The College Boys Take the Diamond
The 'Stamfords' baseball team defeats the Y.M.C.A. in a hard-fought match at the Madison Street grounds.
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The Stamford baseball team, representing the local college, handed a severe defeat to the Y.M.C.A. baseball team yesterday at the Madison Street grounds. It was an ideal day for ball playing despite the clouds threatening rain. Campbell, the Stamford pitcher, was in the box and at no point was wild, a thing characteristic of left-hand pitchers. He struck out eight men. The work of Dover, Stamford's brilliant catcher, was excellent. In the sixth inning he astonished the crowd by stealing home from third base. The crowd erupted as he scored before the ball could be returned. The 'Stamfords' team is composed of men from about the Puget Sound, though there has been a protest by the opposing manager. The team includes Campbell, Babbitt, Blanford, and others.
“In the sixth inning he astonished the crowd and fairly paralyzed Horton and Blanford by stealing home from third base.”
Early Seattle baseball culture, like the 1894 match reported here, was built on neighborhood rivalries and amateur clubs playing on informal grounds—like those at Madison Street—long before professional stadiums reshaped the city's sports identity.
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