The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-04-27
THE OPENING BAIL GAME
OF the Tri-state League Series
Played Here, Won
FROM TOLEDO BY WHEELING.
The other Games ia the League.
Howthe Big Games Stood Yester.
day.-somc Newsy Notes about
Ball Matters of Interest.

The Tri-state Leagues championship
season here opened yesterday with
game of ball played at Island Park by
the Toledos and the home team, which
resulted in the defeat OF the visitors by
a score of l4to6. About nine hundred
people were present and noted with
considerable satisfaction the start for
the pennant made by the Wheeling
men. The day was bright and sum
shiny, a marked contrast to the faces OF
the Future Greats" at the end. of the
ninth inning. They came here from
GAINESVILLE elated over two victories in
the three games played there, and half
expecting that they could make Wheel
ing tired ut the outset, but in this they
were mistaken. The Wheeling team
proved to be on this occasion regular
band OF sluggers, and batted the two
pitchers put up against them as though
they intended to kill them, and the
biff-bang OF the safe hit was accom-
panied BY the mish.mush OF the fumbled
qounder and the wough OF the wild
throw. The sixteen hits made by
Wheeling resulted in total OF twenty
nine bases. Their batting was simply
terrific; their base running was good,
and their fielding fairly well done.
The Toledos were not slow at the bat,
especially in the eighth inning, when
Morrison was lined out for three singles
and two two-baggers and that after two
men had been put out. These hits and
a bad throw by Nichol, from centre field,
netted them four runs, three OF them
earned. The u hits made by the wish
tors resulted in total OF l6 bases.
While their batting was good, their field
ing was miserable.
In addition to the four runs Toledo
made in the eighth, one was made in the
first on an error by 0tterson anda three
base hit by Walsh, and one in the third,
on safe hit and a bad throw by Della
hanty.
Wheeling made her runs with ease by
hard hitting aided by thenumerous errors
other opponents. After the third inning
Drischell was removed from third to left
field for having made three bad errors,
and Allen was brought in from left and
put on that bag. After the fourth inning
Gastright was taken out, OF the box
and Sales put iu; as before stated, both
were badly hit. At the time OF this
change, there were more changes made
in the field. Strives support behind
the bat was awful.
In the batting line Morrison's work
with the stick was a noted feature. In
the five times he was at the bat he
picked out two singles, one double and
a home run that was beauty; he sur
prised his friends and they hope to see
him keep his good work up both in the
box and at the bat. The feature in the
fielding line was the double play by OF
terson and Delahanty. There was a
splendid chance at that point for a
triple play, but a bad throw by Della
hanty to Stapleton spoiled it. Umpire
Sullivan, barring two decisions against
Wheeling, gave satisfaction on both
sides. His judgment on balls and
strikes is good. The two decisions re-
ferred to were OF roasting nature, OF
terson being called out on clean steal
OF second and Stapleton at first, after he
had safely arrived there.
The official score furnished by Mr..
English is Ms follows: