The Hustlers Defeat Spokane in Dominant League Performance
A clean fielding game and a home run from Charlie Irwin secure a victory for Seattle in the pennant race.
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It was not much of a trick yesterday for the Hustlers to get the better of Ollie Beard's crowd and keep in the lead for the pennant race. The men from east of the mountains put up a clever fielding game, but couldn't do execution enough with the stick to make them dangerous. Ous McGinnis faced them in the box, and proved the same unsolved riddle. He allowed but seven hits and kept up his strike-out record by retiring ten of his opponents. George Borchers pitched a steady game for the visitors, but was not a hard nut for the Hustlers to crack. Charlie Irwin won the greatest applause by his lucky home run hit over the fence. The Hustlers won 5-1.
“Charlie Irwin started the ball high in the air in the direction of the woods back of left field fence... It struck on top of the uppermost board and bounded over on the outside, while Hatfield and Irwin trotted around the bases amid the cheers of the stands.”
Long before the Mariners, the 'Hustlers' were the pride of Seattle's professional baseball scene in the Pacific Northwest League. The local fervor for a pennant race and the tradition of 'Ladies' Day' games highlights how baseball served as the primary civic entertainment in 1892 Seattle.
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