The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-08
SEATTLE TEAM DEFEATED.
WAS OITPIaYED By TACOMA At
CRITICAL MoMESTS.
Hitting Pitcher Bfrz-Ganae Was
Fall of Ginger and some Brilliant
Plays Were Made ON both sides.

Special Dispatch 20 the PcZst-FHteIligeHcer
TACOMA June Five runs for me Ia
coma team and three for the Seattle ag-
gregatian vas the score fE The ball game
here today between the tao Sound teams.
II was q good game. too. on the wE1oss. rnA
OF ginger, close enough at all stages TO De
exciting and repsete with plays taat oTdj-
narily test the understanding Of the aver
age grand stand visitor. az wei as the a5iI-
Ivy al the umpire Shortstop Page and
Third Baseuan Dea we're the only Victins
OF Umpire Mcfnenry. Both talked 100
much at the wrong time and both were no
tilted that their verbossty would entail
fire OF s.. payable out Of the mrs. week
salary due.
The game was begun with Tacoma at the
bat. and between Left Fielder Ga1annltz.
who caught a sensational fly. while run
ming reaching out for the ball with one
hand and Brig. Page and pugdaie. VINO
took part In a neat double play. the Viz
ifors gave evidence even this early that
they could play the game. Gates had drfv-
en- long fly 10 left. far out OF the reach
Of Gaunlnisz. but the latter tried for IL and
while sprinsing toward ii luckily got one
hand under il. The put cat was received
with yelis. Kleber then got first on
hit and Work hit TO Pitcher Brig Birg
threw klieoer out at second. Page return
ing the ball to F1rss Baseman Dugdale IN
time 20 cut of Work. The neat. clever
work In this first half OF the first was the
cause for much b!eacher encouragement.
In the second Norton, for Tacoma, open
ed with a hit. Green reached frs, on an
error. Eagan flied out. Stotier did likewise
and cominsky followed suit. No runs
were made by the home team up TO the
nth In this inning Stotler first up. walk
ed and Coninsky hit for single, sending
stotier 10 third. Stotler then scored on
passed ball. Coninsky reached second on
the same passed ball. and got third and
over the plate ON two wild pitches. The
next three batters went out in short order,
Gates being the only 10 get a 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 ball stole second. Norton followed
with a single, scoring Work, and then
stole second Green hit for a single and
on Left Fielder GaumTa.tz's error IN hand
ling the bali, stole second. scoring Norton.
Pagan flied out to third and Sto;ier was
thrown out at first by Pitcner Brig. Com
iasky's hit for q single. scoring Green.
Andrews got TO first by being hit with
pitched hall. and Gates was thrown out
at frat with the assistance OF Second
Bassman Anderson. These three runs,
added to the two made In THE nth. We're
all that were made by tho home team,
and won the game.
Five innings had been played before the
Seattle team got man across the plate.
In the sixth Brig. first al bat, drew a prize
and walked 20 first. Anderson sent him to
second by sacrificing. Stotler assisting to
XII off Anderson. First Baseman Eagan.
who saw Brig trying to steal. held the ball.
hoping S.otler or Shortstop Kheber would
race back and cover II. Both were trying
to beat Brig TO the bag, but Eagan didn't
wait. He threw the ball straight at the
base. No one was there and ii kept going
to the bleachers' bench. Before IL was re-
covered Brig had scored. Page followed
by getting TO first on Cominsky's error.
Dea hit To Cominsky. who cut off Page al
second. and Dea was caught trying to
steal second.
In the eighth inning the visitors scored
again. Anderson got TO first on Shortstop
Kliebers error Page sacrificed him to
second. and Anderson then stole third Dea
found the bal, for a single and scored An
derson. but died at second while trying
10 steal bag. Corbett famed, ending the
inning
In the last inning Rand walked 10 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 hatsman. also walked Gaumnitz
famed and Dugdale repeated the bad
work, which was brought to a climax by
Brig pounding the air. giving Andrews
credit with tanning three batsman in sue
cession.
For Tacoma Andrews and Norton were
the battery. Andrews struck out nine men.
was found for three hits allowed eigh,
batsmen 20 walk 10 first. and scored one
very Wild pitch. Catcher Norton made Il
great HIT with his clever work throughout
the game. He caught four runners N Sec
ond allowing but one base runner 10 steal
the second bag. Without passed bali 10
his 5Lscreait and with two singles and
double al the hat be- pushed himself into
first place In the estimation OF fans gener-
ally
Birg and Hartmann were the battery for
the visitors The pitcher got credit for
three stTike-outs and allowed two men 10
walk. asp making two wild pitches He
was found for ten hits. one two-bagger
and niue singles Hartmann did fairly well
behind the bat One ball passed him that
he should have stopped. hut his throwing
20 ha.sea and clever backstop work helped
materially in holding down the score.
Tho two teams play here again tomor-
row. Law and Norton WIZ oe the battery
for the home team.
II. r. T.
Seattle ..,.. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. s 2