The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-08-15

It was slow game yesterday at Madi-
son street park, but it pleased the crowd
because the Hustlers won and forged
ahead of Billy Work s men in the pennant
race Although the batting was not
heavy, the hits generally came in when
there were men ON the bases. and with the
roodly number of errors mixed in, it was
no very hard work to score. especially for
the Hustlers. They practically won the
game in the first inning by piling up four
runs and getting lead which enabled them
to easily come out ahead. Tacoma cut the
lead down to one run in the third inning,
but was never able to catch up.
kid" Camp pitched a really clever
game, which was Tot fully appreciated on
account of the loose playing. He held the
hits down to six, and gave but a single
base on balls. Griffith was not hit very
hard either, but was rather unsteady. He
gave five men bases on balls and had two
wild pitches marked against him. There
we're no sensational features to the field
ing, although Irwin and Routcliffe made
nice running catches of foul flies. and
Minnehan jumped into the air and pulled
down high throw of Twins in clever
style. Cody led the battery for the visit
ors with double and a single, Work also
getting two singles. Danny Minnehan did
the best stick work for Seattle, having a
adouble and a single.
After Letcher had gone out in the first
Billy Earle was given a base on balls. He
Mds second, assisted by Sippi's muf of
Cody's throw, and took third on wild
pitch. Danny Minnehan then drove the
ball between Routclitfe and Goodenough
to the fence for two bases, sending in
Earle. Hassamer followed with q safe
drive to right that scored Minnehan. Gil
Hatfield hit q liner to right that Work
misjudged, and three-bagger resulted.
sending in Hassamer's run. A sacrifice
BY Polhemus sent Hatfield home. Charlie
Irwin retired the side on a grounder to
6ippi.
The visitors started in as if to keep up
with the fast pace set by the Hustlers. and
counted couple Of runs after two hands
were out. Cartwright started it with
base on balls. Work following with safe
hit between second and short Then
Owney Patton drove liner down the left
field foul line for two bases. sending in Cart
wright and Work Lauer went out at
6rst on a ground ball to Hassamer.
either side, but in the third Tacoma crept
mp notch. Goodenough reached first on
Camps tumble of a grounder, and after
stole second neatly. Work hit safe to CEN
ter and "Goody" scored. The next two
men died at first on infield hits.
In the fifth the Hustlers, with Grffith's
assistance, started a little hurrah that net
ted Ave runs and settled the game. Billy
Earle, who was first up, was given a base
on balls, stole second and made third on
Cody's wild throw. He scored after Good
enough's catch of Minnehan's fly. Hasa
mer was presented with base on balls,
and Hatfield reached first when Sippi let
Hatfeld's grounder go through him. Pol
hemus hit to Patton, who tried to head
Hatfield Off at second and was too late.
Meantime Hassamer scored. Irwin sent a
single past short. sending Hatfield home.
.Gffhsh continued his generous mood and
gave Tom Parrott first on balls, filling the
basss. Camp hit to Lauer, who headed Off
fo'hemus at the plate. Letcher sent a
single to left, scoring Irwin and Parrot.
billy Earle stopped the sport by striking
out
In the last half Tacoma scraped up an
other run. After SippI had struck out
uoodenough hit grounder that both
hassamer and Polhemus let go by them.
giving the runner third. From there he
scored on Cartwright's infield sacrifice.
Each team counted another run in the
nxth. Seattle's came in on Minnehan's
MT Hattields sacrifice and Goodenough's
mum OF Polhemus' fly. Tacoma got hers
on brace Of doubles by Routcliffe and
Vody. This stopped the run-getting. The
score: