The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-08-31

In the presence OF one oil the best
Friday crowds OF the season tho Wheel
ur, won the first OF tho series OF seyeu
game, which will decide the second
season championship OF tho Iron and
OilleRgue. Kane and Barrett were the
opposing pitchers aud Tor dyO innings
the Srren souIh.paw had all the bet
teroiiI For four innings not hit was
made, aud that in the fifth, kalShonS,
VA, on the scratch order, In the Sixth
the ex.Steubenvillian was touched up
Tor three singles. netting one ran aRd |"
the eighth, with the score three to one
against them, the WheeIIugs went IN
aud did business OF the ground floor
with "TooIs," Amid the widest OK
element three runs we're made putting
the home team one ahead. As neither
team scored IN tho ninth these runs
won the game, Tho hitting OF DAVIS
AMI Kaas was very 0RP0EtuHe and with
GU. /. Wheeling would have been shut
cut.
The ieatnre Oiihe game was tho catch
Of a foul tly of GlasscocG's bat IN tho
sixth inning, by diamond Harry
smith, tho warren catcher. The ball
was a sky.,craper, aud began to settle
in,t over a pool oil water between third
and home plate. ~ hen the ball WAS al
most IN his hands Smith slipped and
went down with splash In the mud,
Wonderful to relate he caught the bail
while he was almost Hat on his back,
retiring the side. No play Of tho season
has been greeted with heNrtier Applause.
For Wheeling, perhaps tie best piece al
ur,dlng was Balls catch In short ieit
aeld in the second Inning Leamon,
Ino Warren cantrs fielder, had lots 10 do
and did il we'll.
In tue llrSt Two innings neither side
made anything that lnokel ike a hit,
but in the third the visitors hit Kane
safely but were not able TO Score, Alter
smith had been retired, RickGrts hit
ior single and Rlchey followed suit,
lu, az Cooper and Al. Wagner were
unable to connect the TWO runners were
isi,, In the fourth W1VToR scored tho
hn; run VI the game, Jonn Wagner
led oil with single and Russell also
hi. safely. LeRmon struck out aud
Barrett went out to Violet. Smith HIT
ia'o to right center. The ball was re.
turned pretty fast but tho throw was
not accurate and Wagner scored. Kane
assisted to Glasscock to cut oil Smith,
Who had started for second, but when
Russell sprinGsd for ;hume from th.rd.
G.aScOck threw to DAVis and alter u
hard chase the Warren captain was
,uu down, retiring tho aide,
In the sixth Wheeling lied the acore.
Davis and KANE made singles, Ball
struck out and Violet was hit by Bar.
Ts,i, filling the bases. Crotty hit very
OPPORTUNITY, the ball going safe; DAVIS
easily scored and Kane was also At the
pale Just an instant before Smith
touched him with tho ball. but Kelly
called Kane out Ihe decision was 70.
csiyed with yells OF derision; it was
clearly a bad mistake. G,assC0Ck end.
ed thu inning by flying out 10 saith,
who made the phenomenal catch men
toned above. In their hall oil tho same
ianinGlheYi.itor. again secured the lead.
\, Wagner hil Tor two bases aud scored
Oh RuNe.'s single past second bag In
tue seventh they got another ani saOm-
ed to be running away vita the game.
smth singled and two sacrifices put
.um m ihiTd. Cooper hit To Crotiy,
WHO iumDied. and Smith scored.
In the eighth, however, tue home
team took tie lead and tho victory.
kaac and DayiS had been hitting in
god form and tile spectators yelled for
another pair OF safe hits Davis &C.
c1muoiated the crowd By hitting a
beauty over second after two strikes
hal Jean called on him and "loily,"
hot 10 DO ou.doue, followed with
beauty back Of short. Ball had struck
"! IhFse tims' and everybody OK.
pac!si 10 soc him hit tho sphere for a
base, but all hs could 10 was to fly OUT
to EcSer! in lott field Violo! worked
aoa,e on balls and the bases wore full.
io' the second timo in the game
Cf1tty was at the bat with tho bases full
and ior the second time also, hs nit
n'., scoring Dayis and kaue, Violet
GI,a2 to third. Glasscock's fine sacrifice
to Eckert scored tho third run, violot's.
Kerr ended ths inning by sending ono
out to l.eamon in center.
la neither the eighth orninth did tho
visitors got hit of KNno, WHO had
settled down. aud was pitching great
ball. Wheeling, on tho other hand,
'lonIt have scored in the ninth. Shaw
and Kane made singles, bu. again Ball
I""rei unequal to tho emergency. Tho
Ic5fe.