The morning call., 1892-01-04
JIGGS' TRIPLE PLAY.
II Dazed the Dukes and Paved
the Way 10 Victory.
The Greatest Cams Of the Season Winds Up
With a Garrison Finish-POrtland
One Game Ahead.

fnI lives. During the whole afternoon
thrills chased up aud down their backs IKE
intermittent chills aud fever. Alter Il as
all over and the crowd had started home
little groups of cranks gathered here ana
there on corners TO discuss the Starting
events of tie day, chief among which was
Tom PARROTS brother J!sgs and MS Won
derful dOingS.
jugs is deserving of MI the encomiums
that can be heaped upon him, Tor TINS
Young man meets all the requirements OF
that which is sometimes spoken OF IN poLite
society as loo loo. His brother Tom IS
also one, but he has gone back to Portland
and is therefore no longer IN ii.
San jose and Portland went into the
fifteenth game Of the series with the Coast
championship twisted up into hard KNOT.
They played two hours ana hall win
VARYING success, accompanied by large
and yoluminous racket Twice was the
score tied and then. with victory safely
within their grasp, the Dukes went down
before the Oregon men, who pulled out with
q rOseate-hued Garrison hulSh IN the ulnLh.
Score, 5 10 s.
SUNDAY gatherings, hut It had lis lungs
along, and they were all IN good working
order Sectional prejudice vas uecl4edly
pronounced, and whenever Captain Buck
or Glen made up his mind To KICK he Aad
large and enthusiastic support on each mo-
mentous question of base ball law.
Not asIngle technicalty OF even the most
trivial nature was overlooked by either gen
eral Of the diamond, Several kicks oc-
CURED, but the greatest Of these was IN TIE
sixth inning, when JlggS paTalyZed the
Dukes. so to speak, by his remarkable per
foTmance at third base, which resulted III
TRIPLE plaV. The Dukes we're simply daZed,
and should take their thinkers out and
grease them, to insure quicker action
CHANGES IN THE LIST.
Before going int the details Of the triple
play, il Will be necessary to relate the chain
Of circumstances leading up to 1t, after
which extended mention will be made of
Jiggs ParrUtt, whose picture should have
long e'er this been printed in the Eastern
sporting papers as that OF rising young
ball-player.
circumstances. Nicholas conduct in the
box had no direct bearing on the triple but
had he acted differently The result OF this
uBlooked-tor disaster would not have been
so hearlrending. SUI, Nicholas did quite
well during those lucid intervals when he
put the ball over the plate.
In the opening preIminaricS, when Buck
and Glen tossed up for place, they both
walked off and lett the coin lying on the
ground. This was looked upon rs a bad
ingy rare occurrence. However, Portland
won the toss, and in less than TWO minutes
Pap I.ytle had struck himself out and gone
back to the bench. Pap heads the batting
list again because be made three hits Sat
urdsy.
Gltnalvin dropped one safe over Bucks
head, but the next two men went out IN
nice order, and Nicholas G. L0okabaugh
was popuiaTly supposed to be pitching
great bail.
discovered that another change, the seventh
in as many days had taken place in their
batting. BlOCkeTS Hauly was now the rec
OgnL-d leader, presumably because he
made two doubles on Saturday. Any man
who Is sufficiently gifted 10 exc out a hit
now and then IS considered powerful
enough l. lead The san jose batting-liSt
Old BluckeTs hddled around a while,
knocked q few fouls and finally punched an
easy one to MI MCNa0O aud " as thrown
out at first. Big Bill Everett and Captain
Buck each selected bats with holes in them.
and after the ball had slid through three
times the young men Of the arena changed
sides again.
EFFECT OF TwO-BAGGERs.
It was about this time that Captain Buck
and Nicholas q. L0Okabaugh made up
their minds TO contribute four runs TO the
Portland fund. Why they should do this is
not known, unless they love to watch the
young men of the opposition as they caVort
from bag to bag
Joe Shea. who had a feeler knocked off
his right claw by q fly ball in Saturdays
game, opened this part of the proceedings
by touching off a twO-baggeT to far lett
field using the hrst ball pitched for this
purpose. Mr.. Shea easily made second
base before tile bail got back to the game.
There seems 10 be a Singular fatality at
tached to two-bagger accumulated the
first time up of the hrst ball pitched. Tue
man who does 1t usually puts IN the rest OF
his time industTiOusly striking out. 1t Is an
open question as to whether or not pTena-
ture tWO-baRger paralyzes the batting lunc-
lions Statistics 60 to show that 1t does.
Shea famed out three times after his ex-
plolt Yesterday; Motz did the same thing a
few days ago, and so did JiEgs Parrot
and 0wney Patton. But We dIgress from
the original subject and VIII now return ~
Mr. Shea on second base.
Billy LANCE followed Shea with
gTOunder to Ebright, who made throw
which had better been left unthTOwn for
all the good it did. LANCE fell all over
himself and reached the bag in a rather
confused aud untidy heap. Cousin Park
gave Buck another chance with nice easy
bunt, but he made the same kind of a
throw. Shea scored, LANCE fell on down to
second base and Cousin Park slid into the
Initial bag.
While Jiggs was at bat he knocked foul
or two, each one Of which was signal for
Mt LANCE to fall along in the direction Of
third base. Once he reached the goal Of
his ambition and fell on the bag.
NICHOLAS PARTIAL ECLIPSE.
After several experimental fouls Jiggs
landed single Ia deep right Mr.. Lange
put IN a noble squirt and tried to score from
second. but alasl his feet got tangled when
within few yards Of the plate and he fell
again with dull, sickeuing thud aud Hank
Spies went up and tagged his PROSTATE
frame while a triumphant CLEAN shOne in
his dark blue Sacramento eyes.
McNabb sacrificed, Lyle got a base on
balls, GlenalVin followed suit, forcing in
Cousin Park. Then Work bit to Big Bill,
who took the ball and pressed IL fOndiy to
his bosom until too late to eaten the runner
Jiggs came in here with the third run.
Lookabaugh then suffered another partial
eclipse and gave MotZ his base forcing in
Lyle. MI. Shea next appeared and blitheIy
struck out with visions of another two bag
ger floating before his eyes. Mr. Sheas I'M
professional conduct left three men stranded
on the circuit.
Three pitched balls retired the Dukes In
their half Of the second. keitZ flew to
LANCE, and Spies and StallingS went out on
assists from McNabb. The Portlands also
went out in order in their half of the third
owing to the fact that Nicholas G. Looka-
baugh put the ball where they could bit il.
In tine third Tor the CalifOTniaHs DOOleY
and Sharp made easy outs, and then Looka-
bsugh tried his hand. The pitcher was
other, but he paid no attention to the demon
stration other than to poke d grounder to
McNabb, who let 1t get away, and the first
thing Nicholas knew he was standing on
first base feeling for his second wind.
Then old BlVckers, whose shape makes
him a dangerous competitor to Charley
DOoIey for the proud distinction as the
Apollo Belvldere of the diamond, smashed
out single. Big Bill touched off double
along the thrd-bas line, and Lookabaugh
got in with his tally amid great applause.
THREE on ONE PLAY.
Nothing further OF note took place until