The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-16
GAME PLAYED IN THE Mud.
SEATTLE HEATS PORTLAND ~ a
sGoaE Of 10 TO -
HARD r,astfrr and n Crest Deal Of IL
-Ff~Idrrs Are Led Merry Dance
-Rzfn Forces fhe Umpire To Call
the tame an the seventh InninE.

THOSE who sngoy bard batting an1 nuea
OF Il Missed tts opportunity Of their lives
YESTERDAY afsersosn b remaining away
from the arsf bail gssae between Seattle
and Portland a, ths Athletic park.
From tae tsu.e ne arss bal was thfosTn
across lhe plate apsn torrent of rain
compelled Luapsra Me!aeTny 70 call the
game in TIC hrst half Of tae seventh tae
ae.dsrs we're he'd a merry daEcc. They
ala around ia ta4 mud ard wet grass.
much 10 the deiigai Of The -. people pFes-
ent Sometimes they acre on their zee
aaa sometimes they we're not TIE CLONES
Of taoae wao were not sssemDIed tae
ssrfrer.ts Of the hero nt football natca
Tire base runners developed fonaneSB yer
naggtnx the bass. and when they were
compelled to make sld2"n ave % e@*R
gatout they Scraped enough mud 10 cover
a Political party
seastie Aasi no trouble To winning. Tlo
score shows thas the base hits 8ere prac-
tfeaTv even bar counting a base on balls
or q hi2 hy pitched bail equal 10 81 hit. the
ssIgausy disappears. Haynes sent four Sc
attic men 10 bases on balls and hit oze
while E'essei who relieved him in the sixth
allowed two men To walk. On tire other
hard Andersen kept putting sse bal. over
the pIase. ard while be was batted hard
five 1T the hits did not prove factors In
producing runs
foth the III ard Quilted we're too wet
for fast ball playing. Around the home
Plate and FIRST base The mud was ankle
deep. Rain fell al intervals ap 10 the
time the game was commenced. In two or
three innings prior 10 the deluge !;
spTlnkled
II would - useless 10 Judge CHIEF
TiorcberH' men by yesterdays exhibition.
They look Hike bali players. however. and
certainly can bat The few faithful
fans present were surprised 10 see Muir
ply. who played first FOR Seattle. behind
the bar for Portland. Murphy WAC released
yesterday, and II ms ping the Portland
team ont II he continues catching as he
did yesterday It Ia probable that ne w!ll
be retained He also surprised Seattle
people by batting out a double and
triple In the last instance he made the
circuit or The bases. bat Dea slipped while
running out 20 receive the thfewn-in. and
could not handle the bail. The error was
charged against Dea. but II wou.d be ri
alcuios4s 10 allow Murphy home run
BorchcFs Is tbs anne Old chief" and
knocks the bail cat Of the lot whenever
tie gets the CHARGE. Three times Al the
bat and three safe hits. one "A taree-aagger
was hia record yesterday Whltcomb. who
played second base for Tacoma Ia the ear
IS par Of the season. Is playing center for
Epokane.
Seattle had new man III the game Ills
name is romEskey. lie played second base
for Tacoma the last three games between
Seattle aud Tacoma IN this city. lie ss
pitcher hat owing 10 an injury 10 Daily
was used for al intielder, He did such
clever work that Manager Dugdale picked
him ont for conner and lost no time in
signing him when Manager Work gave
him his resease. The Eeason Corniskey
was rot retained by Tacoma is found III
ias fine work done hY Pitchers Law, An
crews aud Con-. Yesterday Comskey play
81 fine game at second accepting seven
chances without au error. lie handles the
bail In doapie plays. both receiving ard
throwing better than any ether man In
thc league.
Not more than 10 people went out to
the Athletic park. many remaining at
homo on account Of the threatening wealth
er. Both Manager nugdale ard CHIEF
Bofchets were determined IN play II the
weather w6u,a give them chance First
- would sprinkle and then rain Finally
there vas a iet-up and the game was com.
menced. Seattle men fell easy victims in
the first two innings. and in the mean
tine Portland scored twice on clean hits
by Clark. Haynes, HorchefS Murphy and
fcsael. In the third HAYNES Was 4 trIsle
unsteady snd scni two uen 10 bases OH
hail>. Timely hits by Dugda,e aud Cofnls-
KEY ard al error by Murphy on a throw
IN from The ouifisld gave Seattle four runs
Seattle added one more IN the fourth ana
Portland went Aer two better t.eine The
score. Ia tho remaining two innings PORT
land could net scage. She got thres hits
In the Attn. bat long throw To third by
Rand from right AND a quick double by
Comiskey. Page and nustlale retired the
side
The nth was ae disastrous "a Portland
as l; was satisfactory % Seattle. Win
two cut SAevtstop Hopkins threw the bal.
h'sh over bofrhcFs heed n FIRST. That
siartcd the BAN rolling ana raxe. cor
beti, pea. F1ugdaie ard Gaumnitz made
hts Ga0u}nlt= wss twico AZ hat T., thfa
innsAT and tna3e tWc singles. After ;he
clouds rolled away z WAS discovered that
Seattle had wa3e fjeg runs ia fhe s~sf
half of the seventh Portland made several
errors whirh with BITS Rs Hartmann. pea
and GaHpr.:s. yielded four vuue. en- "
nae fnaa vas out. when sair gen II, .,~
f"Hte ard tn ganse wsz called According
70 ne rules ttc scnre E7cs hack - eve.,
innings. The Score.