The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-07-18

The wheelings got good and even with
the Toledos for that crushing defeat Of
Thursday, yesterday afternoon. Toledo
started out with lead. then Wheeling
went to the front. AT the finish the
SlIlcrs raised the hopes Of the visitors
TO high pitch and then gave 'em the
'trow down with about tho force with
which a man meets old Mother Earth
when he tumbles out of a balloon 'steen
thousand fact In the clouds. II was
what Is sometimes known as \ stunning
defeat, a crushing disaster. a Waterloo.
MIR. Borchers, late OF California, was
put In the box without many minutes
notice and with almost no. preliminary
practice. Was he wild? What kind OF
a story does the tabulated score tell?
Six bases on balls and foun Angels hit
with the bali. Yea. decidedly. he was
wild. RED" Carney went In In the
eighth when IL appeared that Borchers
would filter away Wheellng's slight
lead through his wildness. Carney did
elegant work and Wheeling In conse-
quencc does not figure atthe tail-end
this morning. .n.,I
The feature of the game was the heavy
batting OF Whaling, WheellnS's elongat-
cd first baseman. A slngls and two
doubles are credited to him. His bat
ting waS opportune. and he himself scor-
cd three runs. Babb had an on day at
short for the Toledos. His three mis-
plays were quite costly. too. Beck also
figured In two fielding plumbers, and al
together Toledo put up very ragged
fielding game. Shields anu Gallagher
for Wheeling. made disastrous fielding
crrovs, and Violet captured the third
Wheeling error.
The Wheelings opened In the first Inn
ing in q lively manner. Wagner sing
led and went up bnse on Shields sac
rifice. On Beck's error Violet got life
ut first and proceeded to steal second.
Gallagher's single brought1in Wagner
but Shaw and Whaling were. easy outs
to Harry Pritchard who was playing
first for the Angels. In their hnlt the
Toledos went one better. Cecil got a
base on balls and stole second. Vetters
singled TO centre. scoring Cecil. Beck
sacrificed Vetters to second. Babb walk
I'd. McGinness was an out to Gala
CHER. but on "Shorty's" poor throw to
catch Babb at first. Vetters scored.
In the second Toiedo scored again.
Keenan, singled and was advanced on
Arthurs sacrifice. Van Gleser walked.
ON Violet's failure to handle Cecil's hard
liner. Keenan, scored. 80
In the fourth the NallerS scored one
time. Whaling made two.bagser and
came across the pan on Whaley's single.
The Eailers took the lead ID their halt
of the nth Wagner sinslcd't6 left and
was advanced on Shields sacrifice. VI
ul-t sent difficult liner 70, Mctiinness
which he failed to negotiate and Wag-
ner scored. In mlx-up that followed,
Violet scored. Toledo rcgained her lead
In their half OF the same inning. Cecil
was hit by. Borchers and stole second.
Voters singled and Shields allowed the
sphere to 20 to centre field fence. When
the smoke OF battle had cleared, Cecil
had scored and Vetters was perched on
third base. Beck's sacrifice scored sam
my.
In the sixth the Whcclirgs regnined
their lead. Whaling singled and was adj
vanced on WhaleYs sacrifice; Kicker,
was an out but Borchcrs reached first on
Babb's bad error, which at the same
tine gcorcd Whaling. Wagner got n
base on Oalls. Shields sent n hot one to
Rabb which he fumbled and Wagner
scored. sTt} 9
In the seventh Wheeling again scored
twice. Davis singlcu. but was thrown
out at the plate on IN attempt to score
IN Whalngs double. Whnlcy's sacri-
flee, however, scored Whaling. even at
ter Whaling had been hurt and was
compelled to run because kid Keenan,
refused tn allow n runner for Whaling,
The kid" may know how 10 twlrl Il
pretty fair game, but as n captain he Is
very much Mill creek.
Again In the eighth the Whcclngs
scored once. Violet hit for n single and
stole second. Gallagher sacrificed him
N third and on Davis two.baggcr he
scored. Whaling retired the side.
In tho Toledo half of+the eighth
Rorchcrs was retired. He gave Keenan,
md Arthur bases on balls and IN Van
GrEcn's double the former scored. Here
Wagner sent the Californian to the
h"nch and Carney came In. Red
started IN an unpromising wav. but I'm
!silnA like n thoroughbred. Hc gave
cecIl base on bale. filling the bnscs.
V"ttcrS sent Sroundcr to Violet who
fired the ball to Davis IN time 10 force
out Arthur. Beck sen, hot one TO VIVA.
ley who handled It In fine stylcto Violc,
and Whaling for a double. retiring the
sidr. S'4h
Again In the ninth, liowevcr,dhe TOlc-
dos made matters Interesting. With two
hands out. Prftchord got bnse on balls
and Keenan, gInRlcd. Arthur mndc Il
twO-baSgcr. scoring "Pritch." ',NWltli a
man on third and another on, second, n
single would tic the score. bit all Van
Gicsrn could do was 10 send difficult fly
10 Whalcy. which he took In line style.
Score; 10 so