The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-04-28
BY GREAT PITCHING.
|Gilliland Lands the Seattle
Team a Winner.
CAPTAIN LARoQuE's HOME RUN.
Magnificent Contest for Eight Innings
sowders Does Clever Box Work
Today's Game.

| inning it was con est to set the "faus'
viid With enthusiasm, with but one run
scored in the game, and that one homo
N run drive over the fence. To no one of
the winners belongs as big share of the
lsureis of viCtory as to Gilliland. Inc
\ pitching of the big southpaw was nothing
I shors of mas nitocnt At the most decis-
i've moments, with men on the bases aid
ahit m 'aing run, he was master of the
eituation and struck out the bart IS who
fa,sd him. He had Abner Dslrymple
completely at his mercy, the veteran bats
man going out three times on strikes out
| Of four timss at hat. The few hits that
/ were counted against him were scattered
| and resulted in notning. The only blem-
ish to his work was temporary loss of
control in the ninth, which gave three
men tasas on balls and forced in the only
run counted for Spokane.
Captain Sam Laroque also covered him.
self with glory. His play at second was
brilliant, some of his chances being on de-
cidedly ugly balls. and he topped off his
field work by smashing the ball over the
fence for home run. The rest of the
team put up game that was in keeping
with their captain. The only real mis-
| play was wild throw by LANCE to second,
although Irwin gets an error for throwing
| over the Dummy's head before recovering
| his balance after stopping a base hit back
Of third. Lange's catching was of high
/ order, and Gil Hatfield's shortstopping de-
cidediy clever, although he had but two
chances. The fielding feature of the game,
however, was made by Irwin, who gath
cred in red-hot grounder down the foul
line with one hand and caught his man at
/ first. Apart from Laroque's home run no
execution was done with the stick except
/ by Powell. who added a couple of singles
to his record.
4 Johnny Sowders' pitching We'd with
Il that of Gilliland for honors and only fel.
snort of it IN that it was not so effective at
critical points. The men behind him
played a strong game. if the work of Bren-
/ nan toward the close is excepted. The big
1 cstcher lost his head and gave an ugly ex-
hibition OF temper not to be expected in a
man with his years of experience. Dali
Irymple and Cline both made nice running
catches. and the latter's error was on a
. line drive over his head while going out
With the ball. Nick Reeder got in cork
ing drive for two bases against the left
field fence. but it awaited him nothing. He
also felded his position at second base
we'll.
The crowd which watched the game was
very well behaved and mild-mannered
one during most of the time of play. The
beachers seemed to have forgotten the
use Of its lungs. For eight innings the
only thing that walked it into activity was
Sam Laroque's four-bagger. In the ninth,
however. Spokane's ragged work brought
achange, and it began to sound like old
times. The fish horns, which had SUM-
1 bered until then, sent forth their dscord-
ant notes, which served as a signal for
everybody to shout. Lon Knight made
his first appearance as an umpire in Seat
tie, and did fairly well, although two or
three of his base decisions were not at all
satisfactory. and called forth the derision
Of the crowd.
In view of changing left-handed
pitcher Powell changed his batting order
for the day, and it was Gil Hatfield in
stead of Tommy Hernon that first toed
the plate, after Lon Knight tossed the
ball into play. The ex-New Yorker was
greeted with cheers. After getting two
strikes and three balls he drove a grounder
to Reeder and was out at first. Willie
Lange strobe to the plate amid the yells of
the bleachers to " Put it over the fence"
and iagloriously struck out. Minnehan
retired the side on a grounder to second
base
For Spokane, Monk Cline hit to
Powell, who made a neat running catch.
Strauss went out at first on a grounder to
Hatfield, and MARI made the third out on
Ryn's assist TO Gilliiand, who cleverly
covered first.
The second and third innings brought
no substantial results to either side. al
though in the third Jack Brennan got in
the first safe nit of the game, drive be-
tween Hatfield and Irwin. Sowders' base
on balls forced him to second, but he got
no further. With one hand already out
Cline hit pop fiy to Hatfield and Strauss
went down on strikes.
In the fifth Powell led off with safe hit
TO left but was called out a moment later
on brennan's throw to Mari to catch him
playing off. The base-runner made an ap-
parentiy safe slide under the baseman, but
Knight called him in. The crowd couldn't
see 1t that way, and jeered the umpire.
lrwin's strike-out and Gillilaud's foul to
Brennan cut short the inning.
spokane came dangerously near scoring
IN the sixth. Cline, who led of, hit the
nrst ball pitched for a safe drive over sec
ond. Strauss tried TO bunt and sent up
ioul fly, which Lange gobbled up. Cline
made dash for second and brought up
with slide, Lange's throw was in time
To intercept him, and it looked as if Hat
held touched out the runner, but the UNI
pre- called IL safe while the crowd Kissed
Here Gilhiand showed his wonderful
effectiveness hy striking ont Mari and
Dalrymple in turn, but not the latter I'M
I'll Cline had been advanced to third on a
wild pitch.
1t wSs not until the seventh that there
was break in shutout ball. Then Sam
Laroque, after letting bad one go by,
met the next pitchei ball square on the
end of his wagon tongue. II left the bat
fast as a streak OF light, and as Abner Dali
rymple backed up against the fence and
caught glimpse of 1t disappearing over
the top IL was still rising Ii brought up
somewhere against the trees outside OF the
park, while the second baseman trotted
lelsurely around the bases, amidst the
shouts of the stands. This seemed enough
hitting for one inning, as Ryn, Hernou
and Powell all flied out
In the last half OF the seventh after two
men were retired Nick Reeder hit for two
bases, hut was left on Brennan's striking
out.
There was no more scoring until the
NINTH and then the snappy, clock work
game fell all to pieces. LANCE started off
with a tremendous line drive towards
the corner of the center field fence
monk" Cline made gallant effort to
canfnre il hDt had on exruSahle tOuff