The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-05-15
THEY PLAYED BALL.
Fine Game Marks the Amateur
League Opening.
mAaoons DEFEAT TAcoMAs.
Sesssle Athlete Cluh's Teas In Tsaia-
Ing for Handicap Gsns q Pert
iasA q Deesraaioa Day.

The score printed below will make many
baseball crank la Seattle feel sorry that
he did not go 70 the Madison street park
Yesterday and see the first baseball game
Of the season. True il vas nothing but
amateur ball, out Is was . better game
than many played BY tn. high-pr.ced
league games In the Pacific Northwest
during the PAST THREE seasons. and 10 the
baseball fiend any game At al is better
than no game. The opening Of the season
OF the Puget Sound Amateur league had
been postponed from Sunday to Sunday
owing to the bad weather, but the teams
evidently put in the time practicing. and
good team work Was one Of the results Of
the delay shown in yesterdays game.
The Maroons, representing Seattle, and
the Tacomas were the opposing teams. and
they proved themselves 10 be evenly
matched. The in;ield OF the Naroons did
Clean work and Was well backed up by the
outfield. The Tacoma infield was not a.
good as that OF the home club. but its out
held did remarkably quick work in field
ing hits and returning the bali. Kid King
pitched mastery game. keeping the hits
we'll scattered and striking men out at
critical moments. Mcconnell. deaf
mute. pitched the first two innings for Ia
coma and then gave way to Horton, who
proved himself to be skillful pitcher. re-
firing the entire side on strikes in one in
ming and pulling out Of tight places sew
eral times by clever work. Both pitchers
fieided their position we'll, King making
four fine assists and Horton. v lille unfor-
tunate in making errors, going after every
thing in reach and backing up infield po-
sitions like veteran.
Warmers second base play was remark
ably good. and he won great applause by
making a difficult running catch. Sim
mons pulled down high liner in the cor
ner Of the fence in \ manner that would
have done credit to Charley Newman.
Parks in left made two fine catches. and
Norris played right tout Of sight" Pope
caught fairly we'll and made two splendid
throws to second, one Of them mailing
Babbitt, who made daring slide for the
bag. Gamble did not have much to do.
bu. he played the game in q fauiticss man.
ner. Shannahan, on third. took in two
foul flies, and made throw to first that
could not be cxcelled.
Rabbit. the Tacoma shortstop, showed
that he has the making of lacquer IN
him. He throws we'll. fields cleanly and
Is on the go all the time. Cory accepted
every chance but one at second base
Thompson made two pretty throws across
the diamond after taking In ugly
grounders. Campbeil's first-hase play was
weak. although he made ono good stop of
a badly thrown ball. B!ackford caught a
good steady game and threw well to
second.
In the hitting Shannahan won the
honors by his timely three-bagger, and
Warner and Huber followed with two sim
giles each which counted for runs. Bah
bitt did some pretty hitting for Tacoma,
getting in . single and double. besides
giving Parks long race for liner.
The game was umpired by +. J. Holden.
manager Of the Cinderella" company, who
volunteered when no one could be found,
and he did so well that not single COM
plsint was heard. The attendance was
small, bu, as the game progressed those
present made up in in enthusiasm for the
absent fans" The score is as follows: