Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-09-15
BUM BALL
Is WHAT fHB WASHINGTON LEAGUE TEAM
PUT UP YESTERDAY.
bad the Home Team Played Their Usual Game
They Would Have ksds Monkeys Of the
Senapn-0hg Games Yesterday.

Wheeling met the tail-enders Of the
National League yesterday afternoon, and
succeeded in defeating them, although by
the cIoee score Of 9 to g. Washington,
feeling very confident Of their ability to
down the home team with ease, put Mana
ger Sullivan, an old-time crack pitcher, in
the box, but the way Wheeling Lit on to
him in the first five innings csnsed them
10 change their minds, and Pitcher DAILY
was substituted. The home club had,
however, obtained the strong lead of 9 to
to ], and do what they would, the visitors
could not pull out q victory, although they
came dangerously close to 1t towards the
end of the game,
Wheeling had everything her own way
the first half of the game. The Senators
could do nothing with Morrison's tricky
curves, while Sullivan, much to his dis
gust was slugged all over the field. In
addition to this, the Washington team put
ND the rankest fielding game seen here
this year, some OF their muffi and fumbles
showing work that would discredit o club
of schoolboys. Donnelly alone made three
rank errors in the first two innings, and
the rest Of the team played "a If they
thought they had q snap and were not
going to hurt themselves over it. In the
last three innings, when they found that
the snap wasn't going to materialize, the
great and only tail-enders gave as disgrace
full an exhibition of kicking and BULLOCK
ing as has ever been seen on the home
grounds, They stood along the base lines,
four or five at a time and howled TO each
other about how they were going to do
Wheeling MP, and Sullivan, in particular,
got so offensive in his utterly utter fresh
pess, that, at last, the much-suffsriDg
Stapleton, who ofaciated as umpire, was
obliged to call the gentleman" down,
and send him where he belonged on the
players bench. Sullivan got the crowd
onto him in great shape and he was guyed
numerically. His attempts to fool the
bone team by running along the third
base line az if he were the runner became
very disgusting.
Although Morrison was i'll and in no
shape 10 play, he pitched o very fair
game, and had be received proper support,
the score would have bsen much less on
Washington's side. A very bad misj udg-
ment on Crogan's part in the sixth had to
count az q two. base hit, and Jacks poor
throw in the same inning let in q couple Of
runs Stencil, Morrison and Otterson led
in the batting, a home-run hit by the lat
ter in the second, with two men on bases,
setting the crowd wild. In the last in
ming the excitement was intense. Wash
ingion had a msu on second with two out,
and only needed one run to tie the game,
but O'Brien ended the agony by hitting TO
Van SAINT, who threw him out at first.
About 1900 people witnessed the game
and that they enjoyed seeing the home
team lay ont the Leaguers was evident
from the shouts of delight that went up IS
the last Senator died at first. To use Man
agsr Sulliyan's expression, Wheeling has a
mighty strong club, and, encouraged by
yesterdays victory, they should go right
ahead and win the pennant with flying
colors.
The full score was as follows:-