The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-05-09
WHEELING EATS MORE LIMA BEANS.
Features of Yesterdays Gnmc-othor TrI-
State Gnmes-Gencrnl Ball News. .

Features OF Yesterdays Gnmc-OthGr Tri-
State Gnmes-Gencrnl Ball News.
The game OF ball played at the Island
Park yesterday afternoon resulted in
Wheeling again defeating Lima, this
time bya score OF II to 8. The fire.
quent showers during the morning and
the threatening aspect of the weather at
the hour for calling the game, resulted
in keeping the attendance down to
about 300. Included in this number
were several ladies' whose base ball arlor
is not to be dampened by anything
short OF Il regular thunder storm. The
threatening rain came down gently dur
ing the second inning and necessitated Il
suspension of play for ten or fifteen
minutes, but after that ii cleared off and
the game was played to finish.
That the Wheeling team won yester-
day is to be asCribed to series OF bad
errors made by the visitors and to some
remarkably fine fielding made by the
home men ut times when it seemed al
most certain that Lima would get to the
front. At the bat Lima was much
stronger than Wheeling. The visitors
made IL hits with a total OF 81 bases of
Lemons delivery, while Wheeling's
men were only able to pound Sowders
for II hits with total OF but 81 bases.
Both sides had two home runs, two two
base hits and one three-basc hit.
Sowdcrs, who pitched for Lima, sue
ceeded in striking out six OF his Oppo-
nents, but offset this work by giving five
men their base on balls and one on an
illegal delivery, and by making bad
throw that let in some runs. He might
have had the heart 10 do better than he
did had be been properly supported.
The four errors made by Rheims, ut
short, were all costly and sufficient to
demOralize an entire team.
Lemons did not appear to have his
usual speed and was batted pretty freely
by the bean-caters, but the handsome
support given him by the men in the
field kept the visitors from flashing their
attractive blue and old gold uniforms
around the diamond to any alarming ex-
tentuntil in the eighth, when they fell on
Lemons for three singles and two home
runs and these hits together with an
error made by Otterson netted six runs,
three Of them earned. As this made the
score 9 to it was deemed best to call in
Stephens from right field and put him
in the box rather than run any risks
with Lemons, who was about tired out.
The one run the Llmas made in the
ninth was by Fuller on single, n steal,
4 passed ball and bad throw by Stem
gel. Wheeling won in the ninth on
home run, single, two bases on balls
and m error at tlrst base that resulted in
Eve runs.
There was a pretty play in the sixth
when Mcmillan knocked what he and
every one else thought was good for
three bases, but Brodie and 0tterson
ielded 1t TO Van Zant in fine style and
Mcmillan expired on third. Brodie
made n handsome throw in the fourth,
in putting out Sommers who
was trying TO steal second. 0tterson
played a good game yesterday and re-
,eived many complimentary remarks.
Il was amusing to watch the out-felders
whenever Delahanty was ut the bat;
hey would 60 clear out to the brow OF
he hill, and they did well to do so.
)ne hit made by "Del" that looked like