Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-06-19
A FINE GAME
WON BY WHEELING PROM COLUMBUS
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
Morrison Pitches One Of His 0ld-Tims Games and Is
Well SuppOrtsd-0thsr Games
Played Yesterday.

The 600 people who assembled at the
Wheeling base ball park yesterday after
noon, saw one OF the finest and most exciting
exhibitions of ball playing ever put up on
the diamond and it was snybody's game at
any time during the entire contest. Column
bus. fresh from victory oyer GAINESVILLE at
Columbus Sunday, went into the field
determined to win, but the Wheeling boys
were also in good spirits and they put up q
fine game in the field. They got two less
hits than the Statesmen, but they lined the
ball out at opportune times, when hits
counted scores.
John Handiboe pitched q fine game for
the visitors and held the the wheeling
s,ugcers down to ten hits. For the nome
team Morrison pitched q magnificent
game, and while the Senators got twelve
hits off MIN, he got in his great work at
critical points, striking men out several
times when single base hit would nave
brought in several scores and won the
game. Morrison certainly pitched IN his
old time form, and if he keeps up that gait
it will mean sure victory for Wheeling
when he pitches. Stencil caught fine
game, holding about everything that came
to him, and they came in hot, too.
Wheeling got one in the first by Stenzel
getting a base on balls and scoring on
Sammy Nichols fine two-bagger to centre
field fence. Sammy got to third but was
left there. Hamilton hit safe for the States
men, went to second on Chrisman's hit, to
third on passed ball, and scored on
0'Brien's hit. ,
Both were goose egged in the second and
in the third the home team forged one
ahead. Stencil hit safe, stole second ard
scored on Otterson's hit. The Statesmen
failed to score.
In the fourth Wheeling added two
Cropan hit safe, went to second on passed
bali, to third on wild pitch, and scored
on Stspleton's hit, Stape going to second
on rights bad throw. From there lie went
home on Van SAINTS sacrifice bit, giving
beautiful exhibition of base running.
Columbus blanked in her half and Wheel
ing did the same in her half of the fifth.
The Statesmen, in their hall, worked III
two runs. Hamilton hit twobsgger,
went to third on Chrisman's life on Peaks
error and scored on Stencils throw to sec
ond to catch Chrisman. The latter scored
on Gilman's hit. Nomore runs were msde
until the eighth, when Stencil hit safe,
went to second on passed ball and scored
on MulholIand's bad throw TO first OF Gro
gan's hit to him, and frs;'s bad throw to
the home plate. Crogan worked clear
around to third, but was left there
Wheeling came close to scoring several ID
the ninth, two men being retired at the
home plate.
In their half West for the visitors lined
out three-bagger to left and scored on
Hamiltou's hit. Hamilton got to third
on Chrisman's out, and then, the score
standing . to 4, it looked like a sure vic
tory for Columbus, and the excitement was
intense. But Morrison rose superior 10
the occasion and struck out O'B'ien and
Gilman, two OF the heaviest bstters o!
Columbus, ending the game.
Following is the official score: