Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-07-17
WE DROP A GAME.
rHR LIMA BEANS DEFEAT THB HONE
TEAM
R.brs /. Lsrrs Orowd-fhs Game Fairly lnisf-
sshng One and is Lost By Aorr's'ns
Two Wild Pitches.

A certain young lady, who Witresseu
her first game of base ball yesterday ~
Island Park, was heard to say after the
game that she wouldn ever 90 sgain, IS sne
v.s the "Jonah'' of the Wheeling CLUB.
sbe was lust ss anxious Is she could DO
that the home team should win, and, In
spite of har wishes, the boys were unea-
liant enough to make the few errors they
did make Just at the wrong time ana 70
place their hits just where the members Of
the opposing nine could take them IN Wisn'
out any trouble. !.
After peanut" Scott had shelled out
HIS hard earned dollars to take the team to
the grounds in style, and had donned MS
bsst stovspipe expressly for the occasion,
IL was too bad to disappoint the old man
The beautiful smile which illumined his
expressive countenance when the score was
tied in the fourth gradually faded away %
Lima forged to the front in the fifth, and
set,led into q gloom only equaled by the
shades of Erebus, as inning after inning
went by, andonly brought goose eggs 20
dash the hopes Of the Wheeling boys.
Morrison INDUCED in an OF day, his
nitchipg being very far below his usual
high standard. Twice during the game,
he let men in from third base on whd
bitches who would have failed to score un'
der ordinary circumstances. Inc secona
one was very rank, and it was o matter OF
great surprise to many people why as OLD
a veteran as Morrison should pitch drop
hail with man on third, when 90 many
of bis down-shoots strike the ground De-
fore thew reach the plate. Hallstrom'
Hthe Swedish wonder" was in the box for
the visitors, and the home team could do
nothing az all with his delivery, only nve
scattered hits being credited to them. In
the seventh, with q man on second aud
third. CroVsn hit out long one to right
centre, which Kirby, who was playing way
out of the position he should have occu,
pied for left-hander, captured without
trouble. Had Kirby been playing his
nroper field, the hit would have been COCO
for two bases, at least, and would probably
have won the game. -.
Otterson and Nicholson both distinguish
ed themselves by great stops of hard hit
halls. Oterson's, in particular, being Q
baauty. Van. made very poor throw Of
Kirby's hit in the first inning, which re-
suited in that worthy's reaching second,
from which point he scored Oh one OF those
costly wild pitches. A very singular
anomaly occurred in the fifth: Lima made
three errors and Wheeling had three men
on bases and yet the home team failed tc
score. Luck was clearly against the boys
from the start, but the fact remains thai
they did not put up their usual fine game
Wheeling's two scores were made as fol
lows: In the fourth, Nicholson, who wa
first at bat, hit little one to Hallstrom
who fumbled il. Nick. stole second ant
scored on q bad throw by Grim to catci
Crogan, who, in his turn, crossed the plat
on Brodie's base hit and wild pitch. IN
hitting of the visitors was sharp and fire
auent, Corbett getting single every tim
he came to bat, and Fuller having single
and a double to his credit out of thre'
times at bat.
The same clubs play sgain to-day, and
Wheeling will try hard to recover her los
bonors. We are still fraction Of poin
in the lead, and expect to reach the fort!
mark this afternoon. The attendance wa
very heavy yesterday, about 2. 600 people
witnessing the game. Another large GROVE
is looked. for to-day.
The full score yesterday was as follows:-