The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-05-30
TWAS A GOOD CANE
And Victoria Defeated Seattle,
Seven to Two.
KING PiTcHeoroR rne cnAPpiEs
And Surprised the Bieachevs by His
Good Pisying-whzfing . Marvel
on Firue.

Fred King. who vas an hcnored
member Of the celebrated Puget sound
Meal Ticket League IN bygone days.
and who used TO throw twts-erx at Port
Ba@kslsy under the tuteIage OF '.Bin~
simmons. one OF the best known semi
professional ball players on Puget sound.
had the satisfaction yesterday afternoon
az making Count czmpau's retuven-
atsd ftaissrnsk-rs bite the dust to the tune
Of to
IL was pretty game. fr'i OF nice plays
and an occasional error. The visitors
Struck fast pace In the first inning and
kept IL up until the last man was out in
the ninth- King could not have asked
for better sli around support, and The
nelders could not have asked for a nicer
exhibition Of pitching than little King
put ep. King enjoys the distinction OF
being the oasy iest hand player in the
league TO say nothing about being the
oflty left hand pitcher Last year he
played ea1 IN British Columbia and was
lost sight of by hi. Seattle friends untsl
ne suddenly appeared In . Victoria uni
form.
Left handlers have a fcndness for send
ing men to bases. but King conquered
TINS habit after the first inning and was
remarkably steady. considering that IL
was Ms nrst appearance In Acknowledged
last company Most Of the tune ne
pitched speedy in-drop. which Is always
pazzser 10 left handed hittsrs. Esan,
hssAna, bianford and Robinson found II
hard matter to connect with the baii
and Campau had TO do considerable fig
nfing before he showed the bali over the
fisni Held fence for a home run Gadke
caught King IN good style and handled
foul nies well The first base play Of bsx
whaling Was a feature of the game. He
- team IN himself and besides being
sure catcher of fies anywhere within
rrasonabie range. he can so higher into
the air for thrown balls than anv other
man vac has ever played first In this
cry. MArassr Campau of the Seattle
team gave whaling deserved compli-
nssns last evsning when he said that In
AZ ais experience on the ball field. which
inciuces considerable work In the Ma
tloaai League. he had never seen a man
sho could tengthen himSelf into the air
the way Whaling does. Pequiney. Sab
eitt ana klopf handled some mean
srounuers nicely. and on one occasion
fe9uiney tot grounder back OF second.
touched the base and Yielded to first In
time TO make double. Downs gave a
eiaser exhibition In center, the best he
has done SO far. Patton made two nice
running catches In right Of hard twisters
The prettisst play for the home team
was that of Jimmy Robinson, who caught
long ry from Pattons bat and by a
quick line throw TO second caught Gadke
on the base. campau did about as sensa-
nonal bit OF work In the third inning
when he picked up Babbitt's single 70
right and made a line throw 10 third In
time to put out Whaling who WAS trying
TO steal.
Snsgsy" made one beautiful pickup
OF hot grounder from Rabbits ba, and
got his man he also accepted four other
chances His error was inexcusable and
wAs made by dropping a prettiiy thrown
ball TO second by Pitcher Van Giesen.
kgsn accepted eight out OF nine chances
AZ second. His error looked bad, but IL
anyone took time to go over the ground ne
would not have much trouble In discover
Ing how easy II is to locate a grounder
and uiouien, later discover that II wen,
somewhere else.
Robinson. in his efforts to avoid a small
pile OF rocks and dirt and at the same
time capture fly ball. missed connections.
i.atz failed TO stop a ground ball and got
an error because the base-runner advanced
another haze.
On several occasions the home team did
SON tall hustling, and either prevented
scores coming In or cut down the number
to small margin. In the nth inning the
bases we're fun With only one man out.
Patton hi hard grounder 90 Suggsy,
VINO came In last. made a pretty pickup
and fielded nis man out al the plate. Pc
quincy followed With long drive to left
that looked good for couple OF bases
but Lutz get under It. Van Glesen pitched
a steady game but could not prevent whaI.
ing or Gadks from hitting Kiopf also
got In his usual TWO hard drives.
II was Ladies' day and a large number
OF the fair sex were on hand. They dld
their best TO cheer The home team on TO
victory. bat the fates were with the enemy
The score.