Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-07-04

Ginger is O. cosby tJ-L-hVui's'
ingredients are very expensive. 1t is
q luxury which only the wealthy can
epi5y. Byron McKeown is wealthy.
When the Interstate League was young
he realized that what his team needed
was a good-sized injection Of this val
liable base ball elixir. He bOugh, it by
the barrel. Since he started admins
tering it. the Little Senators have been
Transformed from a quiet, iuofensive lot
of ball tossers, to a pack Of wild Indians
Rig Chief Mitchell is the worst OF the
lot. His talking machinery is the near
est approach to perpetual motion which
has vet been exhibited in this city. He
tries TO be funny and succeeds just about
half of the time. The wear and tear on
his law bone. during the course OF an
ordinary ball game must be somelninS
9,rfuI Chief Much COncet CUrran
generally manages 10 finish close SET
cnd. while McKe0vn exhibits mlHion
dollar vail. and Binehart chimes III
with q "me too.
This unusual display of life IS no"
The principal feature Of any game III
which the washington team plays, OUT
the cuD is certainly thirty per cent
stronger than when il appeared mere
earlier in the season. With IT'S aoCeu
strength. it is NOS as strong as Wleel-
Fpr The home club should have taken
Yesterdays game without any JrOuO.e.
But all indications pointed TO the fact
,1lt there was trouble. The PLAYERS
1ff NOT seem To- De doing the. work Oh
(which they ere capable. To the spec
tat0rs looked like some serious ms
-ote. y-e~o made The team work
would no doubt have been better II WaS-
ner ana B3b5 had exchanged place
G1rvey vas pitching fairly GOOD pa"
when he was taken out. AT any rate
Irwin and Baker ala not show any M
movement besides breaking them up
FOR -o-llv's games. The visitors played
y siT uD-hul game. and deserved their
victory for the splendid article OF bail
which they Dut up. There was no time
when they were not iu the game, and
the bic lead taken by Wheeling in the
frsr inning instead Of discourag.ng
Them only mRt them work the harder
for the game.
T- looked Ike a certain victory for the
home club n the first inning Singles
were made by Gallagher. Davis ard
Bqlb. and doubles by Wagner and
Shields. which vita the witness OF
Dirsnore and poor support which he
received. ne ted eight runs. only two
of which were earned. In their half.
The visitors landed on Garyey for three
SINGLES and a double, and scored three
runs. They added TWO more In the titn,
on Blb5's error. single by Pas,or-us,
and a double by Curran.
After the first inning, Dinsm0re set
tied down and pitched very effectively,
Wheeling making but two hits in the
next five innings. The visitors, how
ever continued TO pound the leather.
In the fourth iuning. they came within
one run of tieing the score. making
TWO runs or q base on balls, an error,
q single and a double The score was
tied I'm the nth. Bates was on third,
and Pas.0r.us hit 90 Wagner. who threw
To frs 90 re-ire him instead OF trying "a
put Bates CUt 0t the plate.
With The score q tie az the beginning
OF the sixth. the home club had an eX-
ceUert opportunity TO win the game.
Shields led of with q hit, and went 10
second ON Viol5ts sacrifice and to third
on wild pitch. Whaling got q life
ON Curran's tumble. Gallagher went to
frs ON four wild balls. filling the bags.
Davis few out 10 Martin, and Shields
crossed The plate or The throw in. Babb
drew base ON balls. ana the bases
were agaiu filled. Rickert had a splen-
d.G opportunity. but he Was not equal
TO- IT, He hit TO CUrran. and was easily
retired at first.
The visitors again took the lead in
r.-ir half Irwin went on the rubber
-sead o. Garyey. He hit the first
r..r. save the second base on balls.
lG Tie third made q scratch iafeld hit,
aicb Whaling should have handled.
Eee bases were filed. and The same was
stopped for ten minutes by a shower
GRAIN. When the skies cleared. Baker
sen. on the rubber Rinehart was at
bat. He fed out 10 Rickert, whose
splendid throw prevented Griffin. who
vas ON third. from scoring. Riley went
90 bat in Bates place. and hit to Babb.
who threw TO the plate. retiring Crit
In. Shaw made bad throw 10 first to