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

hundred people witnessed the gameA And now
that the boys are In 1t, let the leaders watch out
Batting, base running, coaching, sacfifce hit
ting, fielding, Tacoma has her share of al these;
and, besides. Mcvey and Ardner have shaved OF
their weighty, flowing mustaches. what sac
rifcei But 1t was hit,
After the rain, which helped crops but did not
bring money to the management. the clouds
rolled by today and the sun shone upon great
ball playing. Tanning had supreme control oil
the ball, and the way he wound 1t shout the
nccks and bats OF the visitors made them dizzy.
For four innings they never saw FIRST and
after Mannasau placed a lucky two-bsgger
against the left field fence, Tanning devoted
himself to keeping the Spokanes from scoring,
and he did. Now a coat of whitewash looks
nice If applied to a tree or fence to keep of
bugs, but when it adorns nine active, robust
human beings, it is trifie out of place. Be IL
said to Spokane players credit, they made a
great effort However the speed and accuracy
with which the ball was fred over the plate
kept q complete anchor on their base-running
abilities. The nearest the visitors came TO scor-
Ing was in the fourth. After Miller hit the cir
cumambient atmosphere three times. Mannasau
made scratch hit for second, which he was
glued to until Poihemus had flown out and
Turner had taken base on balls Here the
base runners tried an old chestnut and stole
base apiece, Cody being undecided where to
OF Jacks wrath by striking out on all sorts OF
pitched balls, whose deceptive sweep kept the
crowd frantic.
After this effort nothing notable was done till
the ninth when Polhemus wound his way
around to third on his two Dagger and a sacri-
fee. But Klopf for a second time cut huge
swsths through the air that made the tall clover
nod in glee at Spokane's third out. The game was
won. Despite the nine large goose eggs that the
visitors had to sit on they had the pleasure of
playing perfect fielding game, the only plays
that had q little rose blush on them were Null
toms throw to first of Routclif-s slow hit, and
Mannassau's high jump and stop of sippi's great
hit to center, which whacked up against the
boards.
The Tacomas started in the first and pounded
out run. Fuller hit safely. Van Zandt thump-
ing hit for two bases in the extreme left hand
corner, Fuller coming all the way around. This
start pleased the crowd, but it was in the sixth
that the boys played ball and ran bases with
reckless abandon. Routcliffe made a slow hit
to short and beat the ball TO first and stole
ond on the first ball pitched. Fuller hit safely,
and also stole second, Routcliffe not being able
TO score on the close return of the ball. Van
Zandt took first on the play that retired Rout-
clife at the plate, something that that player
ought not have attempted. Van Zandt promptly
led boldly Off for second and stopped half way
to let Fuller in from third, which the player did
TO the utter satisfaction of the crowd.
In the ninth the boys touched up Conover.
McVey hoisted one over the center wall for four
bases. Sippi again hit for two bags over Man
nasau's head. Berger hit a pop to short left,
| sippi scoring. With the exception OF Sippi's
error in the fifth the boys played great ball.
| Cody's catching, Ardners base play and Sippi's
were OF q high standard. Berger, in the field,
| again took the crowd by sensational catch OF
what looked like a safe hit For the visitors
| Conover and Klopf took the lead in fielding
Batting honors were devided by RoutcliT Nc.
vey and sippi. There will be another game to-
| morrow.
| The score: