The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-11
GREAT GAME OF BALL
Comiskey's St. Paul Club Wades
Into Barnes Aggregation.
ocgeTT AND LALLY WONDERS.
/. Contest Astounding in Magnific ent
Piays-The Ali-Anlcricans VII
,ees Revenge Today.

MADISON street BAH park took on It's old
- glory yesterday afternoon when
Seo.sxey's s. PAU and John :. Barnes
AL American baseball teams strus-
- nine innings for supremacy.
- game closed with a score OF
IN favor Of St Paul, but
-, gives no idea OF the wonderful e.
sssstIou OK the national game 10 which
u or 20 enthusiasts were treated. If
800 had been the element Of rivalry so
nrorslnent fl the cid league games be-
seer Seattle and Tacoma every crank
saa.s have gone nome fully satisfied that
b had seen one OF the finest contests
sssr played In the city. IL vas a game
s'ss,s there was plenty OF life. sensa-
s.ons. fielding feats and batting that
,.sea the enthusiasm OF the crowd 70
tDs boiling point
r. fact pickett. St. PaUrs great second
s.seraan. accomplished the feat Of driy-
IT, the ball on clean line hits twice IN
accession over the left field fence. His
t-st home run was made on almost as
Ing hit as was ever seen on the ground,
tat when he came TO the bat In the next
taning some one said. Put her over
sgsn.' Ali wac silent. and the second
q third ball pitched he caught with
sssare shoulder swing. There was n
sssan cracking sound. Just as Jake
geazeI used 10 hit them, and away went
las ball. All eyes watched IL and saw IL
psss straight as an arrow over the left
ed fence only two posts from the cen
tsr field corner. VIII II. Parry. who has
..e record OF having seen every profess
rlonal bah game played in Seattle. de-
dared with great enthusiasm. It's the
laasest hit on record" r. =. Ingersoll
sho knows the record Of all ball players
and all games In this city IN the league
6sys. also said 1t was a longer hit than
made By Arthur Sunday. Motz, Turner
OF GleBalvin.
Other Remarkable Plays.
PIeketts record came very near being
TIE feature Of the day, for he made FIVE
hts in six times AT bat and accepted
tEelge chances with one error. In the
third inning he and Irwin executed a dou-
bic play on Laiiy's hard ground drive
that brought forth prolonged cheers. and
IL the sixth made a superb one-hand
pickup OF Wilson's low throw 70 second
10 catch Power off the base Again ia
ire fourth Frank drove hot grounder
foms distance 10 his left, and he reached
the ball Just as II struck a pebble and
went high tn the air. With one hand he
egfed &C. caught II with the other. and
before the crowd had time 10 recover
from It's establishment had the runner out
a. FIRST
Pickett was not alono in his glory, for
fallY in center field did work that COM
pared favorably with any ever done IN
tails city. lie was all over the field. ard
took sky-scrapers off the fence. scooped
low flies after long runs I'm and complet-
81 a beautiful double play IN the fifth by
taking Wilson's long fy and returning IL
on a straight line throw 70 Sweeney In
time 70 cut of Mullane from second.
Comiskey Returns 10 the Fold.
The great Comiskey honored Seattle by
playing his first game OF the trip. and
while he did not have a great deal 10 do.
he was so easy and clever in what he did
that X Is easy 10 see how he acquired his
fame II looked as II he had a corking
three Dagger IN the third, but the UNI
pire said the ball struck just inside the
right field line. No player had the en-
ihusiastlc reception accorded 70 Charlie
lrwln He responded by driving tho han
10 the fence. but Lally was there. After
this however. Irwin got revenge by
cracking out a two-hagger IN his favorlte
SPOT between center and left. Ills field
iag was clever IS OF old. and the error
charged WAS eXcusable. as he made
t.gh jump &c stop an ugly bound and
then threw high TO FIRST.
Excellent work was done IN the field also
BY Frank while the left-handed pickup by
p
throw 20 flrst withou: checking iis speed
vas worthy OF special mention. The bat-
flng Of Orator Burns. Fraser, Power
aad Jones WAS strong. Big Blll' WI
son caught a magnificent game for 81.
Paul MIA throwing being accurate and
quick lie appeared TO be I'm better trim
every way thar when he WAS with SPo-
kane In the old league.
So far as the pitching went. Il was an
haf f4Ea
ring hard. while Jones M to the ninth
Inning vas a hard problem for the All
Americans
There never was a better day for a bali
Fsme and the crowd was on hand be-
fore the players arrived II was good
natured crowd and no comments were
made that the game did not commence
uhtii about 3.al o'clock. This was un-
svol3ablc. as tho train drawing she pr.-
taie ear in which the PLAYERS travel did
hot get IA until a little after ga. They
we're all dressed In uniform. however. and
Secretary " y Goodrich, of the Madi-
son Street cable Company. had car
waiting 70 carry them 10 The grounds,
some old Faces Recognized.
Barnes gave little time for practice and
hAf Umpire Parsons cali the game as
sasa as a few balls had been tossed The
M-AmeTican club took the field and -.
PAM went 20 bat olI-time enthusiasts
sav before them many familiar faces
here were Irwin Of Seattle: Orator
hprns formerly 81 Portland. with his
familiar pose and strut rig BIZ" VII
son sometimes called INDIAN pill;" Joe
hfrrick who used % plav second Tor
Portland Joe Strauss who vas w.ih
Spokaue ana jack Fanuinr. t1c old TIA
eaaaa pitcher who is one ~ me best.
even Y he was hatto1 hard YESTERDAY.
EVERYBODY VAS looking for camisAey.
faf he - So uuaesuming that tho crowd
'na'f uof locate hfn and the hoNs were
'Ayias fn a loud vhisnor from the cle~rh-
- Saw where's Coniskry. Do teller
We got So 0oo % GEAR" John s Barnes
theNeS sun suH"f un1er his it'le cap
- talked over o'1 times With city Comp
'roller Parry
Tho Details ~ the Game.
fAs earor started with O'Raurke ~ to
~ a0t as Farming drove the hall in'o
s.6e fr v7'tef II nrst and was ccn-
N4 rs he fe'lrw rIaverS \ moment
~ tl3-ir l-H5n walked - che plate
= ne GROW nme.i'Btol~ recoru 5rci h.m.
Z. cheers 'raf re~auv8ef through the
IS noHet Ha4e heo1 rraufs .ng to SHAT
-tfa-~ot1 a- -arS-. evt.aus gs'avev who
- '.nr'"vt. a-vt season - p'lv SEE
'e7cHn I'm rna salut7tiou he re-
-ift it h.. ~ 4 Hv way ~ che fer
ef Tease hut Nr fa'lv commenced hs
SO fF rrr ert never las SIT ersr.i .vE
sFon th8' twa. Orator Iurns fc15-
aA arns rs - vara slrvcte8 thr Hat1
2'ae1' ans then ;ock rls nas.ton al the
- N-rr'-E fsao~e5 - him AZ Hrst hv
- tn q v'rv slow Nt Uesr fse 0.frh-
49,. t.fNeft '@r~ ma }r ls fr~t sl4a'e aud
saarSe sco-rf fr-nt second earn nr a
ea Base Na3a~e was aat Werrf.k q
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