The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-21
TERRIFIC BATTING DID It.
PORTLAND SUFFERS DEFEAT AT
HANDS OF SEATTLE TEAM.
Local Boys Play Poor Hall In the
Field. But In the sixth and Sew
ensh Innings Do Good Work

Seattle beat Portland yesterday after
noon at the Athletic park by terrific bat
ting IN the sixth and seventh innings
The score was 10 TO at the close OF the
game. Many o. the people there were
sorry Portland had not won. because Sc
attic played such a poor fielding game at
times tina, size really deserved 10 lose.
Notwithstanding the fact that the game
vas below the general average, the crowd
rather enjoyed II. First Portland was
ahead, with one run 70 her credit. scored
in the second inning through Nurpay's
single 10 left. passed bali by usually re-
Liable Hartmann. and a low throw To first
by Page. Then Seattle caught up In the
next inning, owing 20 Hopkins tumble at
third and Rand's bit 20 center field.
Seattle took the lead again IN the fourth
with two runs on Pages double 10 left
really a misjadged fly, Corbetts three
Dagger TO center. and Clark's tumble at
short. No sooner had the crowd commenc-
ed TO breathe easier than Comiskey went
up In the air. and with base on balls, a
hit by ball and a scratch hit allowed the
Webfooters to tie the score.
The first Of the fifth witnessed some re-
markable work by Murphy. He retired
Seattle on three fouls, eacn caught near
the grand stand II seemed as If there
were not more than five or six balls pitch
ed. 50 quick was the work done. Port
land took the lead In her half By scoring
one run on a tumble and wild throw by
Coalskey Of Haynes scratch HIT and Bor-
cheers bard drive near second.
With the sixth came Portland's fate
Nine Seattle men went to bar. and four
of that number made Clean hits. including
q double. To add TO Portland's misery.
Clark fumhled grounder and Borchers
allowed ball from Hopkins to pop out
Of his mitt. When the agony was ever and
the field was surveyed the discovery was
made that five Seattieites bad crossed the
home plate. Once having Fessel on the
run. the Siwashes showed no inclination
10 let up. Dea nit him for a triple IN
the seventh and Adams and Gaumni,x
helped the good work along. Two more
runs were added 10 the already long string.
making total of ten. There ends the
story of Seattie's run getting.
Portland was retired IN order In the
sixth. seventh and eighth. In the ninth An
derson fumbled, allowing Hopkins 10 reach
first Bender hit 10 left, and It went
through Gaumnitz. When the ball was
recovered Hopkins had scored. Haynes
followed with a three-baeger. and then
Page fumbled BorcAers' grounder. Three
runs was ali Portland could muster in
the ninth, bat II made the sccre look diff
ferent that /; had for some time
The features of the game outside of Sc
attie's smuggling were as follows: Rand's
pickup or catch there is a question as 10
which II wasl OF long fly 10 right. Dea's
fielding AT third, Benders one-hand pick
up over second and Hartmann's catch OF
one foul hy near the grand stand. Hart
mann Played poorly until the latter part
of the game,
The Seattle team will leave today for
Spokane. while Portland goes 10 Tacoma.
The score: