Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-08-19
WHEELING BEATEN,
BY MARIETTA, YESTERDAY, TO THE TUNE
OF 8 TO IS.
The Home Team Seemed 10 be Outclasssd. Al
though |, Started Out at Good
Pace.

The Wheeling base ball team suffered
defeat yesterday afternoon at the Irwin
park, South Side, at the hands OF the
Marietta professional club. The score
was nine to sixteen in favor Of the Ohio
boys. There is out one reason the
Wheeling team was defeated, and that
is that the Marietta club put up bet
ter game of ball. Reiver, who was to
pitch for the home team, disappointed
the boys, and they did not know
who was to pitch few minutes
before the game was called. The home
tea put Boggs, the left-handed twirier
of the Garden Spot" in the box. The
visitors could do nothing with his
curves for a time, bat they finally
knoc ked two home runs of his delivery
and Heeman was substituted. He did
reasonably well. Chambers caught for
the homo team and did excellently
throughout. Collins caught the entire
game for the visitors. Hastings, who
defeated the Wheeling team In
Thursdays game, started TO pitch
Yesterday. 1t was not long before
he was knocked clear out OF the box oy
the home team. Brodie was put In the
box to twir for the Mariettas, and his
former fellow ball players could do lit
tie with him. He was wild at times
but did well.
There were q fair attendance OF
ladies in the crowd, which was larger
than at any previous game last week.
The crowd Of free sight-seers on the
hillside was about as large as usual
The crowd was howliag one. Ihey
yelled and guyed the down river TEL
lows numerically. The game abonnded
in kicks throughout. Jack Crogan
started to umpire. He got sick and had
to retire. Thomas, OF Marietta, and
Finnegan, OF Wheeling, were called TO
umpire. There was kick and MIR
Feeters, of Martins Ferry, took a hand,
He umpired the game To the close. Inc
contest was a long one, lasting nearly
three hours. The game was series OF
mishaps to the home team. A ball struck
Cham bers once in the ear, once In the
arm; Baker was hit in the head with
swift ball, aud Marley was knocked
down and had to take another position.
Wheeling came to bat first. Manley
got out at first. Prichard got to nrst
and s. Leach knocked two-bagger.
Then the home club began to bat Hast
ines all over the field. T. Leach struck
ont. Donivan got to first on balls, stole
second cleverly and made a score on
wild pitch. Brodie was here substitu-
ted for Hastings. When Marietta came
to bat it was easily seen they could do
nothing with Boggs. Collins struck out.
McLaren flew out to S. Leach, and Nc
Laren was struck out.
In the second inning Balzer was out
on long fly. Manley was
nut out. Prlchard got TO
on an error OF Hudson, and 5. Leach
made q long drive. In their hall Mari
eta tied the score, each having three
runs.
In the third inning F. Leach knocked
long fly, Hydinger sent a hot drive,
and stole second in professional man
ner. The home team did not score In
this inning. In the fourth inning Baggs
started to pitch wildly and the team
from down the river began to size him
up. Francis made home run. Three
men came to bat, and each got hit.
Chambe made a sensational catch,
one of tho greatest features OF the
game.
Brodie got wild in the fifth inning
He filled the bases with red caps from
given four balls each. Wheeling did
some good playing in the inning, but
could not overtake the professionals
Baker made bad error in this inning,
and the home fellows got ratified some.
McLaren knocked home run, which
meant two scores to the Mariettas.
Heenan was put In the box for Wheel
ing at thu beginning of the sixth inning.
Donivan- caught two long flies, one
after the other. Hudinger made a
great steal to third base in the seventh
inning. Ia the eighth inning Wheel
ing made three more scores aud Mari
eta failed to tally. In the first half OF
the ninth inning Wheeling was put out
in one. two, three order. Attendance,
400. Score: