Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-08-06
BALL GAME STOPPED By FIRE
In the Panic Several Persons Were
Slightly Cut and Bruised, But None
Were Burned.

Slightly Cut and Bruised, But None
Were Burned.
CHICAGO. August 5.-The discovery
of FIRE in the grand stand al the West
Side Ball Park this afternoon caused q
wild panic among the spectators In
which several met with serious injury
and a large number Of others we're
slightly cut and bruised in endsavoring
to make their exit.
Those most seriously injured are:
Z. w. Bartlett, rs years OF age, leg
fractured.
Ed. Ahern, of fire Insurance patrol,
severely burned about the hands ana
face.
Seven Others were taken to the coun-
ty hospital suffering from lacerated
hands and fingers from scaling the barb
wire.
CHICAGO BEAT CINCINNATI
CHICAGO, ILL, Aug. 5.-At the be-
ginning OF the seventh inning, FIRE was
discovered under the seats In the north
stand, aad the game was called. In
side Of three minutes the entire stand,
together with the bleachers and
q portion OF the elegant
grand stand was sea OF flame
which was not controlled until two
thirds OF the grand stand had been de-
stroyed. In the wild scramble several
arms were broken, and score oil Deo-
pie were slightly burned and cut by
barb wire fencing. The fire is supposed
10 have been started by boy lighting
a cigarette. The Colts won the game
very handily, batting Dwyer hard. At
tendance, 9,450. Score:
Chicago .............1 l 0 0 o.
Cincinnati. .............O o u u
Earned runs, Chicago 4; hits, 8 and 4;
errors, 2 and 2; pitchers, Griffith and
Dwyer; umpire, McQuaid.
THE COLONIES WIN.
LOUISVILLE. KY, August 5.-To-
days game was one Of the most interest
ing games played on the home grounds
this season. 1t was anybody's game
until the last man was out in the ninth
inning. After the Browns had scored
one run in the ninth, with two men out
and three men on bases, Roger Con-
nor sent one over the right field fence
which looked safe, but curved over the
foul line about two feet He then went
out at first. Attendance $500. Score:
Louisville Il 0 0 g 0 D 0 i
ST. Louis. % 0 0 0 0 D o /
Earned runs, Louisville 3; hits, 10
and Z; errors, . and l; pitchers, Wads-
worth and Clarkson; umpire, Hurst.
WESTERN LEAGUE.
At Sioux City-Sioux City, 3; Grand
Rapids, IS.
At Observation-Disclosures IS; In-
dianapolis II.
At Kansas City-Kansas City IS; To-
ledo IA.
At Milwaukee First game, Milwau-
kee -; Detroit 3. Second game, Mil
waukes s; Detroit 10.
Local Base Ball.
The Wheeling Juniors defeated the
Brsner s. -Mabis yesterday by a score OF
1s to12. Batteries. for Wheeling Jun
iors. Gillegan and Jones; for Bremen 81
Mabis, Clancy and Troy.
The Broch Bros. Tobacco Chewers
defeated the TwentY-fourth Street
Stars Yesterday in a well-payed game,
in which heavy hitting was feature.
The score was 81 TO Is. Batteries,
Fulton and stephens, Harris and Harry.
The Niagaras aud the Twenty-ffth
street Stars played one-sided game OF
ball on the b. O. grounds yesterday.
The Niagarss won by score OF % to 3.
The battery for Niagaras was Hoey and
Maloney; for the Stars, Lynch and
Kennedy. The Niagaras would like TO
hear from any club in this city under
20 years,
An interesting game OF ball was played
Yesterday afternoon on the old B. IL o..
shop grounds between the Hubs and j..
p. O'Malleys, which resalted in defeat
for the O'Malleys. Mccain started
started in to pitch for the O'Malleys,
but was Knocked out Of the box In the
second inning, Blowers taking his
place and succeeding in holding the
Hubs down. Bot for errors by the
O'Maileys the Hubs would not have
scored 50 many. Score: Hubs, 2;
O'Malleys, 5. Battery for the OMal-
leys, McCanD, Blowers and Sipple;
Hubs, Myers and Malon.