Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-09-03
SPORTING.
The Latest Sayings and 0oings Of aRowsrs
Races, Base BaIIists, wheeIsman,
Pedestrians, ard Athletics
r.t Generally. 4
THE DIAMOND.

The Northwestern League Is still being
agitated. - 4.
Syracuse is to have professional
nine next season. !, 4sia 81.
The stock Of the Grand, Baptist (Alich)
club has been increased 70 81 900.
Base ball interest in Hartford is re-
viving, and there is talk Of = profession
al nine next year. Ets
Among the clubs that contemplate
trips in the South this winter are the
st. Louis, Louisville, Chicago and Ath-
lttic. .......
At the end of the league champion
ship season the Providence aud Chicago
mines will play exhibition games in Cin-
cinnati andether cities.
The Cincinnati club has been 80 sue.
cessful, financially, that they will return
the notes of those who guaranteed TO
see the team through.
1t Is said that st. Louis has secured
the sevices of Whitney and Deasley, Of
Boston, as catcher and pitcher, giving
them S2UO in advance.
1t is said that next year the American
Association will take some action
against the shoulder-throwing that Is
INDUCED in by some pichers.
At the end of the present season Flint
will have served three years with the
Chicagos ut a total salary Of 81 800. 1t
is said he has been Offered s. ,OOO for his
services as catcher next year.
Wood, OF Detroit, has made more
home runs than any other league play
er. He has made circuit OF the bases
six times, while several Others have ac-
complished the feat on four OCCASIONS
There is great dissatisfaction all over
the country concerning the unfair,
ness of pitching. What Is
wanted is strict enforcement
of the rule that the ball must be deliver
ed below the waist. ..
"A Nashville paper says the Wander
bilt university has the finest library in
the South. Parents anxious for the future
welfare of their sons will not forget,
however, that Yale holds the college
base ball championship Chicago Tri-
bune.
Two mines of women played game
eff base ball at Nassar, Mich, net long
ago. Miss Mamie Trotter ran around
the diamond six times, leading the 9TH
ers in batting. These girls are worthy
of living in town named Nassar II II
isn't the college place.
One of the most exciting amatur
games ever plryed in st. Louis, Mo-,
took place Aug. ~, when the Wa" ,,,w
and st. Louis Club. contended for the
local championship. The score
| stood 9 to 0 at the conclusion OF the
fourteenth inning, and darkness then
! caused il TO end u draw.
Big Brouthers made one Of the heav-
lest hits Of the season in the recent Buf.
| falo- Boston game In Boston, Mass,
| driving the ball high In the
air over the right field fence into unex-
| plored regions. The ball was not recov-
cred. Three balls were used In the
game.
An exciting contest took place Aug.
25 in Pittsburg, Pa, between the Fast
Liberty Stars and the Allegheny Stars
of that city. No fewer than thirteen
innings were played, when darkness
| ended the game with the score tic mt
3 each. All the runs and errors were
made in the first six innings. The sides
were retired in one, two, three order,
| with but two exceptions.
Joe Hornung made remarkable
catch off Foley's bat In the last Buffalo
| Boston game. The ball was driven Ia
short left field, apparently out Of reach,
but Joe, by beautiful run and wonder
full dive, caught the ball about two
inches from the ground. The mOmen-
/ tum was sufficient to cause him to roll
| over several times, but he chung to the
| ball. Tremendous nd lon -continued
applause greeted his return from the
field.
The longest contest, OF the season was
| played Aug. 81 at Williams Grove, Pa,
| between the Actives Of Reading and the
| Merritt Club Of Camden, \. j. The
Merritt t. tied their opponents score In
| the third inning, and after each had been
| blanked sixteen successive times. The
| game ended in draw, II being too dark
to play. The following is the score Of
this remarkable contest:
Actiye.....0 3 0 5000 90 o o 10000 %
Merritt..-...!2O o 0O0O 10000 0Ob-S
A Department League has been FORM
ed in Washington, ID. c., by clubs COM
posed of clerks In the different depart
ments. The War Department Club,
caplained by Phil Baker Of the old Ma.
tionals, bid fair to win the champion
ship, owing TO Pills excellent coaching
though they are hard pushed by the
Government Printing-oifice boys. who
have an excellent pitcher and catcher
I'm Girard and Niece. Doug Allison Is
catcher Of the Post-office Club, and "
very ably supported by Wife as pitcher
Baker OF the War, Wise Of the Post.
Office, Girard oftbe PrintiDg-ofiice, and
Cook ofthc Interior lead their respective
clubs In batting.