The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-10-19
FIRST BLOOD FOR OHIO.
Bsllaire Wins the Opening Inter-
state Championship damo.
HHEELING'S ERRORS were COSTLY,
Though Smith Pitched a Great Gang
tho Locals Conldn't Wn-Nicreer
Was 10 Fine Fot,lo for the ohIaus,
Last Nlghrs Rowling GAmcs-oIhcr
News In sports Domain.

The irVt OF the series OF three games
Of base ball to be played by teams OF
professionals representing Wheeling
and the towns on the other side OF tho
river took place yesterday afternoon on
the Island ball park in the presence OF
large crowd, most Of whom, however,
came from the Ohio towns, the Wheel'
ing cssnks seeming to be small pO-
tatosS aud few in arrow"
With Mercer, tho Senatorial wlrleE
in the box, the Ohio "peTissh" managed
to down their West Virginia brethren,
but Mercer, although he pitched good
ball, was not the keystone Of the brick
wall that crushed Ours. George Smith,
the old Tituyilie pitcher. who, by the
way, will be a member Of the Wheeling
team OF '95. was in the box for Wheel.
inr. and he pitched every lot rs good
ball as the big league star. The trouble
was that his support was very "brick
ward" or, to speak in the dialect, "yet.
low" Balls escaped the Wheeling in
lieldsrS, especially Brodis, that very
easy chances for paddsR, wss,laks aud
Nicholson, OF the Ohio combination,
Had Smith received tue support given
Mercer II il no aurs tthing that BeI!alre
would have won by even narrow mar
gin.
fashion, Alter lIobrecht had been ro'
tired, SAMMY" Michel made corking
tWo.bhgger aud scored on Crot,y's clean
single. ON q misplay by Beilairc Croft
~ canIeTed across tho pan with the
second run. Ia their hall the Bellairea
avensd up the sGora George reached
first on an error, went to second on Pad
deu's sacrifice, and scored on Nichols
sou'a hit, The latter alIo came in on
steal OF third and another sacrifice.
Mheeliug got nice, large slice o!
nothing in tine second, but Belaire
scored three runs. After Minnehan
had struck out, "Billy" " bite reached
first on an error. Bobby" Westlake
then hit safely, and MERGERS out al.
yauced the runners. George got base
on balls and Paiden's lhree.baSger
tcored the three runs.
After that neither side scored until
the eighth when Bellaire got three
more. In the seventh Wheeling had
two men on bases who got there on
clean hits, but they were lett. Glass.
cock aud Brodie had made the hits.
Pritchard was at the bat and had three
balls with no strikes. The next bail
pitched seemed strike but somebody
said Take your base" and Gla,Scock,
thinking the umpire had called 1t
ball, started for third Of cnurle he
was caught and put eat, the bali having
been called a strike. II was tough
luck. Brown made matters worse by
giving 0urs rather one.sided deal on
three or four occision'.
The Bellaires clincEed their victory
in the eighth. Wheeling having been
disposed Of in a double play participated
in by Padden, Nicholson and Sol u hiie.
For BellaiTe George Westlako was re-.
tired on 4 Hrounder, smith TO Glass.
cock. Then Minnehan struck out for
the fourth time in tho game. BILLY"
White sent q high one 80 right that
should have been captured by either
Pritchard or CrOIty, but those two and
Michel gathered around and saw the
bali settle into-Motlicr Earth's bosom.
That was an example OF the kind Of
scratch hit, that had to be- chalKcd up
against Smith, who, in reality, pitched
Just as good a game Rs the high priced
Mercer Then Bobby" Westlake hit
sharp one down 10 third that Brodie
should have captured butdidu'i; Rnoth-
er scratch hit. Msrcor's unexpected hit
TO right Geld ienee for tbFes.baggeF,
scoring the two runuers. Mercer scored
on Georges hit down the third
base lire. Paddcn hit safely. but was
caught ut second OIL = throw from Glass.
cock TO Gillian.
In the ninth Wheeling wasn't littio
bit dangerous. NiChol struck out,
trotIy was called % ut tir.t on an in.
field assist when lie was clearly safe and
Gasscock INT long ono to George,
who accepted, and the game was over
with first blood Tor the BsIaire aggrega.
ton The score: