The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-06-15
THE STREAK BROKEN.
. A G. Pit an End to STAN
ford's Winning.
exxe WAS WON ON IT'S MERITS.
- ma Athletics Played CooG Ball
essasords Made Their Usual Uphill
Ftxht. but Could Not Win

100 the title Of record-breaksrs, for
.1.y Yesterday pat a stop TO the winning
..--.k that has stuck by the Stanfords
- .ince their invasion OF the North
- The feat was, however. only ac-
....,s;~hsd after one of the most stubborn
go aver seen at Madison park As usual
- coIlegs lads had bad start, bat with
tsr:r characteristic bulldog tenacity they
s,rs pezging away until they had creps
: most uncomfortably close to the win
,.x was not until the last hand was
,-t.red by beautiful running catch Of
rr..<,Gss that the crowd Of Blue Diamond
s.eoters, bresthed freely.
he Athletic players all took part in the
~aod seFk, and not one OF them but de-
srred an applauding hand from the
.<zpas Their play was chock full Of
rsnssr. and their fielding within an ace Of
.1rfecsion. On the coaching lines they
rcd their lungs like tribe of Indians on
lie sarpath, and kept the opposing
rtebsrs busy thinking what had broken
iosse. They played baseball in the true
$40 OF the word. and effectually siienced
~ sroakers who have been bowling since
ne frss defeat Mt the hands of Stanford.
ssaobomish" Thornton was at his best,
"A endeafed himself to the bleachers by
81 earzIing curves and shoots which he
aairs-ed to the Palo Alto boys. lie was
.x<sularly effective with men on bases
sxssyeral times shut of runs when they
rrned certain TO be counted. Daddy"
6ubb was stone wall behind the bat. and
q his first chance he shut off an at
.<mpted steal of second in a manner that
made the base runners wary thereafter.
The Harvard boy also had his eye on the
bail and cracked out q double and a single
Young campbeIl's debut at first base
vas a decided success. He had some
rsry difficult throws TO handle, bnt ac-
cepted every one Of his twelve chances
clsyerly. Mobiles services in the. field
we're of much greater value than the score
shows. His backing up of the bases was
splendid, and he was directly responsible
for saving two runs by pulling In high
throws over third base. big Bill"
Morris was all smiles as play progressed
for be had found q piece Of wsgon-tongue
that suited him, and during the course of
the game he landed against the Spalding
for double and two singles. Small aud
Calhoun both did steady, reliable work in
covering their territories and each hit the
ball safely. RandsIl's only chance in
right field was a long fly from Bumiller's
bat which he took on the dead run next
10 the right field foul line. Russell gave a
sensational finish to the game by shutting
Of low drive 10 center field that was cut
out for hit and which If il had landed
safely would have sent q run across the
plste
MeLaine started out in the box for the
slsniords and the s. A C.'s took kindly
sohis curves. They were rapping them
osi in such lively manner in the fourth
sasiss that Manager Cox called Campbell
n lronlsft field to do the twirling. His
lsfl-banded delivery puzzled the Athletics
bsdyior the rest OF the game. Shortly
sos the change Of pitchers Davey, the
Alniords' plucky little catcher, had his
iaunh dislocated by font tip and had to
riire Bumiller caught rest of the
game and did il finely. Captain Jack Shee-
ban. as usual. was very much in the game
from start to finish. Notwithstanding the
poor showing OF his team at the start he
kept them together by his mastery ham
ding. and spurrred them on to making one
1.-THE games: uphill fights ever witnessed.
In the eighth inning he nearly gave Man
sger Kelly and Secretary Bean, who were
sitting on pins throughout the game. a
fatal attack of heart disease by the manner
N which he started out to tie the game.
The first man up. he corked out a single
aud then made dash down the line TO
second, bringing up safely with clean
stolen base TO his credit. But the men be-
hind him were not equal to the pace set for
ihem and went out in one-two-three order,
'eaying the gallant CAPTAIN TO perish.
One Of the cieyerest bits OF fielding in
Tue game was when Rea threw out so fast
sranner as George Russell at tirst base on
what appeared a safe hit. Scott Calhoun,
the lanky nrst haseman of the visitors. ae-
eoFding to his custom. managed to get his
sA-padded frame in front OF pitched balls
sad sFotted down to first couple of times
IN consequence.
Toby" Pope umpired the game and
save The best OF satisfaction. lie had the
payers Well under control. permitted no
Useless Kicking and kept the game moving
along quickly. The crowd was not SO
noisy as that which saw the first Stanford
GAME, but Il was undoubtedly more er-
cited one. The attendance was remark
se'e Tor week day. being fully 80. The
score: