The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-05-22
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ro.Aay'S gamea--YounEStown u Wheel.
,rT New Castle 1t wAshlnEton. Toledo at
Fort wayne, Saginaw az Jackson
Tho wheellnEa took i wonderful brace
~ around yesterday afternoon md won
" nice game from the youngstown
Giants who. By the waV. arc not Gtteam
,bn, will be found lagglng in The eecond
S,ylslon all the season. But, 8cf the
rrred work OF their pltchsFS Spade,
Tbs had three fielding errors they
would have put up an almost erEorless
~,me only one other being ehRrEed,
Tbelr tuaeid work VAS very brilliant,
Rprry and Hrodie making several flne
s,opa Brodie's many Wheeling friends
avplGuded his work on several occa-
,Ions He has certainly improved as an
Inselder since he was tried at that posi-
ton BY wheeling last summer. Then It
was an even chance whether he would
make an assist OF en- srroF. Now the
chances are about nine TO one that he
viii make q good stop and flne throw,
nut aVen at that Wheeling cranks haFo-'
IS consider him In WaGneFS class.
- I,1He nVA NkhRrs tHsiOY IN the
hor Tor the Eallere8, and the sl1d" acs
Quilted himself with credit He kept
thc hits well Ecattard except in the
S;Ehth inning, when three tWo-bagEerl,
= SinEie and two bases on bAllB. allowed
tbE visltorS, who up to that time had
Seen shut out with q row 81 epyRn large
STd IiVeiy RpoS9-eERS. to9pllR mp four
runs and Tex very much In the B9me. "
w1g indeed fortunate that wheeling had
raIIied At tho bat and run the bases like
scared deer and scored ave tfpet IN the
preceding inulng. -.
spade, who was IN the box far the
Giants, was quite effective In tact the
Nailers have faced no pitcher this
sHrinE who was % dthictilt 60 tina. Up
10 the fifth inning not Wheeling man
rad hit safely, although one run had
been scored IN the third on two bases on
,alls and an error by the pitcher. But
n he Sixth and seventh the locals got
lis measure quite accurately 4nd lined
ut few safe ones. -
AZ tie bat the feature Of The after
loon, was tho hitting OF old Joe" Ard
Ter, the Youngstown second basemRn
-four times be walked up to the plate
md faced Nj. Baker, and each dime q
afa hit WA sent to tia Wheeling OUT
leld, ona being tWo-bagger. Arduer
. ona Of the VeteE1na Of the eatne
YO0rS arc he Wna very much In the
eGFoe With the Cleveland league club,
nd later with The Milwaukee and other
cams, Il was q peculiar feature OF the
rano that ArdneF had not 4 chance OF
iecond hasa, neither an assist or put
,ut Rre credited to him, likewise no err
sorA. Il Il very seldom an Inhelder has
lOthinE at all TO do.
For de locals, Captain DGFrah did the
most ehlectIVe work at the bat his two
tnEieS being timely. that IN the seventh
IendIng two runs over the p9p
Up to che third innIns neither side
same near scoring. In that inning the
EaIlers scored one run. Mertsch and
Baker captured bases on balls on
WaRnerIS lnfleId hit, MestSch was put
,ut by BrodIe at third. Gallagher sent
4 hot one to Spade. who fumbled and
Raker Scored. RIclsert sent 0 line hy
d HaSSn Ia FtEht thar looked good for
lit, but the Youngstown. captain
brought It down and threw to Win
terE. doubling up Gallagher, and retir"
Ing the side. For youngstown, winters
opened the third with a base on balls
and tried 10 make third on ArdnerS
single, but MeFtSch made a nice tnroW %
WGEner who got his man with ease.
Then Spade struck out and Berry Flew
out to ''ahorty" In center.
Good WurS prevented youngstown
from scoring In The Afth. After AlnFhn
mad been retired Winters went to first
an NcHoVerter's error and Anlner sent
the Gphera over the fence foT two bases.
with one out and men on second and
third, Il lnoEed as though the visitors
would be very much Ia the game. Baker
gave Spade q wide ono which ne oatted
near tie third.base line. Baker got II
after hard run and hred the ball 70
McHoverter, Just In time IgE 2 pat;oIL ~.
Berry. too, b0tted one at Baker ana the
sids was retired without theyHuchly de-
sired run. a..
giles, but no runs we're made, the sue
ceeding batsmen being unequal to the
emergency. But in the seventh the
SalleFs went ahead In fine style. Baker
got first on Spades error, Wagner Walk
I'd. and another error by that gentleman
with the name flied the baSeSs' HlcEet,S \;
was loudly asked to do something,
He responded nobIy by sending beauty
above the indetders' heads 90 center lot
a single. scoring Baker ana WnsGsE.
whRley hit to the Infield and Gallagher
was out at third. McfiUuRrhTs base
IN balls filled the bases again. Shaw
waited patiently and he, too walked
Forcing In RIckert. Still the bases were
full. but not for long; Darrnt1 landed on
the SpaldIng for q corkIng single, Sc0rs
ing Two men. Mcrtsch hit safely ana
agaIn the bases were full Baker hit TO
Spadc. who threw to ZlnrpP,. retiring
shaw, A quick throw by Zt1fn retired
Baker and the side. ..,
In the eighth the visitors 1nu QUITE
badly scared. Two baBGrrS by Brodie
and Hazcn, base on balls t9r FLICK, u
two.baEEcr by Steen, winters paSe on
halls ana Ardner'B fourth safe hit. ere.
atnd n disturbance IN the nice row OF
YOUNGSTOWN goGBe-egES. iWhen Tue
smoke cleared the scorers Wefe Dusty
engaged in marking Up an artlslc
''FouF" on the Youngstown side OF the
In the ninth wheeling was retired in
o9e-,wo.fbrpe order. YHupEStown.8
chances to tie looked promising, but II
was all promise and no tulnNment: Two
outs opened the inning. Then Gailh-
Thor did the unexpected by iumhllnK
and missing Haz0n's hit to center, Flick
Fnn. slow one n DarTah, who assisted
70 McHeverter in what almost every
body on the grounds Thought was II
time for put-nut. But o'Brien called
it Safe, ard the game was unfinished.
Stnen, a dangerous man with the STICK
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