Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-09-24
ST. LOUIS DEFEATED.
Badly Out Batted by the Athletics
Yesterday
Bail Games Of Note Elsewhere -0oings in
the Billiard Word-Slosson 10
Play Both Schaeffer and
Sexton.

ST. LOUIS, September 23.-The game TO.
day between the Athletics and St. Louis
clubs attracted the largest crowd ever as.
sembled at such an event in this city. num-
bering between sixteen and seventeen
thousand people. II was recognized as the
game which was TO decide the question as
to whether st. Louis might yet win the
championship, and if 1t were accepted as a
criterion OF the merits Of the two clubs,
st. Louis would have to sit away down
at the feet OF the Athletic sluggers. II was,
however, essentially q contest OF pitchers,
Bradley, for the Athletics pitching one OF
the finest games OF his life and having only
three base hits scored against him. Mul-
lane however, although he fully
Realized the Responsibility
that rested on him, and although he did
his best, was pounded for eleven hits and
three runs earned off OF him. Bath clubs
fielded admirably, the Athletics showing
splendid nerve In view OF the fact that the
most demonstrative sympathy OF the tre-
mendous crowd was against them. The
game does not call for any lengthy
description, as the brilliant playswere very
few in number, the home club getting to
first base but six times. In the first inning
BirCball hit safe. Stoyey followed with q
two baser. A sacrifice bit OF knights
brought Bircball home and passed ball
L! owed Stoy ey to score.
NO More Rams Were Made
till the fifth inning, when Stricker bit
clean, Stall was on second and went 10
third on passed balls, Brchsll hit to
CUnmiskey, who could easily
have put him out but threw
a rftn
II was too small = m-j)ri,y and the man
got in. Dolan sent the b,li back in the
nope OF still cutting Birchsll of at first
hut threw wild an Birchal reached third.
stovery hit safe and Birchsll scored.
knight sent a long fly TO Lewis, who
dr,pped il and Stovey scored.
In The sixth inning Corey got his base on
balls, went TO second on a passed ball and
sc, red on strikers two bagger. In the
seventh inning Stoyey made q two baRger
o"' Scored on Two wild Pitches.
In the eighth inning Corey and Blakis'
ton hit safe and Brchall made two
bsgger bringing both in and earning two
runs. The 81. Louis boys could do
absolutely nothing till the eighth
inning. when Mullane hit TO Stricker,
who fumbled the ball and then
threw sp!endidly to frst II was close
decision but Mullane was aIoNeo MS Dase
under protest Of the Athletics. Dolan bit
TO Moynahan, who juggled II, and Dolsn
got first. Mullsne meanwhile having
reached third, a sacrifice bit by Gleason
brought in q run. In the ninth In.
ming Quest hit sale, got 10 second
on wild pitch, aud scored on
CaFey's wild Throw
to first OF Latham's sharp hit. The crowd
by this time had broken into the field sup
posing that Latham was surely helded ont
and il took long time 70 get them back
beyond the lines. This done the Athletics
soon put out the eide and the game closed,
a SPLENDID victory for the Athletics and .
distressing iefeat for st. Lous. Following
is the score: Athletics, 9; st. Louis, 2.
other Games.
Cincinnatis 2, Bsltimure o. Five in
nings: stopped by rain.
Metropolitans l3, Columbus 5.