The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-16
GAME PLAYED IN THE MUD.
Hard batting snd n Great Desi OF ~
--Fs~Iaers are I~a a Merry Dance
-Rain Forces the Umpire to Gail
the s.am. In the ~excnth Ianiax.

Taese xno enjoy BARD hating and rrzteh
o. :, nslezea fhs 0aportualty Ct ihesr lives
yexseraay ztEeTrosn ~ remaining a~ay
frofa she arst bali game bssseen Static
AM Portland at The Athlete park.
From TIE tire the arst baI was thrown
scroes inc pate uasn torrent Il rain
cosupe.ied Umpire AeInerax - call the
game IA she first hall u tho seventh inc
feeders we're led merry dance they
sid around In she mud and vet grass.
uacs % me dellgat Of the 80 people pres
err somegirnes tAeg acre on their Zee;
and sometimes tbeg were not. The clothes
OF fheso VINO Were not rese1sbied the
xsrrnarts oY the nero ~ football match
The base runners Developed foDGns@s Tor
ht.gxs1.z Una aase8. and when theF were
coras~laed 10 make 3 sudden dive - save
. pusout tfsy scFaG.ed enough fsaua 20 cover
a political Parts,
eesffle asa no trouble ln winning. The
seara sA1wk fAaf the hase hits aFre pfac-
ficaiy evea. buf counting a base on balls
or a MT bY pitched ball equal Go a hi;, the
sstslastfy dfsspfears Haynes sent four Sc
aft3e sssn 20 bases on balls and h!t one
whsiA Fesges who relieved him IN the sixth.
aiissxsd two men TO walk On the other
f4na Anderson kept putting the bal. over
the plate ard szhiie he was hatted hard
ave ~ ths hits did no. prove factors In
producing runs.
I.efh the in ard outfleld we're too wet
for fast hsii playing Around the home
plate ard FIRST base the mud was ankle
deep. Rain felt a. Intervals up TO the
time the game was commenced. In two or
iaree Innings prior TO the deluge II
spriBkied.
Bcrehers' men by yesterdays exhibition.
They look Ike bali players. however. and
certainly can bat The few faithful
fans" presen, wete surprised TO see Muir
ply who played FIRST for Seattle, behind
the bar for Portland. Murphy vas released
yesterday, and il helping ;ae Portland
team OUT. II ns continues catching a. he
ltd yesterday q, Is probable that he VII
b. retained iie also surprised Seattle
people hy batting cut double and
Triple. In The Las; instance he made the
circuit NJ Tire bases. but Dea slipped while
running aGt % receive the thr0wn-in and
could not handle the ball. The error WAS
charged against Uea. bu, II would be ri
dcalous TO aI,ow Murphy "a heme run
Horchers Is the same Old chief ard
knocks the hall out Of the tos whenever
he gets the chance. Three times al the
bat and taFte safe hits. one a fhree-hag
was bis record yesterday. whiteosnb who
played second base for Tacoma in the ear
IS par. u ,he season. Is playing center for
Spokane.
Seattle had new man In the game Ills
name IS Comlskey. He played second base
for Tacoma the last three games between
Seattle and Tacoma IA this city. He IL
pitcher. bat owing TO an injury "a Daily
was used for an inaeldsT He did sueli
clever wsrk that Manager pugda,s picked
him Gus for a conner ard l0st no time in
signing hm when Manager Work gave
htiIl his resease, The reason C0m.skey
wa2 rot retained by Tacoma Is fonnd In
the hne work done by Pitchers Law. An
drvss aud Cot. Yesterday Comlskey play-
Ell ilne game az second. accepting seven
chances Without an error. tie handles thu
hall in douple plays. both receiving and
Throwing better taan aay other man In
the league
Not more ihau 10 people went out to
the Athletic park many remaining at
home on account Of the threatening Wealth
or. botb Manager Dusdale and Chief
Borehefs were determined 20 play II the
weather wood give them chance FRS.
II w0uid sprinkle and tAen rain. Finally,
there was a let-up and the game vas COM
m1nced Seattle men felt easy victims in
the nfst ta0 innings, and In the mean
tine Portland scored swics On clean hits
hS CLARK. Haynes, Boychefs Murphy and
Ef+@*ts ~ tA1 tHtfN ttaA tlCS WAS fritR
unsteady ana sent two men 20 bases on
balls. Timely hats by Dugda'e and Cornis-
hey and an error by Murphy on A throw
IN from IRE oatae.d gave Seattle four runs
Seattle added one more In tha fourth and
Portland went her two better, tletnx the
score, In she Remaining fwo innings Port
land could net score. She got three hits
in the afth. bat a iong throw 10 third nv
Rand from right and quick double by
tomlskcy. Page aud Dugdale retired the
side
The Attn was IS disastrous % Portland
- = vas satisfactory ie SEATTLE with
Two pat shoCislop Hopkins threw The bal.
h'ea over karchsrs head az frat That
started the baA railing ard Page. Cor
htii. nea- bUrla.e and Gaumnltz made
hiis- HBWmrlix vas tNiee AZ has in this
in"sHE and made two slag,fs After the
clouds rolled AMY IL Nas discotcrra that
Seattle had made usc yuns 9n the frS.
naif az Tie seventh Portland made several
crvoT@ which WITH hts by Hartmann. pea
and tiaHunstz, Yielded four rane. s1u'v
oo@ Ran ~3s Utt, wh.a rain feu IN tor
rents and ;h0 game yyas eall-i Accoritay
- sae Fujes ,he seoro goes hack "a evan
ia0.nks- The Scaree
seattle.
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