The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-02

winch Gray captured 10 professional. ana
came near cas<hl1e Cave ct second. bat
o4okeaH nstnsed tie threw and Cave 49,
safe While Boyd vas attending to \ 6ew
drop from ccokinxhAxn- on which he w&z.
out. Cave made great steal Of third. but
Spencer struck on and lest him there.
In the second half Of the inning swssh
AcGznnis and Cave a. the oppoxsnr ba,-
terry, the SiiFns pounded out three runs.
as Follows: Saeeau sent . hot enc 20
Martin who rolled over on the xrosxYsd
Ia . vain effort to capture f. Nadeau
stole second. and In the confusion which
followed, came home. Cooksnxham hst
20 right Tor bag. and stole second and
thfrn- Benton went 20 bat ana began
reaching for balls as the Eursfurron
reaches after the Puget sound lumber
uaiac He Knocked what was really =
FOUL, but the umpire allowed the hit-
and hs vent 20 FIRST, Cookinzhan COM
Ing home. Mexican Knocked a high nv
TO centee. and Parker went after d, a.
fast ~ his avosrduposs and his regimen
tails would permit When be finally goa the
Dali. II travelled up the field by relays.
and 10 tho surprise of the assembly fx,-
tercepted Mexican al third and he vas
out When Wesley Young came TO oat-
AcGinnis gathered himself together and
-
TOOK mold OF u IL rolled him over on the
ground Then Young retaliated By hitting
warm ono TO AcGfnnis. who didn't PICK
II up as quickly ~ he would an East
bound passenger and Young got 20 fryt
he stole second and came home on the
throw down, though he must have been
declared out. for when sbortridge struck
our, me umpires declared the side re-
tired.
When the Fats" came in 70 BERN The
second inning. the score stood 30 against
them and they didn't do thing but bat
out six runs.
Thasxard Uses . Gun.
In the last half OF the second shs
"siims" made only three runs Cave went
In TO pitch. McGinnis going behind the
bat. Hoar really struck out, but ran 70
ufst and was safe. Gray hat 4 long one
10 left. scoring Hoar and taking third.
corbett hit and went down 20 first. he
thought be was safe. Thaxaard didn't
think 80. Then the unexpected happen
ed. and IL was seen that the eiephantine
umpire had not reckoned without his hos.
IN discarding the protection OF the police.
AS CorDeit began disputtng with him. the
otner fBssms' ran 10 the support OF the
Sunset route. and Il looked for an instant
as II Thaggafu WAS going to be mobbed.
But he knew what he was about Put
no Mortified the vast crowd OF spectators
by drawing a pistol and presenting IL
fuil In Mckean's face. A fash. q report,
and Mexican fell to tho ground. The
belltgerent umpire then turned on Gray,
who hard also rushed in. Another shot,
and Gray went down. Of course the cart
ridges were Only blank. and soon as
tho spectators realized that fact. they
went wild. The scene was indescribabie.
The baffled Sims slowly and sulienly
retreated. Men threw their hats In tho
air and laughed TIL they cried. Corbett
added TO the fun by creeping back 10
first base again. But one motion OF
Thaggard's hand toward his belt sent
him flying.
When the smoke had cleared away ana
the wounded men had been borne away by
the ambulance corps. Nadeau went to bat
and smashed a savage nit to Anderson.
who fumbied. The ball was worse than
wild train. and as IL went on exploring
trips TO various parts of the grounds Ma
deaa made the circuit of the bases. Cook
ingham hit safe and scored on errors.
With Benton at the bat. Thaggard was
again beset. and after repulsng his foes,
eooiy took drink OF tea from a handy
flask. With Mexican at the bat. Benton
died at third, and the most exciting In
ming OF the game ended In a tie. Go.
At the end OF the fiffh inning the score
board. however. which was saken as Of
icial. showed \ tie. IL each, and II was
agreed to play one more inning In dead
earnest. In this final test honors were
easy. each team scoring six runs. Clarke
took Boyd's place. and batted first, but
the ball beat him 10 first Nadeau missed
Caves third strike and Cave went 10 Sec
ond on a wild throw 10 first. McGinnis hit
safe to right. Spencer hit safe to third,
scoring Cave and McGinnis aud stealing
second. Anderson struck out. Martin hit
safe TO canter, scoring Spencer and com
ing home himself on errors. Taylor hit
over third and was safe at FIRST. Kyer
sent a grass-cutter through 20 center.
bringing In Taylor and scoring himself.
Parker hill safe and got as far "a second.
but EchoIs couldn't get TO first. and that
ended n for the Fats"
In the last half Nadeau busted third
base with a beauty and went 20 second.
cooklngham hit safe. bringing in Nadeau
and scoring later. Benton sent pop ny
to Taylor. who dropped IL. Mexican sent
a swift srounder to Taylor, who made A
remarkable stop. but appeared so surprised
at IL that he held the bah while Benton
came home. Young hit safe and Mexican
scored Shortrldge did the same favor for
Young. and Hcsr brought Ia Shortridge.
GRAY was put out az first and Hoar was
caught at third. CoFbett hit to left and
got as Ear as third Naieau hit safe and
made second With two men on bases
and Cookingham at bat, things looked rosy
for the 'sSlirns" especially when Cooking
ham caught one on the end Of his bat and
slammed IL Mt Mctsinnis. But the latter
was equal 10 the emergency. and he made
the rrettiest catch OF the day. The bali
was going like a rife shot. ana was al
most al hts fee; when be stopped. and
aaIck as a fash sent II back toward the
piate. And so the great same which WI
lie pleasantly remembered for many long
aay 10 come. ended IN blaze OF glory, each
team and indeed each play~V having Goa
tributed a due share toward the enter
tainment.
The precise amount or the cash proceeds
could not be ascertained last niEh,. since
,n.,x AZ ,hn tickets distributed for sale