The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-19
QUICK AND CLEAN CUT GAME.
SEATTLE WINS FROM PORTLAND.
SCORE THREE TO ONE.
One Mum by Gaumnitz Breaks the
Spell-Local Men Do Fine Team
Work-Keeps Batsmen Guessing.

Seattle defeated Portland yesterday az
ternoon al the Athletic park in one OF the
prettses-. cieanes, ard cuickea, games CT
the season. The scare was TO J.
SD" Adams pitched shutout ball for the
hosne team and had Il not been for GauTn-
niIzs mur OF Pages accurate throw III
the Afta inning. Portland would not have
scored stranger at the game SAID that
Adams was one OF 1he best pitchers. in
point Of speed AMI curves that ne had
ssasn this eeason- The only fault / find
with him. ne continued. is that ne 10
SLOW IN MS movements and does rot watch
oases as closely iiIeg do in the Material
League. This - the first time / have seen
baseball in this part &C me country. and
must say that II Is much faster than the
people OF the East imagine"
-Four hits We're ali that the Portland
slaggers could get OF Adams ana i; was
not until the ninth inning tnat they got
more than one in an inning. 1t looked as
II there might De- some fireworks in tle
ninth. when Umpire O'TooIe called Clark
safe a. second with two out. Haynes
came 10 the bat and put up iiy that fell
into Adams hands and the agony vas
had The ball under control may be o5tain-
Cd from the score. where II will be SEE n
mat he did not send a man TO bases on
balls, nit a batsTnan or make a wild pitch.
Haynes. the giant pitcher OF the Portland
team. has no reason TO feel remorsa at tie
defeat. He pitched a fine steady game
and In one inning struck out three men in
Succession. He also fielded mis- position
finely. handling hunt hits quickly ana ac-
hue
port. as did Hartmann Adams. Neither
catcher allowed a stolen base which
SHOWS that the game was played very care
fully as well as ia pidy.
rage was back DIT short, and although
his arm did not permit him TO use it tree
~. ne managed to push the ball to the
bases ahead OF the runner every tine an
opportunity offered. In toe eighth inning
Murphy drove Il hot groundor straight at
Page When directly in front OF him ii hit
some small obstruction AMI bounded over
his head. The ball was h!t SO hard and
the bound came 20 Unexpectedly that Muir
phy Was sIEen hit ana Page excused
from an error. Outside Of the one errcr
previously mentioned t;aumni;z pat I'D
great game at first. For shor. man he
can reach farther after a bail man airy
otner man in the league Dea and An
deFson felded nicely.
- a. 100 caI l3idE tnres errors
charged against young Murray. who play-
ed shorts+'op for Tacoma. His selling
was a. clean cut, on both easy and diff
'uIt chances. al that OF reliable kle,ber.
OF the Tacoma team. yet he fell DOWN On
throwing 20 first. The explanation Of ;his
- that he unconsciously got the same
shoot on the ball In throwing 10 first as
ne does In pitching. The distance beng
greater the frs oaseman ~ drawn of the
base. Murray made one really sensational
pickup and accurate throw 10 first lie
also made a great one-hand eaten Of 1,
fly Bender made two pick-uTss Of xrouni-
ers on The odd bound that were worthy Of
special mention.
one special eature OF the game was Sc
attie's team work. 1t was a actor in nv-
cry run scored. Rand sacrificed ,ins7Ir
twice 10 help base runners aioag. and IN
each instance the run was scored Hart
mann also sacrificed when Il was ne>,s-
saFy Anderson led both teams at the
bat. with a double and single.