Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-09-26
An EXCITING GAME.
The Wheeling -Stsubenvills Game on the
Island, Yesterday.
A NOBLY CONTESTED BATTLE
Whseling'S Pitcher Being Unable to Play,
Makes an Uneven Match
STEUBENVILLE MAKES 4 BIG KICK

There was more excitement to the
square inch at the Steubenville-Wheeling
game, on the Fair Grounds yesterday,
than was ever seen there before. And
while the game afforded by no means an
exhibition of fine fielding, its constant up
and down proclivities kept everybody
guessing and wildly enthusiastic. The
home team went on the field with much
stronger team than the day before, and
was confident of victory, but at the last
moment Just before the game began,
Smiths arm was found to be in very bad
condition, and he was unable to take his
place in the box, as expected. As Wheel
ing had no other pitcher available, the boys
were in bad fix, hut concluded to so
ahead with Patterson. He has had no eX-
perience in this line, and an Overwhelm-
ing defeat was therefore looked for.
The home nine set the ball
rolling in the first inning
by scoring two runs on timely hit by Pat
terson and several disastrous errors by the
visitors. Steubenville tied the score on
three costly errors by the local nine. Neith-
er side scored in the second inning and lu
the third Wheeling was blanked and Steu-
benville scored two runs on two safe hits
and two errors. Both sides were again
blanked in the fourth inuing leaving the
visitors in the van by score Of to J. In
the fifth inning Wheeling added four runs
to their score and took the lead, the
crowd yelling itself hoarse. Steubenville
evened things up in its half of the inning
and again showed front by adding three
runs ON five safe hits, two being double
baogers. In the sixth inning the HON
team did some slugging and again reSum'
ed the lead amid indescribable confusion,
on hits made by s. White, Dudley,
Outright and Ahl In their half of this
inning the visitors got square
again and one run ahead
| on one safe hit and bad errors by Nichol
and Dudley. The score now stood 10 to I'm
favor of fSteubenville, but fortune favored
| the home team and tied the game in the
seventh inning, blanking their opponents.
Steubenville was now very anxious to have
| the game called on account of darkness,
| but the home team wanted the thing set
tied one way or the other and requested
the umpire to have the game 20 on. Steub'
envilles were consequently ordered INTO
| the field and the eighth inning began with
the excitement ut white heat. Smith the
first Wheeling batter stepped up 10 the
plate and banged the ball over left centre
for a two base hit J. White drove a
rrounder between third and short, which
either Smurthwaite or POth could have
easily handled, but each was looking fol-
the other to attend to it and 50 no one got
it, White reaching first in safety. Things
were again looking squally for the visitors,
rs two men were on bases, none out and
the big batters of the team to hear from.
YSmurthwaite thought 1t was as good
point as any to kick from, so he came IL
! from the field stating that he was Longer
unable to see the ball, but the um
pire thought sufficient light remained tc
| terminate the inning and ordered the visi
tors back to their positions. Declining to
resume the game, the umpire gave then
their time limit to get back to their posi-
| tions, and as they made no move to do so
! awarded the game to the Wheeling clut
by a score of nine to nothing. The excite
ment W rs intense during the entire game
and the feeling ran very high, the sup
porters of the home club sympathizing
with the crippled condition Of the home
team. The nine went into the contest
without any heart, owing to their bad
shane in the battery line, but by keeping
stiff upper lip and hitting hard and Otter
thev pulled the game out of the fire. Fol-
lowing is the score in full:
| WHEELING