Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-04-06
REVENGE IS SWEET,
AND THB %PITTSBURG BALL T0SSERS GOT 1T
YESTERDAY.
A Big Crowd Witnesses the First Game Of the Season
Ga the Island Park-MorisoD's Of
Day-AnOthsr Game To-Day.

Al $50 o'clock yesterday afternoon the
base ball season of 1888 opened on the
leland Park. The contestants were a club
from Pittsburg known as the Alleghenys,
and the Wheeling aggregation. Now to
recall past events it will be remembered
that the Pittsburg team came down to
Wheeling last season, and with the rem
nants of several clubs Wheeling shut
them out in q l to 0 game. The great
Morris pitched for Pittsburg on that mem
orable occasion and he swore eternal ven
geance. The balance of the club backed
him up in that Swear and they came
down yesterday with their best team in
the field reinforced by Dunlap, the great
second baseman, and Maui, the famous
tir~st-bagger and heavy hitter.
Wheeling couldn't even hope to knock
out this aggregation, and she didn't by
quite a majority.
Naturally, the Pittsburg boys were con-
hdent Of success, and one could see it in
their walk and actions when they came on
the grounds, attired in their handsome
new uniforms of flight blue blouses, cream.
colored flannel shirts, dark blue pants
and caps, and red belts and stock
ings. They looked like a model
base ball team, and they are. The
Allegheny battery was Morris and Carroll,
and Morrison and Stencil occupied the
points for Wheeling. II Morrison bad
pitched as strong q game yesterday az he
did last year, Pittsburg would have been our
pie, but he didn't, and they pounded him
hard and punched their hits, while the
Wheeling boys did not succeed i'll doing
80. They had men a. far as third in both
the first and second innings, but failed to
materialize any scores. The Wheeling
boys piled up goose eggs until the eighth,
when, with two men ont, Delehanty
walked coolly up to home plate aud broke
Morris heart by lining the pig-skin out
over ce1terfeld fence for a home run. 1t
was a beautiful drive, and it brought down
both the grand stands and the sun seats,
bat Del. never smiled. 1t was pie for him
TO hit Morris, as he got two singles of
him before that. The side was retired by
Stspleton fouling out.
In the ninth Wheeling got in two more
runs. Stephans iouied out to catcher, Stem
zell hit safe, Van SAINT hit 10 short, who
threw to Dunlap for a double play, but the
great second baseman muffed the ball and
both men were safe. BrOdie then got in a
corSer 10 right, sending Stencil home and
Van SAINT to third. The latter went home
on Carroll's attempt to throw Brodie out at
second. Morrison and Otterson died out
aud the score making was finished.
Pittsburg went right to work in the first
inning to manufacture scores. With Two
men out, Coleman made a two base drive
over right field fence and was followed by
Maui with a beautiful home run drive over
the fence Just beyond the black board.
Dunlap flied to center and NichOl
made II hard run, but failed to hold the
ball, and DllrSmple took second. Dun
lap then pounded it up against right field
fence and DAlrymple attempted to 20 home,
but Stephens made a beautiful throw,
which was taken By Stencil and the run
ner was retired within a foot Of home
plate.
In the second Keuhne hit safe, Smith
followed suit, as did Morris. Keuhne
scored on Barkley's long fly to Brodie aud
Carroll scored Smith and Morris on Il two
The Side was then retired. In
the third tue visitors goose segGed in one,
two thrss oVdsr. In the fourth Morris
up q little fly, which there was a
Misunderstanding about, and he got
first. Barley hit safe, Car.
roll struck ont aud Morris went
home on Coleman's hit. Barkley and
Coleman went home on Maul's sacrifice
The side then retired. No score was
made in the fifth, snd in the sixth Barley
hit safe again, stole second and got home
On O bad throw hY Stensell, Another was
made in the seventh, when keuhne
made n twO-blgger, going home on
Smiths ditto. Three more we're made in
he eighth. Barley lined ont a two bag
ger, Carroll went ont at first, Coleman
struck Out and Barkley went home or
safe. Dilrymple tapped a two
and Dunlap's safe hit scored Mau
md plirymple. That waa glory enough
COR Pittsburg aud they quit.
About 1900 people witnessed the game,
md it was enc Of the q~uietest crowds that
ever assembled at the base ball park.
Valentine, Of the League, umpired the
game, and he did it fairly.
Following is the score in detail: