The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-08-29
team down With three fits and then
lot And yet Spnie pe5 rle lnslEt thai
there y no such tllhY DC luck In Baseball.

team down With three hlts and then
iost- And set! SoniG pe5nle lnsibt thai
thpret y no such thlhg as luck In baseball.
The irony o. fat.. Pitcher Borchat1
has been Released by Milwaukee and
that teams expects to bc able to finish
thf season with barnes, Rettger and
Jones asthe pitching force. This Il Tho
IN ar. Borcleis wlip qpsc 6ihfgated
Win Wheeling. All OF ,tba p1ct!It slobd
contingent, Whaling, Blbb and tBofeh-
etA nave not patncd out. Shields. who
played with Wheeling d while and never
MI, has Improved since he Joined Jack
son. He Is the only redennings feature
or C~lenllvtn's team. Borchssa, It Is said
~ ono game recently. gave IL basea on
bslls. coSgaStcll would better look I'd
Ills laurels.
Several changes will be made In the
positions OF the TT. Wayne team to-day.
Tho new inilelder. Tony Esterducst, viii
likely be here before the game this uft-
ernoon. He will, play shortstup, and
King will 90 Into left field, RIckert be-
inE placed In the right garden aud Crcig-
err going behind the bat. Hun. who has
been playing that position for TT. Wayne
for Some three weeks, will be out of the
game to.day,-Youngstown Telegram.
One reason why Keefe Is so honest and
well liked MS IN umpire, he Is a news
paper writer In the winter Keete does
regular routine work, and Is said to be
q clever writer: besides. he has the sand.
and can't be "biuffcd oft."--Youngstown
Vindicator.
Perhaps no other player In the inter.
state has the envlable baseball record of
Manager George Tebenu. His first pro.
fessional engagement was with Denver
western league In 1856. In 1887, 1883 and
1889 he played left field for Cincinnati.
In 1890 he was middle field for Toledo,
of the American association. In 1891 he
managed and captained the Denver
western league club. In 1892 he was at
first base and third base for Portland.
Ore. The seasons Of 1894 and 1895 found
him with the Cleveland league team
Saginaw Courier-Herald.
Very few people know that a base on
balls, base on hit by a pitched ball, or
base on Illegal delivery does not count
in the summary Of times at bat. II a
player goes to bat five times or ten times
and gets either q base on balls or by be-
Ing hit by q pitched ball. he Is virtually
not at bat at all. This counts. however,
In the summary. A muffed foul ball ts
not an error, either, as many are led to
believe. Another thing the fans over
look Ia this: II q ball Is hit so sharply
to a fielder that he cannot handle 1t n
hit must be recorded.
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After to-day's game Wheeling will be
away from home until September IS. A
large crowd should attend the game. as
nc better quality of baseball was ever
put up than In this weeks games.
Halter made a good backstop ycster-
day. Though he hadn't caught for
Wheeling since 80, his eye has lost none
Of its cunning.
Campbell may pitch this afternoon.
II Sowders arrives-not he Of Washing
ton. by any means, but a Western asso-
citation twirler-he may be given O
chance to try his hand In the box.
Miller, who got his bumps" in the
ninth inning by the Nailers a few weeks
ago, will face them again to-day. He
will probably be an easy mark again.
The Duke Of Wellington Is reported to
have asked before the battle OF Water
loo: us Mickey Free PRESENT." Being
answered in the affirmative, he said:
well. let the battle begin" And sim
ilarly to-day. every Interstate umpire
awaits the presence Of ".Pinky"" O'Dowd
before giving the command: play BALI"
To-day's game with Jackson Will be
a scorcher. It Is a game for blood The
Jackson's have their war paint on and
want to take Whecling's scalp to-day.
Captain Halter and his warriors are
also on the war-path and will endeavor
to, meet the enemy and embrace them.
In defeat. Go over to the ball park this
afternoon, and sing the ghost dance"
song. "Plnky" O'Dowd will give a spe-
cial performance on his mouth before
the game. which alone will be worth the
price of the admission.