The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-04

Seattle defeated the Spokane baseball
team yesterday at the Athletic park by a
score Of Is 70 s.
i, was Ladies' day. and despite the
threatening weather the grand stand was
fairly well filed with women in handsome
gowns.
The teams did not play as good ball as
usual. There was too much throwing
around the field 70 no purpose, fireworks
that made the crowd think clean-cut ball
playing was not part of the game. Much
OF this helter-skel,er work ended without
errors being made, but ii robbed the exhi-
bition OF what the fans like TO see.
1t was not a pitchers contest. by any
means. Brig and Lei;ch were easy marks.
Not only was Brig hit safely ten times.
but he sent eight men to bases on balls.
Figuring that a base on balls is as good as
n hit, Spokane led in this department.
Four out of the eight men Brig sent 10
first scored. Tom Turner, the big first
baseman. took kindly to Blrg's curves
from the first In the second inning he
made A magnificent drive TO deep center
for three bases. and had not Rand handled
the ball quickly ii would have been A
home run. The next time up Turner
smashed the ball against the right field
fence, but Corbett got il on the rebound,
holding Turner at first. On most National
league grounds the hit would have been
good for triple at least. But IL was in
the seventh inning that Spokane's clever
first baseman set the crowd wild, and
brought forth round after round OF APP
plause. Seattle had a good lead and Man
ager Dugdale had donned the mask and
big mitt to get little practice himself
Two men were out, when Umpire O'Toe!s
''lost his eyesight." He allowed Marshall
and Darby to take first on balls. With
out desiring TO be- severe on the umpire,
who is continually the object of abuse. it
must be said that he rendered several poor
decisions on balls and strikes. Turner.
with a triple and n single TO his credit,
took his big bat and the first good bail
that came sailing up to the plate was his.
He brought his bat against the horsehide
covered sphere with resounding whack.
Straight al the right field fence went the
ball. while Catcher Dugdale. mask in
hand, gazed at IL in speeches. amaze
ment Pray as much Dug might. he
could not change the angle at which the
ball was travelling. 1t cleared the fence
and kept on going. Two runs crossed tho
with "A self-sat.sfied smile lurking around
the ends of his magnificent mustachio
II was a beautiful hit, the second he has
made In this city this season. In the days
of the old Pacific Northwest league he put
two over the right field fence of the Mad
ison street grounds. one Of which WAS well
down toward the corner. Bets are being
made now as TO what he will do Sunday.
when the game will be played at the Mad
ison street grounds. Last season Turner
played In the Texas league. and on several
occasions he batted out home runs or
triples in the nick of time.
Leitch had plenty of speed. but the Sc
attic players had a faculty of punching
their hits which destroyed his effective
ness. In the third inning they scored five
earned runs. on singles by Anderson,
Page, Dea, Rand. Gaumnitz and double
by Brig. Birg's hit was a line drive To
far center one OF the finest hits of the
season. The fair ones in the grand stand
said they did not how a little man
could bat 4 ball so far.
Right Fielder Corbett deserves special
notice for his timely hit in the second in
ming. before 1t commenced 10 look like Sc
attles game. Two men were out and
two men were on bases. Corbett drove the
ball past the pitcher and close to second
base. Arneson reached Il on the run. hut
could not have secured his man AT first IL
he had been Oil Hatfield Again in the
fifth Coroett got Il single TO left. bringing
in a score when two men We're out
Anderson made a sensational one-hand
stop of a grounder. and Dea handled sew
eral scorchers at third. Murphy put up 4
good game at first. He appears 10 be I'm
proving in his field work B.rg's work In
covering first in the ninth on Turner's ter
rife drive into Murphys territory was de-
cidediy clever Hartmann caught his
usual good game. but made one poor
throw 10 third.
Catcher Kelly. OF the Spokane team.
merited the sympathy Of the crowd. He
was hit on the shins, the feet, his thigh,
his arms and uncovered hand. Kelly is a
hard, conscientious player and a good bat
Ter
Manager Dugdale made his first appear
auce behind the hat. He WAS perfectly at
home and IL was easy TO see that he mer-
tied the praise 50 often snowered upon
him when he was with Washington, u. c.,
ard Kansas City.
The score: