The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-05-29

NDIf S~|N smuggling zee ana
@ help themselves
10 was presented them on platter. They
had choice assortment of wagon tongues
with them and made the best use of them.
Lew GiIliiand was the unfortunate who
faced the visitors at the start and he
pitched to just four batsmen. He had no
more control than vessel with her rud-
der gone in storm. Three of the four
men each secured a gift of first base on
balls and the other landed on the ball for
asingle.
Then Cunning went into the slaughter
pen and furnished amusement for the rest
Of tine game. Except at rare intervals the
men who faced him had an easy time of
it. Whenever the ba i came over the plate
they had no trouble in hitting it, and
when they didn't hit it a wild pitch or
base on balls answered their purpose Just
sswell. Although Dunning did not quite
reach Gilliland's degree of wildness he
gave four men bases on balls and made
four costly wild pitches.
With the stick the home team could do
nothing at all. Four stingy little singles
is all they could find in Leiper's puzzling
delivery. In only one inning did they get
aman beyond second base, and their only
run was a gift, pure and simple, when
with the bases full, base on balls forced a
man home In the field their work was
devoid of snap and is not properly indi-
Gated bv the size of the error column. Joe
Lohbeck showed p ainly that he was out
Of place in the outfield and made Billy
Georges single good for two bases by his
poor handling of il. Tommy Hernon
also added his share to the poor work by
NUT of the easiest kind of fly. About
the only really clever BIT of play was
when Sam Laroque went up into air and
pulled down a cannon-baIl drive from
Jake Stencils bat in time to make a
double play.
Mains was slated to do the twirling for
Portland but at the last moment Barnes
changed his mind. Willie had been warm
ing up in practice and as he walked in
from the field remarked that his arm was
all right and he had good speed. The
chance to prove his words was lost, how
ever. In his characteristic way the man.
ager remarked We'll, guess you've had
enough glory by getting your picture in
the paper. You can sit on the bench. The
kid will go in. ~
SO young Leiper. who puzzled the Seat
tie batsmen on Thursday, took another
turn in the box, and his delivery was no
nearer solution than before. He had good
control, worked the corners of the plate to
perfection and made good use of change of
pace. For six innings bis work was SUI
pero, three hits. six strike-outs and a
single base on balls being his record. In
The seventh inning he seemed to lose the
seii-possession that had marked his de-
meanor and lost his effectiveness. Pete
acNahh finished out the game, pitching
the last two innings in good style The
team behind Leiper did their full share to-
ward the result. There was little need of
sharp nelding, as most of their chances
were easy ones, but they were not lacking
with the stick. Billy George. who was
very mild in this respect in the opening
game sawakened recollections of last year
ey the vigorous way in which he smashed
Tue ball. Five hits. one a double, in five
Enes at bat, WAS what the scorer marked
10 hlStcredit. Burns furnished two singles
and double. The Poet" also made a
nice catch of line drive, which he Judged
perfectly and gathered in while running in
10 meet II.
The game opened unauspiciously for
Seattle. Hatfield and Powell went out on
'oat uies. LANCE was given a life by OAR
ran $ poor throw to first, but Minnehan
hied out to Burns. Then Gilliland
marched into the box, and began a per-
ieet exhibition Of how not to steer the
oaii over the plate. Tebeau and White
eseh had no further effort than to let
ioar bad ones go by. Billy George fol-
io@ed with nice single past second. It's
eAectlyeneSs was destroyed, however, by
,ae TACT that Tebeau, growing too am
"''ous, Was thrown out in an attempt TO
ssai third. Jake Stencil also waited for
ease on balls, and then Captain Sam
laroque called Cunning from the bench
V tae box. BY way OF introduction 10
Va new pitcher, with the iniieid playing
oose IN, Burns dropped little fly over
aelf heads and White scored. A single
"errlck scored George. and BALDWIN
'e9'red the side on fly to Hatfield.
for the next three innings there seemed
= good lighting chance for the game, as
.ouhnlnS was fairly effective and for the
.'u'e being had fair support. During that
e'ne oat one run was scored. when Burns
.ea OIL with a iwo-bagger in the fourth and
sSofed on a sacrifice by Baldwin and a
.ngie by Darrah
:, twas IN the fifth that the true aspect Of
,ae game began 10 make itself apparent.
.No singles and a double. two sacrifices.
.'o bases on balls, an error, passed ball
aud Two wild pitches made up the combi-
.Aaon that Melted four runs, and then the
Fame deseneratei into farce. The Port
"a any men, with everything their own way,
q saa plenty of time 10 devote to making
.un OF their unlucky opponents. while the
t.atc oleachers thought now of nothing
sut guying their erstwhile idols. This
aye o. work lasted from that time
.A'ousnout the game. and its close brought
seuse Of relief 10 everybody.
oeattie's only run was counted in the
se'enth, when Leiper let up in his good
A.. sG Danny Minnehan led of with a
40 between short and third. Laro1ue