he struck out but two of them, it was
only ss infrequent intervals that they could
meet the ball equally. But once, in the fifth
inning vas there falling off in his splendid
work Then the spokanes punched three OF
theirfve hits of the game and scored two runs.
This only seemed TO spur the sturdy twirler to
Increased effectiveness. and not another hit was
inside of bis delivery during the game. In each
81 the succeeding innings but three of the OPP
POSING batsmen toed the plate, except in the
ninth, when Van Zant was given life on shea's
hsfh throw to Sehoencck.
The support behind the Seattle twirler was, as
rule, very sharp and in decided contrast to
shato tie same team on Tuesday. Joe Shea
hsd thres errors, but two of them were on diff
eult chances of hard hit grounders. "Pop'
PAslan euFeFed himself with glory by cracking
out hits sstwo different times when scores were
needed He also cut off a base hit for Borchcr's
By stopping not ground bali in right field.
Shea Her1on, thinner and schoeneck each
Knocked out a timely two-bagger that was fac
tor In the run getting. Big Lewis work on first,
barring the muff OF a foul fly, was excellent, and
hsssyed more than one error by scooping up
low throws. Charlie Newman made fine run
ming catch OF long drive that Turner started
for the extreme corner of the fence.
While Borchers was by no means q soft mark,
With his great speed and sharp curves, the pre-
eision with which the Seattle men swung for
che ball was not to be denied, and the hits came
xhere they did the most good. The fielding of
De Spokanes was as a rule strong, although they
GOT In three errors. Dick Van Zant made
bitch OF his only chance, by high throw to
INST, that landed the ball at the further eud of
tie bleachers. Reliable "Pollyn and Klopf were
The only mi hat pa% &C.
each getting two hits. Jake Stencil had to con-
tent himself with slashing single past short
STOP
.Con" Strothers umpred in unexceptionable
Hyle, and notwithstanding the close fight for
he game, not single kick of any Importance
WAS recorded on either side.
After three Seattle batsmen had been retired
u the first inning, Jake Stencil reached first on
Joe shea's tumble OF hot grounder. Mannas-
m sacrificed him TO second. Klopf planted q
Ms one over short. Polhemus followed with
~ OF his short pushes into right field, and
pzazel scored. Turner hit long fly to center,
uying Newman a chance for a nice catch, and
NHf scored on the sacrifice. Hayes closed the
haing by going out on grounder to Shea
b the second Seattle began to close up the
ppl With one hand out Irwin hit safely over
secoed base. He started to steal second and
veat to third on Snyder's low throw past
Hayes. schoeneck struck out thinner hit an
easy grounder TO Van Zant who fired the ball
TOO high for Stencil, and Irwin scored. Petty
made tue third out
In the fourth the home team caught up. Shea
led oh with atwo-bagger down the LETT field foul
line. Newman flied out to Polhemus, Irwin hit
70 klopf and was safe on a tumble. Irwin
uotted down TO second on the first ball.
schoensek hit to Klopf, who threw out his man
after rolling the ball over several square feet of
ground Shea scored on the play, but Irwin
was thrown out at the plate in attempting to
come home from second
Barnes men started a small-sized streak of
nashng N the fifth that resulted in two runs,
shs iaS they counted in the game Borchers
MI between first and second. and was thrown
CUT aIteF Phelan's neat stop. Stencil hit safe
past snea Mannassau flied out to Hernou.
nsopi nv sale over short, sending stencil to
mira Gus stole second. Polhemus came I'D
Win two-oaeger, and both stencil and Klopf
scoiea- Turner was safe at first on sheas fun
oies' OUT Hayes struck ont
IA lhe SIXTH Seattle again tied the score.
fo~eh made start with a base on balls and
went 20 second on Sheas sacrifice Newman hit
sksoander over second, which Klopf blocked
Iat couldn't handle. Powell scored on the
pay. irwin fied out to Polhemus sehoeneck.
a'ser TWO strikes, hit at one up over his head
SNYDER couldn't reach high enough TO stop liz.
ana Lew was safe, while Newman came home.
sshoeneck was thrown out trying to steal sec
ond.
In the seventh, with two men out. Seattle
scored what proved the winning run. Heruon
MT Tor two bases To left center and took third ON
Wild pitch. niek Phelan drove liner down
the lett held fence and took see,
ond, Heruon scoring. Powell was thrown
out on grounder TO Klopf
In the ninth Powells men made sure OF IN.
game by adding two more runs 10 their score
Lew Sehoeneck hit the first ball pitched for two
bases. Matt thinner followed such a good ex.
ample by hitting the next one for two-basser
Between klopf and Turner Petty's sacrifice
seat Matt TO third, from where he scored on Phe-
has hit over second. Powell hit TO Stencil ard
vas eat at first. Spokane had been going ont
e ofder since the fifth. but kindled moueutary
,selngs OF alarm during their last turn AZ bat.
ssa Isni hit 70 shea, who made nice stop
seus HFew high to Sehoeneek The big man
49, ssns up IN the air and stopped what no other
s.sssssenan could have reached A uassed
SatNan Zant to second, hut he got no
-as'usf snyder AIT a weak one 10 Petty and
ssus Tat first, and Borehers retired on a foul
2 irwin, and Stencil closed the game with a
- % irwin, who threw him out al first. The
sore ANS