The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-20
Portland and Seattle Teams Play
an Exciting Game.
wee.FEET WIN. SCORE OF 4TO3
In the Last 1nninG There 10 . Chance
TO Tie the score-Nith Two Men
ON Bases Comiakey Drives the
Hall to Deep Center. Hut McCabe
Is There in Time-AndersOn's
Home-Other Features Of the Game

Portland beat Seattle yesterday afternoon
al the Madison street park in the presence
OF so people in a game that was marked
by one of the hottest neck and neck fin
ishes on record.
AL that was needed 10 change the story
was a misstep by McCabe in the ninth
inning when Comiskey drove the ball 20
deep center. with two men on bases and
two out. The score stood 20 5 IN favor o.
Portland. The crowd watched the ball as
it wen, up in the air and commenced to
drop. McCabe was running as fast as he
could and there was a chance tina, he
would not connect. Five hundred and nine
ty people We're hoping that he would make
a blunder, but he didn't. and Seattle took
her first defAt in many days After the
game McCabe said TO Chief Borchers.
Il suppose you would have killed me i;
l had dropped that ball.
The game worked along after the fourth
inning as IL it belonged 10 Portland, no
matter how hard Seattle tried 10 turn the
tables X is true that Seattle scored the
first run. in the third. on a tumble by
Fessel of Comiskey's grounder, sacrifice
~ DuSdale. a stolen base and wild pitch.
Up 10 this time neither side had scored.
In the fourth Borchers drove the ball on
. lire TO the left field fence but was held
at first by Gaumnitz's fine throw 10 sec
end. Fessel sacrificed and then McCabe,
with two out. made a lucky hit along the
right field line. which pat him on second
and scored Borchers. Clark dropped one
in center for a base and McCabe scored.
Fesse-'s two-bagger in the fifth allowed
Haynes to score. Clark would have been
d close out in the next inning but Umpire
Mcinerny decided that Pitcher Anderson
prevented him reaching first in order 10
give Dea time for the throw. Clark scored
the run subsequently on Hopkins hit and
IL proved to be the winning run From the
second to the third Seattle could not ge,
a run across the plate. After two were
out in the eighth Dugdaie went to first
on balls and then Anderson drove the ball
clear over the eft field fence, six lengths
from the center field corner. for a home
run. Only one run was now needed to tie
the score and when Seattle got two men on
bases in the hinth with two out the crowd
was laboring under considerable excite
ment. McCabe's catch in center ended the
agony.
Chief Borchcrs intended to pitch but
his arm was a trifie stiff and he concluded
to let Haynes do the honors. This was
lucky move. Seattle could not hit the ball
safe. 1t insisted on going up in the air and
dropping into a fieider's hands. Ground
balls bounded wei for the intelders. Sc
attic suffered in this respect. Up to the
sixth inning not a hit was made off the
Portland pitcher. Anderson was the first
man 10 reach first by the use of his bat
He drove hot one 10 short. 1t was too
hot 10 handle and was consequently scored
as a hit.
Anderson's home run, Rands single hit
TO right in the eighth and Gaumnitz's sim
gle to right In the ninth tells the story Of
Seattle'S batting Portland earned ell
her runs save one, and Dea was respon-
SHE for that through bad error of
Whitcomh's slow grounder II was a bail
that scooted along the ground and took
shoot through between the flelder's legs.
Dea's other error and Pages error cut no
figure in the run column
Murphy caught a good game for Port
land and threw finely 10 bases Haynes
fielded his position 10 perfection, as also
did Anderson. Anderson pitched a good
game working his way successfully out of
no less than three bad hoes. He also led
al the bat with single and home run.
McC'ahe Borchers. BENDER and Hopkins
also did some good stick work. The score: