The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-27
TACOMA WAS SIMPLY RANK
HOME TEAM THOROUGHLY WHITE
WASHED III SPokANE.
Pile p Is Runs, MAX
ing Is In the Ninth Inning
"huncky" Hines Sent to the Bench
by O'fooie for Talking Back.

special Dispatch TO the Pest -Intsl.sgencer.
TACOMA. May 3s--The second game
OF the series between the Spokane and
Tacoma teams today was veritabla
slaughter Of the home nine. Fifteen runs
for the east-of-the-nountains boys and
not a man 10 reach first base or 10 make
even a dinky single for the Tacoma team
Is brief story OF the game.
Il was one OF those one-s.ded games
with all the play on one side. and kicks
added 10 almost numberiess errors on the
other. It started OF well enough. with
odd 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 10 the fourth inning,
when trouble began TO brew.
In the eyentful fourth inning q 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. ard here IS where the
laxative "Huneky" Hines and his team
had trouble. AS Reynolds stepped TO the
plate Hines said to Andrews, Here comes
another Texas man." and Umpire O'Toole
quietly impaired 10 Brother Hines the in
formation that his remark would cost
him exactly s.. Then Hines grew defiant.
talked back TO the umpire and made
himself generally obnoxious.
This was little too much for the dig
nifty Of Gar O'Toole, who, after fall
ing TO wither the "sawed-off catcher
with glance OF warning. fined him S.
ND 1yaA u sy4,
Then came talk and more taik-exp!ana-
tons and expostu,ations. 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 officiate at the second bag.
Then the game went on. but, oh, what
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
10 first base drove the average Tacoma
fan insane. Eagan at first didn't help
matters any by covering the bag like
farmer. These inexcusable errors, added
10 the k!nk 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 We're out IN force, and the
show the home team gave them for all
their trouble In looking nice" for the
occasion was a shame. They al! pulled"
as only lady enthusiasts can for the home
team, until il was piair that the visitors
had walk-over, and then they abused
the unfortunate Tacomans Tor having
dared 10 invite them to witness such a
really disgracefuv' exhibition OF base
ball. The home team was horribly of
1t was it's Off day with emphasis, and
after Hines retirement the whole aggre-
cation lost its grip.
1t 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 cnange that
might have done some one good failed at
that stage OF the game. During the part
OF an innin that Cominsky pitched the
visitors found him for one single and one
two-bagger. and he allowed two men to
walk 10 first. Andrews pitched a really
good game up TO the eighth inning, Up TO
this inning but four hits had been mace
by the visitors. In the eighth four more
hits were made off him before he was
moved 20 second base. All told the Spo-
kane team made ten heats. including three
two-haggers and one home run.
Darby left the box at the end of the
game with the record Of not hit having
been made off him. and with having pre-
vented a single batsman gong 10 first
on called balls. A clean score on all sides
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 more one-sded
professional game was never played in
the Northwest than that OF today.
With six hits by the Spokane men, each
one OF the nine going twice to 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 Stot-
Ter served TO add TO the Waterloo. Stotier
stopped chances that were simply too hot
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