Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-07-25


Cogsweu is the widest pitcher out OF
8 cage. And he is Saginaw's crack. He
put Che ball over The plate so seldom
yesterday tba, when he dij The hand
full OF spectators clappel their HJle
handfuI OF hands in delight. Wheeuna
en-, the string in the first inning, and
the balloon was soaring in the air
throughout the game. Cogwells Ell
forts 90 locate the little square stone
were painful. What he needed was
surgical c9srauon on his eyes He
w-tse'e5. and twisted. and s.gaed, and
CHANGED his pace. but all to no avail.
The Wheeling players were next TO
his infrmi,y. and they simply waited
Cor the melodious v0.ce OF Hogan 10
sing out -four b2iiS-ta',e your b&se.
Twice the b-gs were filled, and COgs-
vaI forced men across the plate. In
the n'ull he gave four consecutive Oa-
ses ON balls. and iJ looked like Jne
game would nave to be finished by
moonlight. bur Whaling and Kan end
ed Tire farce by allowing the umpire 10
call ,Geu QUE On strikes, while -de Sag
inaw tW.r'er was pitching balls Which
were as easy as @ multiplication table.
Eiet,eel DGs. IS on balls i'm % ne innings
establishes q new record for wiidn5ss. 1t
is equivalent 10 q like number Of singles
and The only wonder is thG, the score
VS. not up IN the ,wenues.
General T5sre was expressed among
the regulars VINO occupied seats in the
grand s,sut. that 61,clers T2s MOI put
in the box for Wheeling. Bcrch5rs and
Cogsweu bC,l work The same specially.
W-,l these TWO great Untlmcd ousS
against each other i, would indeed nave
been q baule royal. But Borclers was
given DIS re ease earlier in the day, and
thus ano.1e- Pacific coast "plsnom'
was exploded. Whaling is the only one
OF che bunch WHO IS fast enough for the
Interstate. Red" Violet was also
handed his walking papers seIday,
after be came en- The field in his UNI
form. cred" had himself 20 blame for
this action by the management. A short
time ago De was given an advance ia
salary wi.h0Uc any solicitation, but he
has failed TO show proper appreciation
Of q good thing.
Aside from the cratic pitching Of
COgsweN. The feature Of yesterdays
game was Che weakness OF Umpire H0-
san. who was handed an indicator by
Pres. j.u, Power and instructed to OFF,
c,o.e here. There is q peculiar quality
called sand which is as indispensable
TO good umpiring as is "g .nger' to ef-
fec,iye bali playing. Hogan is lacking
in "s'nj" n au umpire is in doubt
ab0u. Gny of the rul Of the National
game. me has no right TO be I'm the bus
mess. If he gives a decision. il should
stand and he should no, argue mat
tiers with the players. ii ne is huL,-
ing trouble I'm the line of debate, ne
should take the stump for the Republi-
can ticket J3Wsmitls are q nuisance
in base ball buJ such lack of stamina
as Hogan displayed would invite the
average player TO kick. The clC.n w9s
maslc3Ud In the Gl-h inning, undl the
Old rag was mass of tcr,ers. There
was one hand down. summer was on
second and NcNevitJ few on TO Cal
lIgher. Gallagher tbrew TO Wagusr 10
cut on summer al miro and IN run
n.nS over 20 tAe base logan ial5f-ered
WIN Wagner, S-loWiLg summer 10 Gene
nome. hogan SEM summer back 20
tAlrJ, and Camel kicked. There was
ten minutes triangular discussion
snong Tire two captains and tie UNI
p.re, q 10, OF talk about rules; several
Saginaw bluls which were not called;
al the players took hand in the
Wfahs.og HoEan was loaned ttms-
p-see; ana nnaiiy Sag n2" consented TO