The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-02

His Team mt the Bat-Hriliiant
Work by Gaumnitx. BirS, Cerhett.
Young Mr.. Anderson did II so easily.
with the assistance Of Rabbit Hartman
and seven other metropolitan performers
gathered together by Manager Dustiale.
THAI the hustling young ball players from
Spokane called meeting las; night TO
figure out how It all happened.
They would not have felt so bad about
IL If Anderson had showed visible signs Of
weakening once or twice during the game.
so that they could have located the third
base. On the contrary. the young man
with the recently cut. light curly hair.
pleasant face. broad shoulders and strong
right arm went or the principle that WHEN
you have en- on the run. keep EN- ago
ing. He absolutely refused to allow even
one of Manager Hutehinson's boys to kick
dust around third base. and limited the
number of hits 10 four. Only thlrty-one
times did Spokane go TO bat in nine IN
nings. and only one man walked 10 first on
balls. Not a wild pitch was charged
against young Mr.. Anderson; not one
fielding error or hit by ball.
1t was = game in which he had abso-
lutte command OF the situation from the
time the second man came TO the bat. IN
the first inning, until the third man was
retired from an awfully deep short by
Page. in the ninth. So clean a game did
Anderson pitch. SO splendid a game did
Rabbit Hartman catch, and so accurate
were the in and ousfielders. that Spokane
had no more show of winning the game
than Chicago has of winning the pennant
in the National league. 1t was beautiful
shut-out game. in which young Mr.. An
darson was the star and every other men,
Der of the home team a strong supporter
The glory does not belong TO young Mr.,
Anderson alone. although he pitched q
game that would be the talk of the town
If 1t had happened in Boston.
When one takes into consideration that
Anderson has been playing a star game
at second base right along, the full force
OF what he did yesterday afternoon at the
Athletic 0, NJ. c. A. park strikes one.
Old fans like Gen. f. NJ. Carr, Fred A.
Allen and +. n. Fobes were highly delight
ed, and decided unanimously that he must
be good one and worthy OF the alteration
shown him by the bleacherS. IL is really
hard matter TO anaiyze Anderson's
pitching. lie does everything so easily
and takes things so coolly that one IS apt
TO fail into the idea that he is born
lucky pitcher. lie did not use any re-
markabie curves or terrific speed. but he
worked the corners to perfection. and fire.
quently fell into old keefe's trick of put
ting the ball up around the Datsman's
neck. Work as hard as they might the
Spokane boys could not hit safe. except
in four Instances, and then only one hit
In an inning Anderson also fieiied his
position perfectly and batted like fiend
Rabbit Hartman's work behind the
hat was also Il feature OF the game. He
throws to the bases IN much the same
quick. snappy way that KID Baldwin
did. At the bat he is an unpleasant prop
osition for any pitcher TO meet. Not only
IS he hard 10 pitch TO on account OF his
SIZE, but he hits wicked grounders or
short Quilted hits. Murphy made much
better showing at first than usual. one
running catch Of a foul fly beirg Of tho
sensational order. Rand proved MS ability
as an all-around player by coming in 70
second from center and holding down the
keystone OF the diamond in clever style.
Page took everything that entered short
territory. while Dea allowed only one To
escape him. It was a slow. bobby ground
er that was we'll over toward short Page
was playing deep. however and Dea
showed good judgment in trying IL. even
if he did tumble
Gaumnitz In left. Corbett in center and
Brig IN right all had work to do. and they
scratched gravel in manner that was
highly satisfactory 20 Manager Dugdals
and the crowd. In the fifth Birg cut off
hit that looked certain of being good for
a double lie is evidently something OF q
sprinter.
With the exception OF the second inning.
when Pitcher Darby. who was playing
second, owing to the injury 10 Marshall.
allowed two grounders 40 shoot through
his legs Spokane put up "a good game.
Semper did unusually good work al third.
accepting seven chances without an app
preach to an error. Ryan pitched Well.
except that he was unsteady IN the first,
second and fifth. II Darby had handled
the two Erounders that came 10 him in
the second, Seattle would have scored two
instead of ave runs changing the aspect
OF the score materially.
With the exception Of Tom Turner's
two base hit. Spokane did not have much
success with the stick. Seattle. the
other hand, touched Ryan up rather lively
al times. In she second Rand knocked
out q single. bringing in Brig. Anderson
tried 10 make third. and IN 50 doing went
out Of the lire to avoid being touched by
the third bassman Umpire O'Toole
promptly called him out. II was a good
decision Page lifted the bali into deep
left center for two bases. bringing in
Rand and then Darby had his little trou-
he with the groundsrs. which netted two
more runs. Hartman then hit a vicious
high-boundlng gr0under past Arneson at
short ana one more run was recorded.
C;sumnitz gladdcned the hearts Of his adj
rnirers by driving tina bail 10 the right
feld fence in the f7fia
4 throw over second by Ryan. which