Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-05-17

lISLOl team W L4O -
tvo-thirds confidence, and the rest
ball player. This is a happy
combination. and it won out yesterday,
with the incidental assistance Of Bakers
faulty judgment and errors by Whaley
and Wagner. Mr.. Rinehart is a bad
man. and he handles a nasty bat. He
has a way of going after a ball which
strikes terror to the hearts of the OPP
posing twirlers. BY some stroke OF i'll
fortune. he came to the plate every time
the local team was in tight place. He
was feeling for the leather sphere all
afternoon. His golden opportunity
came in the ninth, when two runs were
needed to tie the score. Money-bags
McKeown had previously given the ball
a gentle swipe, and was resting on the
initial hag. When Rinehart stepped
no. he punched at the first one, and it
went over the fence behind the foul
line. Little Baker was timid for a mo-
ment. but for a moment only He
braced up. expectorated a stingy little
bunch of tobacco juice on the ball for
luck. and with a Understandable air,
he sent it spinning across the plate. 1t
was high and straight, one of Rinehart's
fayoriJes.
Swish,
Then there was a dull thud a small
boy gathered up the ball fifty feet out
side the grounds, Rinehart trotted
around the bases with the air of hero,
and the score was tied.
Griffin gained little courage, step
ped up. and cracked out his first hit,
single. Bates hit to Whaley, who field
ed the ball to Darrah, and Darrah got
it TO McHoverter IN time to execute a
quick double play During all this time
the silence on the bleachers was op-
pressive. 1t might have been the re-
action after the noisy exhibition in the
first half of the inning, but it wasn't
When the double play was made the
"rooters" thought Wheeling had anoth-
or chance, and they sent up mighty
yell. The FEEDERS settled down to work
but they were over-anXious. Kuhn sent
a grounder to Whaley, and he fumbled
it. The fusillade made Baker a little
'leery." To gain time in which to
catch his breath, he decided to treat
generously. He reached into
his pistol pocket. pulled out a pass
which ne fastened to the ball, and Done
ghy walked to the first station. Reilly
hit to Wagner. and Al. made bad FUN
BILE. The bases were now filled. A safe
hit would win the game. Martin found
it. sending the ball on a line out in left
field. and Kuhn came in.
Rinehart wept from sheer delight,
Curren's cOuntenance wore an eXpan-
sive grin. and it was all over
Ii was good scrappy exhibition from
start TO finish. Everybody took hand
in the smuggling, and for this reason the
audience was kept in a nervous condi-
ton. Wagner had an off day. both at
the bat and in the field. Darrah &C
cepted ten chances, but did not get a
hit. Whaley got three hits out of
three times at bat. and Rickert made
two doubles. McHoverter made a SEN
sational catch Of a fly ball back of first.
running backwards. Rinehart had four
put outs and one assist. In the fourth
inning. with two men on bases. Darrah
knocked a high fly to Rinehart. and
Baker started home from third but was
cut off by a splendid throw.
Both sides drew blanks in the first
In the second, the local club scored
three runs on a double by Rickert. a
single by Whaley, passed ball. a wild
pitch. base on balls, and an error. In
the same inning Washington made one
run on a hit by Rinehart, two sacrifice
hits, and an error by Wagner In the
next inning the visitors took the lead
on a single by Martin. doubles by Nc
KeCwn and Reilly, two bases on balls.
and an error by Wagner.
Wheeling tied the score in the fifth
on a double by Rickert. and Martins
error in handling Shaw's single in right
garden. The local club took the lead
again in the seventh, when three run
ners tailed on a single by Whaley
double by Baker, two bases on balls.
and an error by Ritz. In the visitors
half. they scored one earned run on two
singles and a sacrifice. They tied again
in the eighth on 4 single by Bates. and
doubles by DOneghy and Reilly.
Then came the ninth in which Wheel
ing took what looked like a safe lead.
Whaley led off with a double. Mertch
vas retired on fly TO right Shaw
and Baker got a life on an err
ror by Kuhn, which allowed both men