The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-27
TACOMA MAS SIMPLY RANK
HOME TEAM THOROUGHLY WHITE
WASHED Bf SPOkANE.
Pile Up Is Runs. Max
ing Is In the Ninth Inning
"Huncky" Hines sent 10 the bench

Spscia! Dispatch to the acknowledgement.
TACOMA, May 2s,-The second game
OF the series between the Spokane and
Tacoma teams today was q veritah.e
slaughter Of the home nine. Fifteen runs
for the east-of- the-mountains BOYS and
not man TO reach first base Or 20 make
even dinky single for the Tacoma team
is brief story OF the game.
i; was one OF those one-s.ded games
with all the Play on one side, and kicks
added 10 almost numberless errors on the
other. II started of well enough. with
''oid Hoss' Darby in the box for Spo-
kane and Kelly behind the bat. Andrews
and Hines were the battery for the home
team. and the little Tacoma pitcher had
held the Spokane team down to one hit
and but one run up TO the fourth inning,
when trouble began to brew.
In the eventful fourth inning a Texas
importation had been struck out by An
drews and the good work was repeated
with Gay, who followed. Then came
Reynolds, another ball tosser from the
Lone Star state, and here Is where the
laxative "Huncky'' Hines and his team
had trouble. As Reynolds stepped 10 the
another Texas man." and Umpire O'Toole
quietly impaired TO Brother Hines the in
formation that his remark would cost
him exactly g. Then Hines grew defiant.
talked back" 10 the umpire and made
himself generally obnoxious.
This was a little too much for the dig
nifty of Gar O'Toole, who. after fail
ing to wither the "sawed-off'' catcher
with a glance OF warning. fined him s.
more ana ordered him out or the game.
Then came talk and more taik-explana-
tons and expostuiations, but the little
monarch Of the field insisted. and the re-
suit was that klieber went behind the
bat from shortstop. DAILY was moved from
second TO short. and Com:nsky was called
in TO ofiiciate at the second bag.
Then the game went on, but, oh, what
a game. Stotler at third had many
chances and made almost as many errors.
The way he would stop sizzling grounders
was enough TO raise the hopes OF a pessi-
mist. but the way he would throw wild
to first base drove the average Tacoma
fan insane. Eagan at fire, didn't help
matters any by covering the bag like a
farmer. These inexcusabie errors. added
to the kirk put in the team by the retire
ment Of Hines. gave the home team about
as much show of winning as the Spanish
had at Manila
1t was ladies' day. too. Despite threat
ening weather the fair admirers of the
national game were out IN force. and the
show the home team gave them for all
their trouble in Cooking nice" for the
occasion was shame. They all pulled
as only lady enthusiasts can for the home
team. until IL was plain that the visitors
had a walk-over. and then they abused
the unfortunate Tacomans FOR having
dared 10 invite them TO witness such a
really d!sgraeefuf exhibition OF base
ball. The home team was horribly or.
! II was it's Off day with emphasis. and
| after Hines retirement the whole aggre-
! CATION lost its grip.
II was in the last half OF the eighth inn
ing that Pitcher Andrews weakened so
badly that he was retired. He was put on
/ second in place of Cominsky. and the lat
| ter put In the box, but the change that
| might have done some one good failed at
that stage OF the game. During the part
| of innin that Cominsky pitched the
| visitors found him for ore single and one
| two-hagger. and he allowed two men TO
| walk to first. Andrews pitched really
! good game up TO the eighth inning. Up 10
this inning but four hits had been mace
| by the visitors. In the eighth four more
, hits were made of him before he was
| moved 20 second base. All told the Spo-
! kane team made ten heats, including thre'
| two-baggers and one home run.
Darby left the box at the end of II
! game with the record of not a hit havir
! been made off hilli. and with having pr
| vented single batsman gong to fir
on called balls A clean score on all sid
! is what the visiting team has TO its credit
! No hits and no runs by the home team
meant errors for no one among the Spo-
kane boys. and probably a more one-sided
professional game was never played in
/ the Northwest than that OF today.
/ The deadly eighth was simply awful.
! With six hits by the Spokane men, each
/ one OF the nine going twice 10 bat. they
| crossed the plate thirteen times. The
| pounding they gave both Andrews and
| Cominsky was but half Of the defeat they
! dealt out Error on error made by SLOT
!er served TO add 10 the Waterloo. Stotier
stopped chances that were simply too hot
20 touch. but when he came to recovering