The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-05-01
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
Celebrated Everywhere Watch
ing Base Ball Games,
THE SEASON OPENED HERE
Auspioiously-oycF 1000 Sec Wheel.
Ing Win Twioe-other TrI.state
Games-The Games Played
In the Big Leagues,

The opening Of the Tri-State Leagues
championship season OF 1889 in this city,
took place yesterday under the most
suspicious circumstances, barring the
weather which was somewhat raw and
disagreeable, butat the same time did
not prevent the opening from being a
successful one from a financial stand
point, The team from Mansfield was
the one pltted against the Wheeling ag-
gregatlon for the two opening games,
and in both the Nail City boys were vic.
torious, They played a good steady
game, aud very isvorably impressed
those who saw them for the first time,
Their good work at the bat, their fairly
clean fielding and dashing base running
aroused an old-time enthusiasm among
the spectators that will result proRtably
to the club, provided 1t can keep up the
good, winning gait 1t struck yesterday,
By this 1t Is not Intended to convey the
idea that the team must win every game
that Is an impossibility, but II the
boys continue to play with the same
earnestness that they displayed yester-
day, and remain as Cool.headed and
ready to take advantage OF every oppor-
tunity as they were in yesterdays game,
there can be no fault found with them,
Those who attended yesterdays games
embraced those from nearly every class.
There were those whose sombre broad
cloth buttoned to the chin designated the
wearer Us belonging to tho clergy, man
ufaCturers, wholesale and retail mer-
Chanls, their clerks, young men about
town, factory and mill workmen, aud
toughs-they were all there and they all
enjoyed tho sport. The ladies turned
out splendidly, particularly in the after
noon, when they filled their stand to
overlooking, The fair ones were fully
as enthusiastic as those OF the sterner
sex over the fine points OF the game, and
their presence seemed to be a good
augury for further success.
The morning game was attended by
about 500. The morning was q raw one,
and the attendance was much larger than
had been anticipated. The special iea.
lures OF the game were the excellent
right field play OF Ryan's and a left
handed circus catch OF swift fly made
by Green away over against the middle
field fence. 1t was wonderful catch
Green made and brought fourth regu.
lar salvo OF applause, Mansheld's runs
were made as follows: In the second,
Burchard got base on balls; Kava.
naugh hit to right aud reached his base
as result OF a mutf by Ryan; the two
were advanced base each by
Darral's put out at first on
an assist OF Hiegler's, Kelly hit
out a two.bagger that brought both men
on bases home; Kelly was left on second
In the eighth, Fitzsimmons hit safe; Park
went out on foul and Wilson died at
first on an assist OF Bowman's; Bird hit
hard one over Dunn's head and Fitz.
simmons scored Bird was then brought
home on hit OF Burchard's past short;
Burchard was left at first.
Wheeling scored in the first as follows:
Speidel hit safe and Bowman got base
on balls; HobreCht made hit that was
so lelded as to cut Spiedel Off at third;
Bowman stole third, assisted by a short
passed ball, and 0'Rourke brought both
men on bases home on q single TO left,
but was put out himself stealing second
thinner hit safe but was left by Heigler
striking out,
Ii tie dfth, thinner made a good hit
to start with, aud stole second, and then
scored on a bad throw by Fitzsimmons
to second; Ryan got base on balls and
stole second; Dunn got life on Burch.
ards muf Of his fly hit; Green went
out at first on the second baseman's as.
sist; spiedel hit to Park, who threw the
ball about ten feet above Kayanaugh's
head, and Ryan, Dunn aud spiedel
scored on that costly error,
In the seventh Ryan got a hit, stole
second, went to third on u passed ball
and home ON wild pitch.
The score OF the game was rs follows: