The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-16
ATTENDANCE Is GROWING.
LARGER CROWD SEES SEATTLE
TEAM BEAT PORTLAND.


Cav afternoon az Athletic park between
Seattle ard Portland showed gratifying
Increase IL IL keeps up today. when the
clubs meet a. the same grounds. ana
doubles Sunday a: Madison PARK. when
two games Will ie played for one admis-
son. President Doyle and Manager Dug
dale wiI. feel better. IN view of the sn1an
patronage on week days. 1t has been 10
light task for the management TO Keep
the team intact. People stand on the
street corners ard say ira. II would DO
terrible TO have the Seattle team dsshana'
bu, that does not help to pay bills.
Yesterdays game was q splendid HUE
trssion Of the fact that the Seattle base
bail team never knows when IL IL beaten.
II was also illustrative OF the uncertainty
Of the national game. Up 10 the last mar
of the ninth inning IL seemed as u FORT
lard mad Tho game well tn hand The
score was TO tn her favor. ana Dc
attic had been unequal or seTefai occa.
ssons 10 the task of getting hits at cfi.ieA.
points II was noticeable, however. thal
The repeated strains were affecting young
Murray. who was IN the box for Portland,
and the ninth brought the crash.
Rand. the first man up, was MI by
pitched bail. Anderson stood at the Plate
ike n block OF ice. and after fcuiing ths
good ones. went TO first on balls. rage
was hit on the wrist with a sharp m
shoot. and the bases were fun. Coroeit
hi, a sauirming grounder near second.
which clark fumbied. and two runs cross
ed the plate. Corbett was caught between
bazes, but Clark dropped the ball Oh the
throw. and Corbett was safe. Lane ner
out Louis" yelled the crowd as pea came
TO the bat In keeping win the request,
a. f.xxfK a.fss CIR
over second, and two more runs came In.
Seattle had won, and the crowd went nome
happy while Portland felt like swearing.
There were many present who felt sorry
to see Murray lose the game. He Is a
young pitcher from Tacoma lie posses
ses great speed and good curves. but is a
trifie unsteady. Had he been an oid-t.mer
ne would undoubtedly have won out. As
81 was. Seattle, after allowing Portland
TO make five runs ia the first inning. kept
reaching out. scoring run nov and then.
until they got Murray keyed UP TO pitch
that he could not stand. He deserved TO
win. but fate was against him.
Corniakey was the same old mystery.
Portland confidently expected TO bat him
out of the box. but he kept pegging away
and when the end came had one more viz
tory to his credit. The score shows that
Dea had an off day. He fumbied two
grounders excusabie errors and threw
wide to frat twice Dugdaie had to go on
first 10 get the ball in each instance. so no
put Adams in his place. as Adams can
reach fartherin all directions. Adams play
ed the bag In first-class style. handling
groundefs with good Judgment and pick
lnp up low throws with great ease. Dea's
handling of Hopkins high bounding hot
hi In the seventh was the star feature of
the gam..
GaumnitZ played poorly IN left. muffing
n tanft lf
which cost a run. Corbett's work in right
was iip-top, and his batting was fully up
10 the hot pace he has set in recent games.
Anderson accepted seven chances at Sec
ond wishou; even sweating. For Portland
Hopkins put up a magnificent game In CEN
ter. while McCabe handled left cleverfy.
BENDER played good second. but did not
have an opportunity to make any Of ais
circus plays.
The score: