The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-02
Sports ~pasfin)es



r,> official ssr1esisle 90 tire Pacific NORTH
~xzf League os Professional basea-a1'
fraAe szs asen completed and formally AZ
.rr~ed sy President ". j. Roche. o. s'osk-
"a seafts@ has Jared well a. the hands
- me schedule committee. Decoration Day
ere sx,okane team wsn play here rrorn-ns
sna afternoon. On the Fourth Of july Ia
1ena viii be Oh hand i'm the afternoon. ~
sgse s.oru.rsx tire Seattle team will take
trim 20 Tacoma. I<ascr day September >,
Tacoma Is here IA the morning ana a.
home In tire afternoon with Seattle soE an
opponent x
Tf,s .ease., viii open May n wiin games
between Seattle ard Tacoma IA Stast'e'
and between Portland and rpokasa -
Portland THE last games VIII e Play ~
According 20 the schedule. SEPTEMBER rs IN
S~a sais and Spokane. Seattle VIII hsss
Portland for an opponent sepasn'oes ~
& r and is. shsle spoksne vii measure
b. ~ With Tacoma on the Eane aAt"@
ire e.aesule provides for forty games IN
AN cite DISTRIBUTED over a period o. four
uonths A careful study 81 the pro-
syprs-nes will shau that splendid Judgment
has hesa exercised tn dealing With prob
len. that IL full OF pexpiexiug points oniy
si>oep vito haze been forced into toe uays-
tsrses OF ss1e6aIe making can appreciate
che labor involved. roy7S cities must DE
ss,jshs-1 in the matter Of choice dates. ana
ire n..sadIle maker must figure 10 THIS end.
0nrs must b. takes To sstnallze the mileage.
6eesnee hi. expense Is Gig factor IN the
Anasscsal end IT haaeiali league The
admission Of Spokane brings this point TO
TIE front more prominently than II VIC
scris or Salem had been seiected for the
feHth club.
- . -. S.ottorS ~ ran,{a fr +hIa
ettv a. well az Tacoma Portland and Spo-
ksne. xlo really enjoy baseball. provided il
r free from senseiess wrangisng asxi In
(fGerent playing The fact that moss OF
the players are from cities hundreds or
niiss away tends 10 place interest IN the
Ramss az minimum gave from purely
scientific standpoint. This condition Of az
fslfs may bs rcmedied as the seasos adj
yarree BY hard conscientious work on the
part Of the players. The baseball public Is
iiekie but at the same time IL Is apprecia-
tive enough TO sympatssze with hard
working player who has an of day. IL IL
the indifferent. careless men that are con-
deuned. ! must admit. however, that I
have heard nnkind and seDseiess remarks
addressed so good players from the grand
s.an,l and hieachers For the good of the
game. this kind Of thing should he check
Cd at once. one ~Anseless remark leads 10
efhers and there IL no telling where 1t will
end
II - altogether toss early IN the SEASON
10 commence figuring on tlss. comparative
strength Of the teams Proprietor Murphy.
OF the Seattle slub IL rot In town, isis 10
expected any day. He has some good men
or the airing and while IL is Idle talk to
proclaim the pennant already won, II Is
fair 10 eialm position well up to the
froT; when the las; game Is played.
According TO the Spokane Chronicle.
Manager Hutchinson feels confident he
has picked the winners" All managers
fsll into the same way of thinking. but
maet Of them are disappointed before the
srapon IA over. Perhaps Hutchinson il
right. From what know Of his men. | am
wiling 10 admit they are good ones. The
orb battery mentioned for the Spokane
team Is Darby and Kelly. l take il that
Darcy IL netsa other thaa Jumper Darby.
lie ss afst-clsss pitcher. when I'm shane.
and u has always been a mystery TO me
why he failed 10 climb higher on the lad
der OF BASEBALL FAME. Con L1cId, former
~ Spokane pitcher. managed 10 hold on
IN thr National League fer two or three
seasssis bat In my eatimation he is infe-
Nor 10 Darby
The Spokane grounds are reported 10 he
In better condition than ever \ l5-ton roll
er has been used 10 smooth them ever
TIE grand stand has been repaired and a
hew netting stretched la front,
The chances for a successful SEASON in
Portland appear to b. better thaa two
yeafs ago Manager Borchers has secured
IN. Mussnomah Athletic park grounds.
which are only short distance from the
main business part OF :he city. With
Sood team, playing average winning ball,
Portland ought TO he the best-pay.ng city
Ia tho league, az IL WAS III the days OF
hsly Iaage. When the last league was
living Tacoma was the banner town.
Following Is the official schedule:
Games wlli he played In Seattle as fol-
loss:
With Portland June Ia. ID. IS. 10: Aug
uss ), a, i. 1. September. IA. Is. II. H.
With Spokane, May 80 tmorning and aft
e'neanl June /. .. 4. 3. July 8. Z, .. 10,
August II. Is, -. Il.
With Taeor-s. May Is. -; June's II. 50;
July :. afternoon. =. 81: August IL. IA,
u. september 4. 5 lmoruingl
N'an,es scheduled In Portland are as eol-
lows.
With Seattle. May y. n. 3. ~: July Is,
~ - II. August II. IS. -, ~
WITH Spokane. May Is ~. -. O. June
". soiy :. ;. tmoraing and afternoon):
Aixast It. Is p. u
wa Tacoma. May 81 tmorning AMI att
-. - June !. :. T. 5. july q. :. 3. 10.
sasnst II. IA - 81
msmes az Spokane Will lee as follows:
VIA Fosilaad, June 5. ?. II. IL. July e.
II Angus, 81; september 3 4. )
''aafaing ard afternaon1
=, "a'n SEATTLE. June - =. -. Is: July ~.
~ - = September :, s TO- IL
'a iaeesa. June Il. 10, II. 10: Aug
= . september IA. Is. Il. Is.