The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-04-23
re PORTLAND TEAM.
oax ON y.M. c. A. GROUNDS.
euuf1ons Nearing Completion nor
- Opening Game, May 1.-The
Guessing Contest.

~embers OF the Seattle baseball club
- ont at the Y. N. c. A. park yester-
- .fternoon practicing. They batte1.
-. bese~. picked up grounders and sccoped
- scrzpers while r. J. Gienaivin man.
- Of the Portland team. stood quietly In
~ hackgro1nd taking general observa-
- ~ what was being done GIenaIyin
= . decidedly foxy baseball man. He has
80 II point to get line on sir0oeTs Ia
- team BY actually observing its work.
:. hsx been in Victoria and critically OBJ
~rved Gus Kioprs men. and 10 wind I'D
= 6r5ps into Seattle and gets another line
f,j<aaiyin is pleased with the new
~rcsnds. and considers them large enough.
= have Just been out" he Eaid. ''snd got
/. linz on your Seattle team and sized I'D
4, new grounds. Tho team VIII be all
~srhf and think II was strength ned
nd1y % per cent. by the signing Of Big
a<U Brown. The grounds viii be plenty
Irre enough. The grand stand is being
Ind right along, noticed. and II VIII
q tnt the thing needed. ! don't know
81 the bleschers are better than they
sueht TO be. The view from them win be
dnpiy grand.
n taking Of Victoria and his Impressions
mis- in that city. he said: II was greatly
suuressed with the enthusiasm exhibited
mere over the approaching baseball sea-
-. Why. they played an exhibition game
eraf there few days ago. and, will you
Aelisvs 1t. over so people were present.
4hey have never had a good opportunity
d - professional teams play against pro-
fnsuonais, 20 when the Seattle and Victoria
eirbs play an exhibition game next Sat-
vr8ay, think the attendance will be large.
Gus KIopf has picked up good team for
Vyctorta His infeid is especially strong
a <%~ Act IT.
b think they viii have snap. OF course
- are going to have the pennant in Port
Ind, Our team Will be strong in base
rsnning, fair with the stick and good in
falAng. Judge that Seattle viii be strong-
~ than Portland at the bat. rortlanders
arr already taken with the work OF Fris-
r. the catcher that 7 got from Cedar
Fslls. Ia. lie can do 100 yards In :lo&.,
anf n you could have seen him make the
circuit Of the bases on a fumbled scratch
hR during our game with Vancouver a
~ days ago. you would have died laugh
- He II hard worker behind the bat
"a fair hitter. shall use Frisby regu-
My and play Pace. the other catcher. in
nit field Pace was with Denver and
Onaha, In the Western League. last sea-
m He Ia a left-hand hitter, great run
evfter and can turn the bases like deer
have five pitchers In practice. and they
ars I'll doing we'll Baisz Is an all-around
nan. for he has speed, curves. a splendid
low ball. and he has good command. I
suppose the Seattle people remember
George Borchers. He has not drank a drop
Il liquor since 1891. and I expect him to
Pitch the game of his life. He has de-
vtlopad into a great batter. Van Giesen is
another pitcher. He was with Kalamazoo
last ssaDn. He has good speed and curves.
rennimore ID well known In Seattle. With
propes coaching he win come TO the front
rapidly Vancouver got only three scratch
hits ~ him last Saturday. Cashier II a
young nm from Hood River. Or. He IL
simply a trial. and do not know enough
about ~ work to say anything In a crit
irsf ~
s0a 6rst have caveriy, who was with
ths Olympic Athletic Club team last sea-
m. He 10 graceful player. fair hitter
sand Aelder. Shortstop Babb. local man,
bsg gem. He IL one Of those fellows who
wi 20 without breakfast to pick up points
~ TIE game. He Is quick on his feet and
~ strong arm. l have a man on third
tAi ID. sorker. He Will make lots OF err
sors. but go after anything and everything
that comes his way. His name is Tom Nc
0ulre. OF Vallejo. Cal. He was with Barnes
Minneapolis In 1884, but stuck his head
vt or a street car window and was In
prcd by one or those posts that some cleo
nc lines have between car tracks. He IL
Ah right this season and Will be heard
rom. He Is a great hitter. In Portland
they call him Missouri. Unhappy" Joe
hc6ucken VIII play left. He Is a very
valuable man, because he can play sun
ontntld without any trouble. One of his
strong points is throwing the ball TO the
right place at all times. He Is a fair bats
min. Mccarthy. who was with ST. Joe,
NO. last season. VIII play center. He Is
fas' on the bases and Is an average hitter.
sall play second base myself. but I hon
ssuy believe l am the weakest one in the
ios There are six left-haaded batters on
the team
In speaking OF the league meeting at Vic
tcr's, Gienalvin said that the most impor-
amt point decided was In reference to
postponed games II n Seattle game he
tween Seattle and Portland be postponed.
VIII compel the visiting club TO come
ore dly earlier on the newt series