The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-23
TACOMA TAKEN INTO CAMP.
OLLIE RIRG, SEATrLEs NEW
PITCHER. Is A WONDER.
He Has His Opponents Completely at
His Mercy and Fields His Position
in Mastery Style-His support
ers Play an Errorless Game.


yesterday afternoon from Madison street
park swearing eternal allegiance TO Man.
ager Dugdales pets. They had seen To-
coma taken into camp 10 the tune OF II
20 ], and TO cap the climax. the home
team had played an errorless game on a
field that Is very uneven In spots. II the
third inning could be brushed away 1t
would leave the game one OF the prettiest
exhibitions ever seen in Seattle. AS il
was, the home team took every advantage
OF the visitors in this inning when the
rain was falling. and before the circus
had ended eight men had crossed the plate.
1t was one OF those cases when hard luck
for one side was good luck for the other;
then again. the Seattle boys hit the ball
In this particular inning just when 1t was
needed. and that tickled the crowd. The
score does not indicate the general excel
team. True. Campbell made two bad
muffs in center fed. but only one of them
proved factor In producing runs.
The particular shining light OF the game
was Ollie Brig, the new pitcher that Man.
ager Dugdale secured from the Minneap-
oils team, after 1t got into a squabble with
Peoria. H., over his services.
He looks Ike some of Swinnerton's IA
nous pictures of baseball payers. He IS
about five feet seven inches TALL and when
attired in baseball toys that were intend
ed for a heavyweight. has the appearance
Of boy In his fathers clothes. He may
weigh 1i5 pounds, but the size OF his legs
does not back up the assertion TO any
great extent. When he walks he makes
one feel that he needs a pair of interfer-
ing boots. One spectator insinuated that
he had been down on the beach copying
the regulation siwash walk. He ambles
along in a most decelving manner. Just
when one becomes convinced that he is OF
the easy-going, calm, deliberate sort, he
suddenly hobs up as an electric man. He
can get over ground like 2-yearold, and
when II comes to covering first base, even
John Clarkson was not quicker and more
attentive to duty.
When he gets ready to pitch he jams
his cap far down on his head and to one
side. Then he looks at the batsman and
tries TO hypnotiZe him. Sometimes he
wears an infielders glove on his left hand,
and then again he will throw 1t away ana
handle short hit balls just as well. There
is nothing OF the grand stand player about
ing escapes him. The way he wound the
Tacoma boys up was a caution. Just
when they thought they had him started
down Hill he would give an additional
swing to his right wing and pass them up
TO the plate with such lghtning-like rapid
ity. combined with mean little inshoor.
that 1t was all off with the "Dooleys."
Even Billy Work, who has most dis
agreeable faculty of giving pitcher the
blind staggers, could not locate the ball
until the last inning. Then he corked 1t
into right for two bases. Egan helped
him 10 third with a single and tried to
steal second. Cricket" Hartman shot the
ball down to Page in time TO retire Egau
and Work felt 1t unsafe TO try a steal
home. With one out and man on third,
Brig let himself out and retired the next
two men on strikes. He did 1t as easy as
rolling off a log, and was in prime con-
dtion for more trouble.
The largest number of men he allowed
to go 10 bat in one inning was five, and in
that inning no scores were recorded. Up
TO the eighth he allowed only three hits.
aud not one Of these counted in producing
runs. He had such absolute control of the
bal that when he got in a tcklish place
he had no trouble in solving the problem.
He had all kinds OF delivery and with
each change there was no apparent loss
OF control. Sometimes ne would take a
his hands, then again he would confine
himself TO single circle, again he would
simply shove the ball straight up into the
air and let IL go as he brought his hands
down Another variety was the side throw.
The first three men that faced him went
out in order. The next man up got his
base on balls and tried to steal. but Hart
man made a quick throw TO second and
Short Stop Page taking the ball on the
run got his man. After Anderson had
retired Egan on a pretty pick up and
throw 10 first Whitcomb made a pretty hit
over second. Brig grinned slightly and
retired Stotler on strikes. In the third
inning. Birgs nerve was tested. Camp
bell. tho first man up dropped a fly in
left field between Gaumnitz and Page. AL
though ii was a mean ball 10 reach ii
seemed as Il one or the other ought 10
have had Il. Brig then hit Andrews with
the ball. Gates drove a hot one 10 Dea at
third and he shot it across to first in time
20 retire his man. Meanwhile, however,
Campbell! reached third and Andrews sec
ond. It looked ike a score, but Blonde
captured kheber's fly In right and got
II back TO the place N time to hold Camp
bell az third. On the next ba.l Hines put
up a sky high foul which Cricket Hart
man took running toward the grand stand
Three men out and no runs. The crowd
got enthusiastic and howled IN wild glee.
Some boy suggested mat "the new pitcher
was all right" ana the yell went around
Ike the measles
Up 20 the third inning Seattle had
scored only one run, and that in the first
on two hit by balis' and a single over
second by Blonde. As the home team
went 10 the bat in the last Of the third
It commenced 10 rain and the bali Became
slippery. Andrews h.t Anderson. Page
gave klelber chance al short and he
tried 10 retire Anderson at second but
failed. Dea followed with dinky hit
over third and the bases were fun Muir
ply flied out 10 ki3eber. Blonde made
his second hit by dropping a single into
short right. scoring Anderson ard Page.
Hartman got his first on halls and Rand
followed with a clean single over second.
scoring Dsa- Gaumnitz hlt - Whitcomb
who threw 10 the plate. Hines dropped
the hail and Blonde scored. B.rg picked
oEt 4 Mid pitch Tor third strike and
before the circus was over Rand and
GaunInltz had crossed the plase. SO far
nlne men had been AZ bat and seven runs
had crossed the plate. on she second
round Anderson hit to Stof1er who shot the
bail 20 first after making 2 pretty pick Up,
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