Stanford Overwhelms the Seattle Athletic Club
In a high-wind, high-scoring slugfest, the visiting Palo Alto team dismantled the local club in an exhibition of raw offensive power.
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The Stanford baseball team must have been playing up during their trip to Seattle, judging from the manner in which they turned loose on the S.A.C. yesterday. They went at it gradually at the start, but by the finish it was a slaughter. The story in a nutshell is that they hit the life out of the ball, making nine hits for a total of twenty-eight bases, a new record. Thornton was batted so hard that he gave way to Small at the end of the seventh inning. There was a high wind throughout the game, which rendered good fielding impossible, and this is largely responsible for the number of errors on each side. Notwithstanding that he has four misplays tallied up against him, Teddy Gamble played a really brilliant game at short, and with the assistance of Atkinson, turned one of the prettiest plays of the day.
“The story in a nutshell is that they hit the life out of the ball.”
Early Seattle baseball culture revolved around clubs like the S.A.C. (Seattle Athletic Club) hosting traveling university teams at temporary or shared fields. These games were central civic events before professional franchises like the Mariners established the current spectator culture.
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