The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-09-29
WILEY 4 HYAS TYEE.
His Men Defeat Townsend With
Great Slaughter.
KEY CITY CAME IN WITH A YELL
But the Ruins Of Its Hopes Bestrew
the Rail- Field-A Close Yacht
Race Cut short by Calm.

Four hundred howling enthusiasts
crowded the decks q the steamer George
z. Starr as she steamed into the harc0r
yesterday noon. the flower OF Port Towns
end, 10 yell themselves hoarse for The Black
stonian baseball aggregation which was al
ready doomed 70 a msTciless sacriree al The
hands OF John WiIey's men. Il was an
easier JOB than the sand-oagging OF tse
county officials 4 week ago. Vet every body
reared. Those that didn't have big voices
borrowed big horns. ana the noise went
merrily On. The umpire said that tbs
game ended with the score in Seattle's IA
vor 20 Q. but the Seattle lawyers who
ripped things Up the back al the \. NJ.
C A park yesterday afternoon confidently
assert that. according TO the notches cut
on John Wiley's bench the score ssood
81 TO /.
The score did not cut much OF a figure,
however. The sun shone down in all its
sp!endor upon the manly forms which
came all The way from the Key City 10
learn the game. II was for them day OF
great promise, but the promise was never
fulfilled. With the mutilation OF FIVE awful
innings the bright stars were extlngushed
Al the end OF the third inning. with the
score ~ 10 l in Seattle's favor. Dell Cary
Smith, the little man who, by the way. is
credited with holding up the Wehsterian
end OF the Townsend bar, is said TO have
dice for the championship. but honest John
said dis heah was no darkeytown sand
lot aggregation" and the game proceeded.
But II never ended. AS far as the visitors
were concerned. their tale Of woe be-
smeared five innings, and then. with the
countenances of those who feel themselves
the victims OF misplaced confidence. they
threw up the sponge.
The game started or with an I'll omen
for the strangers The catcher made a seri-
Gus mistake by catching John Wiley out
on a high foul or the whole business might
have resulted differently. Dell Cary Smith.
that little man with a big voice, was
shining light. That is, Il was pretty easy
TO find him. Ingersoll got first on balls and
then things began to move. Wrestling
Swatted a homer. and then big BIZ Norris,
who has not forgotten the day when he
was the eye-sore Of every Stanford pitcher
who faced him, sliced of another swat Cor
one notch less. 1t was dead ringer for
home run, SO the fence rooters said, but
Bill wasn't fast enough, and stopped ar
the third cushion. Beddow then laced out
an easy one. but by a clever bit Of sprint
ing anchored safely TO the initial bag. Then
Il was that Wiley came TO grief but in the
meantime BeddOw had stolen three bases
and scored on his belt in a close play at
the plate. Rawson and Wright got around
all right. but Mr.. Lung, whose appear
and profound larynxes to so al a Premium
got beehive in his hat. and in his delirium
died tanning the air But that was only
two men out. and there were as many
runs more coming. Wright. Lewis and
Ingersoll all capered around with the ease
which would rather be expected at a Mob
hill tea. Wrestling poked out a drive for
single and when Morris sandwicbed in
with another three-bagger II was easy 10
see which way the wind was blowing.
Beddow eased things up by making an out
Townsend got an easy goose egg in her
trial. although Wood and Ldvermore
smashed out two corkng safe hits 70 lead
off with
Seattle was forging 10 the front at a
rapid rate. When the ratio OF is scores to
had been reached in the second inning
John Wiley. the free silver enthusiast.
stepped 10 the plate. threw out his chest,
spat upon his brawny paw and made ready
TO do his duty. But he got the ball on his
bonnet instead OF on the end OF his bat.
and was aided 10 first by two Of his col
leagues. and then the runs began piling up
as before, with now and then a climax.
which would be brought on by Morris or
Wrestling connecting with the ball at OPP
perfume moments to clear the bases. When
five innings had az last been disposed OF.
the visitors generally called quits and
tried 10 substitute a footrace.
The makeup OF the teams was as fol-
lows: