The Last Swing at Madison Street Park
A hard-fought benefit game for the local professional baseball team draws a crowd to say goodbye to the season.
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The fans had their last glimpse of professional baseball of the season in the hustlers' benefit game at Madison street park yesterday. Notwithstanding the blunders of the amateur contingent, the spectators saw a sharply played game won after a close finish, the team for which 'Kid' Camp pitched triumphing over the one that had Gus McGinnis in the box. Charlie Irwin won the most glory with the bat by hitting the ball over the fence for a home run that tied the game in the eighth and gave his team a chance to win in the ninth. Before the game ended, a series of throwing and sprinting contests were held, with Tom Parrott winning the throwing contest with a distance of 131 yards, 2 feet.
“Charlie Irwin won the most glory with the bat by hitting the ball over the fence for a home run that tied the game in the eighth.”
Madison Street Park was a hub of Seattle’s early professional baseball scene. Today, the area near the waterfront and Madison Street is heavily urbanized, with few remnants of the recreational spaces that once defined the city's civic life in the 1890s.
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