Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-08-14
A GREAT BENEFIT!
TENpERyU THE WHEELING CLUB IESIEB'
DAY AFTERNOON.
A Muf and a Home Run Do the Business and UsnioI
Gets tho Beneft-The Game, the People
Present and Other ThingS-Oihsr
Games agt Notes.

The game OF ba-e hall On the Island PARK
Yesterday afternoon between tn, Wheeling
end Canton teams was in the nature Of a
bened. for Wheeling, aud what a grand
a.d glorious benefit 1t was, my country
menl TIE gods must certainly have wept
silent, bitter and very damp tears when
they saw the masses that turuId ont to at
tend tina; game.
As the twO grand stands rapidly filled
with ex tied aud eXpectant lovers Of the
national sport, it made the directors aud
supporters of the team giggle and gurgle
with glainess that insisted on stopping
over. Bat when the sun seats-the
old reliable sun seats-flled TO over
flowing and the verllow WAS compelled to
distribute itself around the field where 1t
could dodge foul balls and g~risshonpers,
then the euthuslasm OF the directors could
D.. contained 80 longer, and the wild,
weird lnrgh Of eXGltAuOu that went up
from the r,aud ia which they sat, stopped
the telegraph instrument, which made It's
appearance again yesterday, and caused
NJ apples to tell from the trees in The
home run part OF the field.
o., II was simply Immense-that ia the
tue cuOl afternoon atmosphere that occu-
p,,l YIl this space WA. GraatSC0ts gentle
men. there were at least Ia, uU pr,seut-
or. more properly speaking, n We wanted
10 tell "A lie, . 800 hig-there were that
IL. .4... gp. hrDIr.l lf4bats
we're sold, however. which represent about
oge.touuh part OF the number everyone
eNuartsd would he sold. II wasa benefit
with q vengeance, m the management Of
nm. rlub. SbIch has strlvru TO give the
Wha,I,n. public GOOD base ball, ace over
wErlmnely thankful for such apPr,cla-
tom Ga ever 20 thankful To the ptO-
Die who Ind purchase tickets, however, the
As-urrtt,un gives it's plain uuvsrnlshed
thanks But let ~ look AZ the game.
Cauton got ;he most o tthe benefit, because
they came of y%jctrIs, thus adding II lew
po,n.S 90 Their percentage. They Won ihe
game ON Nichols mutt OF Virtues fly, and
R-ddy Williams cgTklug home run htt to
c,u'c7. o. course Wheeling would have
won had they been able 20 hit the bait
hard enough, hui tce slusgers that used
[, slug ana not solve Mr. MOrrOe's curves
Flanagan alsh pitched \ good game, aside
from his Ylldur.s, and hilS were even
YaiS found ne could not hold Flanagan On
account OF a sor finger, aud S,enZ-l took
mis- place behind tue bat, CAtchloE q goOu
ommr. The features OF the game were
Cr..nn's first base play, Bodies fielding
IL p -h.v'-rt.t. 4#.I ,y.nH L
The game opsnsd auspicipusIy for Wheel
i1g Nichnl mt safe, stole second, w"rt 70
th,rn on a Wild pitch and home on laik's
t~wo.hagger. Val, was coached 20 third
but tine mistake retired him, and 10 more
runs were made
With Williams ont in their hall the WISH
torS made tTu on Del"ney's hat, & passed
ball Nichols muit Of Virtues fly, auother
pissed bal! aud au out AZ first. Both sizes
had men o. bls,s IA the second hut no runs
were scored Ih's part OF the "sme wss
.nllt the dulles; ever seen On toe home
,rouuHs and exactly tyurty minutes were
occupied ia playing the two innings.
GD5ga eggs pilvt mp quickly uutll the
sixth, when Wheeling tied tre s,Ore Ivy
N,rHu'-nu's uii, a steal Ut s"c'Gt, an adj
vance 90 third ON au cut and Bodies hit.
Then the yuijcuca stirred up iis dormant
energies aud yelled . lutte TEiugs
looked a Little brighter until the Clnton's
hsli Of IN. seventh, when with one man
out and typ strikes on Monroe Flanagan
sent hrn to first on i've bsii'. Then
il. dIy Williams picked no % grrat llg
piece of wagon tongue and hi the bail
-urh a TN that il uldu't stop until II got
toSn in the northwest corner 0i the lot,
nud both men ,rotted over the plate.
Wheeling rDu'du't risf equal to the occa-
,,on In the nrN' rso iuuings and thu game
ended, the core helng as luliows.