The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-07-11
LOST FROM IGNORANCE,
The Game Of Ball Yesterday
Stolen from Wheeling
BY AN INCOMPETENT UMPIRE,
The sprIngAeIds Short sishtsdly do
an UnmaHly Thing which will
Hurt Them Hereafter News
of the Diamond.

The game Of ball yesterday afternoon
between the Wheeling and Springfield
clubs resulted in the defeat Of the home
aggregation by a score Of 0 to 0 in six
innings, The result should have been
Just the reverse, and would have been
had there been any one with an lutelli.
gent conception OF the rules, which this
person Butler-the latest acquisition to
the Tri'state's umpire staff, who has
been here since Bartlett had his career
as m umpire brought to a close on the
FouTth-seems to lack,
The Tri.State League games are sup.
posed to be played under the rules Of
the American Association, One Of those
rules is that when II Is necessary, and
after five innings have been played, the
game shall be called In time TO allow the
visiting club one hour to catch the
train they must depart on, All visiting
clubs go from here to Canton, via the
O. l., 4 W, road, leaving on the train at
5;l2, but 1t is always held an hour IA
accommodate the LeagIe; and as II only
takes about fifteen minutes from the
Park to the depot, II has always been
possible for the visiting clubs TO finish
the last game OF their series here.
1t WASH the sixth inning that Darrah,
the loudest mouthed and most disagree
able player in the League, who has com
United enough oaenses against the de-
CenCy Of the National game TO be debar'
red from II, set onfoot ascheme to jump
the game, which was finally Counte'
nanced by Butler aud thereby made Q
success. The visitors had a good lead
and did not care 10 take any chances
that might enable Wheeling to win,
They also wanted to be able to say that
they had shut Wheeling out, and did not
care to play in the blistering hot sun
any longer than necessary. According
ly at 8 o'clock they set up the claim
TINT they were entitled to one hour to
catch their train, and demanded that the
game be called
Wheeling naturally protested vigor'
ously. The boysdid not want to b eshut
out, and they hoped that they would
finally be able to do as they had always
done before, solve WittroCk's delivery,
and possibly mako ton runs In one In
ming of him, as they did on Monday,
II was explained to Butler that there
was plenty OF time to finish the game
and catch the train. After changing bis
mind three or four times, he finally de-
cided in favor OF Springfield. Then the
spectators set up a howl; some kicked
for their money, and others vowed that
they would never again attend a game OF
ball, All this was anything but pleas
ant for the local management, which was
not to blame in any way, but was, on
the other hand, tho greatest sufferer.
Butler caused all tho Vexation by his
poor decision. After learning that there
was time to finish tho game he should
have ordered tho visitors 10 the field,
and on their refusing to 20, given the
game to Wheeling by 0 to 0. He started
10 do this once, but changed his mind.
OF the game so far as 1t was played,
little need be said. The fact that six o.
tho nine runs scored by Springfield were
earned shows that their hitting was
timely. Meehan, the new pitcher, was
not only inefficient, but wild to a costly
degree, and the manner In which he
allowed base runners to get away from
their bases was enough to give one the
shiyers, warm aday as yesterday was.
The full score Is as follows: