The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-06-27

Special Dispatch 10 the Poss-Intslligeacer-
TACOMA June 2g.-&ine strzppfng.
deep~caeste9 bfoad-shouldered young II
a.ans stepped or 10 the field At TIE Elev~
eatn street baseball grounds today, tGH
~ confidence in their ability 20 teach ire
EAattla aggregation representing the TX
port Cszays row TO play the national
game Behind them they had the good
vgsr q rsne-.en:hs Of the spectators
present End the prayers Of the IndiaEls on
fha reservations, most OF whom were
t5reecut 80 root FOR thelr far0Tite sons.
Had Dyzxn ard muscle been the pre-
reaussires The athletic young aoorigines
would 70 doubt have won. but thsre were
fine points and an understanding OF the
gaus 10 be considered, which they dis
covered TO their sorrow WAS most necss-
eaTy.
the young men from tie Queen city
simply toyed with their reS-skin oppo-
nent*. rolling up Il points IN eight innings
10 the Indians nit The defeat was an
overwhelming ors. and a sad 0io@ 70 the
husky descendants q the noble red man.
ss they have easily defeated everything
that mas rcn ~ against taem this year.
Lar. TIE ''phenom. was pounded for
total Of nineteen bits which included a
homer two triples and several braces Of
doubles lie pitched we'll Yer d few inn
inEs blt after this he could not hold up
against the ragged support 10 was re-
eeiyipg. This waE noticeable in his Wild
ness. q Characters Sc that has not until
todey's game been made manifest True.
he was Up against team Of stickers far
superior to anything he has faced this
year. bat with proper support he Is capa-
bic OF holding even them down.
Outside Of Law there wasn't man on
the team capable Of even doing ordinary
work especially when they got in pinch.
They played with some snap for the FIRST
two or three innings. and then went all
70 pieces. The ninble Seattle boys stole
bases al will, thn Indians standing around
like SO many cigar signs. When the
bases were fun they were completely at
a loss what to do with the ball even
when they get hold Of IT, This just suit
81 the Export Cigars, who are good base
runners aud the way In which they
scampered around the paths struck ter
ror into the hearts Of the :ed-skin play
ers and their roosers. In the last FIVE
innings they made more errors than
Coins Financial School. and in the LAM
guage 81 few. there wasn't "a man on
the team that could hit hearse with a
plckax."
Rockenfela ard Bell. the battery for the
Exports. easily carried of the honors Of
the day. Rockenfeld had speed To barn
good control and fine curves and drops.
mercy. allowing them only two hits. both
az the scratch order. Bell caught him
like veteran and was dead medicine IT
throwing TO second. Four times he cut
runners on at that bag and the Indians
aren't slow. either Gaumnetz at first,
1sacky at second and Simmons AZ third,
and williams at short. made an infeld
that is hard TO beat. The outfeld took
care OF everything that went that way.
which WIS not much. In fact the entire
team played with snap and vim that
only comes with constant practice and
hard work These boys have been play
ing together for several seasons which
IL apparent ny their team play. They
were known last year as the PTS. and
took part in the Examiner big tourna-
nent.
Outside OF Law, the only members of
the Indian team that showed anything
like good form were Raub, the catchcr
Williams az first. and Bfaeksnton In left
field In the fifth inning the latter pick
- q hard one right of the left field fence.
nearly knocking down a section of boards
lie f. tail, hungry looking chap. with
the traditional high cheek bones and
raven locks and when It comes TO eating
up nys In the left garden he IS all right,
~ The bat though, he is weak "A feature
that IS noticeable In every man on the
team. not that they do not get a good
swiag. bat because they seem frightened
at tho shoots tha, slEzle past them with
the speeG 81 II bullet Very often the
ball was in Feli's hands today before the
Indians struck
4 feature about their playing IA the
absence of anything IKE kick which y
- common among white players In AL
fairness Il may he said that the Indians
have the nucleus Tor a good team which
81 season or .wo should prove trouble
SONS 10 any amateur team en- the North
weat
Tho crowd was considerably larger than
that which attended thu r A. C.-Y NJ c.
A game several weeks ago. During the
first ~art - the game there was roofing
getore fer the Indians. the fans beinr
Ffven opportunities 20 say funny things
1a~h tfs visitors and play the game from
fhe stand Young Man NOT ARA 81 Of
Dust Hungry Y off After Flies" ana
ether titiSs were given tho dusxy PLAYERS.
~ fact. the same afforded the best % or
po~iunitfes FER efnbywcnic furry men who
never fan "a make their presence known
a. hall game. \ large number ~ Young
Indian girls and bog. from the training
school ~eTs present.
The makeup ~ the teams ana tire bat,
order