The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-06


rorlaad. who has been playing In Tapo
Ma d2rJEg the past week Spoken n.s
not played a league game or as ourr
GROUNDS. and az tne city Il raurexanf~ -
oAssnsA hungry. the patronage ought no
De nefter than Il has heef in r4ls -
IL il strang- indeed that the So.
Tam, IN View 81 the FIRE hall b hss h.pe,,
paying bas not received zr~ste. sacox~
asemeHt from the general public. w.
sf'n4s 1fierfiooa4 the cars that wsenz 0sr
10 Madison park were literally Bezxxse,J
down 10 the rails. Yet only SIX Or 4av@n
hundred people entered the BASEBALL park
Seattle h TOW well engrenefess IN nrsf
place having won eleven and lg.St far@s.
games Her nearest rival Is Portland
With eight victories and five defeats ~
nsr credit. Out Of the six games tt, tsa
played This week SEATTLE ougut Ia win
fHFfe At least, and there II no reaser. "A,
think Portland will do better ON the spo-
kasts grounds. The Spokane. team zriU F,s
strengthened Ihis week when Rsvupt.ix
resumes his work at short aud Conner a
aard-nitting Spokane man. goes into right
hsid There Is good deal OF luck in
baseball. and Spokane has not had her
snare o. ii since the season opened There
= one thing however, that / feel j,ax,i-
hed In saying: Spokane does not plAy as
good team as Seattle. There Is room
for Improvement in this direction.
"heh |iiy comptroller Parry Was re-
Gently In the South and East. he had an
opportunity TO see SONS good ball playing
and also to renew acquaintance with
some OF the men who were famous here
In the days Of the old Pacific Northwest
league. and who have become still more
famous in late years Billy Lanxe. the
thsoago center fielder was still at his
Old game Of spelling home runs Mr.
Parry says that not only does be make
his sensational running catches in one
game bat he keeps il up day after day
LANCE f. considered 20 be the most valu-
able ball player In the National league to-
day. There is not another center neIdsr
that can cover the ground he does, run
the bases sse way ne can, or excel him az
the nat. He il a great favorite IN chi
cage. and. in fact. all around the big cir
cult. Charlie Irwin, VINO was the Idol
OF the bieacliers when he played third
base for Seattle. Is holding down the third
bog for tinevinnati the present header I'm
the National league race. During the first
part Of the season he batted trife below
the average Of the other players. bat as
the season advances hc always moves up
several pegs. Mr.. Parry gave a regular
Seattle war whoop during the game, and
although there was biz crowd present
Irwin turned around as If hit with a brick.
He recalled old time= with that yell.
Mr.. Parry says that Abaer Powell who
In It's days OF get there or break the
bank" Is playing better bali than ever.
lie IL a rich man aud has large interests
IN New Orleans He was playing left
field for New Orleans when Mr.. Parry
saw him. CAenaivin is playing second
base for Columbus. In the Western league.
lie Is batting like iiend this year In
six games with Miunea polls he had an av-
eraae o; .4l4. Thornton. the s. 4. e,
pitcher. who Is nov with Chicago, still
lacks confidence. When he gets into a
game and is hit a little his nerve goes
back on him Griffith the Old Tacoma
pitcher Is the only reliable man on Chi
Cages pitching STAFF. Chicago VIII never
win the pennant with the kind OF a team
she has al present. After the mean way
Ansou was treated, there are many base
bah cTanks who are only too glad 10 see
the Chicago team fail down. IL is a pecu-
lar coincidence that Arson should be cast
aside and his place oiled by Burns. who
was the most giraffe third baseman Chi
cngo ever had. II WAS even oct IN the
old Chicago Boston games that Burns
would throw the ball into the bleachers in
a tight ninrh AT last are rid of
Mannaasau" says the Columbus CORE
spondent OF the 81. Louis Sporting News.
Columbus is IN luck. Manuassau was
not fast enough TO hold his place In CEN
ter with the Tacoma team in the old
ieauge.
lanes J. Corbett IS credited with knock
ing out an OK with one blow from his ast
According TO this FItzsimmons ought 10
XIII an OK. The history OF the Carson city
fight did not Indicate that Mr.. Cosbett pos
scs.ed such wonderful hitting powers. Per
haps IL Fitzsiusnons were tied up with
ropes Corhett could knock him out.
The Washington state tennis champion
ship contest IL scheduled TO take place in
Seattle under the auspices Of the Seattle
Tennis Club June Is. /; Is probable. how
ever. that Il will he postponed Until July.
Those who are Interested IN tennis VIII he
sorry to near that J. r. FoulSes. champion
or the Pacific Northwest and international
handicap champion. vii nor he able 80 de-
fend his honors this year. lie has been Sc
riously ill the result. largely. Of injuries
received on the football field. The re-
moval OF Mr. Foulkes from the candidates
for honors at the state tournament in this
city and the Pacific Northwest tournament
IN Tacoma will bs a hard blow az the game
lie has been one Of the great factors in
maintaining interest and increasing the
standard % play year after year. II Was
Mr. f,ouikes' intention To make visit %
California thts season ans play against the
men who are supposed 20 be the best on
tho coast His record against these play
ers would have been Of great assistance ia