The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-08-19
AFTER THE PENNANT.
Hatfield's Men Increase Their
Lead in the Race.
.x,p" CAMP PITCHES FINELY.
me HustIers Hit =" Strike-'em-OutF itz'
Hard-Portland Turns the
Tables on Tacoma.


show to win from the Hustlers yesterday
than they did on the day before. and the one
came was almost a repetition Of the other.
The Bunchgrassers put up sharp fielding.
but could make no Roadway against kid"
Camps mastery pitching. At the outset
they seemed to take kindly to his delivery,
but Winfield Scott settled down to work
in short order, and after the third inning
allowed but one hit, and that almost a
scratch. Before that he had been hit for
three doubles, and two of them coming
close together, earned one of Spokane's
two runs of the day. 1t was not a strike
out game but the young twirler kept put
ting the ball over the plate, and made the
imposing batsmen either hit it into the air
ar on the ground to the infield back of
him.
The Hustlers kept up their splendid
Allowing with the stick and gave Fitz-
gerald as warm reception as they did
Borchers on Wednesday. "Strike-em-out
ritz" started out at a speedy pace that
seemed to strengthen his claim to the sug-
restive title given him when pitching for
Seattle in 1880. At the opening of the
game Letcher and Earle hit nothing but
air in swinging at the ball and then the
strlke-out record ended as far as "Fitz"
was concerned. The home team took his
measure and kept the ball going pretty
lively for the rest Of the game. Manager
Hatfield followed up his good work of
Wednesday in trying to make up for lost
time at the bat and gathered in brace of
singles, while his clever base-running
pleased the crowd. Charlie Irwin also
raped the ball safely a couple of times,
and Danny Minnehan kept up his usual
tick. Hassamer finally shook off the un-
lucky star that has followed him
since he Joined the team and
got in his hit, slashing drive over
second base. 1t tickled "Big Bill" i'm
mensely, and he set the stands in roar
by facetiously taking head-first dive into
FIRST base as if on close play, when the
bali was still out in center field. The only
man who did not get a hit was Letcher,
but be, along with kid" Camp, furnished
some pretty sacrifice hitting
The sensational work of the day fell to
Ollie Boards share. Once he cut off q
haehit clear out in left field with one
hand and forced out a man at second base
bysqnick throw. In the fourth he shut out
arm at the plate, when Minnehan tried
to score on Wilson's throw to head off
of the ball while running at full speed in
chasing POLLY" back to first. At another
time be took Earle's hard line drive
neatly and caught Camp off second, COM
pleting pretty double play. Gus Klopf
also made some clever running catches in
center field.
While Seattle was working out the solu.
ton of Fitzgerald's curves the visitors
brought in the first run of the game with
rush. Lew Gilliland opened the second
inning by smashing the ball against the
right field fence for two bases. Beard
flied out to Letcher, but Wilson came up
With two-bagger between Letcher and
Earle and Gilliland scored. Reccius sent
wilson to third with sacrifice hit, but
Fitzgerald struck out.
In the fourth the Hustlers buckled down
towork. Willie Lange walked to first on
balls and took second on Minnehan's hit
to right. Hassamer hit pop-t1y to Fitz-
gerald in attempting bunt, and then
"Polly" followed with liner over Phil
Reccius' head, sending Lange home and
Minnehan to third. At the first chance
Polhemas ran down toward second and,
being headed off by Wilson's throw to
Beard. turned back, while Minnehan
started home. While running after
Polly" Beard made a pretty throw to
wilson in time to retlye Minnehan. Hat
field went ont at first on groUnder to
Beard
The fifth inning proved kind one Cor
the home team. Charlie Irwin opened it
With short lily that fell safe in left field.
Kid" Camp, after worrying the infield
tonsiderably by his repeated attempts to
ouns the ball with the handle of his bat,
niiafed the crowd by dropping a little
slnsis over Raymond's' head. Letcher's
tacnkee advanced both runners, and
Billy Earle's single past Beard scored
taem. Billy took second on the
throw in. went to third on
Lange's sacrifice and scored on q short
passed ball. Danny Minnehan hit safe
and Hassamer reached first on Gilliland's
nun Of Reccius' assist, but both were left
when Beard made a wonderful one-handed
stop OF Polhemus' hit and threw HASA
mes out at second.
Hatfield led off in the sixth with q
ane'e down the left foul line and then
ssole second in good style. Charlie Irwin
duplicated his managers hit, and while
Vnief' Borchers was fumbling the ball
hatfield scored. Irwin took second on
'he play and went to third when Fitzger-
s'a played kitten with Camps bunt.
Lescher flied out To Borchers and Irwin
Nored after the catch, Camp taking Sec
eha' Earle hit liner to Beard and Camp
Vas doubled up at second.
Loose work in the seventh gave the Wis
"ofs another run. Phil Reccius hit liner
over frst base, which Minnehan Knocked
sosn, but couldn't handle. Fitzgerald
INTO Irwin and forced Reccius at second.
'aeh camp in trying to catch Fitz nap
sae threw wild past first and sent him TO
,a''o Borchers went to first on balls.
safr Int to Hassamer. who threw Borch-
our at second, while Fitzgerald scored.
asmond flied out to Letcher.
sae Hustlers got back" the run do
In the seventh. and then the score
10 grow. Charlie Irwin completed
1fcnit OF the bases by some very clever
) After being biz by pitched ball.
ss.aPs sacrifice 10 Beard sent Irwin TO
49, irom where he scored on passed
r. Leteher went out on 3 line hit TO
Aien. The score:
ls;eA.. ARR R.H SH SR. P.o A. &.
I Esss:e - i,'....... : . 3 9 . 9 9
,e..-.-...... 4 . n n