The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-05-09
VICTORIA NINETEEN, TACOMA NIT
Tacoma Lacks Pitcher, and Victoria
Has n Great One.

Tacoma. May s-Speclai-The ewes of
the fans OF Tacoma are concentrated on
President Stro5el. OF the local baseball
club. They earnestly hope he Will make
IL impossible for them TO witness such
slaughter as that which occurred at the
Eleventh street grounds to-day. when the
team from across the border turned Ia
coma's ball toSsers down to the tune OF
IS 10 0. The ysorest lot OF fans went home
after the game that baseball man would
care 70 sec. II was ladies' day. and they
turned on, In large numbers.
When Victoria piled up three runs in
the second and follow ed & up IN the fourth
With six more. the b.eachers and the grand
stand rrosned, but stlil chung TO the hone
I that the score might be equalizer before
Il was evsrlastIngly too late. Bat there
was agony In store for the admirers Of the
game when. In the fateful if,h, nine addl-
uonsi runs were placed 70 the credit OF
the visitors.
After this the Tacoma players settled
DOWN 4 6st. but such a thing as getting
one OF Strobefs men past third was ap-
parcr.ly ont OF tho question Twice there
vas a glesm OF hcpe, and the fans did all
they could 70 push 4 man to the plate. but
IN vain. Then. when Il was seen that Ia
cena could not hit Darby's delivery the
bleachers cried "Hurrah for Queen Vie"
ard spen; their enthusiasm In applauaing
tho batting and good ali-around playing,
Of tho Victoria men.
Fe~~nson was IA the box for Tacoma.
with BrsndsnhurE behind the bat. Stro-
Nsis blonde pitcher allowed Victoria 70
get fourteen hits OF him. three OF them
being SaEgers ard ore a three-hawEcr
MNrrissev kim and Ferguson obtained
TIRE only three hits that were made by Ia
coma
This ts all there Is 20 ten % the game.
The visitors baitei furierSly whes the
bases were fun. ard were lucky tn Keeping
Sirahels men chasing the hall In the out
hsli while me Nieterians ran around the
diamond The game was almost feature
less. aside from The exhibition q. slug
rfng that ths visitors provided when
ever one o. StrcheI's men managed - nfr
;Ar bah into the outaeid there vas elwavs
a man there 20 look out fo- e. and tAe
work ~ the visitors was 81 hlgh order in
this respect
Neither sle- Scored IN the FIRST inning
and. as the weather was GOOD the audi
cnce settled Gown % eriov game - sail
Just 10 make 4 interesting the visitors
piled w three runs n the sn~ord. ard
then everybody lnok ~ Tor similar show
ing on TIRE rsrf % the iocai home PLAYERS
kih-a stopped A. Hrs, ard Donovan. Who
Naa managed 70 reach ne initial bag nr a
singi~. ran too fa-sn vas -aurht Between
the hAscs Ferguson III 20 Eeslu.rneY a.
score showed a goose sgw f'r fhe visitors
IN tsr second half - ~ inning ard ir ire
sourth. Nn-rissey'~ ~ 60 Bshaf, gave tAs
latter ghares yn- a spectacular casca.
vhir orien few out % Oates in iesr. and
Hartman pounded she hresEe
When the visitors took the eslf =; the
cra - ihr fourth tr-inr. Gates. Rabbit.
p,1ufnrsy ara Wssiirx hal pounded the
tal each foY a safe hi;. adding six rrs-s
O. Kt-trrR's pie Pastcrsous' rlu- % a
~ Ncrrfssrss f1ne3s ard ffar.nsaa's
lrop - rs1wn's ~ we're responsible for
three % tte runs
II tie 1c,h. Coke. Branaeaou-r and
Fssso~icus STOPPED ~ -. Then the VS.
ifcrs took ancfasr rharce A. Fr-xrls0a sa-
rine -rns A passed ball Nv "fi-snty'' ard
an -rro- ~ Ncrrlssev helped things shout
X ,sSur1- Kiapf. DOVES OATES Taholit
Darcy ans srsin kcssa,h. zach hit the
rail- fer from ore % fh-es nases while ~.
fans. wAr vere thiss IN the hlcacherS
fr-r thssr BAR IN y ssry.
Fe-1lfrrsy made tire last run q she ss-,~
90 tse visitors y the cert .rztz< Nor
rfssavs safe III = IRE seventh gave TIE
rfascss-s snre fHat Ire ste would rot -
wagrNasaeS1. hst IRE izztrS was fruit