The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-09-16

tnelr UusL a.
t;ne noints and technicalities OF tne
came we're like chat before the winds,
ali disnosed of easily as they arose, a., anu
without an effort on their part. INC
greatest difficulty they had to over.
Come was to find ont where the man at
the bat wanted his ball; once fouEu Du.
thew were sent in with a precision ehas
would astonish the Oldest gunner ~
the artillery service of our army, hau
he been present. la tho
The bases were we'll represented, 'ne
third especially. The representl'eso y.
both mines on this base attracted mot &c
attention than any one other 1eateie "
the game. The representative Oh .ne
REGISTER nine was peculiarly attIact
i've. One one occasion, he was ihlssee
from his position; the game stopPeu,
and search was instituted for nun.
Various were the conjectures as 10 nls
whereabouts, &c. Some thought tnat
as there had been two or three crazy
balls sent in his direction from the pat,
that he had felt for and got hold on one
of them, been carried offby it, and drop
ped in the weeds further out IN tne
field, and had not recovered sufficient
ly, as yet, to return to his place. others
were almost certain that he had been
struck b. one of them so violently
that he was annihilated. This theory;
however, would not do, as his hat coulu
not be found. The establishment, now
ever, was great when his Captain dis
covered him sitting on the grass among
lot of small boys, some dis
lance to the rear of his base,
discussing the eclipse of last night
After being repremanded for dlreiec-
tion of duties he returned to his place
ard the play was resumed. On another
occasion, when play was about to begin,
he was found missing. This time ne
had been abducted, SO rumor had 1t, by
one of Ewes fair daughters, who had en-
ticed him away. She however, return
ed him in the course of time, had him
hauled around TO his base in carriage
and handed out as carefully as If he had
been basket of eggs. The representa-
tive of the opposite party on this base
was q sure catch, but every time the
ball came towards him looked at it as If
to say, / will catch you, but | would
rather not ami would not if it was not
my duty to do so.
This gentleman was troubled with
fearful forbodings for several days pre-
ceding the match as to what the fate
of the ball would be in case he got
fair blizzard at it. remark here, that
after several attempts, he got one of his
did he; he "swung around the circle"
beautifully and got home run on 1t.
The ball was found this side of Pitts
burg.
Several of your players went in with
the determination of keeping the score
down, 1 think. At all events, they
manifested determination throughout
to be sparing on the bats and the ball.
This might be accounted for by their
suppOsing as the tools were borrowed
that they must be returned in good or
der, &c. Be their conjectures or deter
limitations what they may, they persist
emily refused or failed to strike the ball
and therefore went out on strikes. The
REGISTERS second base man when on
relief duty as Pitcher made ono beautl-
full play which must notice, and will
close. The man at the bat struck at
and sent q ball aloft which MIR. Second
Baseman went for and in his own lan-
guage, he "gobbled the hUckleberry" as
it came down, thereby putting out the
side, it being the third out.
With these remarks close, by saying
that have been drawn into this review
of the game, its plays, &C., by the re-
marks of our friend, the Intelligencer
pitcher. 1t was necessary that should
do so to provo that he was wrong in
saying that you were not Base Ballists
After a few other speeches and toasts,
the party adjourned.
WOUNDED.
But three base ballists yesterday were
dangerously i'll. The Inteligencer
":Third Baseman" was confined to his
bed. His ankle was badly dilapidated.
The REGISTER pitchers" handle was
knocked off, and his hands were very
large. The REGISTER "Second Base
man" has lost the use of one of his
hands and cannot do anything with the
DR.. Baird is attending them.
Our rooster is growing. He is a fine
bird. We caught him "on the fly" but
it was towl
We cannot close without saying a
word about the large attendance of the
ladies-the beauty and fashion of the
city. The interest the dear creatures
manifested in the progress of the game
testifies that they were an appreciative
audience. We wish we could use a
long string of "pretty store talk" but
on Saturday we were "put out" for get
ting off our base, and we fear to make
another attempt.