Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-06-05

those JaNOnS are Dali players, al
wool and a yard wide They fairly
bubble over with the double distilled
essence Of ginger. They are far super
Tor 10 the insists from Toledo and
Saginaw. and deserve place with
Fort Wayne. Wheeling and New Castle.
Jackson and Wheeling opened a ser
les Of six games yesterday. three here
and three at Jackson. The visitors
took the first on account Of the poor
work on the bases C the home players,
and their inability 10 connect with
The ball at the proper time. Red
Garyey was in no wise responsible for
the defeat. He pitched winning ball,
but there was something radically
wrong with the home team work. They
hit the ball hard and got seven men to
first through the wildneS of Miller.
But they stayed on bases. Twelve OF
them were left on the bags. and there
were times when a single would have
brought in two runs. In fact, it is sell
dom that a club is offered so many ap-
parenJly easy chances TO win out.
The home club made a good start in
nearly every inning. In the second,
Whaley was left on third and Shaw on
second In the next inning Garvey
and Wagner hit safely, and the next
three men were easily retired. In the
fifth Wagner made a hit There we're
two men out. and he made a mistake
in trying TO purlOin second as Violet,
Rickert and Whaley each drew bases
on balls in he inning, and at least one
run would have been forced in. AS il
was. the side was retired with the bases
full. Umpire Daniels was in a measure
responsible for this. He called strikes
on Gallagher which were palpably er-
rors. and Shorty got in his first kick
Of the season. McHOyeTter again fail
ed to respond at the right time. knock
ing a stingy little infeld hit which
forced Whaley ont at second.
In the next Shaw hit safely. and went
10 second when Davis was hit by the
ban, and 10 third on Violet'S single.
The bases we're filled with two men out.
and Gallagher's turn al bat. There was
some bad coaching over at third base.
and Shaw was caught. Another chance
was offered in the eighth. Shaw led
on with a clean single. Davis was hi
by the ball and Garyey doubled to deep
left. Shaw came home. but Davis was
thrown out at the plate and Wagner
and Violet were retired. Wheeling
made one run in the fourth on a base on
balls. an error and a sacrifice. and one
in the sixth on a single by Gallagher, a
steal and a bad throw by COrcoran.
The visitors took the lead in the first
inning and maintained il throughout the
game. Curtis scratched an infeld hit
but was forced out at second. Hardes-
" was advanced on Coughlin's sacri-
fee. went 10 third on a passed ball.
McGuirk walked to the first bag and
stole second. and bC,h he and Hardesty
came in on McHOverter'S error. In
the second inning DIESEL got a life on
Darrah's tumble. went 70 second on a
wild pitch and scored on Curtiss double
over the right field fence In the fifth.
C0ughlin made two Dagger. and scor-
ed on a wild throw by Wagner to retire
Meyers at first. The last run of the
visitors was the only earned run of the
game. a four bagger by Schrader. over
the left field fence.
Darrah was sick. and retired from
the game in the fourth. Violet comine
in from right and Davis playing his
position. Davis allowed the ball to hit
him twice and stole first He is with
on, a dOubl the most successful ma
in the profession in this trick. Wag-
ner made a sensational catch of a hot
liner with his left hand Shaw carried
or the honors with the stick. The
score.