Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-08-22

pire, Mr.. Lynch.
WON BY A COMFORTABLE MARGIN.
PHILADELPHIA, PA, August 21.-Al-
though Philadelphia won from Cleve-
land by comfortable margin to-day,
the home team had more Of their usual
bad luck. Cross cut open his finger in
the first inning and Reilly took his
place. Delehanty wrenched his side In
the sixth inning. The Phillies hit
Cuppy freely in the first five innings,
but his successor. Sullivan, did some
effective work. Attendance 1850.
Score:
Philadelphia L 9 3 / o o o-12
Cleveland. ...3 0 0 0 0 0 0 o. q
Earned runs, Philadelphia Z, Cleve-
land 8; hits, IA and 13; errors, 5 and 3;
pitchers, Carsey and Cuppy and Snlli
van; umpire, Keefe.
BOSTON WON.
BosToN. August 21.-Boston won two
games in succession to-day. Fischer
aided Boston by bases on balls, bat the
cham pions batsed freely to all parts OF
the field. Parrott lasted but one inning
as Boston killed everything that ap-
preached the base and circled the bases
eleven times at the start Connaugh-
ton, BapHon and Tenny did excellent
work. The second game was called at
the end OF the sixth inning to allow Gin
cinnati to take the train. First game.
Score:
Boston. 4 0 0 0 ks
Cincinnati. ..3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 o. }
bits. 16 and :; errors and 5; pitchers.
Stivetts aud .Staley and Fischer; um-
pres, Hoagland and Emsle.
Second game:
Boston. ........11 0 5 2 '-25
Cincinnati. -. 0 4 0 o O. S
Hits. II and 10; errors and 5; pitch
ers, Stivetts and Nichols, Parrott and
Whitrock; umpire, Emslie.
JACK GLAsscocK RELEASED.
PITTsBURG, PA, August 21.-The
Pittsburg base ball managers to-day
released short stop Glasscock and
catcher Merritt, and signed catcher
Weaver, of the LouisvlIles.
Local Base Ball.
The Bader & Maurer club defeated
the Exleys yesterday by score OF 25 to
6. They would like to cross bats with
the Nellie BLY, club for a game any day
through the week.
The conductors and the operators OF
the Wheeling Street Railway Company
are each organizing base ball teams.
Thew will have a contest 10 the near
future, probably on the Riverside
grounds. There are some good players
among the street car men.
There was an interesting base ball
game last Sunday on the Riverside
grounds in the afternoon. The Farrls
team, of Pittsburg, played the NJ. ~ w.
Deegans, OF Behwood there. The score
was IA TO 10 in favor OF the Pittsburg
team. Byrne and Strobel was the bat
terry for the Benwood club.
w. w. Irwin, of the Wheeling base
ball club, got word from the club OF
Dennison, O., that they could not come
to this city for a game Friday and Sat-
urday OF this week, as they have games
on those dates. The Wheeling club
will make an attempt to get the club OF
Steubenville TO come down for a game
OF the South Side park grounds the lat
ter part of this week The club has
arranged two games with the Marietta
club at that city on their labor day.
which is not on the same date as ours,
but early 10 September. The members
of the club are called TO meet this even
ing at the home Of Frank Albinger, OF
Thlrty-irst street, where an important
conference will be held. Every mem
Der Of the club will be expected TO be
there.
FOUGHT FIFTY-sIX ROUNDS.
BALTIMORE, MD, August 21.-Solo-
mon English, of Baltimore, and John
Ball, OF Newark, n. j. fought So rounds
at at early hour this morning. AT the
time both men were so exhausted the
contest was declared a draw.
SIOUX CITY, IA. August Civilian
A. Brady has telegraphed Corbetts ac-
ceptance Of the Athletic clubs offer.
Jackson asks that the purse OF s25, 900
be deposited with the Police Gazette.
New ORLEANS, Augdst 21.-Stanton
Abbott, champion OF England, was
knocked out in twenty five rounds be-
fore 5000 people at the Olympic Club
tonight. Purse, 81, 500. The fight was
furious throughout.
PORTSMOUTH, August Elm a fifty
mile race to-day nnder the auspices OF
the Royal Albert Yacht Club, the Sa-
tanita and the Britannia competed.