Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-07-07


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The hot rays Of the midsummer sun
beat down upon the streets of the little
village of Uhrichsvile. 1t was Satur-
day half holiday in the little town, and.
a group of idlers stood in front of the
general store which was the rendezvous
of the village gossipers. Here it was
that the latest gold brick swindle, and
the sights at the circus were discussed
in all their qualifications. Here it was
also. that a crowd of "rooters" of the
first magnitude, with anxiety and fear
depicted upon their ruddy counte-
nances, awaited news of the battle Of
their base ball club with the Wheeling
boys. This team was the pride of the
village. To breathe aught against any
bne of them, was to display a reprehen-
sible lack of local pride, and to risk So
cial osuacism. The bold captain,
whose kicking propensities earned for
him the sobriQuet of "Broncho Jack"
was high-cock-a-lorum in the village
and each of his underlings occupied the
position of w-cock-a-highrum.
The hour and minute hands met on
the stroke of six, in the old fashioned
clock behind the storekeepers desk
but the chime of the hour was not
heard by that motley crowd. Over the
hills which dotted the eastern horizon,
came a sound which struck cOnsterna-
ton in the hearts of all. Like a whis-
per it was at first, but it grew in vol
ume until it sounded like the great
shout which follows q Democratic vic
tory. When it subsidized, the silence
was so intense one might have heard g
chocolate drop. Not a word was spO-
ken for five minutes. Then the silence
which was becoming painful. was bro
ken by the gruf voice of the store
keeper:
"B'gOsh, we're licked agin"
Then he tapped a fresh barrel of CT
der. and the bibulously inclined whet-
ted their whistles, while the one soli-
tary tee-totaler sorrowfully perambu-
lated homeward.
Ii was bitter dose for BronchO Jack,
but the eXigencies of the situation de-
handed at least one victory, and Billy
White gathered it in under his base
ball wings. We had surrendered the first
point to the Unheavenly Twins after ar
Tguing it for nine long innings but We
were prepared to fight desperately for
the second. Three visiting players had
touched the square white stone and
Wheeling needed one to tie. Two play
NerS had already given up the ghost, bur
McCleary and Troy were resting their
weary limbs on second and third rub
bers. Wright had been moving the To-
cal heavy hitteTs down like so many
blades Of grass. Davis came up with
his Delsartean stride carrying a long
ash stick. Darrah got his optics on
him and observed that he was a south
paw. There was a buzzing sound un-
der his cap, and a moment later
"Ducky' Minnehan trotted in from
center garden, and went into the pitch
er's box. White didn't like the cOmbi-
nation of left-handers, and sent Tom
Anderson to take Davis place A
gymnastic performance in the twirler's
cage, and the ball came straight toward
Anderson. Tom got his peppers on a
little white spot on the sphere, and he
smote it with all his might. 1t fell in
right field. and nobody was there. but
the two Martins Ferry boys trotted
over the plate. and Rugged each other
in sheer delight while the mighty
shout which went up from the grand
stand and bleashers was plainly
heard in the streets of Uhrichsville.
Men and women shouted themselves
hoarse. and when they could yell no
more. gave vent to their feelings by
waving hats and handkerchiefs, and
clapping their hands. 1t was that sassy
punch by Anderson which saved the
Hay.
The 1900 spectators saw nineteen in
niugs of bang-Up base ball for one adj
mission.
Did they 'root?'
Does a fish swim?
The first game was hard to lose. An
derson was hit Oftener than Minnehan,
and was wild at times, but Wheeling
would have won in spite of this, but
for costly fielding errors. Both sides
were BANKED for two innings. Ihen
Wheeling made a Quartette Of runs, and
it looked like an easy thing for the
home club. The visitors, in their nan
nut different phase on the situation.
Six men hit safely, three were hit by
mitchell balls. and one walked to trst'
the whole netting six runs. Then An
derson settled down, and pitched pet
fer game. keeping the hits scattered.
In the sixth Wheeling scored three
RIMS and took the lead, on doubles Dy
Crottv and Troy. and singles by Dono-
van Kalkhoff and Anderson. They in
creased their lead in the eighth by scor-
ing two runs. but the Twins were neck
and neck at the beginning of the ninth'
and came under the wire length
ahead The winning run was made
with no one out. by Myers, who reach,
ed first and second on errors, and scored
Dn Bowerman's nice double. The score
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