The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-07-09
sPRINaPIGLD SUFFERS DRFRAT.
An VnlnteFpsting Game Other Bail Games
Played Yesterday,

Played Yesterday,
The Springfield ball club commenced
another series Of three games with the
Wheeling club at Island park yesterday
afternoon and was defeated by a score
OF letos, The attendance was distress
ingly small and after the third inning, in
which Wheeling Won the game by
scoring ten runs, nearly oil the interest
died out and the game seemed to drar
despite the TACT that the last six inninPs
were well played by both sides,
Another thing that detracted consider.
ably from what little interest and pleas,
ure there was In the game was the poor
work OF umpire Butler, His Judgment
was several times sadly at fault and nT0-
Yoked discussions among the players
that would have discounted those that
usually take place in games played on
the Tunnel green. He allowed himself
20 be 6plly.Iagged by tue players on
Doth sides 70 such an extent that the
audience actually became weary over
the wrangling, Sammy Nichol did not
appear TO be missed from the home team
70 any appreciable extent "Reddyl
Williams took care OF the center garden
in excellent shape and speidel, ZImmeL
Dunn and Williams NJ the bat, did
enough opportune hitting to please the
most exacting, JlA
Wheellngs ten runs in the third were
made as tollows; Dunn, first at bat, hit
9 hy 70 Hutchinson, who mpfIed itbeau,.
tttully, and then threw wild to second
In the hope OF cutting Dunn Of Stencil
got the ball and made q bad throw 20
third, for which Dunn had started and K
which he reached, thanks 10 stenzel'a
error Williams got base on balls and
stole second. Speldel got his base by
being hit with the ball, Bowman made
Q bit, scoring Dunn and Williams, the
latter'srun being earned. Mlllerknocked
out fly 10 Sommers, who muaed II and
then made another error by throwing
he'ball wild, so that speidel and Bow
man scored and Miller reached second.
Hobrecht fouled out To "Gameyn West.
lake. Zlmmerg "a base on balls and went
10 third on bit by Kennedy, which
scored Miller. Kennedy stole second
while 0'Rourke was at the bat, Easton
had changed places with WittroclIa at this
point, the latter going 70 right field, and
his hrst Official act was 70 give o Rourke
base on balls, Then Dunn went to the
plate again and picked out as his por.
ton a hit that scored Kennedy. VIII
liams and Speidel followed with doubles
and Dunn and Williams scored. Speidel
was caught out trying 10 steal third, and
brought the slaughter TO q
close by going out at first on an assist Of
g. WeBtlake's. The run In the sixth
was made by Speidel, who led OF witha
double, went 70 third on q wild pitch
and scored on a hit by Miller. In the
ninth thinner led of with q double,
Kennedy followed with a single and
stole second and thinner was put out on
a double play made by Sommers, who
o 'Rourke'stl fly, Kennedy after
wards managed TO score. b
spnngheld'R first run was made In the
afth by Hutchinson, who after one man
was out got base on balls, stole second
and third and was brought home ON u
two.bagger, hit out by Stencil. In the
sixth Sommers led oil with O double,
stole third and scored on q hit by Van
Alstine. In the eighth, aitertwo men
were out, Easton hit out two-bagger,
stole third and scored on another Of Van
Alstine's hits.
TheSpringaeld boys swere yerysore over
number OF Buffers base decisions and
threatened 70 protest the game, Two OF
three times there were some Of the visit
ors who urged that the game be stopped
and allowed TO Wheelingby a score 81 D
10 0 rather than submit to what they
being robbed. The same
clubs will play again to-day.
The full score Of ofyesterday's game was