Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-08-03
A CLOSE GAME,
BUT WHEELING CONES OUT ONR SCORE
AHEAD.
The Champion City Boys DOwnsd Yssterday-Ohel
Games in the Lsagns-NOtts From the
Diamond.

The very large and enthusiastic audience
which flied the grand STANDS, bleaching
boards and occupied all the space ont under
the trees, but which was not present at the
be1e ball park yesterday, would have per-
hsps gotten come enjoyment out of the
very uncertain contest that was waged on
the diamond.
The game was interesting in more W avs
than one, and there are few people who
take enough interest in the national sport
in Wheeling to go to some trouble to have
fun. Yesterday one man took
over a large bell and ST one
time when Hill made a bad decision
at second he rang the bell on him several
times. This was novel way TO guy the
umpire and he got ratified. After that
several kids on the bleaching boards yelled
at Hill and he ordered Ospt. Dunn to keep
them quiet. Danny walked up 10 the
stand and said:
"Say you fellows let thepOor, innocent
umpire alone"
When big mouihe6 Dsrrah, who, by
the-way, isn't quite as loud as ne uCed to
be, kicked on the ball and demanded that
Hill examine it, kid in the grand stand
yelled to the umpire as he wa looking at
the pig skin:
Say has it got wbiskers on it?"
These little incidents served TO keep the
stands in good humOr, because nowadays
they are not as popular as they used to be,
and when two hundred p opie make a
mistake and crowd in them they almost
fall down ON Col Sslsds's head. How
ever, the aforementioned two hundred
people did not make the mistake yester-
day, and the Colonel and Cap. Vennum
could take maps between the arrivals OF
their guests or wager dimes as to whether
there would be fifty or seVenty-fve over to
see the game.
The Wheeling team is putting up pref
ty good article of ball of the present time
and there is no reason why the games
should not ba patronizsd more literally.
The team will be strengthened up by the
first of next week By the addition Of a
couple Of new pitchers, and then better
Dali may De looked LOT.
Matte Zmmer had one OF his hands
hurt in the fret inning yesterday and re-
tired from the game Bowman taking his
place. Billy played with little of his
old-time ginger and put up good game
all around. If he would play the game he
can play, he wonld be valusble man.
Halter was hit on the neck with foul
ball during the game and it looked like he
was badly hurt for time, bat he went in
and caught the game out, and strange to
say another foul caught him on the same
spot.
Wittrock was knock out of the box by
Wheeling in the fourth inning, and
Johnnie E ston took his place. Dunn
took Meehsn's place in the box in the
seventh. and the champion city boys didn't
get hit off him.
When in the seventh inning the score
stood to in Wheelipg's favor, and the
visitors went in and made fORr on two
singles, two doubles, wild pitch, and e
base on balls, things looked blue for
Wheeling's chances, but they girded up
their loius in the eighth and forged one
ahead by making four tsllies. Williams
got base OF balls, Dunn got life on Van
Alstipes error. Then Peggy Speidel
raped out one with whiskers on it, which
took Williams home. Then Dunn and
PIGGY advanced on a wild pitch, and
Damn trotted over the plate On pretty
single by Hobrecht. Bowman then shed
his coat, plugged up the hole in his bat,
and smashed d beautiful liner out into
centre garden, which took Speidel and
Hobrecht over the plate, scoring what
proved the winning runs, as no more were
made by either side.
Following is the official score: