The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-06-24
WHEELING pErRArs CANHON.
winning Her Eighth successive Game
Other Ball News.

Other Ball News.
Cantou's base ball team made its first
appearance here this season at Island
Park yesterday afternoon and was de-
feated by the Wheeling team by score
of 0 to 6. 1t was loosely played game
on both sides as indicated by the number
OF errors made and EXACT that out ofthe
fifteen runs made, only three were
earned. The field work Of the Canton
men was about the worst that has been
seen here thus far. They appeared to
have bad case Of the rattles; some OF
their errors were terribly expensive.
The first inning was played in a
iaultlcss manner by both mines, and it
looked as though the audience OF 800
was to be treated to a fine exhibition OF
the National game, but in the second
the Canton men began to play SO poorly
that nearly all interest in the game
on the part OF the spectators ceased. In
that inning every one OF the Wheeling
nine were at the bat. Crogan and Sta
pleton, the first two, went out on flies
10 Virtue and Hoenemann respectively
Then Brodie got his base on balls. FitZ.
simmons tried to catch him mapping on
first, but threw SO high and swift that
the ball went almost to the right field
fence, and then bounded over the fence,
allowing Brodie to trot home. Van Iant
made single. Peak reached first
on tumble by Sexsmith, knauss
raped out two-bagger. Yak got to
second on u bad error by Virtue. Nichol
brought him home with two Dagger
and then Otteson flew out to Virtue.
Five runs had been made after two men
In the third Brodie's single, a
mufTed fly by Sharp and u tumble by
Delaney allowed him to complete the
circle. In the fourth a two-bagger by
NichoI, followed by hit by Otterson,
scored an earned run by Nichol.
Otterson started to steal second and
Fitzsimmons in trying TO cut him oil
again threw wild and 0tterson reached
home easily. In the fifth Van Zant
reached first by reason OF Donoghue
mufling beautiful Ay,went to second on
bad throw OF Donoghue's, to third on
Il wild pitch and home on Peaks hit.
Wheeling played an errorless game ur
to the fifth, when u passed ball, u base
on balls and an error by Van Zant con
tributed to the one run scored. In the
sixth Brodie committed fatal error by
going Tor ball that rightfully belonged
10 Nichol, and which Sammy was after
and missing it. In the eighth n singli
by Sharp and home run drive by Fitz
simmons over the right field fence, net
ted two earned runs. In the ninth,
two.base hit by Delaney was FOLLOWED
bv two errors by Crogan that let hin
reach home. Crogan first missed Virtue
llv and then threw TO first so wild tina
the ball went into the sun-seat crowd
There is no doubt but what the ball 60
back into Staplcton's hands by the ai'
of IN outsider, thereby putting it il
'block" and necessitating its return t
the pitcher in his box before it could b
in play again. Stapleton, however
threw it to Van Zant and Virtue wa
declared out at that base.
The umpire was Mr.. Barnum, OF tn
,Tri-State League corps, Mr.. McDermot
still being on the disabled list by reasol
Of the hit from Brodie's bat that he 60
: on the knee in Thursdays game, Will
he was umpiring behind the bat. MI
: Barnum gave another bad decision
! against Canton yesterday that was S
apparent as to call forth protest iron
: the grand stand. This was in the sey
enth; Monroe, first man at the bat, hi
$ sharply to Knauss, who fumbled tn
g ball and then threw wildly to Stapletor
: who had to step Off the bag to catch tn
ball, and did not get back in time. Mon
roe was called out, however. Wit
. these exceptions, Mr.. Barnum's worI
) was excellent, especially his judgmen
: on balls.
I solved Knauss' delivery, and knocke
Q him around lively. 1t was too late
, however, and they could not have wol
: even had Barnum's two decisions no
J been against them. The visitors playe
l the last four innings without an error.
9 The official score is rs follows: