Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-07-07
A TOUGH LESSON.
Wheeling Base Ballists Gather Few Points
From Canton.
| GAME WON AND THEN LOST.
Sunday Base Ball Knocked Out for the Day
at Least.
NICHOL OFFERS HIS RESIGNATION.

A number of professional gentleman,
clad in habiliments Of self-conceit and dirt
colored blue, marched ont into the dia-
mond at the Island park yesterday after
noon to give a like number Of gentlemen
from Canton few points on the funda-
mental principles of base ball. The Pro-
fessors were under the lead of Professors
John Dunn and Samuel Nichels, and each
and every one was anxious for an oppOrtu
nifty to "larrup" unruly pupils TO sub
mission. They had with them an imported
instructor from the distant city of Union
town, who was said to have burned the
midnight oil and made more mathematical
discoveries than Newton ever dreamed of.
He unexpectedly relied upon TO teach the
Cantonese the philosophy of curve balls,
inshoots, drops and all other pc
cuiiarities incident to the game. For six
innings all went merry as a marriage bell,
and the Professors were in high glee, but
after that the pupils took hand. They
objected to the character OF the instruction.
They kicked and squirmed and pounded
the ball at odd intervals until just as the
evening sun began to get square shot at
the grand stand, nine weary and humbled
sluggers quietly gathered up their clothes
and confessed that they were a captured
community.
The team which Wheeling put in the
field Yesterday did not look like nor play
like the Wheeling team on the fourth. Yet
they we're the same, with the single ex-
ception OF Meehan, the new pitcher from
UniontoWn, and il was not MS fault that
the game was lost. The light and 1.-the
some Nichol in center field seemed to have
lost his buoyancy. Miller and O'Rourke
had lost their cunning, whlel the grace
fol curves of Michael Hobright's legs
seemed to get inextricably mixed, when
ever he started 10 do anything Cspeci-
ally brilliant. If the play Of these four
had been up to their usual mark Wheeling
would hayNwOn the game, and there
would have been lit le trouble about 1t.
Monroe, the old puzzler, was again in the
box for Canton, but he retired at the end
of the fifth for Riley. The latter was not
hit hard, but ne was not so difficult TO
guage as on the fourth. This was probably
due to Mr.. Bartlett's unavoidable absence,
for as has been before remarked, Mr.. HI
ley and Mr.. Bartlett are holy terroIs, when
both are in good form.
The run.getting was beguP by inc Oau-
/ tonese in the fret INNING neelIns was
retired without o score, although Reddy
Williams got around to third, and stuck
to the base closer than brother Berger
opened up the fan for the visitors. He
tapped an easy one left and stole eecond.
Then Ryn took up the willow. lie looked
at Meehan's curves until he was tired, and
then let loose. The ball was caught square
between the eyes. 1t sailed out over the
home run fence, ard by the time the slug-
ger had walked around to the plate five
hundred people had relapsed into solemn
silence. Neither side scored again until
the fourth. Peggy Speidel Yves fret at
the bat. He swappsd his tobacco to
the other side Of his mouth
and then swapped again.
Paggy did this several times. He was
workipg a hoodoo on Monroe, but Monroe
didn't know it. Finally ne let loose on
the ball and il went on O sudden visit TO
Zacker's territory. - The agile sshort stop
made a desperate effort to ehake hands
with it, but failed, and Puggy stirred up a
whirlwind of dust for several minutes be-
tween the plate and first base. ORourke
cot his base on balls. Miller forced him
out at second and started 10 steal that
base. Piggy started home. Delaney
dropped the ball and the only Wheeling
sprinter scored. Immediately afterwards
Meehan hit magnificent drive to centre
field, scoring Miller, but he himself was
caught at the home plate through bad base
running.
The enemy got another run in their half
on two bases on balls and hit. Wheel
ing opened up again in the fifth, when
/ hit by Zimmer, q tremendous three bag
per by Damn, a base on balls, and Spell
del's hit netted three runs. In the seventh
Wheeling added two more TO her score
and stopped. 1t was in the last half OF
this inning that the break came. Berger
opened for Canton and flew out to
| Hobrecht. Ryan got hit 20 right, and
| Harris lined a long fly to the LETT garden,
Hobrecht got under and waited. The
ball sailed down gracefully into his bands,
and then-and then Michael drop
ped it. There were about five hundred
simultaneous groans as Ryan scored
and Harris pranced over to second
base. But the cup of woe
was not near full. Stab pounded out a
two-bsgger, which ought to have been only
base hit Sharp did the same thing,
and Delaney tipped up a little easy one to
Miller. He waited long and anxiously
for il to come down, and duplicated Mr..
Hobrecht's act, while the Man with the
voice drew in his lungs and sat on them.
The fun kept up fast and furious for the
next few minutes, and when 1t was over
Canton had scored five runs. Two more
we're added in the eighth, and the score
stood ten to seven.
Following is the official score.
CANTON. A. b b. p b. 20 A &
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