Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-05-08
Wheeling Made a Great Finish in
Yesterdays Game.
a Brilliant Contest From Start to
Finish - Other Interstate Win
ners - National League Games.
Bowling Contests Last Night.
Other Sport.
srANn1NG OF cLrns.
Yesterdav,s game at the Island Park

Yesterdays game at the Island Park
brought a double lesson: first, a game
is not won or lost until the last man is
retired in the last inning, and, second,
headwork figures in making runs as
we'll as hits. No person will dispute
the fact that Captain White has
great base ball head, He has taught
his players a point or two about the
game, and they are very apt pupils.
1t was a pitchers battle until the
last inning, but Wheeling managed to
scratch two unearned runs before that
stage OF the game was reached. An
derson pitched a steady game and was
only hit safely nine times, O'Brien get
ting two doubles. Conoyer went into
the box for the visitors, and he puz-
zled the home players for eight in
nings, keeping their hits well scatter
ed, not more than one being made IN
a single inning. He let down IN the
fatal ninth, however, and allowed Kane
and Crotty to touch him up for two
bagger each and Reagan for single,
these hits netting three runs and WIN
ming the game.
The field work of the home players
was faultleSs. The only error in the
game was made by Delaney, who fun
bled the ball at second. White made
a brilliant catch of a lily in left garden,
and Davis gathered in one or two foul
fiys which seemed impossible.
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in the first inning. Crotty got first on
four bad balls, and took second on
Regan's sacrifice. Davis waited for a
good one, which did not come, Smith
threw to Delaney to head off Davis,
who started for second. Delaney fun
bled the ball and Crotty trotted across
the plate. Crotty was the first man at
bat in the third, and was presented
with a base. Regan was hit by a
pitched ball and Davis sacrificed.
Keefe hit TO left, scoring Crotty, and
Kerr and White retired the side.
Canton failed to tally until the fourth
inning. After O'Brien struck out, De-
laney hit safely to right field and
Schrader to centre. Geheran forced
Schrader out at second, Delaney TAX
ing third. Geheran tried TO steal sec
ond. and Davis threw to Crotty to head
him of. Delaney started home and
reached the plate in safety The vis-
itors earned a run in the sixth. Schra-
der led off with a double and came
home on Geheran's long hit to center.
The next three men at bat were retir-
ed with ease. Several times the visit
ors had men on third, but Anderson's
good work and the splendid support
which he received prevented them
from scoring.
Wheeling won the game in the
ninth. Kane was first at bat, and he
cracked out his second double III the
game. the ball striking the fence in
left field. He was advanced base on
Browns sacrifice, and scored on An
dersons long fly out to right field
Crotty cracked out a long hit which
was miSjudged by Schrader. and took
two bases on it. coming home on Re
gan's hit to center, amid wild applause
Davis hit safely over second base and
Regan scored.
1t appears that the attendance is
lightest when the best games are play
ed. There were about five hundred