Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-07-17
A GAME LOST.
DAYTON HITS THE BALL HARD IN
THE SIXTH,
And Pile Up Five Runs, Winning the Game
Justice Ankle Holds the Players for Court
Other B. B. Games.

The Dayton sluggers pounded the pig
skin hard and oft in the sixth inning yes
terdsy, and won the game. Up to that
time Shamus, who was in the box for
Wheeling, shot his curves across the plate
with IMMUNITY and strong right arm, but
he apparently used too much elbow grease
in the start, and in, the sixth when the
sphere went near the plate Dayton bat
sent it out in the field with young whisk-
ers growing all over it, and five runs were
earned.
Tha game was an exciting one all
through, and while Wheeling never showed
front on even innings after the first inning,
she came so close to II several times that
the audience held its breath. Perhaps
Mike Hobrecht had more opportunities
to bring in runs with hit than any other
man in the game, but it was MichaePs
day of and he could not get Thomas de-
ceptive curves where there were no field
ers to stop them. Thomas pitched good
game for the visitors, and up TO the eighth
inning the home teams few hits were kept
we'll scattered, so that they Availed little.
The fielding of Miller and Dallas was very
sharp, several brilliant stops being made
by them. For Wheeling, Haller led with
the bat. Bowman appeared at first 10
place of Piggy Speidel, who was sick, and
he held the bag down in great shape.
Meehan WAS put in the box in the sixth,
and in the two succeeding innings the
visitors were unable to get hit of him.
Wheeling's first run WAS made by Will
liams on base on balls, steal, sacrifice
by Damn and a wild pitch.
Dayton made two in the second on Zim-
mer's error, Miller's error, Shamus' ditto
and passed ball. Wheeling saw their two
in the fourth when Haller hit safe, went to
second on Lyons error, which gave Bow
man a life. Both advanced on Miller's
hit. Meehan got base on balls, forcing
Halter in, and Bowman scored on Zimmer's
sacrifice. Barrett made two very bad de-
csons against Wheeling in this inning.
The visitors then made two more, giving
them lead of one. Stephans hit two
Dagger over right field fence and scored on
a similar one by Munger, who went TO third
on a passed ball and scored on Lyons two
Dagger.
In the sixth the Daytons got their eyes
on the ball and they realized five nice tai
lies on a hit and steal by Randall, hit
by Stephens, bad throw by Shamus,
three-bagger by Munger, hit by Lyons,
double by Thomas, wild pitch, and o
double by Cans.
Things looked very blue, but Dayton
failed to tally in the next inning, and in
the seventh Wheeling made three runs,
amid the widest excitement, on HO-
brecht's base on balls, Miller's hit, Nee
hans hit, sacrifice by Shamus and an
error by Williams.
Another blank for Dayton in the eighth
and then Halter lined out dandy and
went to second on BOwman's hit. Both
advanced on Hobrecht's sacrifice, and Hal
er went over the plate on Miller's sacri-
flee, and Billy Bowman trOtled home on
Stephens error, the audience cheering
wildly. II looked favorable for a repeti
ton of Mondays work, but Matte I'm
mer hita long fly to left and Randall very
accommodating got under it snd
squeezed it so hard that the ball flattened,
which unkind act ended the game, and the
excitement was over.
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