Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-05-06
YESTERDAYS GAME.
1t Was Won by Heavy Batting and Not
Fine Fielding.

IL Was Won by Heavy Batting and Not
Fine Fielding.
There is no denying the fact that the
Wheeling team hasn't been playing good
ball for the past three games with Jack
son. and it was only by bard hitting that
she won the two games she did from them
OF course, hard hitting is what piles up
scores, but poor fielding makes scores for
the other side, besides disgusting people
with the game. 1t would naturally be
supposed that the Wheeling boys could
play better ball than the jackson team,
bat she hasn't done it in the series just
closed, ss the scores will show. The
boys should brace MP little bit
and get down in the fine form
in which they started ont, before
they 60 off on the trip, or even their hard
hitting will not avail them anything
Errors in yesterdays game let in four runs
which the visitors were not entitled TO,
and gave them more hits than they would
otherwise have made. The boys want to
get their fielding as near perfect as posi-
BILE, and then, assisted BY heavy hitting,
they have a splendid chance of winning
the pennant.
The game yesterday was witnessed by
about 700 people, and for the frat three or
four innings it was close enough to suit
anyone. 1t really looked several times as
il the visitors would pull out and win an
other victory, but several batting streaks,
assisted by several errors saved the day.
Michel and Delehauty got in their usual
home runs, and several of the other boys
hit when hits counted runs. Spiedel
played splendid first for the Jacksons
and led his side in batting with three hits,
all of which were in the right place.
OF the umpiring nothing can be said
but the same old chestnut that Sullivan
gave the home team the worst of it, and
his Judgment on balls and strikes was off,
Some of the League papers are printing
story TO the effect tina: the umpires ap.
pointed by President McDermith are home
umpises, but they are sadly mistaken in
Sulliyan's case. Wheeling has played
against MIN rlgnt along.
In the first inning yesterday after Otter
son had died at first Nichol lined ont his
home run. S!apleton went to second on
SpiedePs error and scored on Brodie's two
Dagger
In their half of the second the visitors
made two on Spiedel's s,fe hit, Phalen's
hit and Morrison's bad throw to third. In
the third Otterson hit safe, stole second,
went to third on a wild throw aud scored
on Nichols fly to centre. Dslehanty then
lined out home run. In the visitors
half Minnehan hit safe, went to second on
Del's bad throw; Stickney hit safe and
both went over the plate on Spiedel's fine
single. In the fourth Stephans got life
on five balls, stole second, went to third
on Mitchell's muff of Stencils fly, STEM
l stole second and both went over the
plate on Morrison's hit 0tterson got O
life on Morfison's death at second, stole
second and scored on Nichols two-bagger,
Nichol scoring on DslehaIty's hit. The
visitors made their last one in the fifth.
Easjn hit safe, went to second on wild
pitch, third on Welch's hit, and home on
Stickney's hit.
Wheeling added two in the ninth.
Morrison hit safe, went to second on q
passed ball and scored on Oterson's hit
Osterson went TO second on y throw home,
to third on Delehanty's sacrifice and
scored on Stapleton's hit
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