The San Francisco call., 1904-08-22

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Tacoma ia 500 Portland III 12 AIS
Seattle Ia 10 .5S3 San Fran....11 IA .44O
Los Angeles Is 10 .5e5 Oakland -. l6. 1888
The head bookkeep in the hall of
fame is busy scratching off the names
of few dead ones like Napoleon and
Maud S. There has to be a full page
for the name of "Chimmie the Whale"
who made II 900 people at Recreation
Park yesterday act like mixture of
Democratic Convention and an Agnews
Asylum.
There is a difference between the
Democratic gathering and a madhouse
though everybody can't see it. J.
Whalen Esq. made the fans initiate
both at once and the result was a
delirium cocktail. The racket shook
the milk in the neighborhood into
schmierkaese, a free lunch delicacy
which is more ornamental than palat-
able. The dwellings on Ringold street
trembled on their foundations, causing
a gentleman who was tasting a spoon
ful cf chicken soup to insert the same
into his eye. Medical opinion is that
the unfortunate man may sprout pin
feathers in place of one eyebrow.
Aside from this catastrophe Jimmie's
victory caused no serious casualties.
To say Jimmie was the hero of the
day sounds fat as a bagpipe running
down. Everybody has been called
hero once or twice, unless he saw the
other fellow first. The Whale was it
let it go at that.
1t was one apiece in the second. Rah
bit Miller got on while Mclaughlin
juegled a rise. Gochnauer sacrificed
Truck Eagan let a drive from Gorton
slide MiIIAr
hoped in.
JIMMIE WHALEN'S TRIUMPH.
Then came Jimmie the Whale. There
was a look of hauteur and sangfroid
with a touch of pate de foie gras in
his countenance. He looks so natur-
al" said Willie Thomas, who shot them
over for the Tigers.
Crack The ball whzzed over Nc
Laughlin's head and fractured the skull
of an Indian painted on the left field
fence It was the cleanest two-bagger
ever made. Gorton had time to .trundle
baby carriage to the plate. He made
il easy. Two bells for the Seals
After that the Tigers would eat pea
nuts out OF anybody's mitt. The rest
was like tamping down the sod over
your mother -in-law to make sure she
was dead Whenever the Adonis-like
figure of Whalen posed, bat in hand,
the scorer felt like marking down
hit to save time.
Others got two-baggers, but they
were used 70 them. Jimmie's two-bag-
ger. while not exactly a miracle, was
a neXt-door neighbor and awed the
Tacomaites.
It startled others. A young lady
who admired the Whale at long dis
tance. was present with a gentleman
friend. Said lady had been chewing
piece of gum eadily day and night
for sixteen years. When that first wal
lop of "Chimmie's" whizzed out the
young lady's jaws hesitated and
stopped.
Il lost me gum" she remarked plain
lively.
The gentleman. who had been roar
ing like a slaughter house full of bulls,
sat down abruptly.
Oats nothing" he said in a hoarse
whisper. Il lost me voice.
Mike Fisher was the Gleeful Kid
before the fatal swat that was the start
of the finish. AS usual, his head was
big enough to wear the iron circle the
knights TempIar have hoisted above
the court of honor After the second
inning a number hat would have
been big for him.
Mique was doing his monologue just
before it came. Did you hear about
it?' he cackled. Me and my team is
going TO De SDeCldl escort Tor the Earl
of Euston when he comes We march
down to the ferry in full Tacoma uni
form. / walks UP to the Earl and says,
These are the Tigers, and point to the
bunch.
MIKE FISHER CRATES.
"Of course, he might not tumble right
away. but that's all right. | says
These are the Tacoma Tigers. that
King Edward and the Court Of St
James are going daffy over
Then, of course, he'll be wise I'll
be polite and hand him a few conven-
tional inquiries about King Ed-he
amt bad fellow. Then I'll ask about
my old college chums, the Duke ap-
parently and unapparently, and I'll bet
III have him out here roofing for Ia
coma. OF course Goodman will holler
about stalking him to pass, but L
guess we. can fix it. / err
Mikes silyery voice was drowned in
the jangle of. the runbell. After the
game he announced that it was all off
regarding the Duke.
Van Buren made a miracle catch in
the fourth, pulling down a swipe of
Hogan's that was six feet three inches
over his head, avoirdupois measure.
Willie Thomas pitched nicely, but his
support was mushy. The score: