The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-06-11

splendid all-around work that made the
MAY of Ollie Boards men seem in COM
parsop like that of amateurs brought easy
victory to the home team yesterday. The
faultless field work that was furnished
might we'll have been saved for some
more urgent occasion when Tom Parrot
was not doing boxwork that put veto on
the hrst step toward a run. For eight
innings better ball was never pitched.
Only one man had reached first, and he on
abase on balls. In the ninth, however,
the tall pitc er. after Klopf had spoiled
the wonderful record by the first safe hit,
grew careless and tossed easy ones across
the plate. Although too late to afford
any hope of winning the game the Spo-
kane batters took advantage of the oppor-
tunity to MAKE the acquaintance of the
ball and raped it out hard enough to
bring in four runs.
The astonishing batting streak that has
started very lately in the home team kept
on growing yesterday and assumed almost
gigantic proportions. The batters began
to ind Lucid's balls from the start and it
was sheer luck that kept runs from coming
in for four innings. Finally in the fifth
the storm that had been threatening broke
forth furiously and lasted through the
rest Of the game. Tom Parrot led in the
stick work with single, double and
triple, Gil Hatfield coming next with two
singles and double. Everybody coming
in for a share of the smuggling except
Dummy" Ryn, who had to content him.
self with being hit no less than three
times by pitched balls. One of the neat
est bits of stick work was done by Abner
Powell when. turning his bat quickly so as
to let the ball strike the handle, he hunted
asafe one down toward first.
The fielding of Powells lads was above
criticism, each man doing his share per-
fectly. Danny Minnehan again showed
his ability to cover second base, until an
unfortunate accident caused his retire
ment from the game. While at bat in the
third inning swift inshoot struck the
back of his left hand, bruising it against
the hard wood. The pain was so intense
that for few minutes he could not grip
the bat. But he pluckily finished his turn.
BY that time the injured hand had swelled
to such size and had became SO sore that
he was compelled to quit playing. Tully
took his place at second and accepted in
good style all of the seven chances that
came to him. He made a good showing
at the bat. too, by rapping out couple of
doubles.
The Spokanes did little to recommend
themselves to popular favor. They could
dc nothing at all with the bat until Par
rott's let-up in the ninth, and in the field
their work was very ragged. The only
features were throw from Polhemus that
completed double play and one from
Dalrymple that cut off run at the plate.
Wilson, who caught last season for Kan
sss City and who has been playing this
year with Butte, made his first appear
ance behind the bat for the visitors. He
caught fairly well, but was in such an I'M
equal contest that he had no chance to
show his real worth.
1t was not until the fifth inning that
the real aspect of the game began to make
Itself apparent. Then punching of hits,
wild pitching and errors piled up five
runs for Seattle. The good work once
started. they kept it up until the finish.
Only once in eight innings did Spokane
90 anything but retire in one-two-three
order This vas in the fifth, when Abner
Dalrynple was given base on balls. He
followed it up with neat steal of second,
but got no further. Taking a long lead
on the base for dash to third, he was
caught by Parrott's quick wheel and throw
10 Hatfield and was run down.
The first Spokane man to find the ball
safely was Gus klopf, who was the first
man up in the ninth Picking out a nice
one, ne drove it so hard to Gil Hatfield
mat the shortstop barely caught a glimpse
Oh the ball before it hit him in half dozen
places on the arms and legs and bounded
out OF reach. 1t was far too hot to ham
ale and klopf perched safely on first.
wilson flied out 10 Parrott, but Lucid hit
lot single over Tully's head, sending
hiopt to third. From there he scored the
aFs' run after Powell's catch of Cline's
ay. Hits by Strauss and Mari brought in
Lucid's run. Then Polhemus sent in two
more by safe drive 10 center. Dalrym-
PIE cut short the fun by flying out to
iully. The official score.
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p pS.asd; s........ 0 0
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