The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-08
SEATTLE TEAM DEFEATED.
Works Men Also Had No Trouble In
Hitting Pitcher Birg-tiame Was
Full of Ginger and some Brilliant
Plays Were Made on Both sides

Special DISPATCH 20 the oSt-Irteiigercer-
TACOMA. June Five runs for the IA
coma team and three for the Seattle ag-
gregatien was The score In the tall game
here ieday between the two Sound teams.
II was a good game, too. on the whole, taA
CT ginger. close enough Il, all stages 20 De
exciting and repiete with plays tnat ordi-
narlly test the understanding OF the aver
age grand stand visitor. as vel as the a2ii-
ity Of the umpire. Shortstop Page and
Third BsSeman Dea were the only Vicarns
OF Umpire McInenry. Both talked 700
much at the wrong time and both were no.
: titled tha; their yeruossty would entail
fine Of s.. payabis ont OF the frs weeks
salary due.
The game was begun with Tacoma at the
bat ard between Left Fielder GaWnnitz.
who caught q sensational Hy. whLe run
ming reaching out for the ball with one
hand. and Brig. Page and Dugdaie. who
took part In a neat double play. the VS.
ttors gave evidence. even this early, that
they could play the game. Gates had driv-
en- a long fig 70 left far out OF the reach
Of Gaumni.z, but the latter tried for IL and
while sprinting toward IL luckily got one
hand under Il. The put out was received
with yelis. kIieber then got first on
hit and Work hit 10 Pitcher Brig. Brig
threw KlIeber out al second. Page return
ing the bal to First Baseman Dugdale In
time to cut off Work. The neat, clever
work in this first half of the first was the
cause for much bieacher announcement.
In the second Norton, for Tacoma. open
ed with hit. Green reached first on an
error. Eagan flied out, Stotler did likewise
and Cominsky followed suit. No runs
were made by the home team UP 10 the
fifth. In this inning Stotler, first up, walk
ed and Coninsky hit for a single, sending
Stotler to third. Stotier then scored on
passed ball Coninsky reached second on
the same passed bali. and got third and
over the plate on two wild pitches. The
next three batters went out in short order.
Gates being the only one 70 get hit.
IL was IN the ninth inning that Ia
coma again crossed the plate. Work hit
for A single and on the slow return OF
the bail stole second. Norton followed
with a single, scoring Work. and then
stole second. Green hit for a single and
on Left Fielder Gaumn.tz's erroS In hand
ling the bali. stole second, scoring Norton.
Esagan flied out TO third and Stotieg was
thrown out at first by Pitcner Brig. Com
insky's nit for a single. scoring Green.
Andrews got to first by being hit with a
pitched ball, and Gates was thrown out
at first with tho assistance OF Second
Baseman Anderson. These three runs.
added to the two made IN t,ie fifth. were
all that were made by the home team,
and won the game.
Seattle team got a man across the plate.
In the sixth Rrg. first at bat. drew a prize
and walked To first. Anderson sent him TO
second by sacrificing Stotler assisting to
kel of Anderson. First Baseman Eagan.
who saw Brig trying TO steal. held the bali.
hoping S;otier or Shortstop Klieber would
race back and cover IL. Both were trying
10 beat Birg to the bag, but Eagan didn't
wait He threw the ball straight at the
base. No one was there and 1t kept going
to the bieachers' bench. Before Il was re-
covered Birg had scored. Page followed
by getting 70 first on Cominsky's error.
| Dea hit 10 Cominsixy. who cut off Page at
second, and Dea was caught trying 10
steal second.
In the eighth inning the visitors scored
again. Anderson got 10 first on Shortstop
Kiieber's error. Page sacrificed him to
second. and Anderson then stole third. Dea
found the bal. for a single and scored An
: derson. bat died al second while trying
10 steal a bag. Corbett famed, ending the
inning.
In the last inning Rand walked 20 first
on called balls. got second on a wild pitch
reached third on Pitcher Anderson's error
and scored on Works error. Hartman,
the next batsman. also walked. Gaumnitx
famed and Dugtiale repeated the had
work. which was brought TO a climax by
Brig pounding the air. giving Andrews
credit with tanning three hatsman In sue
cess!on.
For Tacoma Andrews and Norton were
the battery. Andrews struck ont nine men.
was found for three hits. allowed eight
hatsmen TO walk TO first and scored one
very Wild pitch. Catcher Norton made 4
great HIT with his clever work throughout
the game. He caught four runners AT sec
ond allowing but one base runner 10 steal
the second bag. Without passed ball 10
his dL&credit and with two singles and a
double al The bat, he pushed himself into
first place in the estimation OF fans gener-
ally
Brig and Hartmann were the battery for
/ the visitors The pitcher got credit for
three strike-c1fts and allowed two men 10
walk. aiso making two Wild pitches. He
wa found for ten HRS. one two-hagger
+! and ntne sine3ea Hartmann ala fairly we'll
/ behina ire bat, One bali passed hNu that
Ia should have stepped. but his throwing
. 10 bazos and clever backstop work helped
materially IN holding down the score
THO tvo teams play here again tomor-
row. Law and Norton VIII be the battery
tor The home team.