The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-04-18
TAG ON THE BASES.
The Seattle Team Scores Eleven
Runs in One Inning.
TACOMA LOSES A SECOND GAME
-Four Pitchers Give Exhibitions of Their
Curves-spokane Defeats Port
land Once More.

and Seattle each had to show two pitchers
in today's contest. Clark Griffith started
In for the home club and did very well for
the first three innings, but in the fourth
Powell's lads found his curves, and his
/ nerve as well, and sent eleven men around
!. abe circuit before three hands were put
Ffout. After that Cross was put in, and for
n four innings held the visitors down to
L three hits and two runs. Gilliland pitched
T the first three innings for Seattle. While
much steadier than in last Mondays game,
the big southpaw lacked speed, and he
was replaced by McGinnis in the fourth
This youngster had stiff arm and
was in no condition to pitch. His team
having the very comfortable lead of nine
tallies he took matters easy, and still but
4 three hits were made off him in six inn
/ ings. The field play of the Seattle team
was almost perfect. Irwin accepted eight
chances without an error, and cut off two
or three drives that every one thought
safe. Hatfield distinguished himself at
short by brilliant work, and Laroque did
some very clever playing at second, his
error-and the only one made by the team
was on the next to the last
play in the ninth inning, on
an easy grounder. 1t cost nothing.
!. The double plays of Laroque to Hatfield
TO Ryn, and Irwin to Laroque to Ryn
were done with lightning rapidity at crit
ical periods. Cartwright stood out from
among his contemporaries like knot on
snake whip. Nothing ratified him.
{ Some of his postures in taking balls thrown
& by his infield were so Delsartean as to be
almost agonizing. Nothing could be sent
Z within radius of two feet but was taken
cleanly and scientifically.
J 1t is too early to condemn bad ball play
ing. The early season, the lack of genuine
. practice are responsible for all the mis-
1 haps that occurred today. Difficult plays
we're crowded one upon another in such
profusion as to make accurate playing an
impossibility. If there Is any one to blame,
Captain Patton, perhaps, is the man.
When Hatfield and Ryn were sent to first
on called balls and Laroque hammered out
o two-bagger, which, with wild pitch,
brought in two runs-after all this Cap
j tain Patton might have been prompter in
calling Cross into the game. Later in
4 the season this should be the plain
: duty of captain, it being
justice to the erratic twirier and to the
public. But there were two reasons why
1t was not done today: The opening OF
the race when the first few games are prac-
tically wind getters, and when a new
pitcher should have fair trial.
If there should be any doubt about the
genuineness of the case of razzle dazzle that
caught the home team in the fourth, one
should only have been present to
witness. Doubles by Powell, Laroque,
LANCE, McGinnis, singles by Hat
field and Lange, Works bad muff,
Sippi's tumble. four bases on
balls, two wild pitches, one passed ball
and some clever base running on the part
of the Seattles made combination that
brought Joy to the 400 Seattle people pres
ent. In the batting Lange, Powell and
! Hatfield excelled for the Seattle team.
Cartwright did noble work with his stick
in sending long drive over the center
wall, but Routcliffe earned the honors by
his base running. In the first and third
innings he tore around the paths as has
never been equalled on this diamond. In
the first, taking first on a hit by a pitched
bali, he stole second and to third and home
On short sacrifice fiys to the outfeld. In
the third again, he got his base on balls,
and on Goodenough's sacrifice toward
third he started out again. Irwin made a
quick throw-getting his man at first, but
before Ryn could turn and throw back the
Chicken" was skinning past second for
third. A desperate slide secured the base.
:. Then he walked in on Cartwright's drive
for homer. Lauer's third base play was
Of a high order, but he batted in hard luck.
!, The game showed the crowd how Cross
can pitch, and every one is delighted with
his work. 1t is Slso thought that young
MeGinnis, when he gets limbered up, will
be a "king-pin."
The Seattle team was very gingery, and
Captain Sam Laroque and Manager Powell
did some very clever coaching. The fourth
game of the series will be played off to-
morrow. Score of today's game: