The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-07-17
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for n HOo.dOO-GsneraII ball News.

for n Hoo.dOO-GsnernIBa Ball News.
About two thousand people were ut
Island park yesterday afternoon and
witnessed the defeat of the Wheeling
ball team by spaulding and Anson's re-
serves, better known as the Limas. The
score was 8 to Q, and it was one of the
most interesting and exciting games
played here this season, us it was prac-
tically a fight for first place in the
League, which Wheeling had Just re-
gained after it had been occupied by
Lima for several weeks,
Before playing yesterday sgameWheel-
ingwas OH points in the lead. After the
game this lead was reduced to .0OO2S 1t
was generally understood several days
ago that the game would be gilt-edged
affair in the way OF large attendance,
and "Peanut" Scott, well-known col
ored admirer Of the club, determined to
give still more eclat to the occasion by
taking the home team over in open
landaus. Accordingly there was a
parade Of the team about town before
the game. To-day there will he no
parade, and the boys will walk over to
the park.
Shortly before midnight last night
nine men with SLOUGH hats pulled down
over their faces We're seen walking about
town. Each one carried club and there
was suspicious bulge about the hip
pocket OF each. They closely scanned
each passer.by and looked carefully up
and down at each crossing. Finally a
policeman who had trailed the gang sew
eral squares under the impression that
they were bank robbers on the lookout for
an opening, seized the leaderaad asked:
"Wotare youse fellers doin'?"
"Looking for ------!W
was the refrain ofthe chorus howledinto
his ear. -.r.. rllu gJ.F.
"Wot are 'youse a lookin' fur him
fur?"
"We're goin' to beat him to death"
The officer took chew OF scrap and
queried further:
"Wot are youse goin' to do tibet furf
Wots the chump didW
"Wot? Hoo-doo-ed us, the pirate!
That's ALL"
"How2"
"He went TO work and put style on us,
he did. Took us around in carriages
and gave flowers to the boss OF the other
fellers."
Here the balance Of the crowd swore
inseven different languages, likeso many
cowboys. The officer, turning his cap
tive to the light, said, "Who are youse
fellers anyhow u,
"We're the Wheeling ball team! "
walled the chorus.
In seven seconds the blue'coated
guardian had shaken hands all around.
Said he, "You're right, pardners, you're
right. Say, if you find him on my beat
let me know, and after youse thumped
him I'll run him in. Here, take my
club, pardner, you can hit harder wild
it."
Then he shook hands again, wished
them luck and moved off after man
carrying tin bucket with something
foamy in it.
Up to the hour Of going to press no
report of sudden death had been re-
ceived, SO it is safe to presume that the
''hoo.doo" was not overhauled. The
"hoo.doo" process affected Morrison
worse than the rest Of the team. His
wild pitches and failuresto strike out or
puzzle the visitors to any extent, helped
TO lose the game. An inability TO slug
the ball as they have been doing and
two very costly errors were the other
contributing causes OF defeat.
Kirby, the first man at bat, got to
third on u bad throw made by Van Zant
to first, and then scored on a wild
pitch. In the third, Fuller, first man at
bat made u hit and stole second. In
doing this Stencil, in tryingt to cut him
of made bad throw and Fuller went
to third. Another wild pitch let him
score. The run made in the fifth was
earned by hitting. Wheeling made her
two runs on rank errors by Hallstrom
and Grim, asteal, wild pitch and one hit.
Stapleton might have scored in the
second had he not tried to run in home
when it was almost certain he would be
caught. He was caught and double
play made. 0tterson made wonderful
stop in the second that was loudly ap-
plauded. In the seventh, with two men
out and two men on bases, Crogan made
| a hot hit that in nine times out OF ten
would have been good for two bases, but
it went right into Kirby's hands. That
settled it in the minds OF the team-the
hoo-doo was upon them.
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